PCMC notch up second victory

Earlier, Yogesh Sawant’s responsible knock of 53 helped New Union Club reach a respectable total, despite some good bowling from rival bowlers Chandan G, Raju Kotwal and Ravi Gaikwad, who returned with three wickets apiece.

In the Rashtriya Rasayanik Prayog School versus Sunday Sports encounter, it was the latter that took the honours, going past the 215 posted by the opposition with great ease, loosing only five wickets in the process.

The hero of the day for the victors was Milind Panse with 89 runs. Anand also looked set for a big total remaining not out at 33 when his team surpassed the winning target by two runs.

Meanwhile, Avinash Gaikad held sway for the Aaloch CC, his essay of 85 runs helping his team to set up a mammoth total of 231 for seven, which took them to a comprehensive victory over Evergreen CC when the latter were all out for 160.

A major chunk of the credit for the victory went to the Aaloch CC bowlers as Suhas Waghmale bagged four wickets at the cost of just 22 runs, while Kartik Kendhe had a haul of three wickets while giving away a total of 49 runs.

In the clash between Azad CC and Sangli Bank, however, it were the batsmen who did a major part of the work. Ashok Ranvade (65), Laxmikant Shinde (36) and Dhananjay Nimhan (35 n.o.) helped Azad CC post a formidable 214 for seven on the board. And despite some good work from Hemant Shah (55 n.o) and Parag (45), Sangli Bank looked nowhere like reaching near the target as wickets fell at regular intervals to finally restrict them to a meager 175 for eight.

The highest total of the day came from MSEB as a century from Deepak Conoor (119), put them in an almost invincible position with 316 runs and still some batting remaining before they ran out of overs. And if anyone could have surpassed the target it was certainly not rivals Old Monks CC, who had all the batsmen returning to the dressing room by the time the scoreboard read 150. Connor was definitely the pick of the day as he also pitched in with two very useful wickets at the cost of a meager nine runs.

The target of 124 set by Sinhagad CC for Unity Council CC was easily surpassed by the latter when they walked off the field, victorious at 126 for three.

Another comprehensive result in the day’s fixtures came in the clash between Rupee Bank and Cosmos Bank. Rupee Bank set up a total of 172, despite excellent bowling from Cosmos’s Yashwant Bhujbal who returned figures of 6/15. The target was howevery unattainable for the opposition as Cosmos crumbled for 94.

Brief Scores
New Union Cricket Club: 127 (Yogesh Sawant 53, Sandeep Jadhav 28, Chandan G 3/17, Raju Kotwal 3/26, Ravi Gaikwad 3/10) lost to PCMC: 130 for 4 (Chandan Gangawane n.o. 55, Vivek Malesh 28, Deepak Darekar 2/37).

Rashtriya Rasayanik Prayog School: 215 for 9 (Prakash Kokane 41, P Kulkarni 26, S Patil 25, S Karanjkar 25, Sunil Kamble 3/19) lost to Sunday Sports: 217 for 5 (Milind Panse 89, Rahul Belsare 37, Anand A n.o. 33).

Aaloch CC: 231 for 7 (Avinash Gaikwad 85, Vijay Parkhi 47, Kiran Chavan 38, Sunil Kumbharkar 3/20) won against Evergreen CC: 160 (Sunil Kumbharkar 40, Suhas Waghmale 4/22, Kartik Kendhe 3/49).

Azad CC: 214 for 7 (Ashok Ranvade 65, Laxmikant Shinde 36, Dhananjay Nimhan n.o. 35, Hemant Shah 3/30, Uday Dharmadhikari 2/29) won against Sangli Bank: 175 for 8 (Hemant Shah n.o. 55, Parag S 45, S Das 28, Dhananjay C 3/26, Gyaneshwar Jagdale 2/20, Laxmikant Shinde 2/37).

MSEB: 316 for 7 (Deepak Conoor 119, Dinesh Desai 39, Anil Prabhune 36, Anil V 32, Kedar Shirodkar 4/44) won against Old Monks CC: 150 (Kedar Shirodkar 62, Suresh Uttekar 25, Anil Prabhune 4/26, Deepak Conoor 2/9, Dinesh Desai 2/17).

Sinhagad CC: 122 (Rohidas M 44, Maruti Ingawale 38, Sanjay S 3/23, Parag Gaikwad 2/9, Sanjay J 2/10) lost to Unity Council CC: 126 for 3 (Rahul Shiraskar 50, Sanjay J 25).

Rupee Bank: 172 (Rajesh Kamat 30, Yashwant Bhujbal 6/15) won against Cosmos Bank Ltd: 94 (Rakesh Gaikwad 28, Parag Bapat 3/30, Vivek Pol 3/7).

Western Club: 162 (Vijay D 54, Amol Mahankale 39, Sandeep Kadam 4/26, Ramdas M 2/25, Anant Pasalkar 2/25) lost to M J Phule Club: 165 for 8 (Anant Pasalkar n.o. 44, Bharat Gondawe 31, Abhay D 3/10, Nitin Unane 2/45).

Military Engineering Services: 159 (Vilas Kittur 36, Bharat Y 60, Niranjan Salvi 3/39, Vikas Tambat 2/15, Avinash Owhal 2/52) lost to PMT: 163 for 3 (Vijay Uttekar 57, Sanjay Shinde n.o. 49, Niranjan Salvi 37).

Eagle Flask Ltd: 150 (Sanjay Dabhade 28, Ashish C 25, Ravindra Shirsat 3/23, Praful Laghate 3/14, Vikas Mahadik 2/7) won against Ispat Profiles: 68 (Raju Deshmukh 3/14, Ashish C 3/7, Raju Dabhade 2/13).

Union Bank of India: 80 (Sanjay Desai 3/5) lost to Praj Industries: 84 for 1 (Umesh Deshmukh 36, Sanjay Desai n.o. 32).