RCF capture B Division title

Mumbai, Jan 30: Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers, led by Sulakshan Kulkarni, won the Times Shield B Division Title by seven wickets ...

Mumbai, Jan 30: Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers, led by Sulakshan Kulkarni, won the Times Shield B Division Title by seven wickets at Parsee Gymkhana today. RCF denied Union Bank the title for the second year in succession, and climbed back to the A Division, their domain for the last nine years.

Resuming at the overnight five for two, and needing another 81 runs, the third wicket pair of Suhas Mayekar and Rahul Thakur added 59 runs before Thakur holed out to cover after making 31 (1×6, 3×4). Mayekar (38 not out, 6×4) and the skipper then saw RCF through.

Brief scores: Union Bank 262 & 206 lost to RCF 383 & 88-3 (Mayekar 38 not out) by 7 wickets.

Hongkong Bank win

A century by Neil D’Souza and a hat-trick by Pravin Patil fetched Hongkong Bank a 28-run win and a passage into the second round of the XIIth Western Region Inter-bank Cricket Shield, conducted by Bombay Mercantile Co-op Bank, at Azad Maidan today.

In another match, A Swamy’s 156, the highest knock of the day, was instrumental inOriental Bank of Commerce’s 191-run win over Indian Institute of Bankers.

Brief scores (1st round): SBICI 160 (William Timothy 51) bt Konkan Mercantile 156 (Salil Tole 39 not out, Yusuf Shaikh 31, Ajit Manjrekar 3-20, Wilber 3-16) by 4 runs; Saraswat 158 (Milind Garude 48 not out, Ashwin Kumar 3-17; Vijay Vartak 3-43) lost to Unit Trust 159-4 (T Srinivasan 45, Garude 3-24) by 6 wickets; Oriental Commerce 300-8 (Santosh Wakde 43 not out, Angu Swamy 156, Prashant Manjrekar 30, Amod Rele 5-55) bt IIB 109 (Bhupal Ghosalkar 34, Mahindra Sonule 3-23, Kamlesh Ashar 5-28) by 191 runs; Hongkong 224 (Neil D’Souza 113, Surendra Surve 3-24, Uday Jadhav 3-38) bt Maratha 196 (Devendra Jadhav 57, Santosh Chavan 30, Pravin Patil 5-45) by 28 runs; Abhyudaya 255 (Satish Churi 51, Satish Rane 74, H Dalvi 3-38) bt Mumbai District CCB 231 (Amrish Thakur 41, Harish Dalvi 63, Manoj 43, Churi 5-26).

Double for Bamania

Elias Bamania of Andheri Sports Complex won the high jump and 100 metres sprint events in theBoys Under-18 category at the inaugural open state athletic meet, organised by All India Defence Accounts Association and Andheri Sports Complex, today.

Results

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Men: 1500m: Mahesh Munde (VPM) 4:13.9; Discus: Santosh Poghar (Andheri) 41.62m

Boys (Under-20): 1500m: Sampat Vasave (Andheri) 4:34.2; Shot Put: Sarfaraz Jivani (Burhani) 9.3m; Long Jump: Sunil Danti (Andheri) 6.14m; (U-18): High Jump: Elias Bamania (Andheri) 1.9m; 100m: Elias Bamania (Andheri) 11.3s; 400m: Merwyn Fernandes (UBI) 54.1s; (U-16): Shot Put: Arvind Patwal (MPT) 13.3m; 800m: Parasuram Sidharwad (Andheri) 2:16.9; (U-14): 800m: Sandeep Thakur (Atomic) 2:27.3; (U-10): Long Jump: Azain Coutinho (Xavier’s, Fort) 3.87m.

Women: Discus Throw: Sucharita Shetty (Prabhodan) 30.01m.Girls (Under-20): 1500m: Bhagyashree Hampe (Shivani, Pune) 5:52.7; Shot Put: Naita Shetty (TMG) 10.8m; Long Jump: Snehal Sonawane (Andheri) 4.98m; (U-18): 100m: Ruta Patkar (Dynamo, Thane) 13.01s; 400m: Kalpita Kanvinde (UBI) 63.85s; (U-16): Swapnil Kate(Shivani, Pune) 9.61m; 800m: Madhura Jadhav (Dynamos) 2:43.1; (U-14): Ashita Misquitta (United) 2:30.9; (U-10): Long Jump: Shobita Shetty (Gokuldham) 3.43m.