Sanjay Manjrekar’s sound advice at schools’ ceremony

Manjrekar, who retired from first class cricket after participating in Mumbai’s 10-wicket win over Australia last week, urged the young gathering to stay dedicated to the sport and to always aim high.

Prize winners: Harris Shield (boys senior) IES V N Sule Guruji English. K B Marazban Cup for runners-up: Balmohan Vidyamandir.

Doosabhoy P Paul Trophy for best batsman in Harris Shield: Onkar Khanvilkar of Shardashram Marathi (133 not out against St Xavier’s, Nerul).

Giles Shield (boys junior): IES V N Sule Guruji. K B Marazban Cup forrunners-up: Balmohan Vidyamandir.

U A Kudrolli Cup for best batsman in Giles Shield: Rohit Salunke of Shardashram English (197 not out against St Francis D’Assisi).

Harris Shield final: Man of the Match: Prathamesh Athavale (IES English); Best batsman of the final: Rupesh Kumar (IES English); Best bowler of the final: Mandar Deorukhkar (Balmohan).

Giles Shield final: Man of the Match: Harshad Rawle (Balmohan); Best batsman of final: Vishal Tivrekar (IES English); Best bowler of final: Rohan Amladi (IES).

Rocket fire to win

Skipper Maneesh Prabhakar and Ashish Gadkari added 165 for the sixth wicket to help Rocket CC to 268 in 41 overs against BRDCC in the Gordhandas KGS cricket tournament today.

Rocket were 37 for five at one stage before Prabhakar (87) and Gadkari (64) took them to safety.

Sandesh Shah (4-28) then dismissed BRDCC for 147 in 30.1 overs to propel his team to a 121-run victory.

RESULTS

Sai Vihar: (in 44.2overs) 276 (Sachin Khartade 46, Jayesh Utekar 26, Sunil Kulkarni 47, Shekhar Amberkar 52) bt SGCC (in 24 overs) 84 (Gautam 30 not out; Harish More 6-30).

Rocket CC (in 41 overs) 268 (Maneesh Prabhakar 87, Ashish Gadkari 64, Rishi K 31) bt BRDCC (in 30.1 overs) 147 (Prashant Karia 28; Sandesh Shah 4-28).

New Amrit CC: (in 45 overs including 10 penalty runs) 207-9 (Anirudh Rangnekar 69) bt Challengers CC (in 41.1 overs) 76 (R Rane 4-20).

Khar Gymkhana (in 31 overs) 165-4 (Ajit Kolte 62) bt Achievers CC (in 38 overs) 162 (Premjit Tawde 34, James Goddard 30, Mandip Khurana 4-40).

HDFC, ITC in final

HDFC will face ITC in the final of the Champions Cup category of the Mahindra Realty sevens cricket tournament. HDFC, in its maiden appearance, defeated Citibank (GCB) in the semifinal played at the Western Railway Stadium, Mahalaxmi today.

In the other semifinal, defending champions ITC beat Citibank (GF).

Results (semi-finals)
ChampionsCup: HDFC 73-2 in 7 overs (S Desai 30 not out; Sridhar 2-21) bt Citibank (GCB) 60-4 in 7 overs (I Lahiri 20, R Desai 14). ITC 60-1 in 7 overs (A Sawant 23, A Zokarkar 23) bt Citibank (GF) 58-5 in 7 overs (K Jagadeeshan 21, P Venkat 18, A Zokarkar 2-18).

Salver Category: Birla Global Finance 66-2 in 6.4 overs (V Goel 28; Ranji 2-9) bt Tata’s (A Kakkar 20, L Sparrow 30 not out).

ABN Amro Bank 44-1 in 6.1 overs (H Deboo 24 not out; Bala 1-3) bt KPMG 43-6 in 6 overs (A Pisaria 16, H Deboo 3-11).