January 4: An attacking knock of 98 by Maroof Khan and his 114-run partnership for the sixth wicket with Rohit Rane helped Victory beat Catholic Gymkhana by two wickets in the fourth round of the Police Shield Invitational cricket championship, sponsored by Jayantilal Khandwala & Sons and Khandwala Securities, at the Parsee Gymkhana, today.Victory set to score 272 in 70 overs for a win, were tottering at 5 for 69 until the fifth wicket pair put them on the victory path. Khan's knock of 98 was studded with five sixes and nine fours off just 96 balls.Brief scores: Group A: Catholic Gymkhana 272-9 in 70 overs (Parag Paingankar 87, Prashant Sawant 30) lost to Victory 273-8 in 62.1 overs (Maroof Khan 98, Rohit Rane 41, Bhimesh Shah 37 n.o.; Vishwas Walawalkar 3-46); National 328 in 65.5 overs (Sunil More 65, Rajesh Sutar 47, Atul Ranade 71, Sulakshan Kulkarni 42; Sailendra Singh 8-98) and 197-4 in 25 overs (Amit Dani 96 n.o. Atul Ranade 57; Sailendra Singh 3-64) bt Bombay Gymkhana 169 in 48.4 overs (Ojaz Mehta 51; Atul Ranade 3-28, Sandeep Mahadkar 3-38) on the first innings.Group B: Parsee Gymkhana 193 in 61.4 overs (Ajit Kolte 57, Mandeep Khurana 39, Ambhish Shah 40; Dushyant Patel 3-32) and 89-6 (Rashad Dotiwala 29 n.o.; Hakim Khan 3-32) lost to CCI 214 in 66 overs (Himanshu Waigankar 39, Jatin Paranjpe 30, Sameer Dighe 79; Digvijay Singh 6-59) on the first innings; P J Hindu Gymkhana 22 in 69.4 overs (Nitin Surve 37, Ashok Kadam 46, Abhijit Shetye 33 n.o.; Pradeep Kasliwal 5-67) lost to Bombay City Police 224-7 in 60.2 overs (Rajesh Sanil 31, Anand Tiwari 67, Lalchand Rajput 42; Sachin Khartade 3-25).Points position after 4th round: Group A: Victory 9, Catholic Gymkhana and National 6 each, MCA Colts 3, Bombay Gymkhana 0. Group B: Islam Gymkhana, CCI and Police 6 each, P J Hindu Gymkhana and Parsee Gymkhana 3 each.
