Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Vasant Vihar High School N T Kelkar cricket tourney


VVHS beat SES Panchpakadi by Four wickets to lift the trophy. They have won this tournament about 12 times in the past 18 years.

        At the 33rd final tournament played between Vasant Vihar High School and SES Panchpakdi, the best batsman of the tournament was Revant Punna while the best bowler was Chinmay Sutar and the best all rounder was Swapnil Kashikar


        The 45 overs cricket matches, being held at the Dadoji Kond­dev Stadium, saw the 33rd fi­nal played between Vasant Vihar High School and SES Panchpakadi was won con­vincingly by the former.

      Batting first, SES Panchpakadi ran up 139 all out in 38.4 overs due to splendid bowling by Neel Chitre who grabbed three wickets for 23 runs. He ably supported by Swapnil Kashikar and keshav Mal who both took two wick­ets each. Only Kaustubh Thakur who has played well this entire season made 49, and Atharva Pingulkar made 24.

      Going into bat Neel and Yash Sharma started the pro­ceedings well putting on 37 for the opening partnership un­til Yash was unfortunately run out to brilliant fielding by Atharva who grabbed the ball from his wrong side and threw it to the fielder for a well earned run out.

      Neel and Keshav steadied the batting as Keshav pierced the field with clear crisp shots after a tentative start, making 41, with score keeper Mangesh Kadam, as Vasant Vihar High School cruised to a well earned victory reaching 146/6.


      The best batsman of the tournament was  Revant Punna  who aggregated 200 plus, the best bowler was Chinmay Sutar who claimed 12 wickets off 28 overs giving away 57 runs and the best all rounder was Swapnil Kashikar who took six wickets as well as scored 200 plus. Coach Kiran Salgaonkar, said, "Vasant Vihar High School has won this tournament about 12 times in the past 18 years, winning back to back thrice, bat never a hat trick."



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