Bombay Scottish last pair guide them home

MUMBAI, December 26: An unbeaten last-wicket partnership between Gaurav Majli (19) and Ankit Gala (21) of the Bombay Scottish school helped...

MUMBAI, December 26: An unbeaten last-wicket partnership between Gaurav Majli (19) and Ankit Gala (21) of the Bombay Scottish school helped their team snatch victory from the jaws of defeat against Scholar High School. Bombay Scottish have earned a place in final of Learner Academy cricket tournament sponsored by Thums Up.

Earlier, Scholar school batted first and scored 153 runs with the help good knocks by Rahul, who scored 48 and Imran contributed 36. When Scottish batted, Ankesh scalped six wickets for 50 run for the losers. Ankit Gala took two for 26 runs.

In the second semi-final, a scintillating unbroken partnership between Varun Katoch (87) and Amit Kothari (51) gave St Peter’s School, Mazagoan an easy win over Arya Vidya Mandir, Bandra.

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Earlier, Amit Kothari restricted to 137 by taking five wickets for 13 runs. For the AVM, Bandra captain Sohrab Khushrushini played a fighting knock of 64. The captain was helped by Hitesh Sharma who scored a knock of 25. St Peter scored the required target by just losing one wicket.

On Sunday, St Peter will take on the Bombay Scottish School in the finals.

Brief scores: Scholar High School 154 (Rahul 48, Imran 36, Vinay 4-45, Ankit Gala 2-26) lost to Bombay Scottish 154-9 (Vinay 51, Gaurav Majli 19, Ankit Gala 21, Binoy Gandhi 23, Ankesh 6-50, Tejas 3-51). Arya Vidya Mandir 137 (Sohrab Khushrushini 64, Hitesh Sharma 25, Amit Kothari 5-13, Mansoor 3-6) lost to St Peter’s 138-1 (Amit Kothari 51 n.o., Varun Kothach 87 n.o., Vivek 1-1)