Febraury 28: A gallant unbeaten 137-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Nitin Palande and Vivek Naravane saw Young Maharashtra beat Sportsmen (Kalyan) by five wickets to enter the second-round of the Young Comrade Shield cricket tournament (70-over), conducted by MIG Cricket Club, at Shivaji Park today.Young Maharashtra, set to score 252 for a win, were tottering at 116-5 when the sixth-wicket pair came together. Naravane's attacking knock of 93 in 61 balls was studded with four sixes and eight fours, while Palande hit five fours in his 69.An unbeaten century by opener Ashok Kadam (101, 2x6, 18x4) and his two useful partnerships, helped PJ Hindu Gymkhana beat Khar Gymkhana by eight wickets at the latter's homeground.Kadam first, added 133 for the first wicket with Tushar Jhaveri (74) and then put on 102 runs for the second wicket with Anil Sakpal (61) and placed his side on the victory path.An all-round performance by Vikram Torvi (127 n.o. and 4-58) enabled Rajasthan Cricket Club downDadar Union by 108 runs at the P J Hindu Gymkhana.Brief scoresDadar Parsee Colony Zorastrian 144 in 41.2 overs (Nishant Shivalkar 46; Mandar Gokarna 5-45) lost to MB Union 147-2 in 28.2 overs (Kunal More 59, Jairaj Chitnis 63 n.o.) by eight wickets.Young Friends 286-9 in 70 overs (Naushad Khan 131, Uttam Sawant 36, Sayed Marjan 32; Uday Ujale 4-76) bt Jolly Cricketers 213 all out in 56.2 overs (Tushar Patil 35, Uday Ujale 34, Akash Sarwal 31, Sanjay Jaywant 32; Aslam Sarguru 3-60, Haqiq Siddiqui 5-50) by 73 runs.Khar Gymkhana 280-6 in 70 overs (Sanjay Jumani 32, Ashutosh Narkar 93, Sujit Gadkari 49, Farhad Bhabha 42 n.o.; Nitin Sawant 3-110) lost to PJ Hindu Gymkhana 283-2 in 40.2 overs (Ashok Kadam 101 n.o., Tushar Jhaveri 74, Anil Sakpal 61, Jayprakash Jadhav 30 n.o.) by eight wickets.Sportsmen 252-8 in 70 overs (Milind Tamhane 39, Hitesh Popat 53, Azhar Ali 74 n.o., Anand Venkat 30; Rahul Thakur 3-56) lost to Young Maharashtra 255-5 in 59.5 overs (Rohan Bagade 41, Nitin Palande 69n.o. Vivek Naravane 93 n.o.) by five wickets.New Hind 318-9 in 70 overs (Dharmendra Gupta 81, Ashok Ishwalkar 43, Vinit Sarang 31, Anand Tiwari 46, Shailesh Manjrekar 76; Jayesh Kansara 5-94) bt Sunder 185 in 53.3 overs (Yogesh Patil 32, Premjeet Tawde 41, Aroon Balkrishnan 48; Vinit Sarang 3-18, Vinay Dandekar 5-22) by 123 runs.CCI 86 in 31.4 overs (Manish Sakhalar 5-49) lost to United Cricketers 88-3 in 31.5 overs (Ashish Gadre 38) by seven wickets.Rajasthan 300-9 in 70 overs (Vikram Torvi 127 n.o., Paresh Sutane 58; Sunil Limaye 4-85) bt Dadar Union 192 in 49.1 overs (Sunil Limaye 56, Pranad Gupte 49; Vikram Torvi 4-58) by 108 runs.Khandala 181 in 62.5 overs (Amit Mungekar 48, Sachin Saverdekar 32; Uday Karkera 3-47) lost to MIG, Bandra 187-4 in 40 overs (Manish Bangera 81 n.o., Amit Dhulap 51) by six wickets.
