Dhanashree Pednekar and Aarti Narvekar’s raids made the difference for the winners. A slightly understrength Pune was well served by Monica Shinde, Shyamal Thorat and Poja Waghmare. The other match between Vishwashanti and Datta Seva Mandal was also close with the former turning the tables in the last five minutes. Jayashree Suvarna and Yojana Bhosale broudht the turnaround with precise raids.

Once Swapnali Mhaskar the main catcher too got into the act Vishwashanti trooped out 18 - 16 winners. They had trailed Datta Seva Mandal 9 - 14 at the halfway mark.

In the men’s section, heavyweights Central Rly beat Rly Police 33 - 7, their counterparts from the metropolis western made short work of Brihanmumbai Muncipal Corporation 31 - 15.

Sagar Parab, Kaptan Singh, Parekh Chavan (CR) and Ravi Radke, Dharamveer (wr) put up a good display for their respective sides.

Mahesh Magdum and Anil Patil did all the damage for M S Police who routed Bank of India 23 - 9 with veteran Vijay Jadhav waging a lone battle for the bankers. BPCL completed their league engagements with a 23 - 22 win over Indian Airlines. It was like a practice session for the petroleum side who have been billed favourites alond with Air-India.