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. Chaudhari’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).

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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 Arun’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 (6×4).

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.

Rajnath Singh warned Pakistan that every inch of its land is within BrahMos’ range as India rolled out its first missiles from Lucknow.

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Rajnath Singh warns Pakistan about the reach of the BrahMos missile, praises ‘Operation Sindoor’ and the missile’s technological superiority. He and CM Yogi Adityanath flag off the first batch of BrahMos missiles made in Lucknow, emphasizing their economic impact and thanking Adityanath for his support.

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