Mumbai : Swami Vivekanand International School (Borivli) put in a dominant performance with a purpose as they beat St Anne’s High School (Malad) by an innings and 501 runs in the Mumbai Schools Sports Association (MSSA) Harris Shield Elite Division boys’ U-16 inter-school cricket tournament at Azad Maidan yesterday. The team later dedicated the win to their late coach Mahesh Raut, who passed away following a cardiac arrest on January 3 in Bordi.
Electing to bat, the Borivli school declared their innings after posting a mammoth 604-4. Hem Patel played the skipper’s role to perfecting with an all-round performance of 156 runs and taking 11 wickets (6-12 in the 1st innings and 5-18 in the 2nd) in the match.Hem Patel successfully managed a hat trick in the first innings and almost repeated the feat in the second innings as well ; which had it happened would have indeed been a unique record of sorts. SVIS’s wicketkeeper batsman, Vighnesh Kharge’s double century — 245-ball 238 — was the other highlight of SVIS’s show. St Anne’s managed only a paltry 41 runs in the first innings and 62 in the second innings.
