Amre misses ton by one, Paranjpe sparkles for Elf

MUMBAI, Jan 9: Praveen Amre and southpaw Jatin Paranjape shared the opening day's honours of the Times Shield A Division semi-finals that...

MUMBAI, Jan 9: Praveen Amre and southpaw Jatin Paranjape shared the opening day’s honours of the Times Shield A Division semi-finals that got under way today.

While Amre, who was unlucky to miss a century by one run, guided Air-India to some respectability against Sun-Grace Mafatlal at the MiG ground, Bandra, Paranjape steered Elf Lubricants out of trouble and returned unbeaten on 70 (13×4) at the Elf-Vengsarkar Academy ground, Oval Maidan.

Electing to bat, Air-India suffered early losses with the dismissal of openers Sameer Dighe (11) and Piyush Soneji (10). However, Amre and Tariq-ur Rehman (19: 132b), stonewalled the opposition with a 82-run association.

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Sun-Grace skipper Vinod Kambli keen to attain top fitness to make himself available for National selection, impressed with his off-spin bowling. In fact, he provided the breakthrough by claiming Rehman and Amit Velaskar (33), to snatch the initiative. Velaskar, was shaping up well in the company of Amre while putting up 80 runs for the fourth wicketuntil Kambli struck.

Amre’s heroics ended in despair when left-arm spinner Venkatapathy Raju dismissed him for 99 (189b, 17×4, 2×6). Air-India lost way thereafter. From a comfortable position of 189-4, they slipped to 213 for eight when stumps were draw for the day.

Brief Scores: Air-India 213-8 (Pravin Amre 99, Amit Velaskar 33; Venkatapathy Raju 3-48, Vinod Kambli 2-39) vs Sun-Grace Mafatlal

Elf Lubricants 206-7 (Jatin Paranjape batting 70, Amol Rane 30; Santosh Saxena 2-70, Devendra Singh 2-44, Satyendra Yadav 2-24) vs Central Railway

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