Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament Report
MIG Cricket Club and Payyade Sports Club registered contrasting victories in their respective second round matches of the Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. sponsored ‘70th Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament’.
In a Group-B match, MIG CC playing on their home ground defeated P.J. Hindu Gymkhana by a huge 262 runs margin. Meanwhile, Payyade did well to pull off a narrow 20-run victory against defending champions Karnatak Sporting Association in a Group-A encounter.
MIG bolstered by the double century knock from Sumit Ghadigaonkar 229 runs (Min. 261, Balls-203, 27×4, 3×6) completed their innings at a mammoth total of 419 for the loss of seven wickets from their quota of 70 overs. Swapnil Pradhan (75) and Gaurav Jathar (58 not out) made useful contributions to the total, while Salil Agharkar (4/130) was the only successful bowler for Hindu Gym. Chasing a daunting target the Hindu Gym battling flopped completely against the left arm spin of Vinit Dhulap (7/55) and were skittle out for 157 in 35.5 overs. Nishad Gabhawala (44) was the only batter to get some runs.
Payyade SC resuming at their overnight total of 269 /4 finished their innings at 327 for the loss of seven wickets. Akash Anand 109 runs (Min. 210, Balls-178, 7×4), Parag Khanapurkar (86 not out), Harsh Tank (55) and Rahul Lad 45 proped the Payyade innings. Later, spinner Vinit Dhulap (7 for 55) tormented the Karnatak batsmen and was mainly responsible in bowling them out for 307 runs from 57.2 overs to help Payyade clinch a close win.
Brief scores:
Group – A: Payyade Sports Club: 327/7 in 70 overs (Akash Anand 109 (Min. 210, Balls-178, 7×4), Parag Khanapurkar 86*, Harsh Tank 55, Rahul Lad 45; Prathmesh Take 2/67) beat Karnatak Sporting Association: 307 all out in 57.2 overs (Shivam Dubey 139 (Min. 205, Balls-123, 11x 4, 6×6), Ameya Soman 46, Vinayak Bhoir 30; Harmeet Singh 5/73, Parag Khanapurkar 3/65) , at KSA ground. Result: Payyade SC won by 20 runs.
MCA Colts: 275 all out in 68 overs (Kunal Chalke 54, Atif Shaikh 50, Sanket Kashte 43, Viraj Gamare 30; Parikshit Valsankar 6/74) lost to New Hind Sporting Club: 286/6 in 61.2 overs (Siddhant Adhatrao 70, Avdhoot Dandekar 65*, Shubham Neve 40; Vaibhav Mali 3/61), at New Hind SC ground. Results: New Hind won by 4 Wickets.
Group – B: MIG Cricket Club: 419/7 in 70 overs (Sumit Ghadigaonkar 229 (Min. 261, Balls-203, 27×4, 3×6), Swapnil Pradhan 75, Gaurav Jathar 58*; Salil Agharkar 4/130) beat P.J. Hindu Gymkhana: 157/10 in 35.5 overs (Nishad Gabhawala 44; Vinit Dhulap 7/55), at MIG CC ground. Result: MIG Cricket Club won by 262 runs.
Islam Gymkhana: 173 all out in 42.4 overs (Musheer Khan 45; Pravin Tambe 4/58) lost to Dr. D.Y. Patil SA 176/3 in 24.5 overs (Aman Khan 83, Arun Yadav 47, Shubham Ranjane 30*), at Dadar Parsee Colony ground. Result: Dr. D.Y. Patil SA won by 7 wickets.
Group – C: Dadar Union Sporting Club: 252 all out in 64.4 overs (Sushant Khaire 73, Yashaswi Jaiswal 64; Santosh Shinde 4/38, Yogesh Jagtap 3/69) vs Mumbai Police 252 all out in 70 overs (Yash Chavan 70, Humayun Hirapure 50, Santosh Shinde 33, Shrikant Limbole 30; Siddharth Raut 5/62), at Police Gymkhana ground. Result: Match Tied.
Sponsors XI (Jain Irrigation): 399/8 in 70 overs (Kaushik Chikhlikar 125(Min. 222, Balls-126, 15×4, 2×6), Azhar Ansari 66, Varun Deshpande 44, Shrideep Mangela 42, Shashank Atarde 34; Javed Khan 3/122) beat Sind Sports Club: 268 all out in 64.5 overs (Aamir Borania 51, Alpesh Ramjani 49, Chinmay Sutar 45, Kushal Shah 36; Azhar Ansari 3/37, Dhrumil Matkar 3/82), at Hindu Gym ground. Result: Sponsors XI (Jain Irrigation) won by 131 runs.
Group – D: Bombay Gymkhana: 320 all out in 70 overs (Sandeep Kunchikor 93, Karan Vashodia 57, Abhishek Srivastav 46, Ankit Shastri 43; Aniket Redkar 6/83) lost to Cricket Club of India: 323/4 in 56.1 overs (Vinit Indulkar 116*(Min. 153, Balls-116, 12×4), Sachin Yadav 91, Paul Valthaty 74; Kumar Boresa 2/103), at Shivaji Park Gymkhana. Result: Cricket Club of India won by 6 Wickets.
Parkophene Cricketers: 94 all out in 29.4 overs (Abhimanyu Vashistha 4/21, Shivam Malhotra 3/41) lost to Parsee Gymkhana: 97 for no loss in 13.5 overs (Bravish Shetty 68*, Akarshit Gomel 25*). Result: Parsee Gymkhana won by 10 wickets, at Parsee Gymkhana Ground.