Soni, Parmar provide CCI early advantage

MUMBAI: Young medium pacer Harshal Soni (4/21) and left-arm spinner Hitesh Parmar (3/39) put Cricket Club of India in a strong position against Islam Gymkhana in the concluding Group C league match of the 71st Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2018 on Saturday.

In a Group-a match, defending champions DY Patil SA were struggling at 173/6 against MIG CC. Sarfaraz Khan (63) and Kaustubh Pawar (48) were the leading scores for DY Patil while Pratik Dabholkar (3/18) shone with the ball.

BRIEF SCORES - Group A: DY Patil SA 173 for 6 in 55 overs (S Khan 63, K Pawar 48; P Dabholkar 3/18) vs MIG CC. Victory CC 201 all out in 51.2 overs (J Joshi 89; J Abraham 4/41, P Valsangkar 3/55) vs New Hind SC. Group B: Payyade SC 180 for 6 in 49 overs (H Tank 90, H Tamore 41; A Shrivastav 3/19) vs Bombay Gymkhana.

Shivaji Park Gymkhana 190 for 7 in 56 overs (A Anand 56, M Khan 49, M Khakhar 37*; J Pokhare 31; S Katkat 3/21) vs Hindu Gymkhana. Group C: Mumbai Police 238 for 5 in 60 overs (S Kulaye 58*, S Limbole 57*, M Sanap 50, S Shaikh 31; A Qureshi 2/43) vs MCA Colts; Islam Gymkhana 106 all out in 35.2 overs (H Soni 4/21, H Parmar 3/39) vs Cricket Club of India 55/2 in 13 overs (Danish Shaikh 2/25). Group D: Muslim United CC 187 for 5 in 60 overs (I Shaikh 55, G Waghela 35; A Vashishta 2/45) vs Parsee Gymkhana; Parkhophene Cricketers 220 for 7 in 51 overs (S Kunchikor 60, P Pawar 39; K Dafedar 3/43) vs Jain Irrigation.