Omkar stars for Thane

Mumbai Ranji trophy cricketer Omkar Khanvilkar played a blistering knock as defending champions Thane Marathas made ample amends for their opening-day loss at the hands of debutants Mumbai Police City Riders,by notching up two impressive wins in the Mitsui Shoji T-20 Cricket League.

Brief scores: Thane Marathas 188 for 3 (Mayur Patel 72,Harshad Rawale 51) bt Bandra Heroes 165 for 8 (Sandip Nimse 35,Harshad Koli 36; Harshad Rawale 3/19); Mumbai Police City Riders 232 for 5 (Sunil Patil 75,Humayun Hirapure 88; Jitendra Paliwal 3/33) bt Shivaji Park Warriors 103 for 7; Thane Marathas 153 for 3 (Mayur Patel 32,Vijay Reddy 38,Omkar Khanvilkar 68 n.o.) bt Shivaji Park Warriors 148 for 6 (Wasim Khan 39,Mukesh Gupta 56); Bandra Heroes 171 for 4 (Hasrshad Koli 83; Darshan Nagvekar 4/24,Parthuiv Mehta 3/30) bt Ghatkopar Jets 114.