Overview
- ARCS Andheri beat Eagle Thane Strikers by nine wickets on Friday, completing the chase with opener Divyaansh Sksena unbeaten on 88 off 39 balls and fifty deliveries to spare.
- Eagle Thane were bowled out for 129 after captain Shardul Thakur elected to bat, with only Sairaj Patil (34) and Eknath Kerkar (27) offering mid-order resistance.
- Andheri’s bowlers applied sustained pressure as off-spinner Prasoon Singh took three wickets and Ajay Mishra (2/13) and skipper Shivam Dube (2/19) provided crucial breakthroughs.
- Published squad lists confirm Shardul Thakur captained Eagle Thane and Shivam Dube led ARCS Andheri, with earlier tournament form including Shashwat Jagtap’s century for the Strikers and Onkar Tarmale’s hat-trick for Thane.
- The Mumbai Cricket Association scheduled the toss for 1:30 PM IST and the first ball around 2:00 PM IST, and the match was shown live on Star Sports and streamed on JioHotstar despite earlier reporting differences over the fixture date; the league’s semifinals and final are set for mid-June.