CANACONA
Mandovi Boys defeated Chandan Taskar by 10 runs to win the Late Govind Desai Trophy tennis-ball cricket tournament, organised by Mitra Parivar Kumbegal-Painginim, Canacona, recently.
After winning the toss in the final, Mandovi Boys batted first to score 96 for five runs in 6 overs. Captain Vinesh Satarkar scored a maiden half-century (56), while Sandesh Velip scored 31. For Chandan Taskar, Gaurav Sawant took four wickets while Praveen Bhagat claimed one wicket.
Chandan Taskar made a valiant effort in the stiff chase of 97 but fell short by 10 runs as they could only manage to score 86 runs in the allotted six overs.
Gaurav Sawant scored 32, while Sagar Salonke scored 17 and Praveen Bhagat contributed 12 runs for Chandan Taskar. For Mandovi Boys, Adarsh Velip and Vinesh Satarkar took three wickets each, while Narendra Shinde and Levies Barretto took a wicket each.
Mandovi Boys captain Vinesh Satarkar was adjudged as Man of the Match of Final and Man of the tournament. Sandesh Naik of Senior Boys was named as Best Batsman of the tournament while Gaurav Sawant of Chandan Taskar was awarded as the Best Bowler of the tournament. Young Changellers of Mangan Club won the fairplay award.
Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly and Canacona MLA Isidore Fernandes was the chief guest and gave the trophy and prizes. Also present were Divakar Pagi, Ankush Khutkar, Vidya Gayak and Pralay Bhagat.
