A splendid bowling performances from Aman Sheoran (5 for 35) and Amit Pandey (4 for 36) placed host Mumbai Police in a commanding position against New Hind Sporting Club in a Group-D match on the opening day of the 72nd Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2019, and played at the P.J. Hindu Gymkhana, Marine Lines on Saturday.
Shri Sanjay Barve, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai and Chairman & Patron of the Police Shield Cricket Tournament shows his batting skills after inaugurting the 72nd Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2019.
Mumbai Police after electing to field first dismissed New Hind Sporting Club for 117 in 30 overs with Sheoran and Pandey doing the damage. Kushal Dawane topped scored with 30 runs. In reply, Mumbai Police scored 60 for the loss of three wickets 17.2 overs and require another 68 runs to clinch victory.
Earlier, Shri Sanjay Barve, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai and Chairman & Patron of the Police Shield Cricket Tournament inaugurated the tournament. Also present at the inauguration function was Shri. Nawal Bajaj, Jt. Commissioner of Police (Admn.), Mumbai, Shri Nishith Mishra, Addl. Comm. of Police (South Region) & Shri Deepak Patil, Dy. Supdt. of Police and Police Shield Committee Members & MCA Officials.
Brief scores:
Group-A: Parkophene Cricketers: 261/4 in 56 overs (Amogh Bhatkal 118(146 ball, 16×4, 1×6), Sagar Mishra 45*, Prasad Pawar 45) vs Islam Gymkhana.
Karnatak Sporting Association: 168 all out in 53.3 overs (Rohan Kerkar 48, Prateek Patil 47; Prashant Bhoir 3/46) vs Eagle Thane Strikers
Group-B: Shivaji Park Gymkhana: 181 all out in 47.4 overs (Vedant Murkar 54, Aditya Khanvilkar 40; Rohan Raje 3/29) vs Payyade Sports Club.
Parsee Gymkhana: 263/6 in 54 overs (Manish Rao 77*, Vaibhav Kalamkar 57*, Aakarshit Gomel 37, Raunaq Sharma 30) vs Sind Sports Club.
Group-C: P.J. Hindu Gymkhana: 199/9 in 52.3 overs (Anup Revandkar 78, Salil Agharkar 41*; Ankush Jaiswal 3/22) vs MIG Cricket Club.
Bombay Gymkhana: 222/5 in 58 overs (Nishadh Gabhawala 76*, Ankit Shastri 58, Ayaz Ahmed Khan 39) vs Cricket Club of India.
Group-D: New Hind Sporting Club: 117 all out in 30 overs (Kushal Dawane 30; Aman Sheoran 5/35, Amit Pandey 4/36) vs Mumbai Police: 60/3 in 17.2 overs (Sunil Patil 33*).
MCA Colts XI: 308/2 in 58 overs (Kaushik Chiklikar 137*(165 balls, 16×4, 1×6), Siddharth Aakre 73, Agni Chopra 69*).