Parsee Gym Clinches Two Championship Titles!

[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Times Sports Reporter, Binaisha Surti takes you through the exciting cricketing action as Parsee Gym gets crowned winners twice over – at the ‘69th Salar Jung Invitation T20 Cricket Tournament’ and the ‘RFS Talyarkhan Memorial Invitation Cricket Tournament 2018’.[/otw_shortcode_info_box]

Outstanding batting knocks from Aman Khan (71 off 44) and Shams Mulani (44 of 12) coupled with an exceptional all-round performance from skipper Raunaq Sharma (35 and 3-26) helped defending champions Parsee Gymkhana (PG) win the final of the 69th Salar Jung Invitation Cricket Tournament by 65 runs against Payyade CC at Islam Gymkhana. With this victory, they have won the tournament for the second time in a row.

Batting first, PG put up a mammoth 209-6 in overs. After the initial hiccup of losing both openers early, the team recovered brilliantly as Aman smashed six fours and three sixes while Raunaq hit three fours and two sixes. Khizar Dafedar contributed 27 while Shams Mulani added the finishing touches with an extraordinary effort sending six big blows out of the park. For Payyade CC, Iqbal Abdullah snapped up 2-46 in his four overs. When Payyade came out to chase down the total, they succumbed to 144-9 in 20 overs. Parag Khanapurkar top scored with 37. Amongst PG bowlers, besides Raunaq, Puneet Tripathi picked 2-22 in his four overs. Aman Khan was Man of the Match.

PG were in for double joy as they also won the RFS Talyarkhan Memorial Invitation Cricket Tournament 2018 on 1st May, 2018 at Bombay Gymkhana, courtesy superb batting efforts from Eknath Kerkar (67 off 52), Aakarshit Gomel (41 off 23) and a good all-round show from Raunaq Sharma with an unbeaten 34 with the bat and 0-2 with Outstanding batting knocks from Aman Khan (71 off 44) and Shams Mulani (44 of 12) coupled with an exceptional all-round performance from skipper Raunaq Sharma (35 and 3-26) helped defending champions Parsee Gymkhana (PG) win the final of the 69th Salar Jung Invitation Cricket Tournament by 65 runs against Payyade CC at Islam Gymkhana. With this victory, they have won the tournament for the second time in a row.

Batting first, PG put up a mammoth 209-6 in overs. After the initial hiccup of losing both openers early, the team recovered brilliantly as Aman smashed six fours and three sixes while Raunaq hit three fours and two sixes. Khizar Dafedar contributed 27 while Shams Mulani added the finishing touches with an extraordinary effort sending six big blows out of the park. For Payyade CC, Iqbal Abdullah snapped up 2-46 in his four overs. When Payyade came out to chase down the total, they succumbed to 144-9 in 20 overs. Parag Khanapurkar top scored with 37. Amongst PG bowlers, besides Raunaq, Puneet Tripathi picked 2-22 in his four overs. Aman Khan was Man of the Match.

PG were in for double joy as they also won the RFS Talyarkhan Memorial Invitation Cricket Tournament 2018 on 1st May, 2018 at Bombay Gymkhana, courtesy superb batting efforts from Eknath Kerkar (67 off 52), Aakarshit Gomel (41 off 23) and a good all-round show from Raunaq Sharma with an unbeaten 34 with the bat and 0-2 with the ball. They beat CCI in the finale by 47 runs.
Electing to bat first, PG notched up a fighting total of 175-6 in their 20 overs. Amongst the CCI bowlers Paul Valthaty picked 3-30 in four overs. In reply, CCI were struggling and bundled out for 128 in 19.2 overs. Bravish Shetty won the Best Batsman award while Aishwary Surve got Best Bowler.

Speaking to Parsi Times post their victory, skipper of PG, Raunaq Sharma said “Winning two championships is very special for us. Every individual has contributed and that has been great for the team.” Star performer of the match, Eknath Kerkar added “It is always great to play for PG and I am elated that we won Talyarkhan. In the final I looked to play a long innings, so I stuck to my plan and played my natural game.”

Bravish Shetty stated, “Getting a lot of runs in the shortest format was important. I just focussed on the process and the results followed. I also got my first T20 century so that was a good feeling.” Aishwary Surve concluded with, “I’m grateful for the opportunity to play for PG as everyone supported me. We all played together as one unit, stuck to the basics and won the tournament.”

Kudos to Vice President and Cricket Secretary of PG, Khodadad Yazdegardi along with Vinayak Mane and the dedication of the entire support staff for PG’s success!