Deshpande to CR’s rescue

MUMBAI, October 24: Half centuries by Atul Deshpande (72) and Dinesh Panwar (51 n.o.) helped Central Railway score 283 for six in their sec...

MUMBAI, October 24: Half centuries by Atul Deshpande (72) and Dinesh Panwar (51 n.o.) helped Central Railway score 283 for six in their second innings against Bharat Petroleum at draw of stumps on the final day of the Times Shield A Division cricket tournament at Shivaji Park here on Friday.

Brief scores: Central Railway 147 and 283 for 6 (Amit Tanawde 35, Sujit Gadkari 35, Atul Deshpande 72, Dinesh Panwar 51 no; Vishwas Walawalkar 2-63, Sangram Sawant 2-40) drew with BPCL 321.

Borde XI score victory

BORDE XI defeated Deodhar XI on the first innings lead in the first round of the Shatkar Trophy Cricket Championship at the BMC ground.

Brief scores

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Borde XI 247 and 92 for 2 (Yogesh Chamre 34, Amit Patkar 36) beat Deodhar XI 177 (Sangram Bagul 63; Nirnay More 4-20, Bhavesh Gharat 3-49) on the first innings lead.

Viswanath XI 122 and 199 for 7 in 74 overs (Wilkin Mota 50 n.o., Sanket Chitre 42, Kamran Choudhari 41; Nikhil Palande 2-8) lost to Vengsarkar XI 170 in 67.2 overs (Vinayak Mane 30; Agam Pandit 7-67) on the first innings lead.

Solkar XI 190 and 89 for 2 in 23.5 overs (Soham Dalvi 52 n.o.) lost to Gavaskar XI 198 in 81 overs (Prathamesh Athawale 60, Paul Valhate 48, Sameer Shaikh 35; Siddharth Bhatkar 4-42, Rahul Yadav 3-26) on the first innings lead.

Sainath win

Sainath SC defeated Jet Air 1-0 in a Division III WIFA football match at the Cooperage today. Suresh Sinkate scored the only goal of the match.

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In another Division III match, Indian OLPS 3 (Arnold, Ansal, Madhu) overcame Railway Protection Force 2 (Surendra Yadav, DN RAo).

Agnel easy winners

Fr Agnel Balbhuvan scored a comfortable 2-0 victory over BPCL Refineries in the BHA Fourth Division Hockey League at the Khalsa College ground on Friday.Hanumant and Luke Subramani netted for the winners.