Air India close in on win against DY Patil ‘B’
MUMBAI: An inspired bowling effort put Air India Sports Club on the verge of victory against DY Patil Group ‘B’ on Day Two of their Times Shield A Division match on Wednesday.
Barde Alam (4/39) led the way as Air India skittled out DY Patil for 86 in their second innings after they were shot out for 107 in their first innings. At stumps, Air India were 74 for one thanks to Shaun Rodrigues unbeaten knock of 49 and needed another 50 runs on final day for victory. Brief scores: Group A: DY Patil ‘B’ 144 & 86 in 22.2 (Badre Alam 4/39) vs 107 in 46.1 (Karsh Kothari 4/37) & 74/1 in 25 overs (Shaun Rodrigues 49*);
264 & 118/6 in 35 overs Tata SC 181 in 52.5 overs (Nikhil Patil 89; Omkar Mandrekar 5/63); Group B: DY
‘A’ 219 & 74/6 in 26 overs (Sagar Jadhav 5/19) vs
209 in 66.5 overs (Manish Rao 60, Vineet Dhaka 55; Vipul Krishna 7/52); Group C:
314 & 173/3 in 27.1 overs (Akash Anand 70) vs
234 in 56.5 overs (Nitin Tanwar 63; Kunal Thorat 4/68, Mairaj Khan 3/59)
Khade, Gaikwad star for Sule Guruji
Eklavya Khade’s all-round performance and Aarya Gaikwad’s second five-wicket haul of the match helped IES VN Sule Guruji beat Vasant Vihar by an innings and 85 runs in their Group B match of the Harris Shield super league on Wednesday.
Khade’s unbeaten knock of 138 helped Sule Guruji declare their innings at 317 for three. Later, he rolled his arm over to scalp four for 13 and with the help of Gaikwad, who took five for 49, bowled out Vasant Vihar for just 124.
Brief scores: Group A: IES New English, Bandra 206 & 168/7d in 35 overs (Indrajeet Shinde 50; Prabhanjan Patade 4/51) beat
126 in 36.2 overs (Agasthya Bangera 4/24) & 154/8 (Tejas Morey 97*; Nikas Nerurkar 3/30) on first innings lead;
272 & 25/2 in 16 overs
beat
135 in 43.3 overs (Sanchit Kadam 5/29, Aadi Thorat 3/30) on first innings lead; Group B: Vasant Vihar, Thane 108 & 124 in 40.3 overs (Aarya Gaikwad 5/49, Eklavya Khade 4/13) lost to
317/3d in 68.3 overs (Eklavya Khade 138*, Vishesh Kamble 52*) by an innings & 85 runs;
196 & 83/9 in 34 overs (Saad Khan 4/40, Kartik Kumar 3/9) lost to
303/6d in 77.4 overs (Sunny Singh 100*, Nehal Khan 80) on first innings lead