Lavande, Shetty & Shah smash century knocks


MIG Cricket Club batsmen Varun Lavande and Sheesh Shetty, and Bombay Gymkhana’s dashing batter Hiken Shah, cracked centuries for their respective teams on the opening of their second round Group-C matches of the 75th UPL-Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2022-23.


Hiken Shah struck a quick 151 runs (143-balls, 23×4, 1×6) as Bombay Gymkhana piled up a 291 runs for 4 in 58 overs against Cricket Club of India at the Bombay Gymkhana ground

Lavande scored 132 runs (134-balls, 10×4, 5×6) and Sheesh Shetty 116 (147-balls, 10×4, 5×6) as MIG Cricket Club who were sent in to bat first amassed a mammoth total of 356 for the loss of just 4 wickets Karnatak SA at the MIG CC ground on Saturday. Vishant More was batting on 57 at the end of day’s play, while Aishwary Surve picket 2 wickets for 88 runs.

In the other match, Shah struck a quick 151 runs (143-balls, 23×4, 1×6) as Bombay Gymkhana piled up a 291 runs for 4 in 58 overs against Cricket Club of India at the Bombay Gymkhana ground.

Brief scores: MIG Cricket Club 356 for 4, 62 overs (Varun Lavande 132 (134-balls, 10×4, 5×6), Sheesh Shetty 116  (147-balls, 10×4, 5×6), Vishant More 57*; Aishwary Surve 2/88) Vs Karnatak SA.

Bombay Gymkhana 291 for 4, 58 overs (Hiken Shah 151 (143-balls, 23×4, 1×6), Bhupen Lalwani 75) Vs Cricket Club of India.

Islam Gymkhana: 155 for8, 48 overs (Salman Ahmed 46, Ameya Dandekar 37; Aakarshit Gomel 3/31) Vs Parsee Gymkhana.

Mumbai Police 227 for 7, 56 overs (Ruturaj Sane 78*, Nadeem Shaikh 52*, Yash Chavan 30; Rahul Sawant 3/66) Vs P.J. Hindu Gymkhana.

Shivaji Park Gymkhana: 137 all out, 49.4 overs (Ranjit Chougule 31*, Sahil Gode 30; Karsh Kothari 6/49, Iqbal Abdullah 4/31) Vs Dr. D.Y. Patil SA 87 for 4, 15.2 overs (Sairaj Patil 32, Anandsingh Bais 28*; Yash Mahale 2/23).