Sports Reporter
TEJAS Soni, Akshay Karnewar, Varun Bisht and Vaibhav Chouksey dazzled with the bat scoring a century each for their respective sides on opening day of the MN Dorairajan Invitation Cricket Tournament at different grounds of the city. While Soni slammed 119 (116b, 14x4, 5x6) for Eleven Star, Navniketan Cricket Club’s Kanewar got retired hurt after scoring exact 100 runs (56b, 7x4, 8x6). Bisht cracked 110 (91b, 14x4, 6x6) for Medical Representatives Cricket Club while Chouksey too hammered 110 (125b, 11x4, 1x6) for All India Reporter. As for bowling, Navniketan’s Yash Kadam, Ministerial Services Cricket Club’s duo of Dipesh Parwani and Sahil Sheikh and Reshimbagh Gymkhana’s Pravin Rokade took five wickets each.
Brief Scores
GROUP A: At Pandav College Ground: Central Dhantoli Cricket Club 1st innings: 63 all out in 25 overs (Yash Kadam 5-27, Akshay Karnewar 3-18). Navniketan Cricket Club: 1st innings: 308-5 in 53 overs (Akshay Agarwal 75, Akshay Karnewar 100 retd, Varun Palandurkar 37 NO). Navniketan CC lead by 245 runs.
At Kalamna Ground: Medical Representatives CC: 1st innings 203 all out in 42.3 overs (Varun Bisht 110; Dipesh Parwani 5-57, Sahil Sheikh 5-62). Ministerial Services CC 1st innings: 141-3 in 35 overs (Mandar Mahalle 47, Vedant Jajoo 53). Ministerial Services CC trail by 62 runs.
At Ambedkar College Ground: Anurag Cricket Club 1st innings: 236 all out in 76.1 overs (Lavesh Awatramaney 73, Tauseef Ahmed 45; Pravin Rokade 5-74). Reshimbagh Gymkhana 1st innings: 2-0 in 1 over. Reshimbagh Gymkhana trail by 234 runs.
GROUP B: At Jamtha Stadium: All India Reporter 1st innings: 411-6 in 80 overs (Vaibhav Chouksey 110, Siddharth Koli 60, Kshitiz Dahiya 74, Askashy Kombe 64; Aman Mokhade 3-75). Lipton Cricket Club yet to bat.
At Central Railway Ground: Eleven Star Cricket Club 1st innings: 292 all out in 69.3 overs (Tejas Soni 119, Ketan Hukare 53; Dushyant Tekan 3-62). Ruby Colts 1st innings: 29-0 in 7 overs. Ruby Colts trail by 263 runs.