Sane 8216;tricks in Pune win

Awte8217;s knock was studded with 16 hits to the fence while Dungule struck ten fours.

In reply, EVA B8217; bowed to the guiles of off-spinner Sane, who captured three wickets off successive deliveries. In the event, the hosts were shot out for a measly 84 in just 19.4 overs with Sane ending up with figures of 3 for 18 in six overs.

Nine-year-old Bravish Shetty was the only batsman to catch the eye with 24 runs.

EVA A8217; too lost to Sambaran Banerjee Academy, Calcutta by four wickets to make it a bad start for the hosts.

A fine all-round performance by Man of the Match Mohammad Misdahuddin was instrumental in the Calcutta team8217;s win. After taking two wickets with his left-arm spin to restrict the rivals for 149 in 34.4 overs, he went on to compile a sedate 30 to steer his side to victory.

Brief scores: Elf-Vengsarkar Academy A8217; 149 in 34.4 overs Paul Valthaty 21; D Sensharma 3-18, M Misdahuddin 2-33 lost to S Banerjee Academy, Calcutta 153-6 in 27.1 overs M Ziauddin 25, M Misdahuddin 30, Javed Ali 25; Valthaty 2-28, Amol Vinod 2-23 by six wickets. MoM: M. Misdahuddin Pune XI 240-6 in 34 overs Darshan Awte 88, Sagar Dungule 67; Parag Khanapurkar 2-26 bt Elf-Vengsarkar Academy B8217; 84 in 19.4 overs Bravish Shetty 24; Apurva Sane 3-18, Rohit Darwat 2-8 by 156 runs.