Strong contenders Bandra’s IES New English, thanks to deadly bowling by Shubham Kharat (5/24) and Manan Bhatt (3/4) defeated Hansraj Morarjee Public by 8 wickets to storm into the quarterfinals of the B.Khichadia-Khar Gymkhana Suburban Schools Under-16 Cricket Tournament here today. After dismissing Hansraj Morarjee for 84, the IES English boys chased down the target with eight wickets in hand.
Manan Bhatt
On a day when ball dominated the bat in almost all the pre-quarterfinals, Borivali’s Swami Viveknand, who the other claimed bagged the Giles Shield for boys under-14, thrashed Jamnabai Narsee by nine wickets, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour downed Rustomjee International by 8 wickets and Parle Tilak packed off Dhirubhai Ambani by identical margin.
Brief scores: (pre-quarter finals):
Jamnabai Narsee 86 (V. Varad 5/22) lost to Swami Vivekanand Int. (Borivali) 88 for 1 (Angkrish R. n.o. 50) by 9 wkts.
Gokuldham (Goregaon) 274 (Ronit Thakur 69, Mitra Parab 45, Subodh Salgavkar 4/29) bt Don Bosco (Borivali) 94 (Khush Jain 6/15, Varun Kadam 3/17) by 180 runs.
Rustomjee Int. (Dahisar) 109 (Vansh Patel 35; Aryan Agle 4/25) lost to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 110/2 by 8 wkts.
Parle Tilak (Marathi) 128 (Vedant Ahire 48) bt St. Joseph (Malad) 44 (Darshan Palekar 6/23, Vedant Ayare 3/6) by 84 runs
Hansraj Morarjee Pub. 84 (Shubham Kharat 5 /24, Manan Bhatt 3/4) lost to IES New English (Bandra) 86/2 (T. Siddique 34) by 8 wkts.
Dhirubhai Ambani Intl. 99 (Vedant Shah 5/16, Prayush Chatvani 3/6) lost to Parle Tilak (English) 102/2 (Manit Dakshini 31) by 8 wkts.
Swami Vivekanand Intl. (Kandivali) 277 (Shreyas Hirlekar 49, Kshitij Singh 56; Yatharth Yadav 4/16) by 159 runs
Oxford Public 111 (Aradhya Mayekar 32; Kais Mukhri 4/29, Shreyansh Mishra 4/28) lost to Rizvi Springfield 112/3 (Sohail Shah 63) by 7 wkts.