MUMBAI: Warming up for the ODI series in South Africa in January in style, India’s ‘white-ball’ specialist Suryakumar Yadav blasted a majestic double hundred (249, 152b, 37×4, 5×6) off just 122 balls on Thursday to put his club Parsee Gymkhana in a strong position on Day One in the three-day final of the Police Shield against Payyade SC at the Police Gymkhana on Marine Drive.
With Mumbai having been knocked out in the league of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the 31-year-old Yadav tonked hundred runs between lunch and tea, putting a decent attack comprising Atif Attarwala, Royston Dias, Deepak Shetty, Pardeep Sahu, Sagar Mishra and Dhrumil Matkar to the sword. Yadav’s explosive knock saw Parsee Gymkhana race away to 524 for nine in 90 overs on Day One.
“When I came to bat after lunch, I looked to attack, play my natural game. Since the ground is small, I was getting boundaries a bit easily once I found the gaps. I only came to know about my double-century when my teammates applauded me. My aim was that we score so many runs on Day One that they’re out of the game already,” Yadav told TOI on Friday. “Scoring big runs in a final gives any batsman confidence going into a series,” he added.
Since his match-winning 62 against New Zealand in the first T20I at Jaipur, ‘Sky’ was in the midst of a rough patch — he made 1 & 0 against the Kiwis, and then 14, 8, 49 & 4 for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
“In Vijay Hazare, I was batting in my natural, positive aggressive style, which has always reaped so much success for me, there too. I was out while playing my shots, but they weren’t rash, lazy shots. This is how I will continue to bat, because if I’m doing well in 7-8 innings out of 10, then why should I think so deeply about the two times I got out while playing an attacking shot? This is the approach at the crease which has helped me play for club, Mumbai and India,” he explained.
Brief Score: Parsee Gymkhana 524-9 in 90 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 249, Aditya Tare 73, Sachin Yadav 63, Vikrant Auti 52; Siddhesh Lad 3-40) vs Payyade SC
Gear CC triumphs
Gear Cricket Clinics beat Sanjeevani Cricket Academy by six wickets to win the Ageas Gederal Insurance Cup Cricket Tournament for under-19 players at the Mahul, Chembur, on Friday. Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar and Mumbai Cricket Association’s chairman of selectors for the U-19, Atul Ranade, gave away the prizes.
Brief Score: Sanjeevani CA 130 all out in 20 overs (Aditya Pabalkar 30, Sai Anuragh 50; Atharva Bhosle 3/21) lost to Gear Cricket Clinics 133-4 in 15.4 overs (Harsh Salunkhe 42, Harsh Rane 34, Nutan Goel 34; Aryan Desai 3/37)
With Mumbai having been knocked out in the league of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the 31-year-old Yadav tonked hundred runs between lunch and tea, putting a decent attack comprising Atif Attarwala, Royston Dias, Deepak Shetty, Pardeep Sahu, Sagar Mishra and Dhrumil Matkar to the sword. Yadav’s explosive knock saw Parsee Gymkhana race away to 524 for nine in 90 overs on Day One.
“When I came to bat after lunch, I looked to attack, play my natural game. Since the ground is small, I was getting boundaries a bit easily once I found the gaps. I only came to know about my double-century when my teammates applauded me. My aim was that we score so many runs on Day One that they’re out of the game already,” Yadav told TOI on Friday. “Scoring big runs in a final gives any batsman confidence going into a series,” he added.
Since his match-winning 62 against New Zealand in the first T20I at Jaipur, ‘Sky’ was in the midst of a rough patch — he made 1 & 0 against the Kiwis, and then 14, 8, 49 & 4 for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
“In Vijay Hazare, I was batting in my natural, positive aggressive style, which has always reaped so much success for me, there too. I was out while playing my shots, but they weren’t rash, lazy shots. This is how I will continue to bat, because if I’m doing well in 7-8 innings out of 10, then why should I think so deeply about the two times I got out while playing an attacking shot? This is the approach at the crease which has helped me play for club, Mumbai and India,” he explained.
Brief Score: Parsee Gymkhana 524-9 in 90 overs (Suryakumar Yadav 249, Aditya Tare 73, Sachin Yadav 63, Vikrant Auti 52; Siddhesh Lad 3-40) vs Payyade SC
Gear CC triumphs
Gear Cricket Clinics beat Sanjeevani Cricket Academy by six wickets to win the Ageas Gederal Insurance Cup Cricket Tournament for under-19 players at the Mahul, Chembur, on Friday. Former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar and Mumbai Cricket Association’s chairman of selectors for the U-19, Atul Ranade, gave away the prizes.
Brief Score: Sanjeevani CA 130 all out in 20 overs (Aditya Pabalkar 30, Sai Anuragh 50; Atharva Bhosle 3/21) lost to Gear Cricket Clinics 133-4 in 15.4 overs (Harsh Salunkhe 42, Harsh Rane 34, Nutan Goel 34; Aryan Desai 3/37)
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