Soham Dalvi dazzles

Dalvi’s innings of 142 was studded with seven hits to the ropes and came in 165 balls.

In reply, St Mary’s were bowled out for 151 with Mayank Jhunjhunwala being the top scorer with 45. Spinners Amit Patkar and Kaushal Dongre captured three wickets each.

Shardashram will now meet holders IES V N Sule Guruji in the semi-final, next week.

In the Giles Shield match at the MSSA Schools Sports Centre, C D Barfiwala defeated Mount Mary’s by nine wickets in the five-team round-robin league for the ManoramabaiApte Trophy.

Mount Mary’s, who batted first, were bundled out for 24 in just 17.4 overs. Kalpita Dighe returned remarkable figures of 4-0-1-3, while Akshata Parab finished with 8-4-5-3.

Barfiwala then hit up the required runs for victory in just 4.3 overs.

Brief Scores

Shardashram 346-7 (Shirish Mandrekar 68, Soham Dalvi 142, Sanket Mirgal 70) bt St Mary’s 151 (Mayank Jhunjhunwala 45; Amit Patkar 3-42, Kaushal Dongre 3-28).

Mount Mary’s 24 in 17.4 overs (Akshata Parab 3-5, Kalpita Dighe 3-1) lost to C D Barfiwala 28-1.

Podar, NM advance

Former champions, Podar defeated Balasaheb Khardekar by 218 runs in the Senior collegiate Cricket tournament. Podar had scored 345 and had Balasaheb at 52 for two overnight. Today they bowled out their opponents for 128.

In another match, Narsee Monjee scored an even bigger victory, defeating JSM Alibaug by 310 runs.

Brief Scores

RA Podar 345 bt Balasaheb Khardekar 128 (Vinayak Rajadhakshya 25, Chatak Vakharia6-36).

Narsee Monjee 384-8 decl bt JSM Alibaug 74 (Rachit Bhatia 3-11, Saurabh Shah 5-25).