Roshan Kanojia batted with aplomb to hit up 85 in Rizvi Springfield’s thumping 165 win over Malad’s Vibgyor High to storm into the pre-quarterfinals of the B.Khichadia-Khar Gymkhana Suburban Schools Under-16 Cricket Tournament here today.
Rizvi Springfield, batting first, scored 267 off the allotted 45 overs with Roshan hammering 85. In reply, Vibgyor (Malad) were bowled out for 102 with Kais Mukhri (6/63) and Ravi Gupta (3/42) sharing the bowling honours.
In other matches, Bandra’s IES New English thrashed St. Stanislaus by 10 wickets, so too Dhiribhai Ambani International, who routed St. Anne’s (Malad) .
Brief scores: (1st round): St. Stanislaus (Bandra). 119 (Arjun Jaiswal n.o. 65, Shubham Kharat 5/42) lost to IES New English 120 /0 (Aadit D. n.o. 53, Jeevan K. n.o.54) by 10 wkts.
Thakur Shyamnarayan 31 (Zeeshan Charolia 6/ 20, Tavis Shetty 4/ 11) lost to Hansraj Morarji Public 32/2 by 8 wkts.
St. Anne’s 72 (Arhan Maker 5/11, Abhivir Goel 3/7) lost to Dhirubhai Ambani Intl. 73/0 (Taher Kudani n.o.30) by 10 wkts.
Rizvi Springfield 267 (Roshan Kanojiya 85, Abhishek Yadav 36, Ananya Deshpande 5/63) bt Vibgyor High (Malad) 102 (Kais Mukhri 6/43, Ravi Gupta 3/42) by 165 runs.