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MUMBAI, December 28: A fine all-round performance by Nilesh Masurkar 31 and 4-18 and a five-wicket haul by Ajay Joshi helped Islam Gymkhana beat Parsee Gymkhana on the basis of a first innings lead in the third round of the Police Shield Invitation cricket tournament at Islam Gymkhana grounds today.
Nitin Surve8217;s all-round efforts 73 and 5-75 went in vain as P J Hindu Gymkhana lost to Cricket Club of India by four wickets. This was CCI8217;s first win in the league.
Sandeep Mahadkar 5-46 and Rajesh Sutar 55 were the stars of National8217;s three-wicket win over MCA XI.
Brief scores: Group A 8212; Catholic Gymkhana 242-9 in 70 overs Sunil Limaye 38, Amit Aroskar 50, Sandesh Kawle 38, Anand Yalvigi 30; Salil Shah 3-64 bt
Bombay Gymkhana207-9 in 70 overs Sandeep Joshi 38, Sangram Singh 43, Mahesh Balkrishnan 33; Javed Khan 43.
MCA XI 176 in 66.3 overs Mandar Phadke 65, Amit Velaskar 31, Sandeep Mahadkar 5-46, Atul Ranade 3-61 lost to National 180-7 in 63.3 overs Rajesh Sutar 55, Sulakshan Kulkarni 31; Dinesh Sabnis 4-55.
Group B: Islam Gymkhana 289-9 in 70 overs N Singh 36, S Khan 41, N Masurkar 31, M Ibji 33, Zahid Shaikh 39, Nasir Khan 46, Ajay Joshi 43 not out; Mandar Gokarna 3-101, Arun Shetty 5-90 and 179-4 in 21.4 overs Nasir Khan 74, N Masurkar 49 bt Parsee Gymkhana 138 in 41.3 overs S Mubaraki 39; Nilesh Masurkar 4-18, Ajay Joshi 5-44 on the basis of first innings lead.
P J Hindu Gymkhana 265-8 in 70 overs Nitin Surve 73, Ashok Kadam 46, Praveen Korgaonkar 44 not out; Ajit Agarkar 3-53, Mayank Khandalwala 4-97 lost to CCI 266-6 in 66 overs Amol Muzumdar 56, Mazhar Ghadiyali 41, Himanshu Waigankar 32 not out; Nitin Surve 5-75.
