Giles Shield: Double pleasure for Ayush Mhatre, Siddhant Rai

IES VN Sule Guruji Vidyalaya’s (Dadar) Ayush Mhatre and Rizvi Springfield’s (Bandra) Siddhant Rai scored double centuries for their particular teams in a U-14 MSSA Giles Shield inter-school cricket contest on Thursday, assisting their teams win convincingly.

At Cross Maidan, while batting first, opener Ayush crushed a 137-ball 207 not out to assistance a Dadar group post 347 for dual opposite Gokuldham High School. Yash Chavan contributed an dominant 68. In reply, Gokuldham were bundled out for a small 35, pang a 289-run defeat, interjection to some excellent middle gait bowling by Arya Pandit (8-28).

Interestingly, Ayush was picked as a round child for Wednesday’s India v West Indies T20I during a Wankhede Stadium though chose not to go as he felt a late night transport home to Virar after a compare would tire him for a subsequent day’s inter-school fixture. “It would have been good to see some of my heroes like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Kieron Pollard in movement from a range ropes though today’s Giles Shield compare was important. we had to be good prepared for it,” Ayush told mid-day on Thursday, before adding, “But we enjoyed examination Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli’s batting on TV during home, after that we went to bed during around 9.30 pm.”

Rizvi Springfield’s Siddhant RaiRizvi Springfield’s Siddhant Rai

Meanwhile, during Shivaji Park, roving on Siddhant’s (211) and Roshan Kanojia’s 178 not out, Rizvi Springfield purebred a 462-run win over Billabong School (Malad).

Siddhant’s double century was laced with 25 fours and dual sixes, while Roshan strike 26 bounds during his knock. In reply, a Malad group were all out for 42. Rizvi’s left-arm spinner Nishit Balla (4-5) and leg-spinner Mohammad Taha’s (3-3) were a collect of a bowlers.

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