MCA Colts, chasing 367, made it with seven wickets to spare. One drop Powar first added 144 runs for the second wicket with opener Nilesh Patwardhan, who was unlucky to miss his century by eight runs.

Powar found an able replacement in southpaw Nishit Shetty. They put on 132 for the third wicket. Powar's knock was studded with two sixes and 16 fours, and came off 175 balls. Shetty had three fours in his 50.

Atul Ranade's all-round display was instrumental in MIG's first innings win over Islam Gymkhana. Ranade, who claimed seven wickets on Saturday, scored 120 (1x6, 17x4). He was involved in a 221-run partnership with Viraj Zagde. Zagde's unbeaten 104 had 16 hits to the ropes.

The other centurionof the day was left-hander Vijay Singh (107). His partnership for the first wicket with Hrishikesh Shende (86) enabled Mumbai University to score 222 for two in their second innings.

Brief scores

Group A: Shivaji Park Gymkhana 229 (Ojas Mehta 78; Sameer Apte 3-63, Sandeep Mahadkar 5-69) & 41-2 drew National 247 (Shekhar Bhor 36, Rajesh More 57, Praful Mahajan 30 n.o.; Rupam Malaviya 3-51); Catholic Gymkhana 343-6 decl (Kiran Manjrekar 68, Nilesh Masurkar 103 n.o., Parag Paigankar 58 n.o.) drew Mumbai University 201 (Amol Bhalekar 55; Milind Mogam 4-48) & 222-2 (Hrishikesh Shende 86, Vijay Singh 107); Parsee Gymkhana 266 (Vishal Jain 89, Pravin Tambe 54, Sachin Sawant 3-29, Mazhar Ghadiyali 4-80) & 81-6 (Maroof Khan 4-32) drew CCI 343 (Abhijit Kale 83, Sachin Sawant 69 n.o., Maroof Khan 59, Rajesh Sanghi 44, Pravin Tambe 7-127).

Group `B': Mumbai Police 369-6 decl (Deepak Sawant 60, Amit Aroskar 61, Sulakshan Kulkarni 85, Ashish Mahadeshwar 3-95) & 127-0 (Sanjay Patil 61 n.o., Abhinav Bhat 74n.o.) drew Bombay Gymkhana 181 (Vinayak Mane 37, Tushar Shringare 46, Mandar Gokarna 4-46, Ramesh Powar 3-64); Islam Gymkhana 192 (Atul Ranade 7-58) & 18-1 drew MIG 337-6 (Anil Ranade 120, Viraj 104 n.o.; Iqbal Thakur 3-66); PJ Hindu Gymkhana 367-6 decl (Ashok Kadam 127, Saket Adhikari 137; Sandeep Dahad 4-99) drew MCA Colts 407-3 (Praful Dhule 44, Nilesh Patwardhan 92, Kiran Powar 170 n.o., Nishit Shetty 50).

POINT POSITION

AFTER FOURTH ROUND
Group A
Shivaji Park Gymkhana 11
National Cricket Club 9
Catholic Gymkhana 9
Cricket Club of India 7
Mumbai University 3
Parsee Gymkhana 0

Group B
MIG Cricket Club 12
Mumbai Police 10
MCA Colts 7
Bombay Gymkhana 3
P J Hindu Gymkhana 3
Islam Gymkhana 0