Police Shield final: Shreyas Gurav shines in MIG’s big win over Parsee Gym

MIG CC team pose with the Police Shield along with ex-India captain Dilip Vengsarkar, Commissioner of Police Vivek Phansalkar and MCA office-bearers

MIG Cricket Club were crowned champions as they inflicted a crushing 233-run defeat on formidable Parsee Gymkhana on the last day of the three-day final of the 75th Police Shield at the Police Gymkhana on Sunday.

The MIG team which had taken a valuable 84-run first innings lead, managed to score 285-8 in their second innings (40 overs) to set Parsee outfit a stiff winning target of 369 runs from their quota of 40 overs in the second innings.

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MIG's left-arm spinner Shreyas Gurav (5 for 57) once again picked up the wickets and finished with impressive match figures of 9 for 142 which helped his team restrict Parsee Gymkhana to a measly 136 all out in 22.3 overs and record a thumping victory. Angkrish Raghuvanshi was the lone batsman who managed to score 32 runs. Giving Gurav good support was Harsh Tanna who claimed 3-54.