Eki’s Antaria dream run with both the bat and the ball continued as yer another top all-round act from him helped Rawamangun Indorama CC (RIC) comfortably beat Menara Ceylon CC (MCC) in the R.P. Singh Memorial cup on Sunday.
RIC won the toss and chose to bowl first and just when the dangerous Mehdi Raza Baig was starting to look ominous, Ridho had him offering a simple catch to Rohan. Mubeen Muhammad took over the baton from Mehdi and kept the scoreboard ticking for MCC as they reached 41 for 2 in the power play. The platform that was being built was then jolted when 3 wickets fell at the score of 60 including a run-out.
Eki Antaria bowled tightly with good support from Ardan Saputra at the other end but it was support that Sawan Malik couldnt get as he kept losing partners at the other end leading to MCC being bowled out for 108 in the last over. Eki picked up 3 for 16 and Juni & Ridho helped themselves to a couple of wickets each.
MCC needed early wickets to make a game of it and Roney Sahayanathan provided just that with two quick strikes and with RIC at 19 for 2, MCC had a whiff of a chance. But that was soon blown out as Eki Antaria & Repen Desnika put on 80 runs for the third wicket to seal the game with 7 wickets and more than 5 overs in hand.
