Mrunal Patil’s brace helped Reliance ‘A’ defeat fancied MGMO 6-4 in the annual 8-Team YMCA Waterpolo League -2019, held At YMCA Swimming Pool, Agripada, last night.
It was a tensely fought tie, with their respective goalkeepers keeping their opponents forwards at bay. Reliance just abo0ut lead 1-0 in the first quarter. While second and third quarters saw honours were shared by both. Reliance, till the half way stage, just about managed to keep abreast by a goal. However, the third and fourth quarters too were well fought with neither side letting more than a goal. Ultimately it was last the last minute desperate move by their forward Roshan Kute towards the end of last quarter that saw Reliance emerging victorious.
Defending champions Western Railways and strong title-contenders Central Railways maintained their top positions as they routed their respective rivals with ease. Western defeated MGMO 11-2, while Central put out PM Hindu Bath 12-8.
Results:
Reliance ‘A’ 6 (Mrunal Patil 2, Sarvesh Mane 2, Omkar Mali 1, Bharat Kuthe 1) bt MGMO 4 (Karan Shukla 2, Yadnesh Bugade, 1 Guruprasad Khaire 1).
Western Rly 11 (Arjun Kawle 5, Akshay Kunde 2, Sarang Vaidya, Pratik Ajmire, Shreyas Rolshan Kuter
Deccan Gym ‘B’ 14 (Piyush Suyavanshi 6, Ruturaj Bidkar 2, Mohit Marne 2, Vinayak Karlekar 2, Shubhankar Thosar, Vishal Narwade- 1 each) bt MGMO 1.
Reliance ‘B’ 6 (Roshan Kuthe 2, Dixit Bhoir, Bhushan Patil – 1 each) bt MGMO 4 (Yadnesh Bugade, Prayag Jaiswal and Soham Jadhav – 1 each) .
Maharashtra Police 7 (Sameer Patil 3, Parashar Satardekar, Harshal Gaikwad, Ajinkya Palanade, Rakesh Patil ) bt PM Hindu Bath 4 (Mohinsh Patil 2, Dhru Thakar, Prathamesh Vedpathak – 1 each).