MUMBAI: Off-spinner Rahul Landge who had a good outing with the bat struck fine form to bag 5 for 23 and guided Cadence Cricket Academy (Pune) to the title in the inaugural LIC Cup U-14 Cricket Tournament organized by LIC-Vengsarkar Cricket Academy in Mumbai.
The Pune side added 21 to their overnight total of 267 for 7 before applying the closure of their innings. In reply the Baroda side failed to gather momentum as they lost wickets at regular intervals. A brief recovery saw them reach 125 for 3 when disaster struck and they folded up thereafter for just 138 runs.
Brief Score: Cadence Academy 288 for 8 declared (Karan Jadhav 71, Jay Pande 96, Aditya Shinde 37; Jignesh Solanki 3 for 79, Akshay Brahmabhatt 2 for 37, Kartik Kakade 2 for 73 ) beat Baroda Cricket Association 138 all out (Vatsal Bhatt 39, Jignesh Solanki 32; Rahul Landge 5 for 23, Vishwatej Pawar 2 for 23) Man of the Match : Jay Pande; Best Player of the Tournament: Jay Pande (Cadence); Best Batsman of the Tournament: Karan Jadhav (Cadence); Best Bowler of the Tournament: Rahul Landge (Baoda); Best Fielder of the Tournament: Taufil Jilani (Baroda).
