Varroc Cup: Aryans boys cruised past Poona club by 8 wickets
November 22, 2019, Pune
Superlative bowling performance by the Aryans Academy helped them advance in the U-14, 40-over Varroc Cup, defeating hosts Poona Club by eight wickets on Wednesday. Aryans Academy chased down the target of 74 runs in 11.1 overs. Poona Club who chose to bat first, failed to make an impression as they were five down for the score of 31 in 10 overs.
Parth Tathed, who has joined the Aryans Academy team for the tournament, inflicted damage with his inswing bowling as he sent Sunil and Swapnil Motkar back to the pavilion on duck. The home team struggled thereafter as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals.
After the ferocious bowling spell of medium pacers (Tathed and Nitya Shah), Sudarshan Kunhar took three wickets to bundle Poona Club for 73.
Brief scores:
Poona Club 73 all out in 32.4 overs (Om Kandekar 13 (40b), Ashish Gujer 10 (34b), Sudarshan Kunhar 3-31) lost to Aryans Academy 74 for 2 in 11.1 overs (Ritvik Rade 37 (36b), Arjun Menon 2-25)
Results: Aryans Academy won by eight wickets
