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Mumbai, Jan 31: An unbroken 170 runs partnership for the second wicket between Sunil More 86, 14x4 and Sameer Apte 89, 1x6, 11x4, hel...

Mumbai, Jan 31: An unbroken 170 runs partnership for the second wicket between Sunil More 86, 14215;4 and Sameer Apte 89, 1215;6, 11215;4, helped holders National beat MB Union by nine wickets in the second round of the Padmakar Talim Shield cricket tournament 45 overs, sponsored by Bank of India, today.

A superb knock of 130 by southpaw Kiran Powar and four wickets by left-arm spinner Arun Shetty enabled last year8217;s runner-up Karnatak Sporting Association to beat Kandivli by 116 runs to enter the quarter-final stage.

An unbeaten century by Jitendra Shende 101 and his 130-run partnership with Suhas Mayekar 63, saw Shivaji Park Youngsters coast to a seven-wicket victory over hosts MIG Cricket Club, Bandra.

The other centurion of the day was left-hander Jatin Paranjpe 102 of Dadar Union who defeated P J Hindu Gymkhana by six runs.

Brief scores

Karnatak S A 291-5 Hrishikesh Shende 73, Kiran Powar 130, Nishit Shetty 34 bt Kandivli 175 Shailesh Joshi 36, Rahul Hirlekar 35; Arun Shetty4-41.M B Union 187 Kiran Manjrekar 39, Nilesh Masurkar 47; Atul Ranade 4-28 lost to National 188 for no loss Sameer Apte 89 n.o., Sunil More 86 n.o..Bombay Gymkhana 178 Rahul Yadav 59, Kenia Jayantilal 49; Sudhakar Harmalkar 3-28 lost to Worli 181-3 Gaurang Chavan 43, Nitin Khadye 65 n.o., Sameer Satpute 30 n.o..

Fort Vijay 230-8 Amit Mungekar 65, Nilesh Burke 78, Zahid Shaikh 4-92 lost to Islam Gymkhana 234-6 Camran Chowdhary 49, Salim Kodla 30, Sunil Malik 57 n.o..

Dadar Union 264-8 Prashant Manjrekar 49, Dilip Vengsarkar 32, Jatin Paranjpe 102; Vishal Tawde 3-38 bt P J Hindu Gymkhana 256-9 Ashok Kadam 78, Pankaj Desai 31, Vishal Tawde 39; Sunil Limaye 3-45.

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MIG 191 Sandesh Paralkar 58, Manish Bangera 65 lost to Shivaji Park Youngsters 195-2 Jitendra Shende 101 n.o., Suhas Mayekar 63 n.o..New Hind 258-8 Dharmendra Gupta 34, Rajesh Sanil 40, Amit Aroskar 43, Santosh Saxena 31; Mayur Rathod 3-19 bt Sportsmen, Kalyan 115 Rahul Singh 36; Santosh Saxena 3-25.