University of Rajasthan did lose half their side, but had few difficulties in overhauling their target of 140 against Maharaja Shahajirao University in the first round of the West Zone Inter University Cricket Tournament for the Rizvi Trophy at Fort Vijay, Azad Maidan on Monday. Sachin Agarwal’s gritty unbeaten 70 was the only bright spark in an otherwise disappointing batting display by the Gujarat outfit, as he scored more than half the runs in his team’s total tally. But, Agarwal was left stranded as he got little support from the rest of his teammates. Phaseykapil Kumar anchored Rajasthan’s chase with a solid 56, while all the other batsmen chipped in with useful contributions. Atul Puri was the pick of the bowlers for the victorious team, as he returned figures of 4 for 25, while Adil Kamal, Ravi Sharma and Abdul Waheed chipped in with two wickets each. Hitesh Nandanwar’s swashbuckling unbeaten 111 was the only century on the opening day of the tournament, and it helped SGB University, Amravati in amassing a staggering 281 for five. In reply, Vikram University from Ujjain were cleaned up for 73, with Nandkishor Parsekar claiming 5-19, handing the Amravati side a crushing 208-run victory. In another one-sided contest in Kandivali, Dharmsinh Desai beat MLSU from Udaipur by 80 runs. Kamlesh Dangi’s amazing 6-14 helped MLSU dismiss their opponents for 146. But they failed to even make a match of it, as Ravi Aghara struck back with 5-22, and MLSU could muster only a paltry 66. In a low-scoring match, Bikaner University overcame Uttar Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Jalgaon by 11 runs at the MCA Ground II, Kandivali.Bikaner were restricted to a modest 139 with Shaktipal Mund missing a half century by four runs. But they struck back to dismiss Uttar Maharashtra for 128 runs in a thrilling finish.Brief Scores:At MCA-I, Kandivali: Dharmsinh Desai 146 (Ankit Patel 38, Kumarsambhava Singh 30; Kamlesh Dangi 6-14, Shankar Gurjar 3-23) bt MLSU, Udaipur 66 (Ravi Aghara 5-22, Dharmadeepsinh Jadeja 2-13, Kumarsambhava Singh 2-10) by 80 runs.At MCA-II, Kandivali: Bikaner University 139 (Shaktipal Mund 46, Puran Singh 24; Kiran Jadhav 3-26, Tanvir Ahmed 2-19; Mehul Ingle 2-22) bt Uttar Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Jalgaon 128 (Mehul Ingle 34, Suman Dixit 15, Chandan Wani 14; Rajkumar Beniwal 4-40; Dharmpal Kumar 3-28; Avinash Purohit 2-26) by 11 runs.At Karnataka, Cross Maidan: SGB, Amravati 281 for 5 (Hitesh Nandanwar 111 n.o.; Gaurav Singh 52, Vikrant Gulve 32, Vishal Ganatra 29; Arvind Nagar 2-47) bt Vikram Univ, Ujjain 73 (Arvind Nagar 14; Nandkishor Parsekar 5-19, Sanjay Patel 2-14) by 208 runs.At Fort Vijay, Azad Maidan: Maharaja Shahajirao Univ, Gujarat 139 (Sachin Agarwal 70 n.o.; Atul Puri 4-25, Adil Kamal 2-12, Ravi Sharma 2-28, Abdul Waheed 2-41) lost to University of Rajasthan 142 for 5 (Phaseykapil Kumar 56, Aziz Aftighar 28; Aditya Waghmore 2-23, Himanshu Tandel 2-27) by 5 wickets.At Sydenham, Oval: University of Kota 197 for 9 (Nitesh Bharti 54 n.o., Deepak Sharma 31, Sanjay Bharti 24; Hitendra Jadeja 3-35, Ramesh Khimani 2-24, Navin Dabasiya 2-30) bt Kachcha Univ, Bhuj 89 (Sanket Joshi 45; Ashish Jorasiya 2-13, Tufan Singh 2-14, Sanjay Bharti 2-14, Deepak Sharma 2-16) by 108 runs.At New Hind SC: Dr HS Gaur Univ 177 (Komal Rawak 64, Rajeev Dube 32, Vaibhav Chandekar 29; Dharmesh Ghadiya 3-14, Hardik Chauhan 3-37, Chirag Jani 2-27) lost to Bhavnagar Univ 182 for 6 (Hardik Chauhan 64, Mayur Gohil 41, Abhay Kunchala 20, Chirag Jani 15; Gaurav Yadav 3-46, Anurag Swami 2-27) by 4 wickets. At BKC: SRT, Nanded 260 for 8 (Jadhav 79) bt RDV, Jabalpur 118 (Prakash 39) by 142 runs.
