Sharjah: UAE captain Rohan Mustafa has shown the way for domestic cricketers through a sparkling century in the One Stop Tourism 43rd Bukhatir Premier League organised by Sharjah Cricket Council. Playing for One Stop Tourism, Mustafa cracked an unbeaten 118 runs from 130 balls with nine boundaries and two sixes to extend the winning streak of his team.
One Stop Tourism beat Fly Emirates by 124 runs. In the same tournament, other members of the UAE team like Laxman Sreekumar and Shaiman Anwar too cracked centuries for Sharjah Cricket Club.
Mustafa enjoys playing match-winning knocks and plays in the Umm Al Quwain tournaments too.
Mustafa, after his two half centuries in Umm Al Quwain, told Gulf News: “I scored two half centuries in (the) quarter-final as well as (the) semi-final in Umm Al Quwain. Whenever I go out to play, I play with my heart and I play to win wherever I play.” Earlier this month in the third One Day International match against Papua New Guinea, he hit a century and produced a five wicket haul at the Shaikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
In the Dubai Cricket Council’s Weekend Slammer, Nikhil Srinivasan stole the thunder with brilliant all-round performances.
In the first match for Farooq Cricket Club against The Warriors he hit an aggressive 64 with five sixes and five boundaries and also bagged two wickets to ensure his team an eight-wicket win. In the second match against Friends Cricket Club he produced a fine spell of four wickets for 16 runs to ensure his team a 20 runs victory.
Brief scores:
Sharjah Bukhatir League: One Stop Tourism bt Fly Emirates by 124 runs. One Stop Tourism: 340/6 in 50 overs (Fahad Ansari 20, Rohan Mustafa 118n.o, Mohammad Ikram Khan 60, Adil Mirza 61, Salman Randhawa 23; Shadeep Silva 3 for 67, Krishna Chandran 3 for 59). Fly Emirates: 216 in 39.5 overs (Rahul Chatwani 25, Rayan D’Souza 38, Shadeep Silva 36, Qamar Hussain 32, Umer Shah 25; Mohammad Azhar 4 for 50, Umair Ali 2 for 13, Mohammad Ikram Khan 2 for 25). Man of the match: Rohan Mustafa.
Dubai Weekend Slammers: Farooq CC bt The Warriors by 8 wkts. Warriors 143 for 7 in 25 overs (Sahil Jain 35 n.o., Azeem Siddiqui 27, Kunal Rupani 23, Muzaffar Ali 23, Ajay Joshi 21; Chethiya 2 for 23, Nikhil Srinivasan 2 for 13) Farooq 144 for 2 in 14.1 overs (Nikhil Srinivasan 64 n.o., Tahir Ali 45 n.o., Nabil Iqbal 24). Man of the match: Nikhil Srinivasan.
Farooq bt Friends CC by 20 runs. Farooq 177 for 7 in 25 overs (Vinan Nair 49, Yuvraj Jaising 36; Basheer Nadaf 3 for 30, Harish Pai 2 for 28) Friends CC 157 in 23.2 overs (Ali Raza 47, Jaffer Kookat 27; Nikhil Srinivasan 4 for 16, Ahmed Tariq 2 for 32, Yuvraj Jaising 2 for 17). Man of the match: Nikhil Srinivasan.
Dubai Mammoths bt The Cricketers by 131 runs. Mammoths 209 in 25 overs (Abid Chaudhury 89, Javed Siddiqui 30, Atiq Mahmood 27, Shadab Khan 27; Sultan Khan 2 for 58, Ali Anwar 2 for 29, Lee 2 for 40) The Cricketers 98 in 18.3 overs (Syed Haider 29; Ambey Parwatkar 3 for 29, Shiva Pagarani 3 for 20, Lucky Abbas 2 for 16). Man of the match: Abid Chaudhury.
