Manjrekar, Gavaskar excel

Rohan Gavaskar’s all-round display powered Cricket Club of India to a seven-wicket win over PJ Hindu Gymkhana at Brabourne Stadium. Hindu Gymkhana after being put in to bat were bowled out for 108 with Gavaskar’s medium-pace striking the early blows (2-14 in 6 overs). Thereafter left-arm spinner Mayank Khandwala (3-29) and leg-spinner Sairaj Bahutule (3-29) share the spoils. CCIcruised to the target comfortably with Gavaskar leading the run-charge compiling an unbeaten 65 in 92 balls with ten boundaries.

Left-arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni (4-26) and southpaw Pushkaraj Jadhav (34 n.o.) enacted lead roles in defending champions National’s five-wicket win over Khar Gymkhana.

Half-centuries by Salil Naik (73: 5×4) and Anirudha Rangnekar (60: 4×4) and Jayesh Kansra’s 5-28 helped Sunder Cricket Club record their second successive win in the B Division league. Sundar defeated Fort Vijay by 66 runs at the Azad Maidan.

Gaurang Chavan’s unbeaten half century (68) and fine medium-pace bowling by Vishal Mahadik (4-53) enabled Worli upstage Jolly Cricketers by 12 runs at Worli.

Brief Scores

A Division: Khar Gymkhana 95 (Nilesh Kulkarni 4-26) lost to National 99-5 (Pushkaraj Jadhav 34 n.o; Musaveer Khote 3-16). PJ Hindu Gymkhana 108 (Jayprakash Jadhav 30; Mayank Khandwala 3-29, Sairaj Bahutule 3-27) lost to CCI 112-3 (Rohan Gavaskar 65 n.o.). Dadar Union 137 (Prashant Manjrekar 40;Suresh Shetty 3-30, Vinod Raghavan 3-43) drew with Karnatak 36-4. MB Union 161-4 decl (Kiran Manjrekar 69) drew with Victory 115-6 (Ramesh Pawar 34). Shivaji Park Gymkhana 184-3 decl (Sushant Manjrekar 100 n.o., Ojas Mehta 53) drew with Young Friend 122-6. Young Maharashtra 188-7 (Rahul Thakur 34, Salil Vaidya 31; Suhas Mayekar 3-61) drew with Shivaji Park Youngsters 69-6 (O Salvi 3-15, Rahul Thakur 3-20). MiG Bandra 170-7 decl (Manish Bangera 67, Amit Velaskar 38; Digvijay Singh 4-55) drew with New Hind 87-8 (Santosh Saxena 5-24).

B Division: Sunder 170-4 decl (Salil Naik 73, Anirudh Rangnekar 60) bt Fort Vijay 104 (Jayesh Kansara 5-28, Rohan Bane 3-20). Khandala 95 (Prashant Dalvi 5-14, Sharad Shetty 3-15) lost to Shantibhai Memorials 99-6 (Praful Mahajan 30; Jagdish Nagvekar 4-28). Islam Gymkhana 123 (Zahid Shaikh 48; Hemin Desai 3-40, Mahendra Pandey 4-22) drew with United Cricketers 95-7. Rajasthan 107 (Sushant Manjrekar 34; Abhijit Sarmalkar 5-24; Nishad Kora 3-9) drew with Dahisar 92-8 (Rohit Rudra3-29). Parsee Gymkhana 128 (Manish More 50, Santosh Jadhav 4-49) drew with Young Comrade 99-7 (Ajit Rodrigues 4-26). Worli 170-5 decl (Gaurang Chavan 68 n.o., Prashant Shetty 43; Uday Ujale 3-51) bt Jolly Cricketers 158 (Tej Mankar 41, Vishal Mahadik 4-53). Gamdevi Cricketers 122 (Gajendra Kadam 47; Vijay Shirke 4-27, Amol Bhalekar 3-41) lost to Dadar Parsee Zorastrian 123-8 (N Khot 34; G Lele 3-39, Manoj Patil 4-34).