Updated On: 19 September, 2023 08:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
First-class players Dhawal Kulkarni (New Hind SC), Tushar Deshpande (Parsee Gymkhana) and off-spinner Tanush Kotian (Karnatak SA) were seen in action for their respective teams for the first time this season in Sunday’s Dr HD Kanga Cricket League games

New Hind SC’s pacer Dhawal Kulkarni bowls against Sind SC at Oval Maidan on Sunday. Pics/Shadab Khan
Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) decision to make it mandatory for their probables to play club cricket has produced the desired result as of now. First-class players Dhawal Kulkarni (New Hind SC), Tushar Deshpande (Parsee Gymkhana) and off-spinner Tanush Kotian (Karnatak SA) were seen in action for their respective teams for the first time this season in Sunday’s Dr HD Kanga Cricket League games.
However, Maharashtra’s left-arm spinner Akshay Darekar (6-26) stole the show to help National CC beat Regal CC in a Division A game at Cross Maidan. Put into bat in a match which started at 1.30pm, Regal were bowled out for 75, thanks to Darekar’s disciplined bowling. Four out of his nine overs were maidens as he claimed his first fifer of the season. Pacer Ravindra Solanki supported him well, claiming 3-20.