Jaiswal ton puts DY Patil in command

MUMBAI: Vedprakash Jaiswal struck a fine century as Dr DY Patil Centre were in a commanding position at stumps on Day One in their tie against Dilip Vengsarkar Oval Centre who were bundled out for a paltry 103 after batting first.

Jaiswal was well assisted by Atharve Nigre (68). Earlier, it was the pair of Rajesh Sardar (4/25) and Simaant Dubey (3/15) who ran through their opponent’s batting line up.

BRIEF SCORES: Ghatkopar Jolly Gymkhana Centre 197 in 55.1 overs (Kaustubh Chalke 44; Harsh Pant 3/28, Yash Singh 5/59) v OFA Ambernath 58/2 in 24 overs; Dilip Vengsarkar Oval Centre 103 in 39.2 overs (Harshal Jadhav 34; Rajesh Sardar 4/25, Simaant Dubey 3/15) v Dr DY Patil Centre

184/1 in 44 overs (Vedprakash Jaiswal 100, Atharve Nigre 68); Bengal

Centre 216 in 59 overs (Sumeet Zaveri 41, Mohd. Shaijan 35, Vinay More 32; Sachin Gupta 5/69, Sandeshsonawane 4/73) v Reliance Dahanu Centre 38/2 in 26 overs; Payyade Centre 178 in 63.1 overs (Sheesh Shetty 63, Satyam Chaudhary 31; Durvesh Pitale 3/38) v Sainath Virar Centre 55/6 in 26 overs (Vedant Patil 3/16)

YASHASVI POWERS HEROES TO TITLE

Yashasvi Jaiswal powered Bandra Heroes to a facile ninewicket win over Shivaji Park Warriors in the final of the Mitsui Shoji T20 League.

Put into bat, the Warriors were all out for 148. In the chase, Yashasvi went about hammering fours and sixes in his unbeaten 85 to steer his side home.

BRIEF SCORES: Shivaji Park Warriors 148 (Kushal Davane 47, Siddhant Adatrao 31, Ravindra Jadhav 24; Varun Jojode 3/21) lost to Bandra Heroes 149/1 (Yashasvi Jaiswal 85*, Omkar Jadav 46) by nine wickets.