BoI restrict Bank of Maharashtra

MUMBAI, DEC17: Despite being bowled out for 191, Bank of India did well to restrict Bank of Maharashtra to 201 on the second day of the thr...

MUMBAI, DEC17: Despite being bowled out for 191, Bank of India did well to restrict Bank of Maharashtra to 201 on the second day of the three-day Times Shield Division A cricket tournament at the Azad maidan, today. At draw of stumps, Bank of India were 106 for no loss.

Brief scores: Group A: Bank of India 191 (R Shirke 72 n.o.; N Shanbag 4-51) and 106 for no loss (A Tendulkar batting 60) vs Bank of Maharashtra 201 (K Sawant 58, Usman Gani 55; R Shirke 4-48); B Arunkumar 316 (R More 96, P Gawde 67) vs Dena Bank 233 for 4 (S Sharma 42).

Group B: Chowgule 208 (G Phadte 48; R Ali 3 – 53) and 159 (P Kakode 58; D Gupta 5-43) vs Oriental Insurance 155 (S Nadkarni 31; N Kambli 4-35) and 78 for 4 (R Kaushal batting 31; A Amonkar 3-20); Union Bank 157 for 8 decl (P Shetty 74,D Sabnis 4-57) and 155 for 5 (H Shetty Batting 67) vs Bombay Customs 171 for 9 decl (S More 59; S Shetty 3-33).

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Group C: Reserve Bank 363 (S Mahadkar 134;V Patil 4-53) vs BSES 171 for 8 (V Patil 56); Varun Shipping 303 for 8 decl (A Joshi 76, Aslam Shaikh 114; C Thomson 3-83) and 106 for 3 (R Naidu 35) vs Indian Navy 216 (P Reddy 64).

Group D: New India Assurance 205 (V Joshi 43;R Pandit 4-56) and 26 for 1 vs Mumbai Port Trust 311 (S Manjrekar 95; A Dhuri 4-86); State Bank 394 for 9 decl (S Patil 118; A Fernandes 5-118) vs Central Bank 221 (J Narse 65, S Gudge 5-48) and 51 for 3.

Bhilare, Bhurke lead: Ganesh Bhilare and Abhijit Bhurke jointly lead the field in the Senior Division chess tournament organised by the Bombay Chess Association at the Zandu Pharmaceutical Canteen, today.

Eleventh seed Bhurke of Podar Junior College outwitted second seed Shuhas Pednekar while tenth seed Bhilare beat blind player Vilesh Bhat. Close behind the leaders on 3.5 points each are Subhash Honmurgi, Deepak Tandel, R Durai, Kiran Pitale and schoolboy Kartik Vishwanathan.

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MPT win: Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) outclassed Tata Electric 6-0 in a BHA First Division hockey league match at the Mahindra Stadium, today. Stout defence by Tata Electric restricted MPT to just one by the break but the winners ran riot after the change of ends.

As Tata Electric players tired, Salauddin Siddiqui struck again followed by Javed Shaikh, Digvijay Naik, Mumtaz Ahmed and Abhijit Shirsat. Indian Airlines routed BPCL (Refinery) 6-0 in a Division IV match. R Rodrigues scored three goals while Roxy Rodrigues netted two. J Solomon added another for the airmen.

Amboli hold best: Village Amboli and BEST drew 1-1 in a Chhatrapatti Shivaji Maharaj Div I MDFA football league play-off at St Xavier’s Ground, Parel, today.

Pravin gave BEST an early lead in the 2nd minute. Philbert Pereira levelled the scores in the 69th minute off Kamlesh Mendon.