71st Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2018
Rudra Dhandey played a long unblemished innings and cracked an unbeaten double century, 201, which was the highlight and his knock has placed MCA Colts in strong position at 328 for the loss of just three wickets in 60 overs against Islam Gymkhana in a second round Group-C league match of the 71st Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2018, sponsored Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd and played at the Islam Gymkhana ground, Marine Drive on Saturday.
Rudra Dhandey cracked an unbeaten double century, 201 for MCA Colts in the in a second round match of the 71st Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2018
After MCA Colts decided to bat, the opening bastman Dhandey showed great levels of concentration and managed to keep his cool in the hot humid condition during his marathon 185 balls innings which has consumed 240 minutes. He struck 25 boundaries and two sixes and looks good to score more runs as he returns fresh when play resumes tomorrow. Chinmay Suttar made a half century contribution of 58 runs and Pranav Kela was keeping Dhandey company with an unbeated 38 runs at draw of stumps.
Hosts Mumbai Police Gymkhana have taken a strangle hold of the match against Cricket Club of India. Electing to bat, Cricket Club of India were bowled out for a paltry 156 in 42.4 overs. Sujit Nayak (55 runs) was the only batsman to get some runs. For the policemen the wickets were scalped by Nitish Salekar (4/19), Chirag Khurana (2/13), Santosh Shinde (2/45) and Rushikesh Jadhav (2/76). In reply Mumbai Police were placed at 18 for no loss in 6 overs with Rohit Pol and Sunil Patil batting on 11 and 7 respectively.
Brief scores:
Group-A: At DY Patil SA ground:
DY Patil Sports Academy: 221 for 9 in 52 overs (Prashant Bhoir 51*, Iqbal Abdulla 43, Sidharth Chitnis 39; John Abraham 3/56, Akshay Jambhekar 3/62) vs New Hind Sporting Club.
At MIG Cricket Club ground:
MIG Cricket Club: 274 for 3 in 59 overs (Wasim Jaffer 125 (185m, 143b, 9×4, 6×6), Sumit Ghadigaonkar 95; Aashray Sajnani 2/43) vs Victory CC.
Group-B: At Shivaji Park Gymkhana:
Payyade Sports Club: 265 for 8 in 64 overs vs Shivaji Park Gymkhana.
Group-C: At Mumbai Police Gymkhana:
Cricket Club of India 156 all out in 42.4 overs (Sujit Nayak 55; Nitish Salekar 4/19, Chirag Khurana 2/13, Santosh Shinde 2/45, Rushikesh Jadhav 2/76) vs Mumbai Police: 18 for no loss in 6 overs (Rohit Pol 11*, Sunil Patil 7*).
At Islam Gymkhana:
MCA Colts: 328 for 3 in 60 overs (Rudra Dhandey 201* (185b, 240m, 25×4, 2×6), Chinmay Sutar 58, Pranav Kela 38*; Danish Rainee 1/53) vs Islam Gymkhana.
Group – D: At Parsee Gymkhana:
Parkhophene Cricketers: 218 for 5 in 55 overs (Amogh Bhatkal 65, Sandip Kunchikor 56, Tanmay Mishra 45; Shivam Malhotra 2/53) vs Parsee Gymkhana.
At New Hind CC:
Sponsor’s XI (Jain Irrigation): 189 for 7 in 52 overs (Vaibhav Chougule 55*, Shashank Attarde 49*; Vishwajeet Thakur 3/46) vs Muslim United Cricket Club.