Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat which hosts many domestic and international matches is one of the picturesque and premium grounds of Gujarat. Many Cricket lovers and cricketers aspire to play atleast once in their lifetime on grounds like these and Quantei Titans Cricket Club – a cricket team of passionate cricket lovers made this happen on their recent tour getting a world class experience of playing leather ball cricket on a premium ground.
Quantei Titans after opting to bat first posted a total of 263/10 in 40 overs where in opener Vishal Shah and Rohit Seeshadri top scored with half centuries. Vishal scored 62 off 71 balls smashing 7 boundaries while Rohit Seeshadri missed out on a well-deserved ton getting dismissed on 94 off 73 balls which included 9 boundaries and 3 sixes. Rohit thoroughly enjoyed his innings as he scored runs with freedom taking on Doctors XI bowlers with dominance despite wickets tumbling from the other end.
Doctors XI in reply chased down the score successfully winning the match by 1 wkt. It was a tough fight which remained exciting till the very end but eventually the Doctors XI team got the upper hand winning the match by just 1 wkt in the penultimate over. Abhimanyu Khanna and Rohit Kharb with 3 wkts were the pick of the lot while Vishal Shah also chipped in with the ball taking 2 wkts in his spell of 8 overs.