KCC, St Kabir survive a scare

AHMEDABAD: Two close matches were what was witnessed in the Minor tournament being played in Ahmedabad. While KCC beat Macro CC (MCC) by two wickets, St Kabir School team hung by the skin of their teeth to pip Jekson CC (JCC) to the post by just one wicket.
Played at Sardar Patel Stadium in Navrangpura, Vandan Reylon and Rahil Memon took three wickets each while Raunak Pandey and Manthan Upadhyay took two wickets each as KCC skittled out Marco for just 127 in 31.1 overs.
Riyaz Baloch then took three wickets, while Hardik Desai added a scalped as MCC put up a valiant fight with the ball.
But Raunak showed nerves of steel as he guided his team KCC home with an unbeaten 32-ball 23, while Faizan Saiyed top-scored with 37-ball 24, as KCC reached the target in 25.1 overs.
In another match played at Gujarat College `B' ground, Sanjay Paradia top-scored with 54-ball 41 while Viraj Patel added 35 off 40 balls as JCC posted 170 on 40 overs after electing to bat. For St Kabir, Het Mehta took three wickets while Raj Bodat added two more.
Parth Halari took four wickets while Rohan Mistry chipped in with a couple as JCC had their rivals on mat.
But Vipul Jagani top-scored with 55-ball 49 while Rahul Ahuja added 30 off 36 balls as St Kabir School reached the target in 37.3 overs.