Rohit with unbeaten 76 steers Spiders SA to victory

Batting with plenty of confidence Rohit S. scored an unbeaten 76 runs which paved the way for Spiders Sports Academy to record a comfortable 6-wicket victory against MCC Thane in a third round league match of the MCC Talent Search Boys’ U-14 Cricket League 2025, organised by Jwala Sports Foundation and played at the Oval Maidan on Friday.

Rohit S. scored unbeaten 76 to win the ‘Player of the Match’ award.

Put in to bat, MCC Thane did well to pile up a modest total of 167 for 9 wickets from their stipulated 40 overs. MCC Thane batters Aadhyan Parikh 30 runs and Virat Singh 26 runs managed to lift the Thane innings. Spiders SA’s Sparsh Patil 3 for 29 and Sagar Sharma 2 for 25 were the pick of the bowlers.

In reply, Spiders SA inspired by Rohit’s knock easily surpassed the winning target reaching 69 for 4 wickets in 33.1 overs. Rohit’s teammate Aakash Morya contributed 37 runs to steer the team home. MCC Thane’s Nitya Patel took 3 wickets for 14 4runs.

Rohit was the undoubtedly named ‘Player of the Match’.

Brief scores: MCC Thane 167 for 9, 40 overs (Aadhyan Parikh 30, Virat Singh 26; Sparsh Patil 3/29, Sagar Sharma 2/25) lost Spiders Sports Academy 169 for 4, 33.1 overs (Rohit S. 76*, Aakash Morya 37; Nitya Patel 3/14). Result: Spider Cricket Academy won by 6 wickets.

Player of the match: Rohit S. (Spider SA).