Shardashram, Balmohan in semis

Then Khanvilkar turned his arm to capture four wickets for 55 runs to restrict Raja Shivaji to 144 in 40.4 overs. He was ably supported by Saurabh Ambatkar (3-34). Opener Darshan Mayekar was the top scorer for Raja Shivaji with 48.

Opener Vishal Tivrekar, medium pacers Anand Dalvi and Prathamesh Bhingarde were the heroes of IES VN Sule Guruji’s 104-run win overs Marwari Vidyalaya.

Tivrekar’s unbeaten knock of 89 with six fours and his 89-run stand for the fourth wicket with VineetIndulkar (35) saw his side reaching 186 for 4 in 45 overs.

Then medium pacers Dalvi and Bhingarde ran through Marwari’s batting, bundling them out for 82 in 32 overs. Dalvi took four for 43, while Bhingarde finished with 4 for 11 in 7.1 overs.

Mahesh Palekar’s (4-68 and 48) all-round performance was in vain as IES Modern English lost to Balmohan Vidyamandir by 26 runs. Nitesh Vichare’s attacking knock of 75 enabled Balmohan to score 208 in 44 overs.

In reply, Modern English were all out for 182 in 43.1 overs. Another fine display by Rohit Balla (3-74 and 61) went in vain as Rizvi Springfield lost to Shardashram (Eng) by 59 runs. Soham Dalvi scored 63 for the winners.

Brief scores:

IES VN Sule Guruji (English) 186-9 in 45 overs (Vishal Tivrekar 89 n.o., Vineet Indulkar 35; Aslam Shaikh 2-36) bt Marwari Vidyalaya 82 in 32 overs (Anand Dalvi 4-43, Prathamesh Bhingarde 4-11, Rahul Sejale 2-17). Man of the Match: Vishal Tivrekar.

Balmohan Vidyamandir 208 in 44 overs (Nitesh Vichare 75, AmolJadhav 27; Kunal Khot 3-49, Mahesh Palekar 4-68) bt IES Modern (English) 182 in 43.1 overs (Mahesh Palekar 48, Sumit Mallapurkar 22, C Shirwadkar 24, Prabhat Keer 26; Amol Jadhav 2-37, Raju Patil 2-28). Man of the Match: Nitesh Vichare.

Shardashram (English) 245 in 45 overs (Soham Dalvi 63, Shirish Mandrekar 29, Abhishekh Nair 21, Shammy Salaria 27; Rohit Balla 3-74, Manoj Giri 2-60) bt Rizvi Springfield 186 in 38.2 overs (Samir Khan 22, Manoj Giri 20; Rohit Balla 61; Jwala Singh 2-30, Siddharth Bhatkar 3-40). Man of the Match: Rohit Balla.

Shardashram (Marathi) 187-9 in 45 overs (Rohan Palande 33, Onkar Khanvilkar 51, Arjun Mistry 28; Nishad Jail 2-41, Harshad Gharat 3-37, Darshan Mayekar 2-16) bt IES Raja Shivaji 144 in 40.1 overs (Darshan Mayekar 48, Ashish Upasani 20, Priyal Chindarkar 32 n.o.; Onkar Khanvilkar 4-55, Saurabh Ambatkar 3-34). MoM: Onkar Khanvilkar.