Morajkar, Chitre shine for Podar

MUMBAI, February 11: A century each by Pankaj Morajkar (171) and Samrat Chitre (128) enabled R A Podar to amass 468 for 5 against N M Commer...

MUMBAI, February 11: A century each by Pankaj Morajkar (171) and Samrat Chitre (128) enabled R A Podar to amass 468 for 5 against N M Commerce on the second day of the four-day final in the Inter Junior-Collegiate Cricket Tournament for the Laser Trophy, sponsored by the House of Malhotra, at the MIG Cricket Club ground, Bandra, today.

Brief scores: N M Commerce 123 all out in 58 overs vs R A Podar 468 for 5 (Pankaj Morajkar 171, Samrat Chitre 128, Ashish Dabholkar 52, Kamran Choudhary 33).

Inderpal advances: ON THE face of it, they had little at stake. Both were past their prime with fitness their main concern. Yet, they fought hard before Inderpal Singh overcame Suyog Dwivedi, 15-7, 15-13, 15-8 victory in the men’s first round of the Rs 1.25 lakh Mukesh Babu Group Indian Squash Professionals Satellte tournament at the Otters Club, today.

It was a day of mixed fortunes for Taran Machra. While he beat Karanpal Sethi, the top under-12 player, 15-11, 15-11, 15-11 in the men’s, he lost to fourth seed ParthDoshi 10-15, 7-15, 1-15. Young Anurag Gill did well to take Carl Bodkdawala to four games in another men’s encounter. Bokdawala won 15-9, 15-12, 11-15, 15-9.

JUHU WIN: Juhu Sports scored a 2-0 win over Milan SC in the Second Division league match-conducted by the WIFA at the Cooperage today. Anslem Creado and Robert Conwell scored the goals.

OTHER RESULT: Div III-D: Sainath SC 3 (Mohd Khan, Steven Dias, Aneer Mendonsa) bt BARC 0.