Rizvi captain Luthra gives Rizvi a parting gift in Harris Shield

Akash Luthra's brilliant allround display helped Rizvi Springfield beat IES Raja Shivaji to successfully defend their Harris Shield title and clinch a hat-trick of trophies as they comfortably dismissed their Dadar counterparts to win by 225 runs

Akash Luthra's brilliant allround display helped Rizvi Springfield beat IES Raja Shivaji to successfully defend their Harris Shield title and clinch a hat-trick of trophies as they comfortably dismissed their Dadar counterparts to win by 225 runs.


Rizvi skipper Akash Luthra. Pic/Bipin Kokate

Apart from getting scores of 82 and 85 in each innings, the left-arm spinner claimed seven for 43 to wrap up the game before tea.

Chasing a target of 379, Raja Shivaji started on a positive note with opener Tanmay Wadkar offering stiff resistance from one end as his partner Laxman Manjrekar began aggressively. The duo shared a 73-run stand for the second wicket before left-arm spinner Vijay Gohil disturbed Wadkar's timber. He made 16, whereas Manjrekar was the only one from the Dadar School to cross the 50-mark. He scored 66.

But, it was Akash once again, who turned out to be Raja Shivaji's nemesis, this time with the ball. He single-handedly demolished their batting line-up with his seven-wicket show. The skipper finished the tournament with 21 wickets and 240 runs.

Playing for his school side for the last time, Akash claimed that the final was a very emotional outing for him.
"When I took the final wicket I realised that it was the last ball that I had bowled for my school... my last Harris Shield game. It is an emotional moment for me," Akash said.

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