Bowlers shine in Aryans’ easy win over Parandwal

Pune: Left-arm spinner Nimir Joshi’s 3-45 and medium-pacer Samar Singh’s 3-40 helped Aryans Academy beat

Parandwal Academy

in their Varroc Cup U-17 semifinals in Thergaon on Monday.Batting first,

Parandwal

batters got off to a poor start with openers Omkar Jadhav (4) and Prafull Kanade (0) not contributing towards the scoreboard. Rest of their batters too failed to put runs to the board. Lower-order batsmen

Vishwajeet Fedge

(36) and Ashwin Bhapkar (38) tried to reach a respectable score, however, Joshi and Singh didn’t allw Parandwal Academy to play beyond 170 runs and 43 overs.Joshi returned with the figure of 9-1-34-3, while Singh’s stats of 8-0-40-3 was equally impressive. Joshi was adjudged man of the match.In reply, Mrigank Rawal (67) and Rishi Nale (40*) helped Aryans reach the target in 22 overs with seven wickets in hand.Brief scores: Semifinal: Parandwal Academy: 170 in 43 overs (Ashwin Bhapkar 38, Vishwajeet Fedge 36; Nimir Joshi 3-34, Samar Singh 3-40) lost to Aryans Academy: 172-3 in 22 overs (Mrigank Rawal 67, Rishi Nale 40 n.o)