Anish’s unbeaten 190 powers St Mary’s to 525-run win

Anish Shetty

St Mary's SSC (Mazagaon) skipper Anish Shetty, 15, smashed an unbeaten century (190 runs) which was the highlight of his school's emphatic 525-run victory over Rita Memorial High School (Kalyan) in a second-round match of the MSSA Harris Shield inter-school cricket tournament, at the LIC ground, Cross Maidan, on Monday. Electing to bat, St Mary's amassed a humongous 597 runs, including 168 penalty runs, in 39 overs. Anish's swashbuckling innings came from only 89 balls and was laced with 22 fours and eight sixes. The left-hander's onslaught resulted in the loss of four balls, which went over the boundary walls.

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St Mary's openers Vansh Padelkar (65 runs, 56 balls) and Arshiyan Shaikh (32 runs) gave the team a positive start with a 71-run association. Vansh and Anish stitched together a 100-run stand for the second wicket. Later, Anish and No. 6 batter Shreeharsh Kadam, who scored 84 (89 balls, 10x4s,3x6s), added 185 for the fifth wicket. Shreeharsh was run out while going for a quick single. Chasing a daunting target, the Rita Memorial batsmen were unable to rise to the challenge.

Both openers - Vismay More (4) and Prashit Hire (1) - were trapped LBW by medium pacer Shahidullah Shariff and their innings fell apart. Number 5 batter Pratham Shetty (29) and Aryan Sakpal (12 runs) were the only batters to get to double figures. St. Mary's leg-spinner Advait Rahate (3-13) and medium pacer Shahidullah (2-36) claimed the majority of the wickets.