Chaudhari cracks double century

MUMBAI, FEB 25: Nilesh Chaudhari slammed a double century to enable Tata-SSL declare after piling up a mammoth total of 556 for nine wick...

MUMBAI, FEB 25: Nilesh Chaudhari slammed a double century to enable Tata-SSL declare after piling up a mammoth total of 556 for nine wickets against Krishi Udyog in the Times Shield C Division Cricket Tournament at the Karnataka Ground, Cross Maidan today. At close of play on the second day of the three-day final saw Krushi score 88 for three wickets.

Resuming at 279 for five, Chaudhari alongwith Ajay Sawant added 93 runs for the sixth wicket before the latter fell after a patient 40. The fall of two quick wickets brought Ravi Gharat to the crease who with Chaudhari garnered 132 runs for the ninth wicket. Chaudhari8217;s marathon innings of 201 included 18 boundaries and one six.

Brief Scores: Tata-SSL 556-9 decl Jayesh Meher 82, Indrajit Captain 79, Nilesh Chaudhari 201 n.o., Nitin Akre 48, Ravi Gharat 64; Kishor Vaity 2-66, Randhir Tandel 2-121, Nandu Donwalkar 2-77 vs Krishi Udyog 88-3 Abhimanyu Hadavkar batting 52; Nitn Akre 2-16.

Rizvi in command: Jhunjhunwala College were strugglingat 177 for six wickets against Rizvi on the penultimate day of the Inter-College Cricket tournament at the Elf-Vengsarkar Ground today.

Milind Tamhane and Arun rescued Jhunjhunwala after losing their first two wicket for just 16 runs. Milind and Arun8217;s 133 run third wicket stand was finally broken by left-arm spinner Kunal More when he had Milind caught at first slip on 59 6215;4.

Brief Scores: Rizvi 435 vs Jhunjhunwala 177-6 in 94 overs Sandeep Kamble 23, Milind Tamhane 59, Arun 53; Kunal More 3-14

Rudra, Acharya dazzle: Fine centuries by Rohit Rudra 145 and Bharat Acharya 126 n.o. saw Appa Babrekar XI score a healthy 351 for six wickets against Nasan Amladi XI in the Rege-Lotlikar-Parulekar Cricket tournament at the Dadar Parsi Zorastrian ground today.

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Brief Scores: Ramakant Desai XI 241 in 60.4 overs Darshan Shivalkar 3-60, Kuldeep wadkar 2-18, Amol Patil 4-41 vs Datta Hindlekar XI 132-5 in 26 overs Abhijit Patil 76; Vishal Tawade 5-49.

Appa Babrekar XI 351-6 in 82.3 oversdecl Rohit Rudra 145, Bharat Acharya 126 not out; Amit Kini 2-82 vs Nasan Amladi XI 42-1 in 5 overs.