Imran helps Amrut make progress with quick-fire knock

Mayank later scored 40, but Somani were bundled out for 156, losing the match by 83 runs.

A 82-run second wicket partnership between Raunak Balasubramanian 51 and Sanil Salvi 35 not out helped St Francis D8217;Assisi notch a five -wicket victory over Gokuldham in another match.

While five other teams crossed their fourth round hurdles to enter the last 16, their real test starts on December 16, when they take on last year8217;s quarter-finalists, who got a bye into the main draw. Whether any of them hasimproved enough to put it across the veterans in the two-day pre-quarters is to be seen.

The eighth qualifier is yet to be decided. Raje Shivaji IES has lodged a protest against Rizvi Springfield, accusing the school of fielding overage players.

Brief scores

Gokuldham 117 Ashish Naik 47, Jenil Dedhiya 3-31 lost to Francis D8217;Assisi 118-5 Raunak Balasubramanian 51, Sanil Salvi 35 not out; Swami Vivekanand 47 Siddhesh Nachankar 5-11 lost to John the Baptist 48-3; St Mary8217;s ISC 138 Rajdeep More 7-40 bt St Anne8217;s 122 Ajay Nayank 33, Sajjad Meherally 3-23; Vidyamandir, Dahisar 165 Rohan Pawar 51, Mayur Kantak 38, Ankit Shah 5-44, Arpit Sheth 4-46 bt Xavier8217;s Boys Academy 152 Sagar Dumbre 58, Sarvesh Shirsat 3-38; Amrut Edn, Mumbra 239-9 Imran Mulla 64, Lukhbir Singh 33, Nadir Shah 39, Mayank Dayal 7-99 bt GD Somani 156 Mayank Dayal 40, Neel Shah 48, Harnaik Singh 5-39, Nadir Shah 4-46; Marwadi Vidyalaya, Girgaum 136 Sailesh Chander Makwana 30, Vinay Singh 4-43 bt Sheth CD Barfiwala93 Altaf Shaikh 3-24; St Joseph, Malad 97 Bimal Shah 4-26 lost to Xavier8217;s, Vile Parle 101-9 Chintan Shah 4-39, Ajay Bhayani 3-21.

Hinduja 26 all out

Bd Hinduja College were bowled out for 26 in the quarter-final of the Multigames Inter-school u-19 cricket tournament for the CK Nayadu Trophy at the Oval here today. The wrecker-in-chief for Ruparel was Virendra Yadav, who claimed a hat-trick to reduce Hinduja to 7-5 on a wet wicket. Ruparel humbled the target in four overs to record a ten-wicket win.

The day saw another hat-trick. Sumit Mahadik claimed 3-10 and instrumented two run-outs as Ambedkar College crashed to 62 all out while chasing Kirti8217;s 133 for 6 20 overs. But it was Ruia8217;s Nishant Shivalkar who stole the show with an impressive unbeaten ton against Siddharth. Nishant8217;s 111 included 15 fours and one six, as Ruia beat Siddharth by 49 runs to advance to the semis.

Brief scores quarters

BD Hinduja 26 Virendra Yadav 4-7 lost to DG Ruparel 27-0; RA Podar 143-2 KedarKalbag 35, Rubesh Kumar 31 bt HR 99 Ram Kewalramani 31, Harshad Bharat 4-25; Kirti 133-6 Amit Srivastava 32n.o, Sameer Shirodkar 29 bt Ambedkar 62 Sumit Mahadik 3-10; Ruia 165-2 Nishant Shivalkar 111 not out, Mahesh Palekar 30 bt Siddharth Arts 116-9 M Prasad 32, R Vinayak 24, Shreepad Sansare 4-11

IDBI win Centaur Cup

IDBI beat Centaur Hotels by five wickets to lift the Business India Cup at Azad Maidan. Man of the match Nitin Phadtare scored 60, and picked up two wickets.

Brief scores: Centaur Hotel 123 S Sawant 29 lost to IDBI 124-5 Nitin Phadtare 60, Pradeep Godbole 30.