VIJAY MERCHANT SEMIS: MUMBAI FACE UPHILL TASK

MUMBAI: Mumbai are struggling at 139 for five, still trailing Punjab by 44 runs, in the second innings of their Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy semi-final Chennai on Thursday.

273 & 139/5 in 30 overs (Ayush Mhatre 59, Harsh A 39; Anmoljeet 2/25) vs 456 in 148.1 overs (Vihaan 230; Sarthak Bhide

3/43).

GKP Trophy U-19 brief scores: Modern CC 140 all out (Aaditya Parab 47; Aaditya Rawat 3/18) beat Sportsman CC 121 all out; Thane Friends Union CC 180/8 (Amanath Hussain.67*; Meet Patil 4/24, Yogesh Shinde 3/40) beat Sunrise CC 96 all out (Anuj Iyer 5/12); Sporting CC 208 all out (Yaseen Shaikh 59; Sarthak Goregaonkar 3/34) beat

78 all out (Kedar Patil 33; Yaseen Shaikh 3/13, Neel

Dhatiya 3/0)

Times Shield ‘B’ Division brief scores: DTDC Express Ltd 477 in 103.3 overs vs Mumbai Port Trust SC ‘A’ 300/8 in 83 overs (Kushal Valsangkar 64, Dasharath Chavan 102);

259 in 56.2 overs & 234 in 45.4 overs (Aaditya Srivastava 97; Atharva Bhosale 5/98) vs

232 in 72.4 overs & 144/5 in 23.5 overs (Nikhil Patil 53); Western Railway Sports Assoc. ‘B’ 377/9 in 108 overs vs Gr. Mumbai Police S. C ‘A’ 373 in 90.1 overs (Sunil Patil 54, Ruturaj Sane 84, Sangram Bhalekar 122; Kunal Karamchandani 4/79, Jay Chauhan 4/122).

Pune crowned State Games champions

PUNE: Pune were crowned champions of the Maharashtra State Olympic Games after bagging five gold medals each in swimming and cycling on the final day. Overall, Pune took 116 gold, 96 silver and 105 bronze medals. Thane were second with 47 gold, 34 silver and 37 bronze. Kolhapur finished third.