MUMBAI, December 28: A fine all-round performance by Nilesh Masurkar (31 and 4-18) and a five-wicket haul by Ajay Joshi helped Islam Gymkhana beat Parsee Gymkhana on the basis of a first innings lead in the third round of the Police Shield Invitation cricket tournament at Islam Gymkhana grounds today.Nitin Surve's all-round efforts (73 and 5-75) went in vain as P J Hindu Gymkhana lost to Cricket Club of India by four wickets. This was CCI's first win in the league.Sandeep Mahadkar (5-46) and Rajesh Sutar (55) were the stars of National's three-wicket win over MCA XI.Brief scores: Group A - Catholic Gymkhana 242-9 in 70 overs (Sunil Limaye 38, Amit Aroskar 50, Sandesh Kawle 38, Anand Yalvigi 30; Salil Shah 3-64) btBombay Gymkhana207-9 in 70 overs (Sandeep Joshi 38, Sangram Singh 43, Mahesh Balkrishnan 33; Javed Khan 43).MCA XI 176 in 66.3 overs (Mandar Phadke 65, Amit Velaskar 31, Sandeep Mahadkar 5-46, Atul Ranade 3-61) lost to National 180-7 in 63.3 overs (Rajesh Sutar 55, Sulakshan Kulkarni 31; Dinesh Sabnis 4-55).Group B: Islam Gymkhana 289-9 in 70 overs (N Singh 36, S Khan 41, N Masurkar 31, M Ibji 33, Zahid Shaikh 39, Nasir Khan 46, Ajay Joshi 43 not out; Mandar Gokarna 3-101, Arun Shetty 5-90) and 179-4 in 21.4 overs (Nasir Khan 74, N Masurkar 49) bt Parsee Gymkhana 138 in 41.3 overs (S Mubaraki 39; Nilesh Masurkar 4-18, Ajay Joshi 5-44) on the basis of first innings lead.P J Hindu Gymkhana 265-8 in 70 overs (Nitin Surve 73, Ashok Kadam 46, Praveen Korgaonkar 44 not out; Ajit Agarkar 3-53, Mayank Khandalwala 4-97) lost to CCI 266-6 in 66 overs (Amol Muzumdar 56, Mazhar Ghadiyali 41, Himanshu Waigankar 32 not out; Nitin Surve 5-75).
