Pawar moves ahead

Easy for BI

Business India scored a facile nine-wicket win over Godrej Soaps, in the semi-finals of the D Division Thanevaibhav cricket tournament 35 overs at the Dadoji Konddev Stadium, Thane.

Business India will now meet New India Co-op. Bank, who beat World Network Services by eight wickets to enter the final.

Brief scores

Godrej Soaps 145 in 25 overs Rahul Salvi 50, BS Choudhary 48; Ajay Gautam 4-25, Sandeep Surve 3-24 lost to Business India 146-1 in 18.4 overs Nishant Randive 60 n.o., Manohar Rane 61 by ninewickets.

World Network Services 161 in 33 overs Arthur Gomes 33, Vinay Singh 52 lost to New India Co-op. Bank 165-2 in 24.3 overs S Lele 31, S Deshmukh 39, Harish Shetty 64 n.o. by eight wickets.

Indosuez triumph

Credit Agricole Indosuez won the Sir Benegal Ramarau Trophy after defeating Bank of Baroda by 38-runs in the final of Junior Division Inter-Bank Cricket tournament at the Wankhede Stadium here.

Batting first, Induseuz scored 227 for the loss of seven wickets. Openers Salauddin Kadri 21 and Rashid Dotiwala 42 gave them a flying start as they added 57 runs in 13.5 overs.

Brief scores

CA Indosuez 227-7 in 45 overs Rashad Dotiwala 42, Mazhar Sagri 44, Mahesh Balakrishanan 38; Vaibhav Dhokre 3-32 bt Bank of Baroda 189 in 44.4 overs Deepak Salvi 27, Vikas PAtil 65; Mahesh Balkrishnan 3-30, Mazhar Sagri 3-42.