Atharva, Angkrish shine for Mumbai in Cooch Behar

MUMBAI: Captain Angkrish Raghuvanshi struck an unbeaten 184-ball 218 as Mumbai piled on 349 for two against Meghalaya on the first day of their Cooch Behar Trophy match at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Kandivli.

Meghalaya were earlier bundled out for 92, with Atharva Bhosale picking up six for eight.

In response, Raghuvanshi shared a 217-run opening stand with Ayush Jethwa who was run out on 85.

Brief scores: Meghalaya 92 in 38.2 overs (Mrinal Das 33; Atharva Bhosale 6/8) vs

349/2 in 54 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 218 batting, Ayush Jethwa 85)

Shaikh’s nomination cleared for MCA VP

The Mumbai Cricket Association’s electoral officer JS Saharia has cleared Iqbal Shaikh’s nomination form for the vicepresident’s post after scrutiny.

“All the four nomination forms are found valid after scrutiny. Therefore, both Shri (Sanjay) Naik and Shri Shaikh are declared as valid candidates,” Saharia’s order stated. The election will be held on December 9.

The last date of withdrawal of nomination is December 6.

Hiken’s 151 powers Bombay Gymkhana

Hiken Shah’s 151 off 143 balls powered Bombay Gymkhana to 291 for four against CCI in their second round match of the Mumbai Police Shield.

Brief scores: MIG 356/4 in 62 overs (Varun Lavande 132, Sheesh Shastri 116, Vishant More 57) vs

314/7 in 63 overs (Omkar Ghule 79, Prayag Bhati 76, Ninad Kadam 46; Siddhant Singh 3/79) vs

137 in 49.4 overs (Karsh Kothari 6/49, Iqbal Abdullah 4/31) vs

87/4 in 15.2 overs;

222/7 in 57 overs (Ruturaj Sane 78, Nadeem Shaikh 52; Rahul Sawant 3/66) vs

162 in 43.3 overs (Sumit Ghadigaonkar 71; Hemant Buchade 4/50) vs 37/1 in 23 overs;

291/4 in 58 overs (Hiken Shah

151, Bhupen Lalwani 75) vs

155/8 in 48 overs (Salman Ahmed 46; Aakarshit Gomel 3/31) vs

147 in 48.4 ov (Mayur Sanap 50; Vijay Gohil 5/52, Shashank Attarde 4/39) vs 72/1 in 14 ov