Vasif Shaikh powers NG Vartak to huge victory

Vasif Shaikh's brilliant all-round effort powered NG Vartak, Virar to a 140-run victory against Abhibav Vidya Mandir, Borivali in the MSSA Giles Shield match at New Era, Azad Maidan.

Batting first, the Virar team scored 234 in 42.5 overs. Opener and right-handed batter, Vasif dominated all through with his stellar batting performance of 96 in 118 balls which included 11 fours. His partner at the other end, Parth Devalekar contributed with 41. Siddharth on the other hand shone with the ball, snapping up (7-50) in 16.5 overs.

In reply, the Borivali team only managed a paltry 94 in 31.1 overs. This time around, Vasif spun a web with his tremendous bowling snapping up a great four-wicket haul, (4-35) in his 10 overs spell thus grabbing the Man of the Match award, an SG-MSSA voucher of Rs 2,000.