Bank of India enter Mini Rovers Cup final

BoI will meet Indian National (Delhi) in the final on Wednesday.

Trichi, Anand leads
Meghan Gupte of SIA Primary School, Dombivli in the under-10 boys category, Anand Sundar of Hiranandani in the open boys category, Abigail Fernandez of Fr Agnel, Vashi in the under-10 Girls category and Trichi Chawla of Fr Agnel, Vashi in the open girls category stole the limelight on the eighth day of the Bournvita inter-school chess tournament organised by the Kalina Recreation & Sports Club jointly with the Bombay Chess Association at the Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul, Vile Parle on Monday.

Results of top five boards:

Boy’s under-10 (Round VI): 1. Meghan Gupte (6) bt Viviktesh Agwan (5), 2. Nitesh Bhat (4.5) lost to KP Nimidev (5.5), Anuj Tawari (5) drew Salim Ali Siddiq (5), Snehal Bhosale (5.5) bt Rohan Rao (4.5), 5. Kanak Sirur (4) lost to Kashi Sah (4).

Open category (Round V): 1. Sagar Sadavarte (4.5) drew Akash Khalwadekar (4.5), 2. Anand Sundar (5) bt Dravaspe Homavazir (4), 3. Atharva Moralwar (4.5) drew Aditya Vora (4.5), 4. Aniruddh Unni (4.5) drew Amar Kamat (4), 5. Yashodhan Gogte (4) drew Vaibhav Saxena (4).

Girl’s under-10 (Round V): 1. Gayatri Velu (4.5) drew Saba Mhate (4.5), Abigail Fernandez (5) bt Monica Maskeri (3), 3. Nirali G Shah (4.5) w/o Sharvari Desai (3), 4. Sayali Phadke (3.5) drew Sneha Gada (3.5), 5. Priyanka D’Souza (3.5) drew Gargi Deo (3.5).

Open category (Round V): 1. Trichi Chawla (5) bt Vidita Molasi (4), 2. Aditi Vira (3.5) lost to Saloni Balgi (4.5), 3. Nikita Brahme (3.5) lost to Priyanka Vora (4.5), 4. Tanvi Thakur (4) bt Prajakta Yevle (3), 5. Rinku Yadav (3) conceded w/o to Pooja Kothari (4).

Rangnekar XI recovers
Umrigar XI were in sound position despite allowing their rivals Rangnekar XI recover from a poor 87 for 7 to a satisfactory total of 180 at the end in the fourth round matches of the RPG-Shatkar (u-16) cricket tournament.

Brief Scores: Rangnekar XI 180 (Prathmesh Sawant 32, Manohar Patil 43; Nishit Dhulap 3-31) vs Umrigar XI 113 without loss (Rakesh Kanojia 46 n.o., Kiran Mayekar 58 n.o.). Borde XI 160 (Vishnu Modak 37 n.o., Larsen D’Costa 35; Gautam Yadav 4-37) vs Gavaskar XI. Vishwanath XI 203 (Parag Madkaikar 71, Sanket Bhaye 52) vs Solkar XI 39 for 2.

Dhiraj, Lad on song
Dhiraj Jadhav of Friends Sports Club, Bandra (105 n.o., 120 balls, 10×4) and Srikant Lad of Nehal CC, Mulund (107, 10×4) scored centuries in the first matches of the 45th Balkrishna Bapat Memorial cricket tournament on Sunday.

Results (Round I): Sushi CC, Dombivli: 195 for 9 in 45 overs (Ajay Gautam 93; Sanju Jadhav 3-35) lost to Friends SC, Bandra 199 for 1 in 40.4 overs (Dhiraj Jadhav 105 n.o.). Super Stars SC, Vashi 155 in 41 overs (Siddharth Kadam 30; S Anmane 3-26, Sunil Limaye 3-30) bt Anushakti Nagar S. & R.C., Chembur 127 in 38.2 overs (Rohan Patil 39 n.o.; Ahmed Khan 5-23). Nehal CC, Mulund 264 in 44.4 overs (Srikant Lad 107, Dhananjay Ketkar 84; Pramod Sawant 3-25) bt Young Star CC, Thane 154 in 34.3 overs (Pramod Sawant 31, Shashi Gaonkar 33; Prathamesh Sawant 3-21, Shiv Singh 3-22). Aarey cC, Bandra 198 in 4.3 overs (Shirish Madrekar 39, Punit Singh 34, Sandip Palekar 32; Rohit Wagh 4-38) lost to Vile Parle CC 199 for 4 in 39.1 overs (Abhishek Jaywant 71 n.o., Rohit Wagh 79 n.o.). Kurla SC 232 for 8 in 45 overs (Imran Khan 88, Shailesh Mishra 45; Yatish Pujari 4-33) bt Maskati CC, Thane 135 in 36.1 overs (Bhushan Sawant 41; Vaibhav Karlekar 3-4, James Godad 4-25, Shailesh Mishra 3-27). MIG CC `B’, Bnadra 162 for 8 in45 overs (Rajesh Sanil 31; Sacgin Savardekar 3-30) lost to Payyade SC, Kandivli 165 for 6 in 32.4 overs (Jayesh Dadarkar 69 n.o.). Pathare Prabhu Cricketers, Santacruz 128 in 38 overs (Roshan Khan 40; Vaibhav Dhokre 3-27) lost to Lord Nort Brook CC, Dahisar 129 for 5 in 24.1 overs.

Engineering champs
Engineering won the Indian Airlines inter-departmental cricket championship at the Indian Airlines ground, Kalina on Sunday. JKM Rana of the winning side was named man of the match and series.

Brief Scores: Engineering 289 for 6 in 40 overs (S Mudhaliar 44, JKM Rana 114 n.o.) bt GAD 116 in 24.1 overs (HS Deogan 3-12).

CCI squash
The 57th CCI Western India squash tournament 2000 would be held at the CCI courts from November 18 to 25 in 12 categories for different age groups which includes Open women’s, junior boy’s under-19 & 17, sub-junior boy’s under-11, 13 & 15, junior girls under-19 and sub-junior girls under-15, masters over 35, veterans and professionals.

Last date for entries is November 11 till 4 p.m.