Bombay Gymkhana, Islam Gymkhana and Karnatak SA easily won their respective victories group matches in the opening round of the MCA Under-19 Cricket Tournament 2021-22, organized by Mangrol Sports Club in association with Pulse Sports Events Entertainment.
In a Group-A match, Moin Shaikh claimed six wickets for 12 runs as Bombay Gymkhana recorded a fluent 192 runs victory against Young Mohammedan CC. Meanwhile, Arpit cracked an unbeaten 72 runs to steer Islam Gymkhana to a comfortable 6-wicket win against Sainath CC in a Group-D encounter. In a Group-C match, Shubham Girkar century knock 101 runs (56 balls, 5x4s, 9x6s) and Vedant Gadia 62 runs helped Karnatak SA register an easy outing defeating Mumbai Police Gymkhana by 4 wickets.
Brief scores – Group – A: Bombay Gymkhana: 260/7 in 40 overs (Anshul Murli 77, Omit Mishra 43, Prithviraj Misal 38; Manav Khuman 2/56) beat Young Mohammedan CC 68/10 in 22.2 overs (Moin Shaikh 6/12, Parikshit Dhanak 2/9). Result: Bombay Gymkhana won by 192 runs.
Dadar Union SC: 228/4 in 40 overs (Rahul Kadavoor 93, Tushar Singh 78) beat Apollo CC: 88/10 in 31.1 overs (Ryaan Castelino 36; Vedant Deshmukh 5/18, Rohil Jadhav 2/17). Result: Dadar Union Sports Club won by 144 runs.
Group – B: Regal SC: 83/10 in 25.4 overs (Ayush Mogal 5/14, Pratik Warang-2/5) lost to Superstar SC: 87/2 in 17 overs. Result: Superstar SC won by 8 wickets.
Payyade SC: 206/7 in 40 overs (Ayush Jethwa 74, Ved Jaiswal 74; Nadeem 3/29 ) beat John Bright CC 170/10 in 34.4 overs (Shubham Mystry 50; Roneet Thakur 2/18, Ashley D’Souza 2/33). Result: Payyade SC won by 36 runs.
Group – C: National CC 224/10 in 35.1 overs (Aarya Chaukidar 114 (Balls-9, 15 x 4, 3 x 6), Nitesh Nalawade 38; Varun Malik 6/26, Vivek Prajapati 2/21) beat Bharat CC 97/10 in 22.4 overs (Yash Samgiskar 30; Gaurav Kumar 5/22). Result: National CC won by 127 runs.
Mumbai Police Gymkhana: 224/7 in 40 overs (Sachin Rathod 65, Malhar Vanjari 59; Aaryan Shetty 2/26, Prayag Kumar 2/47) lost to Karnatak SA: 227/6 in 27 overs (Shubham Girkar 101 (Balls-56, 5 x 4, 9 x 6), Vedant Gadia 62; Aaryaraj Nikam 3/14, Lucky Singh 3/39). Result: Karnatak SA won by 4 wickets.
Group – D: Sainath SC: 184/10 in 36.2 overs (Bhargav Patil 47, Shreyas Gurav 38, Sarvesh Yadav 32; Neil Devkhile 5/32) lost to Islam Gymkhana: 185/4 in 34 overs (Arpit 72*, Himanshu Kumar 30). Result: Islam Gymkhana won by 6 wickets.
Worli SC: 199/9 in 40 overs (Utkarsh Sharma 80, Parth Pednekar 34; Chetan Wagh 3/31) beat P. J. Hindu Gymkhana: 132/10 in 28.2 overs (Arnav Patil 44; Ankit Surve 4/31, Utkarsh Sharma 2/24). Result: Worli SC won by 68 runs.