Palash Pawar ‘s splendid century (102) alongwith hard-hitting 62 by Bhavesh Modak and Shubham Kharat’s five for 56 saw IES (English), Bandra scoring a shock 19 runs win over defending champions Swami Vivekanand (Borivali ) to storm into the final of the Khar Gymkhana-B. Khichadia Suburban Inter-School Cricket tournament, here today . T19 hey will take on last year’s finalists Rivzi Springfield, who were well served by Ajit Yadav (86 and 3/19) as they thrashed Oxford Public by whopping 194 runs.
Ajit Yadav (Left) and Aditya Dev
However, Rizvi at one stage were six down for 98 before late surge by Ajit Yadav (86 with nine fours and two sixes) and Aditya Dev 68 (with 9 fours), took them to fighting total of 269. But Oxford boys in reply, faired poorly with bat and were bundled out for 75.
Brief scores:
(Semifinals): Rizvi Springfield 269 (Abhinav Singh 46, Ajit Yadav 86 (9×4, 2×6), Aditya Dev 68; Divesh Pushpak 5/63, Amit Sharma 2/51) bt Oxford Public 75 (Saad Shaikh 3/13, Aman Maniyar 2/22) by 194 runs.
IES English) Bandra 246/9 (Palash Pawar 102, Bhavesh Modak 62, Jash Ganiga 51) bt Swami Vivekanand (Borivali) 227 (Saurabh Singh 46, Malhar Mane 46, Siddesh Jadhav 60, Aakash Mishra 35; Shubham Kharat 5/56) by 19 runs.
(Quarterfinals): IES (English) Bandra 224 (Anurag Nair 76, Karan Sudaiya 41, Palash Pawar 30, Pratham More 7/62) bt Yashodhan (Goregaon) 122 (Farish Shaikh 38; Palash Pawar 4/29, Shubham Kharat 3/19) by 102 runs.
Swami Vivekanand (Kandivali) 116 (Anubhav Sharma 33,Viashvik Chiplunkar 4/39, Devesh Pushpaak 5/30) lost to Oxford Public 118/1 (Amit Sharma n.o. 72) by 9 wkts.