Vijay, Wilkin tons power Rizvi, Podar

MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 9: Opener Vijay Singh's brisk 109 (114b, 15x4, 2x6) helped Rizvi College score 311 against Ruparel in the semi-final of t...

MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 9: Opener Vijay Singh’s brisk 109 (114b, 15×4, 2×6) helped Rizvi College score 311 against Ruparel in the semi-final of the Mumbai University inter-college cricket tournament at New Hind (Matunga) on Wednesday. In the other semi-final, Podar, invited by Mithibai to bat, were 373 for seven. Wilkin Mota hit a century (119), while Ashish Dabholkar (52) and Padmanabh Kulkarni (batting 61) chipped in.
Brief scores: Rizvi 311 (Vijay Singh 109, Ranjeet Bagwe 48, Asif Rokadia 34, Akash Sarawal 34, Amit Mungekar 4-71) vs Ruparel 29-0; Podar 373-7 (Wilkin Mota 119, Ashish Dabholkar 52, Niranjan Kawatkar 40, Kamran Chaudhary 31, Padmanabh Kulkarni batting 61, Vishwajeet Shukhija 3-55) vs Mithibai.

Indian Airlines advance
S Mudaliar (41 and four wickets) starred in Indian Airlines’ 89-run win over Colour Chem in the Indian Airlines cricket tournament.
Other results: National Textile bt Pepsi, Larsen and Toubro bt Central Railway, Mukund bt Central Bank of India, GIC btWorld Network Services, BPCL bt Airport Authorities of India, MTNL bt Herdillia Chemicals, Indian Overseas Bank bt Pawan Hans.

Anuja enters last eight
Anuja Parikh advanced to the girls’ under-18 quarter-finals beating A Gurung 9-8 (7-3) in the Khar Gymkhana KP Bathija Open Juniors Maharashtra State Ranking tennis tournament on Wednesday.

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Results (pre-quarters)
Boys’ under-16: Nihal Advani bt Shyam Pednekar 9-4, Rewant Dutta bt Karan Mordani 9-7. Under-14: Karan Mordani bt Rohan Gide 9-2, Karan Jhaveri bt R Shewakramani 9-6. Under-12: Keegan Quadroes bt J Desai 9-6.Girls’ under-18: Anuja Parikh bt A Gurung 98 (7-3), S Kowthe tb Jharna Nancy 9-4. Under-14: Diksha Mullay bt A Sinha 9-6, Riddhi Gangoli bt J Jhaveri 9-6.

Five share lead
Five players, with four points each, shared the lead in the Mumbai Division selection chess tournament, organised by Bombay Chess Association, at Zandu Pharmaceutical Works Canteen. The leaders were top seedVinod Solanki (Elo 2162), Amol Wagle, Milind Nevgi, Vakil Akhtar and N Singarvelan.

Tarun drub BMC
Tarun Sporting drubbed BMC 4-1 in a second division match of the Wifa football league at the Cooperage.
Results (Div II): Tarun Sporting 4 (Anil Raut, George Pereira, Priyaranjan Mal, Remeo Fernandes) bt BMC 1 (Vijay Pokharkar); Taj Air Caterers 0 drew Madanpura 0. (Div III): Ryan International B 2 (Amit Nawlekar, Deepak Jadhav) bt IDBI 0.

CRWP held
Central Railway Workshop, Parel were held to a goalless draw by MPF, Ambernath, in the third division BHA hockey league on Wednesday.CORRECTION: Vikram Malhotra of Maneckji Cooper won the U-11 final of the Air-India SRAM squash tournament, and not Vir Seth as was reported on Tuesday. Vikram won 9-0, 9-6, 9-1.

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