Giles Shield: Sweet for SVIS after 16!

Swami Vivekanand International School Borivli beat defending champions Al Barkaat MMI Kurla by virtue of a first innings lead to win the MSSAorganised U14 Giles Shield title after a gap of 16 yearsOn Day Three of the threeday final at the Brabourne Stadium on Thursday SVIS were on 912 and seemed to be in no hurry to chase AlBarkaats target of 158 when the two teams decided to call off the proceedingsOn Day One Al Barkaat were bowled out for 167 in the first innings following which SVIS were 196 all out on Day Two taking a lead of 29 runs Resuming on 120 yesterday Al Barkaats overnight batsmen Aryan Bhadane and Vedant Bhilare began cautiously scoring just 15 runs in the first seven overs before Vedant 14 had to return back to the pavilion in the 12th over after being hit on the ankle at the nonstrikers end by a Aayush Vaity throw from third manNo 3 batsman Yaseen Shaikh then began playing at a brisk pace scoring at over a runaball The duo added 70 runs in the next 10 overs as the Kurla school raced to 1030 in 22 overs Yaseen who was dropped on 39 by Amit Jaiswal at long on off pacer Aayush Vaity kept going for his shots and took the Kurla school to 1402 at lunch after 32 overs Aryan 74 off 111 balls lost his wicket immediately after lunch caught by Aayush off offspinner Krish Kanawde after which Al Barkaat declared their innings at 1861 20 minutes post lunch setting SVIS a 158run target to win only their second Giles ShieldAl Barkaats Yaseen ShaikhYaseen and Shourya Desai remained unbeaten on 76 and 10 respectively SVIS though had no intention to chase the target since they were already sitting pretty with a first innings lead They took tea at 501 and soon after resumption at around 330pm with SVIS on 912 the teams decided to call of the game Krish Kanawde 60 was the topscorer for SVIS in the second essaySVIS coach Mahesh Lotlikar said the win was special because his boys rallied as a unit despite the absence of their star allrounder Rudra Tank who was away for an U14 Mumbai match This win is immensely satisfying The rest of the side more than made up for Rudras absence Vaity played outstandingly he saidAl Barkaat coach Nafees Khan meanwhile felt MSSA should make the Giles and U16 Harris Shield finals a fourday affair I want to request MSSA to have fourday finals Results of threeday matches are mostly based on the first innings leaving little scope for a comeback he saidSVISs Krish KanawdeFormer India captain Dilip Vengsarkar the chief guest for the final got nostalgic Playing at the Brabourne Stadium is a huge platform for these young boys When I played in the 1972 interschool final for my school King George the match was held in one corner of Azad Maidan said Vengsarkar who also offered some advice to the youngsters Hardwork is the only path to success There are no shortcuts he said as the kids and parents applauded SVISs Rudra who claimed 28 wickets was adjudged the best bowler while Al Barkaats Yaseen who scored 269 runs was declared the best batsmanProf Shetty calls for Elite and Plate divisionsFormer BCCI General Manager game development Professor Ratnakar Shetty has urged MSSA to go back to having Elite and Plate groups in the U14 Giles Shield and U16 Harris Shield tournaments to avoid onesided affairsI request Nadim Memon MCA apex council member to go back to having Elite and Plate divisions What happens now is that if a strong team play well against a weak side or firsttimers in the opening round the opponents tend to give up So its better if the good teams are made to play separately as that will help produce good cricketers he saidMSSA stopped the Elite and Plate groups a few years ago due to lack of ground availability and instead brought all the teams together in one common pool Shetty was also the secretary and treasurer of the MCA He watched the final alongwith U14 selector Ravi Gadiyar at the CCIBrief scoresAl Barkaat 167 amp 1861 Yaseen Shaikh 76 Aryan Bhadane 74 Krish Kanawde 149 lost to SVIS 196 amp 912 Krish 60Catch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates