Hosts Mumbai Police registered a massive 296 runs victory against P.J. Hindu Gymkhana in their two-day Group-C (Round-3) league match of the Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. sponsored 69th Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament – 2016, and played at the Police Gymkhana ground, Marine Drive, on Sunday.
Santosh Shinde bowls Mumbai Police to massive 296 runs victory in the Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament – 2016
Skipper Santosh Shinde came up with a fine all-round performance to complete Mumbai Police’s charge to victory. Shinde cracked a rapid 30 runs as Mumbai Police, who resumed at the overnight score of 338 for 3, finished their innings at a healthy 425 for 9 in 70 overs. Later, the former Mumbai Ranji Trophy speedster Shinde bowled a fiery spell picking up 5 for 45 and with good support from Yash Chavan (5/25), the Police team dismissed Hindu Gymkhana for 129 in 31.5 overs to complete the huge win.
Earlier, Hersh Tank 182 runs(Min. 186, Balls-147, 26 x 4, 5 x 6) and Swapnil Pradhan 112 runs (Min. 217, Balls-154, 12 x 4) had laid the foundation for Police to build a big total.
Meanwhile, Parag Khanapurkar came up with a solid unbeaten century effort scoring a fine 148 runs to steer Payyade Sports Club to a 5 wicket win over Cricket Club of India in Group-C match.
Batting first CCI were bowled out for 282 in 54.4 overs. Shashikant Kadam (49), Paul Valthaty (46), Sachin Yadav (40), Aniket Redkar (39) and Nikhil Patil Jr. (36) all made small but useful contributions. Rohan Raje (4/51) was the most impressive bowler for Payyade. In reply, Payyade Sports Club made 286 for 5 in 51.2 overs. Parag Khanapurkar led the charge scoring a 128 balls 148 not out. His knock contained 21 fours and five sixes. Abhishek Tiwari contributed an unbeaten 52 and Anish Chaudhary 39 to ensure Payyade cruised to victory.
Brief scores:
Group-A: MIG Cricket Club: 305/9 in 69 overs (Balkrishna Shirke 80, Sidharth Chitnis 63, Kevin D’Almeda 57, Vinit Dhulap 36; Sagar Udeshi 5/88) beat Parsee Gymkhana: 216 all out in 56 overs (Akarshit Gomel 114 (Min. 162, Balls-125, 18×4, 1×6), Arjun Shetty 45; Vinit Dhulap 4/60, Pratik Dabholkar 3/63). Result: MIG Cricket Club won by 89 runs.
Islam Gymkhana: 134 all out in 47.4 overs (Hashir Dafedar 42; Atul Singh 3/44) lost to Dr. D.Y. Patil SA: 137 for 4 in 29.3 overs (Anand Bais 57*, Shashank Singh 46*; Samad Akhtar 3/20). Result: Dr. D.Y. Patil SA won by 6 wickets.
Group-B: Sponsors XI (Jain Irrigation): 76 all out in 24.3 overs (Akshay Girap 5/21, Akbar Khan 4/21) lost to Karnatak Sporting Association: 79 for 1 in 10.4 overs (Anup Revandkar 37*). Result: Karnatak Sporting Association won by 9 wickets.
Cricket Club of India: 282 all out in 54.4 overs (Shashikant Kadam 49, Paul Valthaty 46, Sachin Yadav 40, Aniket Redkar 39, Nikhil Patil (Jr.) 36; Rohan Raje 4/51) lost to Payyade Sports Club: 286 for 5 in 51.2 overs (Parag Khanapurkar 148*(Min. 171, Balls-128, 21 x 4, 5 x 6), Abhishek Tiwari 52*, Anish Chaudhary 39; Hitesh Parmar 4/58). Result: Payyade Sports Club won by 5 wickets.
Group-C: Mumbai Police: 425 for 9 in 70 overs (Hersh Tank 182(Min. 186, Balls-147, 26 x 4, 5 x 6), Swapnil Pradhan 112 (Min. 217, Balls-154, 12 x 4), Shahid Shaikh 39, Santosh Shinde 30; Nitin Surve 5/110, Sujit Haravi 3/67) beat P.J. Hindu Gymkhana : 129 all 10 in 31.5 overs (Nishad Gabhawala 36, Nikhil Patil 30; Yash Chavan 5/25, Santosh Shinde 5/45). Result: Mumbai Police Gymkhana won by 296 runs.
MCA Colts: 297 for 6 in 70 overs (Bhupen Lalwani 81, Pranay Menon 56, Aakash Anand 39, Aishwarya Surve 32*, Shams Mulani 31; Yogesh Sawant 4/115) beat Bombay Gymkhana: 211all out in 50 overs (Arman Jaffer 98, Vikrant Auti 62; Manan Khakar 7/58). Result: MCA Colts won by 86 runs.