Nikam with fine all-round show in MCA U-23 tourney
MUMBAI, May 15 -- Aaryaraj Nikam produced a fine all-round performance for CST Centre B against Churchgate Centre B in their second round match of the U-23 Madhav Mantri Summer Camp Trophy on Thursday.
Left-arm spinner Nikam first claimed five wickets for 65 runs to help restrict Churchgate Centre B to 253 all out, before scoring a brisk 61 to help his team reach 133/3 in 22 overs at the end of Day 1 of the two-day game.
In another match, Kush Karia scored 177 in CST Centre A's total of 270.
Brief scores: Churchgate Centre B 253 all out in 53.3 overs (Aadesh Rane 51, Shreyash Singh 39, Krish Singh 37, Swaraj Parulkar 37; Aaryaraj Nikam 5/65) vs CST Centre B 133/3 in 22 overs (Aaryaraj Nikam 61, Harsh Salunke 37); CST Centre A 270 all out in 67.1 overs (Kush Karia 177, 218 balls, 30x4s, 1x6s; Agasthya Bangera 5/71, Ruchit Ahuja 3/55) vs Churchgate Centre A 32/2 in 7 overs; Dahanu Centre B 163 all out in 59.1 overs (Shreyas Gurav 55, Anurag Singh 5/27) vs Thane Centre B 129/1 in 20 overs (Atharva Datar 58*, Jaineel Nandha 46); Dahanu Centre A 91 all out in 28 overs (Shivkumar Gupta 5/15) vs Thane Centre A 162/6 in 45 overs (Vedant Haridas 76*, Aryan Mandavkar 3/46)
Brief scores (semi-finals): Churchgate Centre 74 (Yuvraj Patil 4/32) vs Vasai Centre 186/6 (Ankit Yadav 57, Rushil Parkar 36*); MCA Academy 273/9 (Rohan Karandikar 133, Shaurya Nagar 50; Mohd Kaif 3/51) vs Bhiwandi Centre.
Anuj Chaudhary of Dilip Vengsarkar XI and Akshad Joshi of Ravi Shastri XI scored centuries while Aarav Yadav of Sachin Tendulkar XI claimed six wickets for 51 runs on the first day of the Parivartan Cup Under-14 selection tournament.
Brief scores: Dilip Vengsarkar XI 191 (Anuj Chaudhary 109; Niraj Panwar 4/54) vs Sunil Gavaskar XI 95/3; Ravi Shastri XI 251 (Akshat Joshi 100, Ranveer Singh 35; Aarav Yadav 6/51) vs Sachin Tendulkar XI 92/2 (Niyansh Maru 47*, Aaraav Yadav 34*).
Jitendra Awhad Cricket Institute beat Ashirwad Cricket Club by six wickets in the final of the HDFC Bank Parivartan Cup for the under-12s at the Vengsarkar Cricket Academy ground at Mahul, Chembur.
"Use off-season to improve your skills and fitness", Dilip Vengsarkar advised the young cricketers during the prize distribution ceremony.
Brief scores: Ashirwad Cricket Club 89 in 28.3 overs (Aradhya Sakpal 29; Aarav Gupta 4/5) lost to Jitendra Awhad Cricket Institute 90/4 in 21.5 overs (Meet Karawade 31*).
Abhijeet Rathod scored a 70-ball 69 as Seth GS Medical College beat DY Patil Dental College by five wickets in the final of the Prof AS Chagla Inter-Medical Cricket Tournament at the Bombay Gymkhana. Former India cricketer Sandeep Patil was the chief guest.
Batting first, DY Patil scored 165. Seth College chased the target in just 26.1 overs. Abhijeet Rathod smashed 70 while Dipesh Kumar made 42.
Brief scores: D Y Patil Dental 165 (Aarav Advani 37; Nikhil Navandar 3/31, Sriram Pulzalke 3/6) lost to Seth GS Medical KEM 169/5 (Abhijeet Rathod 70, Dipesh Kumar 42) by 5 wkts
Binay Nag scored the all-important winning goal to lead Artic Super Boys to a 1-0 win against Companeroes SC in the quarter-finals of the St Peter's Cup Hockey Tournament organized by the SPYC and played at the St Stanislaus High School ground, Bandra on Thursday.
In another match, Central Railway charged to a 5-1 win against Mumbai Customs to march into the semi-finals.
Results: Men's Seniors (quarter-finals): CTC HC 5 (Gavin Rao 2, Aditya Walmiki, Aditya Kabre, Ashish Yadav) beat Hockey Mira Road 1 (Neel Patel). India Rush 4 (Prem Mehral 2, Salman Khan, Shubham Patil) beat Warriors 1 (Prakash Gumbre); Central Railway 5 (Joginder Singh, Shreyas Dhupe, Sundaram Rajawat, Aditya Rasala, Yuvraj Walmiki) beat Mumbai Customs 1 (Vinay Walmiki); Artic Super Boys 1 (Binay Nag) beat Companeroes SC 0....
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