Deccan Gymkhana win

PUNE, Aug 19: Twin centuries in an innings is today not as uncommon an event. However, absolutely identical twin centuries -- that is ano...

PUNE, Aug 19: Twin centuries in an innings is today not as uncommon an event. However, absolutely identical twin centuries — that is another matter altogether. An incident of the rarest magnitude that anchored Deccan Gymkhana to a victory by an innings and four runs over Deodhar XI in their match of the MCA under-19 Junior Invitation Cricket League here today.

Both Laghate and Awate stroked their way to a brilliant 114 apiece to enable a Deccan Gymkhana first innings declaration at 231 for five. The batsmen’s twin efforts laid to waste the work done by rival bowler Godse, who bagged three wickets while conceding only six runs.

This proved to be a tall calling for Deodhar XI, who could not first escape a follow-on — going out at 129 for nine in the first innings — and then came back to the crease for their second essay, only to be dismissed at 147 all out.

Agrani Bhosale (2/13), Makrand Chavan (2/10) and Kiran Adhav (2/21) shared the spoils for Deccan Gymkhana in the second innings, while Ketan Tamhankar was the top scorer for Deccan XI at 56.

Brief Scores: Club of Maharashtra: Ist inngs: 176 all out; IInd inngs: 213 all out (Ritesh Wangwad 78, Darshan Deshmukh 51, Parag Dahiwal 32, Yogesh Dongre 3/50, Pankaj Kalyankar 3/22) bt YMCA: Ist: 104 all out (Pankaj Kalyankar 28, Navendra Jadhav 4/28); IInd: 19 for 2; Deccan Gymkhana: 231 for 5 declared (Laghate 114, Awate 114, Godse 3/6) bt Deodhar XI: Ist: 129 for 9 (Mandar Deshpande 50, Ketan Tamhankar 4/54, Agrani Bhosale 3/47); IInd: 147 all out (Nitin Devgirikar 56, Agrani Bhosale 2/13, Makrand Chavan 2/10, Kiran Adhav 2/21); United SC: Ist: 133 all out; IInd: 75 all out (Nitin Dhatrak 6/10, Misal 3/33) lost to Vijay CC: Ist: 152 all out (Nitin Dhatrak 46, V Sutre 34, Abid Maskati 3/34, Vikas Katkar 2/9, Mahat 2/24); IInd: 58 for 5 (Hrishikesh Deshpande 2/7); Vilas CC: Ist: 157 all out; IInd: 127 for four (Sangram Jadhav 50, Amjad Sayyad 3/38) bt Poona Club: Ist: 89 all out (Sagar Tilak 4/18, K Mujalikar 3/9); IInd: 104 all out (Jagdish Aarole 38, Sagar Tilak 6/25, K Mugalikar 2/18).