Swami Vivekanand (Kandivali), one of the strong favourites for the top honours, were tossed out of the competition by IES (Bandra) in the pre-quarterfinals of of the Poinsur Gymkhana Inter-School cricket tournament at their ground at Kandivali today. Both teams ended their innings with 136 runs and the resultant toss saw the Bandra school captain calling correctly.
Aayush Prasad
In another tie, a stylish unbeaten knock of 62 by one down Aayush Prasad featured in IES (Kandivali West)’s facile win over Abhinav Education with six wickets in hand. Replying to Abhinav’s score of 142, IES (Kandivali) started impressively with lanky Aayush treating both spin and pace alike as he hammered 10 fours in his 62 to steer his side through.
Brief scores: (Pre-quarterfinals): IES (Bandra) 136 (Bhushan Talwadkar 54 (7×4); Siddharth Zingade 3/25, Mihir Agrawal 2/26, Sai Naidu 3/20) tied with Swami Vivekanand (Kandivali) 136 for 5 (Siddharth Zingade n.o.40).
Abhinav Education Society 142 for 8 (Omkar kJadhav 28, Shyam Patel n.o. 23; Chaksh Rawal 3/33) lost to IES (Charkop, Kanidvalkiu) 143 for 4 off 24.2 overs (Sumit Rahate 29, Aayush Prasad n.o. 62 (10×4),
CLOCK FOR WEDNESADAY
CRICKET – 8 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. – Poinsur Gymkhana Inter-school tournament, Poinsur Gymkhana.