Mumbai in last four

* Mumbai will play Maharashtra while Kerala will take on Hyderabad in the semifinals of the BCCI All India Buchi Babu Cricket tournament in Chennai on Friday. At the end of final group-league matches,Maharashtra (Group A,13 points); Mumbai (Group B,9 pts); Kerala (Group C,9 pts) and Hyderabad (Group D,16 points) progressed to the last four stage after topping their respective groups. Mumbai,who made 306 in 90 overs,beat Baroda by 69 runs after bundling the opposition out for 237 in 80.3 overs. Mumbai’s Gaurav Jathan (3/34),Siddarth Chitnis (2/68) and Harmeet Singh (2/42) were the main wicket takers. In Group D,Kerala,who surprised Bengal in a league match,today defeated Saurashtra by 39 runs,courtesy some good work by left arm spinner K R Sreejith (3/42) and off-spinner M E Sanuth (3/59).

Brief Scores: Group A: TNCA President’s XI 442 for 8 in 90 Overs bt Andhra 309 for seven in 90 Overs (H Vateker 40 C H Praneeth 67,Y Gnaneswara Rao 40,V Lenin 40,K S Bharath 84,G Shankar Rao 24,S Sureshkumar 4/78,R Aushik Srinivas 2/83). Points: TNCA President’s XI 4 (9) Andhra 0 (1) and Maharashtra 294 for 9 in 90 Overs bt Orissa 143 in 58 Overs (Haldar Das 44 ,Arvind Singh 22,(Samad Fallah 3/23,Dominic Muthusamy 3/24). Mumbai 306 in 87.5 Overs bt Baroda 237 in 80.3 Overs (Rakesh Solanki 41,Aditya Waghmode 63,Sunkulp Vahora 39 not out,Gaurav Jathar 3/34,Siddharth Chitnis 2/68,Harmeet Singh 2/42). Points: Mumbai 4 (9) Baroda 0 (5). Group C: Bengal 238 in 84 Overs lost to Karnataka 241 for four in 60.1 Overs (Bharat Chipli 54,Ganesh Satish 67 not out,Kunal Kapoor 52 not out,Anirban Gupta 2/40). Points: Karnataka 4 (5) Bengal 0 (1).

—PTI