Sagar propels Nabar Guruji’s to victory

Vasant Vihar (Thane) 101 (Parag Tendulkar 6-34) lost to VPM’s Vidyamandir (Dahisar-East) 105 for 6 (Nishant Jagtap 39, Robin 3-33). St Joseph (Vikhroli) 283 (Navin Salian 33, Syed Azaruddin 34, Rakesh Rao 84; Ashish Bengeri 3-65, Rohit Joshi 4-15) bt IES Chandrakant Patkar 154 (Rohit Joshi 30; Wilson Wargis 4-12). Bhavan’s AH Wadia (Andheri) 37 (Aditya Gharat 4-20, Vishwasrao 4-2) lost to Our Lady of Salvation (Dadar) 58 for 1. IES Katrap Vidyalaya 92 (M Desai 5-13, Ankur Vase 3-20) lost to Smt HM Nanavati Eng 96 (Ankit Shah 32, Saurabha Shah 31). Marble Arch (Oshiwara) 113 (Sameer Kapoor 3-3) lost to Bombay Scottish (Mahim) 114-4 (Siddharth Varma 31, Dhiren Ved 43). Madhyamik Vidyalaya (Vikhroli) 178 (Nandkishor Sakharam Gothankar 57; Jaideep Samant 4-45) bt Air India Modern (Santacruz) 167 (Chinmay Shivgan 76, Navinlal Sekar 39; Sachin Shankar More 5-27). Arya Vidya Mandir (Bandra) 312-5 (Tarang Gupte 100, Hitesh Sharma 50, Dhruv Pahwa 80 n.o. Sagar Bajaj 30; Rohan Veswani 3-50) bt GD Somani (Cuffe Parade)129 (Abhisek Bachani 3-30). CL Boys (Dadar) 169 (Sanjay Kashinath Pawar 33, Harshad Sudheer Amrute 32, Bala Parasuram 3-20) lost to Don Bosco (Matunga) 170-5 (Nishant Savant 37 n.o.; Sameer Etatvale 3-3. RV Nerkar Secondary (Vasai) 205 (Kamran K Kadri 51; Nilesh V Panchal 6-18) bt Smt Gokalibai PP (Vile Parle) 124 (Nilesh Panchal 50; Sudeep Raut 5-20, Manish Shetty 5-12). Swami Vivekanand (Chembur) 222 (Saurabh Gawde 74; Yash Shah 3-47; Nilesh Patel 3-10) bt Swami Vivekanand International (Kandivali) 162 (Davesh D 35, Yash Shah 32; Binit Singh 4-63, Akshay Hudar 4-34).

Bhatt dazzles
Excellent bowling by medium pacer Markesh Bhatt went in vain as his side Vishwanath XI failed to clinch an outright win against Solkar XI in the fourth round matches of the RPG-Shatkar (u-16) cricket tournament.

Brief Scores: Rangnekar XI 180 and 103 for 8 (Nishit Dhulap 4-39) drew with Umrigar XI 274 (Rakesh Kanojia 60, Kiran Mayekar 58, Devraj Raut 53; Mandar Patil 3-78) Man of the Match: Nishit Dhulap. Borde XI 160 and 124 for 1 (Prabodhan Kanse 54 n.o., Swapnil Patil 57) drew with Gavaskar XI 163 (Prathmesh Kanoje 39, Arif Sunsara 35; Joshil Sukhani 3-46) MoM: Gautam Yadav.

Vishwanath XI 203 and 17 for 1 drew with Solkar XI 102 (Markesh Bhatt 8-23) and 118 (Shaunak Gupte 30, Dinar Gaonkar 30; Markesh Bhatt 5-41, Sanket Bhave 4-17) MoM: Markesh Bhatt. Points Position: Solkar XI 12 points, Gavaskar XI 10, Umrigar XI 9, Rangnekar XI, Bordr XI and Vishwanath XI 6 points each.

Regent enter quarters
Fine allround performance by Praful Tambe helped Regent CC reach the quarter-final of the Cosmopolitan Cricket Shield on Sunday.

Tambr took 3 for 21 to reduce rival side Worli SC to 139 in 41 overs and then went on to score 61 not out to enable his side reach winning target.

Brief scores: Worli SC: 139 in 41 overs (Patil 37, Vikas Akalekar 38; Praful Tambe 3-21, Mahesh Yetkar 3-24) lost to Regent CC: 144 for 4 in 27 overs (Praful Tambe 61 n.o., Pramod Patade 39).

Gayatri, Priyanka lead
Gayatri Velu of St Louis Convent in the under-10 girls, Priyanka Vora of JB Vachha Girls School in the open girls and Snehal Bhosle of Guru Nanak, Bhandup established themselves as clear leaders at the end of the 9th day of the sixth Bournvita inter-school chess tournament organised by the Kalina Recreation and Sports Club and the Bombay Chess Association at the Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul, Vile Parle on Tuesday.

Results of Top Five Boards:
Boy’s open (Round VIII): 1. Kamat Amar (6.5) drew Sadavarte Sagar (7), 2. Khalwadekar Akash (6) bt Saxena Vaibhav (7), 3. Terwadkar Parag (6.5) drew Gogte Yashodhan (6.5), 4. Ganapathy Ashwin (6) lost to Unni Anirudh (7), 5. Karambel Sarvesh (6.5) bt Kartik Vishwanathan (5.5).

U- Boys (Round VIII): 1. Snehal Bhosale (7.5) bt KP Nimidev (6.5), 2. Anuj Tawari (6) lost to Akashay Bhor (7), 3. Salim Ali Siddiq (6) lost to Kashi Sah (7), 4. Utkarsh Gupta (6.5) drew Meghan Gupte (6.5), 5. Aashit Pandya (6) lost to Nitesh Bhat (6.5). Girl’s open (Round VII): 1. Trichi Chawla (5.5) lost to Priyanka Vora (6.5), 2. Pooja Kothari (5.5) drew Saloni Balgi (5.5), 3. Mruduala Nambiar (4.5) lost to Leann Almeida (6), 4. Natasha Mokale (5.5) bt Priyanka Punjabi (4.5), 5. Rinku Yadav (4) lost to Aditi Vira (5.5).

U-10 (Round VII): 1. Machrina Lobo (6) bt Saba Mhate (5.5), 2. Gayatri Velu (6.5) bt Abigail Fernandez (5), 3. Ruchita Lalmalani (5.5) drew Sneha Gada (5), 4. Sayali Phade (5.5) bt Nirali G Shah (4.5), 5. Monica Maskeri (5.5) bt Purva S Pawaskar (4)..