Medium pacer Badre Alam produced an impressive bowling performance finishing with match-winning figures of 7 for 22 to enable Parkophene Cricketers register a convincing 9-wicket win against Cricket Club of India on the first day of their two-match first round Group-D league match of the Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. sponsored ‘70th Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament’, and played at CCI ground on Saturday.
Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, Mr. D. D. Padsalgikar (centre) is set to flip the coin as the captains of Sponsors XI (Jain Irrigation) Azhar Ansari (left) and Shrikant Limbole of Mumbai Police make the call at the toss during inauguration of the 70th Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2017. Smt. Archana Tyagi, Jt. Commissioner of Police (Admn.), Mumbai also in photo
Parkophene decided to field first after winning the toss saw Alam rattle the CCI batsmen and bundle them out for a measly 51 in 17.5 overs. Alam was ably supported by Sagar Trivedi who picked up the other three wickets for just 18 runs. In reply, Parkophene easily achieved the target with Salman Ahmad scoring an unbeaten 31 runs.
However, the highlight of the day was Harsh Tank, who is batting on an unbeaten 151 runs as Payyade Sports Club finished day one at 240 for 5 wickets in 52 overs against New Hind Sporting Club. Tank scored his runs from 142 balls with 12 boundaries and six power-packed sixes during his 239 minutes at the crease.
Earlier, Shri D. D. Padsalgikar, Commissioner of Police, Mumbai & Chairman of the Police Shield Cricket Tournament inaugurated the tournament at the Police Gymkhana. Also present at the opening ceremony was Smt. Archana Tyagi, Jt. Commissioner of Police (Admn.), Mumbai, Shri. Deepak Patil, Jt. Hon. Secretary of Police Shield Tournament & MCA Officials.
Brief scores – Group-A: MCA Colts: 273/7 in 65 overs (Suved Parkar 81, Pranav Menon 76*, Atif Shaikh 43*; Vignesh Solanki 6/68) vs Karnatak SA, at KSA ground.
Payyade Sports Club: 240/5 in 52 overs (Harsh Tank 151* (Min. 239, Balls-142, 12×4, 6×6) vs New Hind Sporting Club, at New Hind SC ground.
Group-B: MIG Cricket Club: 112 all out in 32.4 overs (Sahil Madgaonkar 39, Sidharth Chitnis 36; Prashant Bhoir 5/29, Pravin Tambe 3/22) vs Dr. D.Y. Patil S.A. 61/4 in 17 overs, at National CC ground.
Islam Gymkhana: 207/6 in 62 overs (Musheer Khan 78, Jay Dave 78) vs Hindu Gymkhana, at Hindu Gym ground.
Group-C: Sponsors XI (Jain Irrigation): 220/5 in 53 overs (Shrideep Mangela 68, Azhar Ansari 60*; Rajesh Tandel 2/54) vs Mumbai Police, at Police Gymkhana ground.
Sind Sports Club: 255/6 in 58 overs (Alpesh Ramjani 77*, Aditya Dhumal 74*, Akhil Rajput 35; Sidharth Raut 3/44) vs Dadar Union SC, at Wankhede Stadium ground.
Group – D: Parsee Gymkhana: 139 all out in 35.2 overs (Ajinkya Patil 52; Kumar Boresa 4/10, Somsing Rawal 3/36) vs Bombay Gymkhana 51/2 in 15 overs, at Parsee Gymkhana.
Cricket Club of India: 51 all out in 17.5 overs (Vinit Indulkar 17; Badre Alam 7/22, Sagar Trivedi 3/18) lost to Parkophene Cricketers 55/1 in 8.5 overs (Salman Ahmad 31*), at CCI ground. Result- Parkophene Cricketers won by 9 wic