Elf qualify for semis; Tatas bow out

Sun-Grace Mafatlal’s match against Central Railway will decide the Group `B’ semi-finalists.

At the Mahalaxmi ground, Elf expectedly wrapped up the match, winning by an imposing 120 runs after Western resumed at their overnight 34 for five.

Air-India, overnight 219 for six at the Elf-Vengsarkar Academy Ground, were all out for 259. Tata Sports Club, 66 behind on the first innings, reached 217 for five, but fell way short of the target and a place in the semis.

Chasing 250 for a win, Western Railway reached three figures thanks to a crucial seventh-wicket partnership between Nitin Surve (45: 3×4, 2×6) and Nazir Khan (30) that yielded 75 runs.

At the RCF ground, Chembur, Indian Oil failed in their bid toscore 202 off 57 overs to sideline Central Railway in Group `B’.

Brief Scores

Group `A’: Tata Sports Club 193 & 217-5 (Manoj Joglekar 61, Kiran Powar 39, Nishit Shetty 40 n.o., Sandeep Dahad 32 n.o; Ashutosh Dube 3-31) drew with Air-India 259 (Tariq-ur-Rehman 93, Sameer Dighe 53, Amit Aroskar 27 n.o; Mayank Khandwala 3-51, Subroto Banerjee 2-14, Sandeep Dahad 2-76). Air-India 5, Tatas 3.

Elf Lubricants 172-6 decl & 147-3 decl bt Western Rly 70 & 129 (Nitin Surve 45, Nazir Khan 30; Abey Kuruvila 4-18, Nilesh Kulkarni 4-49, Sairaj Bahutule 2-21) by 120 runs. Elf 8, W Rly 0

Group `B’: Central Rly 138 & 218 (Vasu Dormal 44, Rajendra Jalal 27, Manu Kumar 41 n.o.; Manish Patel 3-63, Vishal Mahadik 2-32, Mushtaq Khan 2-55, Iqbal Siddique 2-45) drew with Indian Oil 155 & 186-9 (Mayur Kardrekar 52, Mandar Phadke 34; Santosh Saxena 5-47, Manu Kumar 3-37). Indian Oil 5, C Rly 3

Bharat Petroleum 319 & 401-7 (Sudhir Tanna 55, Sunil Limaye 89, Abhijit Kale 50, Vinayak Samant 75 n.o.; Rajesh ;Pawar2-86, Rohan Gavaskar 2-60) drew with Sun-Grace 331-9 decl (Amit Pagnis 54, Rohan Gavaskar 29, Iqbal Khan 36, Robin Morris 35, Mandar Sane 54 n.o., Zaheer Khan 42 n.o.; Hakim Khan 3-55, Vishwas Walawakar 3-75). Sun-Grace 5, BPCL 3.