MUMBAI, Oct 27: Indian oil medium-pacer Manish Patel extended his string of impressive bowling performances in the Times Shield A Division Cricket Tournament by claiming his third five-wicket haul in as many matches. At the Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers ground, Chembur today, the 27-year-old lanky bowler returned fine figures of 12-4-25-6 as Central Railway were bundled out for 138, inclusive of 18 penalty runs.However, the Indian Oil batsmen failed to complement Patel's efforts and were miserably placed at 90 for six when stumps were drawn.Central Railway all-rounder Manu Kumar (2-18), who had earlier emerged the top-scorer with 53 runs (65b, 5x4, 1x6), shared the spoils with Dinesh Panwar (2-25).At Parsee Gymkhana, left-hander Sitanshu Kotak held sway smashing his way to a strokeful 131 (23x4, 1x6) as Bharat Petroleum piled 296 for seven in their Group B encounter against Sun-Grace Mafatlal.Saurashtra batsman Kotak made the opposition pay heavily for letting him off twice, when on 30 and 98,to string a 159-run third wicket partnership with Maharashtra Ranji player Abhijit Kale, who cracked a fine 78 (10x4, 3x6).Sun-Grace's left-arm medium-pacer Zaheer Khan salvaged some pride in the last over of the day, picking up three wickets. He missed a hat-trick by just one delivery when he claimed two victims in succession before capturing the third of the fifth ball.Group A leaders Tata Sports Club were struggling at 192-9 after they were put into bat by Air-India at the Elf-Vengsarkar Academy, Oval Maidan. Tatas, who were cruising along at 109-3 at one stage, lost way and six wickets for the addition of 59 runs. The last-wicket pair of Mayank Khandwala (16) and Sriram Kannan (4) stemmed the rot to a certain extent with an unbeaten stand of 24.Medium-pacer Bhupinder Singh (4-44) and Ashutosh Dube (3-36) did most of the damage.Elf Lubricants, desperately seeking a win to stay in contention for the semi-final berth, declared their first innings at 177-6 against Western Railway at the MahalaxmiStadium. Skipper Amol Muzumdar (58 not out) and wicket-keeper Amol Rane (45) were the principal scorers for Elf.In reply, Western Railway were 12-1 at close.Brief ScoresGroup A: Tata Sports Club 192-9 in 90 overs (Manoj Joglekar 72; Bhupendra Singh 4-44, Ashutosh Dube 3-36, Faisal Shaikh 2-55) vs Air-India.Elf Lubricants 172-6 (Amol Muzumdar 58 n.o., Amol Rane 45, Hrishikesh Kanitkar 24; Raja Adatrao 2-21) vs Western Railway 12-1Group B: Central Railway 138 in 38 overs (Manu Kumar 53, Rajendra Jalal 21; Manish Patel 6-25, Vishal Mahadik 2-44, Mushtaq Khan 2-8) vs Indian Oil 90-6 in 43 overs (Hemant Kinikar 22; Manu Kumar 2-18, Dinesh Panwar 2-25)Bharat Petroleum 296-7 (Sutanshu Kotak 131, Abhijit Kale 78; Zahir Khan 4-57) vs Sun-Grace Mafatlal
