Dadar Union, Parkophene snatch narrow victories: Musheer, Aryan Punja, Nutan Goel, Aryan Pathan Top Performers

Mumbai, April 13: A determined Dadar Union Sports Club put up a solid fighting performance and managed to overcome Islam Gymkhana recording a narrow 4-run win in a Group-B match of the MCA 2^nd Under-19 Cricket Tournament organized by Bhama CC in association with Mumbai Cricket Club and played at the Islam Gymkhana ground.

Batting first Dadar Union were bowled out for 163 runs in 35 overs. Later, defending a low score Dadar Union bowlers Zaid Patankar 3 for 26, Ashley D’Souza 3 for 30 and Adit Deogaonkar 3 for 32 rose to the challenge and dismissed Islam Gymkhana for 159 runs in 33 overs to help their team snatch a tight win.

In another closely fought encounter, Parkophene Cricketers defeated Navroz Cricket Club by a close margin of just 11 runs. Batting first Parkophene Cricketers innings closed at 161 all out in 34.4 overs, but they came roaring back and restricted Navroz CC 150 for 8 wickets in 35 overs to clinch the win. Parkophene Cricketers bowlers Vedant Gadia 3 for 24, Rohit Yadav 2 for 14 and Vansh Akbari 2 for 39 ensured their success.

Brief scores – Group-A: Superstar SC 248 for 4, 35 overs (Aryan Punja 95, Tejas Chavan 46, Vilohit Desai 30, Krish Singh 26; Manas Mukadam 2/48) beat Karnatak SA 118 for 7, 35 overs (Sai Sanil 22*; Kartikey Shukla 2/18). Result: Superstar SC won by 130 runs.

Mangrol CC- Omni Global 51 all out, 20.1 overs (Musheer Khan 4/10, Jugraj Mehta 3/4, Ruchit Ahuja 2/15) lost to Payyade SC 52 for no loss, 5.2 overs (Musheer Khan 30*). Result: Payyade SC won by 10 wickets.

Group-B: Dadar Union SC 163 all out, 35 overs (Anuj Giri 38, Owais Shaikh 29; Aditya Lokhande  3/22, Ragib Ali 2/13) beat Islam Gymkhana 159 all out, 33 overs (Arpit Dhadve 43, Lakshya Tiwari 35; Zaid Patankar 3/26, Ashley D’Souza 3/30, Adit Deogaonkar 3/32). Result: Dadar Union SC won by 4 runs.

Group-C: Parkophene Cricketers 161 all out, 34.4 overs (Sumeet Singh 37, Vansh Akbari 35; Maurya Kumar 4/28, Nihar Magre 3/38, Soham Rane 2/18) beat Navroz CC 150 for 8, 35 overs (Maurya Kumar 61; Vedant Gadia 3/24, Rohit Yadav 2/14, Vansh Akbari 2/39). Result: Parkophene Cricketers won by 11 runs.

Group-D: P.J. Hindu Gymkhana 233 for 5, 35 overs (Jash Ganiga 60, Vasim Khan 56, Harsh Salunkhe 43, Yaseen Saudagar 31; Saad Khan 2/46) beat John Bright 66 all out, 21.4 overs (Meet Jain 29; Atharva Bhosale 5/6, Aryan Pawar 2/20). Result: P.J. Hindu Gymkhana won by 167 runs.

Group-E: Young Maharashtra CC 219 for 5, 35 overs (Ayan Pathan 89*, Tejas Chalke 77; Vishal Prasad 2/40) beat Shivaji Park Youngsters 105 all out, 26.4 overs (Shashwat Pathak 33; Aryan Chauhan 5/11, Umar Khan 2/21). Result: Young Maharashtra CC won by 114 runs.

Our’s Cricket Club 127 all out, 33.2 overs (Aryan Mandavkar 23, Aditya Parulkar 20; Naman Pushpak 3/15, Varun Malik 3/16, Manthan Korgaonkar 2/20, Shaunak Patil 2/34) beat Bharat CC 104 all out, 34.3 overs (Varun Malik 30*, Manthan Korgaonkar 27; Aryan Mandavkar 2/21, Shreyas Gurav 2/12, Aman Tiwari 2/18). Result: Our’s CC won by 23 runs.

Group-F: Crescent CC 110 all out, 29.4 overs (Malhar Mane 33; Nirek Gawande 4/11, Darsh Murkute 3/16) lost to Apollo C 113 for 1, 21.2 overs (Abhinab Saha 40*, Roshan Gupta 40*). Result:  Apollo Cc won by 9 wickets.

Borivali CC 107 all out, 29.2 overs (Tanveer Chouhan 24; Khush Jain 3/22, Pratham Sahu 3/25, Ayan Khan 2/26) lost to Muslim United SC 109 for 4, 18.4 overs (Yuvraj Natalkar 28, Shashwat Jhunjhunwala 28; Tanveer Chouhan 2/18). Result: Muslim United SC won by 6 wickets.

Group-G: New Hind Sporting Club 157 all out, 34 overs (Tanay Khandeshi 48; Kaustubh Patil 4/20, Mihir Bhatkar 4/25) lost to Dadar Parsee Colony SC 161 for 2, 21.5 overs (Tushar Singh 83, Soham Dhumal 52). Result: Dadar Parsee Colony SC won by 8 wickets.

Group-H: Parsee Gymkhana 195 all out, 34.4 overs (Nutan Goel 73, Nishit Balla 32*, Dhanraj Gorej 23; Akshat Jain 3/27, Paras Gadhavi 2/39) beat Wellington CC 130 all out, 33.1 overs (Amit Jaiswal 42; Nishit Balla 3/31, Lavesh Medhankar 2/12, Advait Lotlikar 2/14). Result: Parsee Gymkhana won by 65 runs.

Shivaji Park Gymkhana 142 for 9, 35 overs (Parth Pathak 71*; Aryan Shejule 4/31) lost to K.R.P. XI 145 for 7, 33 overs (Sanskar Dahelkar 42, Roshan Kanojiya 31*; Omkar Karandikar 2/20, Likhit Kadam 2/22). Result: K.R.P. XI won by 3 wickets.