Mumbai: Swami Vivekanand International's (Borivli) spin duo of Rutik Rathod (off-spinner) and Prashant Pillai (left-arm) bowled in tandem accounting for seven wickets between them against defending champions Al-Barkaat MMI (Kurla) who finished Day One of the Giles Shield final at Cricket Club of India on 230-8 off 85 overs yesterday.


Swami Vivekanand's Prashant Pillai (left) and Rutik Rathod (right) finished with 3-27 and 4-75 respectively on Day One of the Giles Shield final against Al-Barkaat at CCI yesterday. Pics/Shadab Khan 

Rutik finished with figures of 4 for 75 runs off 28 overs of which six were maidens, while Prashant took 3-27 with five of his 16 overs being maidens. Al-Barkaat started the day well and were 90-1 at lunch before Rutik and Prashant turned things around with their spin. Al-Barkaat's Naushad Qadree top scored with 48.