Sawant puts Mumbai in seventh heaven

Aphale, went on to notch 102 (213b, 261m, 14×4) but his efforts went in vain. Sawant put an end to the most fruitful stand of the innings, worth 110 runs, by claiming Patwardhan (42: 95b, 141m, 6×4).

Thereafter, it was a Sawant show all the way as Maharashtra lost the next five wickets for 70 runs. Sawant, who picked six wickets today, had an impressive last spell which read 4.2-1-17-4.

Bowled out 80 runs short of Mumbai’s total, the rest of the day’s proceedings of the summit clash was just of academic interest. Once again, left-handed Pushkaraj Jadhav (46: 54b, 95m, 8×4) led the run-charge as Mumbai made 104-6, before the teams called of play with eight overs into the mandatory count. Mumbai, were thus richer by Rs 50,000 while Maharashtra had to be content with Rs 25,000.

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Raj Singh Dungarpur, who gave way the prizes, lauded the revival of the tournament after a 14-year hiatus and hoped that it would form the stepping stone to big time cricket.

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has plans to include South Zone too in the tournament as it is the only other zone which conducts a similar event. The idea was mooted by Dungarpur and ex-Indian skipper Ajit Wadekar today. “We plan to have a West Zone winners and South Zone winners duel to begin with and slowly add up the other zones,” said Prof Ratnakar Shetty, joint secretary, MCA.

Best batsman (prize money Rs 3000): Dheeraj Jadhav (Maharashtra), scored 191 runs, HS: 106* against Gujarat.

Best bowler (Rs 3000): Sachin Sawant (Mumbai), 13 wickets for 164 runs, Best 7-56.

Player of the tournament (Rs 5000): Pushkaraj Jadhav (Mumbai), scored 267 runs, HS: 115 against Saurashtra.

Scoreboard

Mumbai (1st innings): 330

Maharashtra (1st innings, overnight 137-3): Prashant Kharade b Hazare 11, Dheeraj Jadhav c Zagade b Sawant 25, Satyajeet Satbhai c Bangera b Hazare 0, Kaushik Aphale c&b Sawant 102, Vedant Patwardhan c Khote b Sawant 42, Sagar Shah lbw b Sawant 10, Pankaj Phalke c Bangera b Sawant 33, Sachin Aradhye c Jadhav b Hazare 5, Kashinath Khadkikar c Bangera b Sawant 2, Sachin Nair b Sawant 0, Sameere Shaikh not out 1; Extras: (b4, lb5, nb5, w5) 19. Total: (all out in 97.2 overs) 250

Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-19, 3-70, 4-180, 5-197, 6-230, 7-239, 8-247, 9-247

Bowling: Hazare 26-5-64-3 (2nb, 1w), Khote 25-4-63-0 (1nb, 1w), Shaikh 24-10-42-0, Sawant 16.2-4-56-7 (2nb, 3w), Bhalekar 2-0-9-0, Shende 3-0-6-0, Zagade 1-0-1-0

Mumbai (2nd innings): Hrishikesh Shende c APhale b Nair 6, Amol Bhalekar c Patwardhan b Khadkikar 18, Viraj Zagade c Aphale b Shaikh 7, Saket Adhikari run out 0, Pushkaraj Jadhav b Aradhye 46, Amit Aroskar not out 15, Sachin Sawant b Khadkikar 1, Musavir Khote not out 7; Extras: (3lb, 2nb) 5. Total: (for six wickets off 37 overs) 104.

Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-27, 3-28, 4-68, 5-92, 6-93

Bowling: Nair 8-4-18-1 (1nb), Aradhye 9-0-28-1, Shaikh 7-3-10-1, Khadkikar 9-1-32-0 (1nb), Patwardhan 4-1-15-0

Result: Match drawn

Man of the match: Sachin Sawant