Birla Masters badminton

The 32nd edition of the Maharashtra State Bridge Championships is set to commence from February 25 in Mumbai at the Mulund Gymkhana. To be played under the World Bridge Federation laws the tournament will see the participation of 45 to 50 teams from Mumbai,Pune,Nagpur,Aurangabad,Kolhapur,Thane and the other districts of the state.Their will be two events namely -Team of Four Duplicate and Progressive Pairs providing a top prize of Rs 20,000 and Rs 10,000. The overall prize money will be close to a lakh according to Adv. Makarand Lonkar the President of the gymkhana and the Co-Chairman of the event.The four day event will conclude on February 28 and will be streamed live on Bridge Base Organisation (BBO) for the benefit of its followers. The winners of the team event will qualify for the nationals while the runners-up have the opportunity to play the qualifying tournament. The top six pairs in the tourney will get entry to the nationals. The hosts have also organised their monthly pairs tournament for pairs on the concluding day.

Jugal spins Podar to win

OFF-SPINNER Jugal Rambhiya spun an inexorable spell around the PD Lions College batsmen,handing Podar College a comprehensive victory in the Super-16 Inter-Collegiate Cricket Tournament (40-overs) at Shivaji Park on Monday.

Brief Scores

Podar College 207 all out (Siddhant Adatrao 47,Sanket Yadav 43,Ninad Kadam 33; Abhinav Jagtap 3/32,Sushant Kadam 4/26) bt P D Lions College 123 all out (Abhinav Jagtap 30; Jugal Rambhiya 6/10); Rizvi College 140 all out (Aditya Shemadkar 40 n.o.; Nikhil Jadhav 4/24) bt Dahanukar College 126 all out (Nikhil Jadhav 31; Atif Attarwala 3/15); Hinduja College 115 all out (Ravi Parmar 46; Ajinkya Deshpande 3/12) lost to Jhunjhunwala College 116 for 2 (Rahul Tondulkar 47 n.o.); Chinai College 124 all out lost to Lala Lajpatrai College 126 for 5 (Ashish Shirgaonkar 39).