Kulkarni claims 6-9, helps Sind gain promotion to C Division

Kulkarni, pushing 50, claimed 6-9 while Vidyadhar, brother of Test cricketer Vinod, scored 71 runs and took three catches. Sind bundled Catholic Gymkhana for 21. Wellington won the D Division title. Dadar Parsi were second while Sind were third.

Hitesh Popat had the best haul of the day — 8 for 17 — for Parkophene who beat Shri Shivaji.

Shekhar Singh rattled off 93 with six sixes and eight fours and claimed three wickets for Sunrise against Mandvi Muslims in the drawn match in the E’ Division. BRD, Sunrise and Maskati are headed for promotion.

The top two teams in the F’ Division, Young Men’s Vasai (44) and Elphinstone (33), drew with each other but third-placed Borivli won against United CC to grab the No. 2 spotand earn promotion.

Shailesh Jadhav helped Canara Vijay rout Super Star for 70 with a haul of eight for 20 in the G’ Division. Aarey swamped Merry Youngsters by an innings and 31 runs thanks to Dashrath Sankhe and Kirit Patel.

Brief Scores

C Division

Park 84 & 94-6 (Nikhil Pagdhare 33 n.o., M Sapte 3-27) lost to Evergreen 126 on 1st innings. Esplande Liberals 65 (RyanRodrigues 31, Milind Vasudeo 4-4) lost to Star 66-8 (Santosh Agrahari 3-15, Dyanesh Kambaskar 3-17). Sangam 134 (Hiken Shah 33, B Acharya 7-28) bt Bharat 131 (Aziz Khan 6-51). Parsi Cyclists 115 (S Karanjia 30, Tony Arora 4-31) lost to Young Muslims 118-4 (Vijay Indam 40, Shahid Khan 3-13). Sassanian 172-8 decl (Hemant Jadhav 51, Dilip Jadhav 40, Nirnay More 3-48, Salil Babardesai 3-33) bt Gawd Saraswat 97 (Rohit Bhalla 30, Sachin Jagtap 4-21, Vinesh Raje 3-15, Adwait Joshi 3-6). Kandivli 110 (Nitin Akre 30, A Kazi 5-35, B Faki 3-9) bt Sportsmen, Kalyan 102 (Azar Ali 32, Nitin Akre 4-24, Raju Ambhire 4-20).

DDivision

Indian Gymkhana 91 (Alhad Mahale 3-18, Nikhil Kulkarni 3-37) lost to Prabhu Jolly Young 93-9 (Suhas Vaidya 30, Hardik Salvi 4-6). Sind 157-9 decl (Vidyadhar Kambli 71, Albert Fernandes 3-29) bt Catholic Gym 21 (Ashok Kulkarni 6-9). Dadar Parsi Col 153-9 (Sunil Patil 55, Mario Fernandes 34, Jagpal Singh 4-40, Saurav Ambatkar 3-40, Vivek Todankar 3-20) bt Kamath Memorial 80 (Milap Achrekar 30, Mahesh Balkrishnan 3-25, Naresh Salunke 3-22). Shri Shivaji 68 (Hitesh Popat 8-17) lost to Parkophene 70-2 (Anil Menon 32 n.o.). Naoroz 98 (Rajesh Varma 4-30, Hemant Tipnis 4-33) lost to Matunga Gymkhana 99-9 (Imran Baig 5-24). Young Stars Marine Drive 112 (Saurav Bhatia 3-40, Premal Saraiya 4-17) drew with Wellington 104-8 (Premal Saraiya 30, Sanjeev Bagayatkar 4-41, Satish Kurup 3-20).

E Division

Old Podarities 202 (Anil Agre 79, Sarvesh Shirsat 44, Sameer Gavas 38, Vipul Rana 3-32) drew with BRD 91-6. Maskati 135-9 decl (Ravi Patil 35 n.o., Pranil Pawar 5-30) bt Friends CC 87 (T Shyam 30,Ashok Gala 3-14, Yatish Poojary 4-24). Sportsmen CC 130 (Prabhodhan Kamsay 30, Melroy Gonsalves 3-21, Nilesh Mhatre 4-16) bt Shree Lad 91 (Rohan Randery 3-17, Ulhas Matkar 3-21). Young Men’s 233-9 (M Parab 78 n.o., Dharmesh Desai 32, Amol Mhatre 4-78, Ansar Quereshi 3-50) drew with Apollo 188-6 (Shrikant Lad 53, Chandrakant Shinde 39). Sunrise 83 (Amit Yadav 4-38, Govind Rathod 6-23) bt Fort Youngsters 67 (Altaf Sheikh 6-29, Iqbal Lamba 4-17). Friends Union 202-8 decl (Mayur Gupte 33, Shekhar Singh 93, Rashid Khan 37, Anees Khan 3-42) drew with Mandvi Muslim 153-9 (Imran Khan 33, Shantanu Gaichur 34, Mukund Joshi 3-35, Sandeep Joshi 3-28, Shekhar Singh 3-31).

F Division

Borivli 99 (Mahendra Adhangale 4-49) bt United CC 67 (Sanjay Chewale 4-22, Atul Patil 3-20). Gallant 136 (Safdar Khan 35, Sachin Salunke 34, Harish Rane 37, Harish More 5-16) bt Star 81 (Jitendra Ingle 40 n.o., Nitin Samal 3-5, Jaffer Mehdi 3-16). Elphinstone 149 (Nilesh Walawalkar 30, Vikrant Manjrekar 30, Kishore Dakshine 3-38,Monish Parab 3-2) drew with Young Men’s, Vasai 68-6 (Vaibhav Karlekar 4-37). Mahim Juvenile 60 (Santosh Sawant 4-12, Abdul Sattar 3-9) & 90-8 lost to Stylo 102-8 (Sameer Gole 30, Ramakant Parab 4-33, Swapnil Nabar 3-22) on 1st innings. Bohra 166-8 decl (Deepak Acharya 60, Nilesh Shetty 31, Mayur Deolekar 30, K Varun 3-35, Parashar Chitalia 3-30) drew with Regent 111-3 (Ajay Zope 52, Dinesh Sawant 32, Dilip Shirke 3-16). Parel Sporting 140 (Khimji Makwana 6-57) drew with Combined 129-7 (Deepak Shetye 54, Amit Siddeshwar 5-21). Lord Northbrook 128 (Kishore Waghela 36, Milind Kanitkar 34, Suresh Shetty 30 n.o., Himay Chikani 3-28, Kunal Yadav 3-20, Rashid Khan 3-20) lost to Crescent 132-4 (Rashid Khan 81 n.o., Suresh Shetty 3-28).