71st Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament
Defending champions D.Y. Patil SA crashed to a six-wicket defeat at the hands of MIG CC on the second day of their Group-A league match of the of the 71st Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2018, sponsored Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd and played at the DY Patil Stadium, Nerul on Sunday.
Playing on their home ground, DY Patil’s innings folded at 233 in 67.1 overs. Sarfraz Khan (63 runs), Kaustubh Pawar (48 runs) and Sidharth Chitnis (42 runs) propped the DY Patil total, Pratik Dabholkar (4/51) and Nikhil Date (3/57) were amongst the wickets.
In reply MIG had no problems in surpassing the total as they reached 234 for 4 wickets in 53.2 overs. Gaurav Jathar played a match-winning unbeaten 91 runs, while Kevin D’Almeida (72 runs) and Swapnil Salvi (32 not out) helped complete the win.
Hosts Mumbai Police scored a 30 run victory over MCA Colts in a Group-C contest at the Police Gymkhana ground. Batting first the policemen amassed a total of 327 for 8 wickets in 70 overs. Shrikant Limbole (96 runs), Swapnil Kulaye (85 runs), Mayur Sanap (50 runs) and Shahid Shaikh (31 runs) were responsible for guiding the cops to the big innings. In reply, MCA Colts were skittled out for 297 all out in 62.1 overs. Chinmay Sutar (86 runs), Agni Chopra (42 runs) and Srujan Athawale (38 runs) tried to keep the MCA youngsters in the chase. Prasad Patil (3/51) and Nitish Salekar (3/76) bowled well to help Mumbai Police win.
Meanwhile, Cricket Club of India completed a comfortable six wickets win against Islam Gymkhana in a Group-C league match, at the Islam Gymkhana ground.
Having bundled out Islam Gym for a paltry 106 in 35.2 overs on the opening day, CCI easily chased down the required runs, scoring 107 for the loss of four wickets in 26.5 overs. Resuming at the overnight total of 55 for 2, CCI’s overnight unbeaten number three batsman Alpesh Ramjani remained not out on 41 and keeping him company in the middle was Vinit Indulkar who scored 13 runs when they completed the win with plenty to spare. Medium pacer Danish Shaikh finished with a fine effort taking 3 wickets for 32 round.
Meanwhile in Group-C, New Hind Sporting Club were in complete command and romped to an eight-wicket win against Victory CC at the New Hind ground. New Hind restricted Victory CC to 201 all out in 51.2 overs and then comfortably crossed the lime scoring 203 for two wickets in just 19.5 overs. Openers Karan Shah 96 runs (55b, 75m, 10×4, 5×6) and Parikshit Valsangkar 67 runs (44b, 71m, 5×4, 4×6) with a solid 165 run first wicket partnership laid the foundation for New Hind’s victory Off spinner Neil Narvekar (2/22) was Victory CC’s only successful bowler.
Brief scores – Group – A:
At D.Y. Patil SA stadium: DY Patil SA 233 all out, 67.1 overs (Sarfraz Khan 63, Kaustubh Pawar 48, Sidharth Chitnis 42; Pratik Dabholkar 4/51, Nikhil Date 3/57) lost to MIG CC: 234 for 4 in 53.2 overs (Gaurav Jathar 91*, Kevin D’Almeida 72, Swapnil Salvi 32*; Sidharth Chitnis 2/38) by 6 wickets.
At New Hind ground: Victory Cricket Club: 201 all out in 51.2 overs (Jiniv Joshi 89; John Abraham 4/41, Parikshit Valsangkar 3/55) lost to New Hind Sporting Club 203 for 2 wickets in 19.5 overs (Karan Shah 96 (55b, 75m, 10×4, 5×6), Parikshit Valsangkar 67 (44b, 71m, 5×4, 4×6), Siddhant Adnatrao 28*; Neil Narvekar 2/22) by 8 wickets.
Group – B:
At Karnatak SA ground: Payyade Sports Club: 208 all out in 59.5 overs (Hersh Tank 90, Hardik Tamore 41; Abhishek Shrivastav 5/37, Kumar Boresa 3/58) lost to Bombay Gymkhana: 209 for 9 in 62.3 overs (Bhupen Lalwani 102*( 201b, 260m, 7×4, 2×6); Badre Alam Khan 4/40, Vishal Dabholkar 3/81) by wickets.
At Hindu Gymkhana: Shivaji Park Gymkhana: 194 all out in 61.3 overs (Akash Anand 56, Mairaj Khan 49, Manan Khakkar 39, Jayesh Pokhare 31; Mohit Avasthi 4/25, Sachin Katkar 3/21) lost to PJ Hindu Gymkhana: 198 for 4 in 44.3 overs (Sachin Katkar 51, Rahul Lad 49*, Ankit Revandkar 36, Sachin Wagh 32; Varun Joijode-2/49) by 6 wickets.
Group – C:
At Mumbai Police Gymkhana: Mumbai Police: 327 for 8 in 70 overs (Shrikant Limbole 96, Swapnil Kulaye 85, Mayur Sanap 50, Shahid Shaikh 31; Aditya Dhumal 3/89) beat MCA Colts: 297 all out in 62.1 overs (Chinmay Sutar 86, Agni Chopra 42, Srujan Athawale 38; Prasad Patil (3/51), Nitish Salekar (3/76) by 30 runs.
At Islam Gymkhana: Islam Gymkhana: 106 all out in 35.2 overs (Mihir Agarwal 25, Durvesh Mahadik 25; Harshal Soni 4/21, Hitesh Parmar 3/39) Vs Cricket Club of India: 107 for 4 in 26.5 overs (Aplesh Ramjani 41*, Vinit Indulkar 13*; Danish Shaikh 3/32).
Group-D
At Parsee Gymkhana: Muslim United CC: 266 for 7 in 70 overs (Dinesh Salunkhe 71*, Ishaque Shaikh 55, Yash Gandhi 54, Gautam Waghela 35; Abhimanyu Vashishta 2/45) beat Parsee Gymkhana: 219 all out in 59.3 overs (Nikhil Patil 111 (129b, 244m, 9×4, 3×6), Akash Ayyar 34; Sachin Chaudhary 4/52) by 47 runs.
At National CC ground: Parkhophene Cricketers: 241 all out in 63 oers (Sandeep Kunchikor 60, Prasad Pawar 39; Khizar Dafedar 4/47, Amit Gawande 3/37) lost to Sponsor’s XI (Jain Irrigation): 244 for 5 in 32.5 overs (Jay Bista 110*( 92b, 156m, 11×4, 2×6), Siddharth Akre 81, Mansingh Nigade 30; Krunal Nar 2/67) by 5 wickets.