MUMBAI, March 8: A superb all-round performance by Vikrant Rambhiya helped Bombay Gymkhana to beat Young Comrade by just four runs to enter the second-round of the Young Comrade Shield cricket tournament (70 overs) on their homeground, Azad Maidan, today.Rambhiya scored 43 in his side's total of 193 in 70 overs and then he went on to capture five wickets with his left-arm seam and spin to dismiss Young Comrade for 189 in 62.2 overs, losing their last four wickets for eight runs.
Saket Adhikar's century (106) was in vain as Jolly Cricketers lost to Khar Gymkhana by one wicket.
A century by opener Sameer Apte (145, 2x6, 4x18) and a six-wicket haul by Mumbai under-19 medium pacer Zahir Khan (6-81) were instrumental in National's 160-run win over Dadar Parsee Zorastrian at Cross Maidan.
Rajan Pandit's fine all-round display (43 and 3-39) helped Young Maharashtra beat New Hindu at Shivaji Park, while Kiran Salgaonkar's (3-55 and 75 n.o.) all-round performance was of no avail as Sunder lost to IslamGymkhana.
An unbeaten half century by Sandesh Paralkar (72) and an all-round show by Satish Samant (3-29 and 40 n.o.) enabled MIG Bandra beat Parsee Gymkhana by eight wickets.
Brief scores
Islam Gymkhana 318 for 8 in 70 overs (Riyaz Khan 86, S Moiddin 34, Wasim Sayed 32, Mansoor Khan 83 n.o.; Kiran Salgaonkar 3-107, Vaibhav Sawant 3-55) bt Sunder 279 in 64.4 overs (Premjit Tawade 30, Vikas Agarwal 50, D Kadam 33, Bharat Kundaran 35, Vaibhav Sawant 75 n.o.).
National 381 for 8 in 70 overs (Sameer Apte 145, Pushkaraj Jadhav 70, Nilesh Gawas 37; Santosh Shetty 3-102) bt Dadar Parsee Zorastrian 221 in 62 overs (Sunil Kulkarni 52, Deep Jaywant 44, Uday Vedant 54, J Goswamy 37; Zahir Khan 6-81, Sandeep Mahadkar 3-35).
Bombay Gymkhana 193 in 70 overs (Vijay Naidu 67, Vikrant Rambhiya 43; Sudhir Sawant 3-34) bt Young Comrade 189 in 62.2 overs (Ujwal Tari 39, Deepak Thakre 51, Ramesh More 58; Vikrant Rambhiya 5-46).
M B Union 327 for 9 in 70 overs(Kiran Manjrekar 39, Tushar Shringare 49, Milind Korgaonkar 90 n.o., Jairaj Chitnis 65; Salauddin Kadri 3-98) bt Young Friend 64 in 19.5 overs (Mandar Gokarna 5-27).
Parsee Gymkhana 131 in 40.4 overs (Satish Samant 3-29) lost to MIG, Bandra 136 for 2 in 18.3 overs (Sandesh Paralkar 72 n.o., Satish Samant 40 n.o.).
Young Maharashtra 309 in 67.5 overs (Rajan Pandit 43, Padmanabhan 55, Nitin Palande 30, Vinit Mehta 48, Siddharth Paradkar 60; Jasbir Mankoo 3-87) bt New Hindu 143 in 39.3 overs (S Dalvi 39, V Damle 43; Rajendra Pandit 3-39, Y Chowlkar 3-12).
Shantibhai 112 in 38.1 overs (Vinod Raghavan 4-31) lost to Dadar Union 113 for 2 in 21 overs (Prashant Manjrekar 39, Pranad Gupte 50 n.o.).
Jolly Cricketers 290 in 69.2 overs (Saket Adhikari 106, Sameer Hindlekar 36, Tushar Patil 33, Amit Vedphatak 55; Rupam Malaviya 3-63, Farhad Bhabha 3-52) lost to Khar Gymkhana 291 for 9 in 69 overs (Ajit Kolte 80, Sanjay Jumani 57, Mandar Khurana 43,Farhad Bhabha 42 n.o.; Chatak Vakharia 3-66).
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