Kishor Kale’s efforts go in vain

PUNE, May 14: Kishor Kale's all-round excellence went in vain as his side Canara Bank failed to capitalised on his efforts and ended up l...

PUNE, May 14: Kishor Kale’s all-round excellence went in vain as his side Canara Bank failed to capitalised on his efforts and ended up losing to Pharmika Sports Club by four wickets in the Thursday league of Poona Distric Cricket Association organised cricket tournament.

Kale first scored 77-runs in the teams total of 177 and later went on to claim three wickets for 29. But the other team members could not keep up the tempo set by Kale and allowed the opponents’ to comeback in the match. Pharmika Sports Club, with the help of Ramnath Musudge’s half-century and Ajay Kulkarni’s 36, reached the target for the loss of six wickets.

In another encounter, Ramakant Natu and Vishwanath Kadam anchoured in CAFVD’s four wickets win over Somesh Cricket Club. Ramakant Natu first, single handily restricted Somesh Club to 188, sclaping five wickets for 22. Later Vishwanath Kadam scored 60 supported by Ganesh Garsund (41) and Ravindra Walimbe (34) to take CAFVD to 190 for six wickets.

Brief Scores
Somesh Cricket Club: 188 (Shailendra Kamble 40, Manoj Ingawale 30, Laxman Pande 30, Ramakant Natu 5/22, Ajit Bhave 3/30) lost to CAFVD: 190 for 6 (Vishwanath Kadam 60, Ganesh Garsund 41, Ravindra Walimbe 34, Manoj Ingawale 3/26).
Canara Bank: 177 (Kishor Kale 77, Suresh G 29) lost to Pharmika Sports Club: 178 for 6 (Ramnath Musudge 50, Ajay Kulkarni 36, Kishor Kale 3/29).
Maling Cricket Club: 189 (Dyneshwar Kumbhar 34, Sachin Pasalkar 25) bt Yough Development Club: 145 (Avinash Godbole 60, Sachin Ranade 41, Dyneshwar Kumbhar 3/45).
MECP: 110 (Sunil Singh 5/14) lost to MSP: 117 for 4 (Jagdish Bhoite 30 n.o., Vinod Nayar 25).