Customs stun title holders Central Rly
MUMBAI: Mumbai Customs, in a fast-paced and exciting match of the Mumbai Hockey Association’s Super Division league, sent defending champions Central Railway crashing to a 5-3 defeat at the Mahindra Stadium, Churchgate, on Tuesday.
Leading Custom’s charge was Iqtedar, who netted a brace of goals. Jayesh Jadhav, Mayur Patil and Joshua Vessaokar chipped in with one goal each to seal their win.
For Central Railway, who fought on gamely, Vinod Nair struck a brace and Rajendra Pawar scored one.
RESULT
Super League: Mumbai Customs 5 (Iqtedar 2, Jayesh Jadhav, Mayur Patil, Joshua Vessaokar) bt Central Railway 3 (Vinod Nair 2, Rajendra Pawar).
SHRIKRISHNA CRUISES TO SECOND WIN
Tamil Nadu teenager S Shrikrishna defeated PJ Hindu Gymkhana’s Rovin D’souza 200-129 in a Group G match of the Chembur Gymkhana Handicap Billiards Tournament. The 18-year-old Shrikrishna, who dominated the junior and sub-junior nationals making a clean sweep with four titles, winning the billiards and snooker events in both categories, was in complete control and easily overcame his 400-point handicap compared to his opponent’s 190-point handicap. RESULTS
Group A: -500 Dhvaj Haria bt -40 Murali Krishnan (Chembur Gym) 20075; -90 Bakirao Pacharne (Bombay Gym) bt -250 Rishabh Kumar (Bombay Gym) 200-98; Group C: -150 Sunil Jain (ECC) bt -350 V Subramanian (Matunga Gym) 200-131; Group D: -350 Hitesh Kotwani (Hindu Gym) bt -40 Sagar Madan (Chembur Gym) 200-181; Group E: -120 Ankit Thakkar (Matunga Gym) bt -350 Rishabh Thakkar (Otters Club) 200-44;
-350 Rishabh Thakkar (Otters Club) bt -190 Carl Serrao (Dadar Club) 200-123; Group F: -450 Nalin Patel (Bombay Gym) bt -350 Vishal Madan (Chembur Gym) 200-114; Group G: -400 S Shrikrishna (TN) bt -190 Rovin D’souza (PJ Hindu Gym) 200-129; Group H: -375 Arun Agrawal (Matunga Gym) bt -375 Aditya Agrawal (PJ Hindu Gym) 200175.
YUVAN DAZZLES IN MCC RED’S WIN
Yuvan Motwani, a 13-year-old school boy, slammed an unbeaten 81-run knock as MCC Red defeated MCC Green by 42 runs in the second tie of the Brain4sports MCC PRO-40 double-leg league at the Oval Maidan.
BRIEF SCORES
MCC Red 208 in 40 overs (Yuvan Motwani 81*, Sachin Upadhaya 55; Yash Tedhiya 2/29) bt MCC Green 166 (Tanmay Buram 75; Ketan Joshi 4/38).
DIVYA ADJUDGED BEST BOXER
Divya Rane, of Palghar’s Night Boxing Academy, impressed as she beat Nidhi Tiwari to clinch the youth girls’ title in the 3rd Poinsur Boxing Championships. She was adjudged the best boxer of the competition. In the boys’ section, Asad Shaikh from St Mathew’s Academy bagged the trophy in this category. Al Barkaat English 266/9 (Nisar Shaikh 55, Himanshu Singh 42, Harshavardhan Pandey 38*; Aditya Lokhande 4/41, Saksham Jadhav 5/5) bt Matunga Premier School 73 (Anurag Singh 5/9) by 193 runs.
VPMS Vidya Mandir 226 (Yash Dhuri 60; Arnav Kondurkar 3/40, Krish Jain 3/43) bt Lilavatibai Podar 66 (Rajvardhan
Rao 5/11, Harshavardhan Nikam 3/11) by 160 runs.
Balmohan Marathi 238 ( Dattatray Haldankar 86) bt St Stanislaus 63 (Aditya Jadhav 6/20) by 175 runs. Amulakh Amichand 46 (Aditya Giri 3/20, Anuj Giri 6/15) lost to Bombay Scottish 47/2 (Swaraj Parulkar 30*) by 8 wkts. Anjuman I-islam Urdu 67 (Amir Hamza 3/14) lost to Ryan Int’l 70/2 by 8 wkts Balmohan English 49 (Ritesh Nalavade 3/11,Yash Kripal 3/5) lost to Don Bosco, Matunga 50/2 (Yuvraj Natalkar 28*) by 8 wkts.
IES VN Sule Guruji English 296/7 (Vedprakash Jaiswal 142, Rajsingh Deshmukh 45, Aditya Pawar 38, Shiv Deshmukh 3/57) bt IES Secondary 181 (Swayam Waghmare 51) by 115 runs. OLPS, Chembur 322 (Rishikesh Rane 107*, Durvesh Patil 66, Ojas Patil 31; Kabir Oberoi 3/41, Aarya Shah 3/42) bt BD Somani 46 (Bilal Khan 3/10, Anshuman Suresh 3/4 ) by 276 runs.