Iqbal, Sane provide the saving grace

Sun-Grace, resuming at 224 for five, lost two quick wickets before Iqbal and Sane came together. Iqbal’s knock of 116 had two sixes and 14 fours off 206 balls while Sane hit eight boundaries in his 46.

Leg spinner Narendra Hirwani, who was unsuccessful on the first day, took three for 141. At close, Sanjay Manjrekar (28) and Nandan Phadnis (20) were at the wicket.

A 164-run partnership for the third wicket between left hander Jatin Paranjpe and Amol Muzumdar enabled debutant Elf Lubricants to finish the second day at 281 for five in reply to Tata’s 257 at Elf Vengsarkar Academy ground, Oval.

Paranjpe’s 73 was studded with two sixes and nine fours off 126 balls while Muzumdar faced 116 balls for his 83 which contained 15 hits to the ropes.After the exit of these two, Sairaj Bahutule (batting 50, 4×4) and Zubin Bharucha (26, 3×4) carried the score from 228 to 281 at draw of stumps. Seamers Agarkar and Surendra Bhave took two wickets each.

BRIEF SCORES

Group A: Tata Sports 257 (Himanshu Waingankar 43, Saba Karim 41, Subrato Banerjee 27, Mayank Khandwala n.o. 21; Paras Mahambrey 3 for 54, Atul Ranade 2for 30, Hrishikesh Kanitkar 2 for 26) vs Elf Lubricants 281 for 5 (Jatin Paranjpe 73, Amol Muzumdar 83, Sairaj Bahutule batting 50, Zubin Bharucha batting 26, Ajit Agarkar 2 for 78, Surendra Bhave 2 for 14). Indian Oils 164 and 26 for 3 vs Western Railway 148 (Nitin Surve 42, Raja Adatrao 26; Vishal Mahadik 2 for 42, Iqbal Siddiqui 4 for 55).

Group B: Sun-Grace (Mafatlal) 364 (Amit Pagnis 59, Rohan Gavaskar 48, Iqbal Khan 116, Atul Bedade 48, Mandaar Sane 46; Bhupendra Singh 2 for 106, Narendra Hirwani 3 for 141, Satish Samant 3 for 32) vs Air-India 91 for 3 (Sanjay Manjrekar batting 28, Nandan Phadnis batting 20; Zahir Khan 2 for 25). Central Railway 147 (Sujit Gadkari 41; Vishwas Walawlkar 4 for 28) vs BPCL 84 for 1 (Sunil Limaye batting 27, Ashish Parulekar batting 27)