Thanks to Yash Dhanak’s aggressive 81, Mulund Challengers defeated Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana by 74 runs to open their campaign in the Khar Gymkhana- organized Seth Gordhandas Shield Suburban cricket tournament, played over 20 overs, at various venues yesterday.
Chief guest Abhay Hadap performing the rituals while inaugurating the tournament, held in memory of late Bachubhai Chandrana. Looking on are (from left)- Organisers Uday Tank, Sandesh Paradkar and Paresh Chandarana and the officials of the Khar Gymkhana.
Batting first, Mulund outfit hit up 180 for eight with Yash top-scoring with impressive 81. In reply, however, JVPG batters failed to make much impact and ended with 106 for nine off the allotted 20 overs.
Brief scores: (Ist round):
Young Muslim 165/6 (Imtiyaz Khan 46, Rakesh Naik 40) bt Gomantak Daiwadnya 55 ( Sandeep Yadav 5/5).
White Star Club 75 lost to Crescent C.C. 76/1 (Jitesh Purbia n.o.38, Prakash Aswani n.o. 31).
Gaud Union 156/6 (Rupesh Borade 44, Prajwal Pansare n.o.62; Pratham Kore 3/21) bt Bhatia SC 43 (Sai Angre 5/5, Neel Kadam 3/10).
Friends SC 147/6 (Sumit Mishra 51; Rohan Kunwar 3/7) bt Jolly Friends C.C. 56/7.
Andheri C.C. 72 (Mithun Rathod 4/17) lost to St Mary CC 76/1.
Mulund Challengers 180/8 (Yash Dhanak 81, Rahul Vora 46, Vinay Kumar 28) bt Juhu Vile Parle Gym Club 106/9 (Parikshit Dhanak 3/18).
Rajawadi CC 110 All out (Het Patel 4/16) lost to Canara Vijay 111/4 (Chinmay Rane n.o.40).
Achievers CC 110/ 6 (Shrihaan H n.o.36, Harsh T 24; Shreyas G 4/22) lost to Our Cricket Club 112/ 5 (Shreyas G n.o. 37. (Vivek Patil 22).
Sports Promotion Group 131/6 (Ankit Yadav 37, Prathamesh Raul 45) bt SKP Athletics 113/7 (Sumit Mishra 56; Ritesh Palav 3/14, Prathamesh Raul 3/12).