PACE bowler Lalit Yadav, after taking three first innings wickets, slammed three sixes off the last over bowled by Darshan Nalkande as Pagariya Strikers chased down the 214-run target put up by India Warriors with three wickets in hand and a ball to spare in the ongoing Vidarbha Premier League at VCA’s Jamtha International Stadium on Wednesday. Needing 19 from the last over, Pagariya lost the wicket of Pushpak Gujar to the first ball. Yadav walked in calmly and picked a single and then Shivam Deshmukh (47*) gave strike back to Yadav who hit his first six towards deep point.

 

Nalkande bowled the next delivery wide and then over-pitched the ball which Yadav sent it over mid-wicket ropes. Needing four from the last delivery, which turned out to be a no-ball, Yadav hammered it over the long-off fence to hand his side their second win in a row and go top of the table. The chase was in total control of Pagariya Strikers with Ravikumar Samarth, who scored season’s first century, hitting a fine 59. Deshmukh played brilliantly and with Pushpak Gujar (37), they added 75 runs from 36 deliveries. In the end it was Yadav’s four-ball 19 which sealed the deal for Strikers.