MUMBAI: Pacer Sylvester D'Souza took seven for 41 to help BPCL skittle out Indian Oil for 152 in 38.1 overs on day two of their Times Shield ‘A’ Division fourth-round match at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana on Wednesday. However, BPCL themselves slipped to 129 for eight, with only Minad Manjrekar (51 not out) holding fort.
At the Indian Airlines ground in Kalina, Akshay Sardesai’s 129 (207b, 19x4, 1x6) helped DY Patil ‘B’ gain a 112-run first innings lead over Air India.
BRIEF SCORES
‘A’ GROUP
Central Railway 292 (including 12 runs penalty for short overs) (Neelkanth Parab 64; Dhanit Raut 6-64) vs Income- Tax Sports & Recreation Club ‘A’ 189-8 (Chirag Gandhi 71*, Anup Fulpar 70; Sagar Jadhav 4-48, Kushal Kakad 2-33). Income Tax trail by 103 runs.
DY Patil ‘A’ 402-9 vs Indian Navy Sports Control Cell 171 (Abhijit Salvi 69, Nakul Sharma 53; Vipul Krishna 4-43) & 219-4 (Lakhan Singh 117, Nakul Sharma 41; Prashant Bhoir 3-54)
‘B’ GROUP
Air India 251 & 2-0 vs DY Patil ‘B’ 363 (Ashay Sardesai 129, Arun Yadav 48, D Subramaniam 39; Irfan Malik 2-86, Ashay Dube 2-43, Ankeet Chavan 2-82, Atharva Kardile 2-70) DY Patil ‘B’ lead by 112 runs.
Indian Oil 152 (Siddhesh Lad 71; Sylvester Dsouza 7-41, Rajesh Sardar 2-29) vs BPCL 129-8 (Minad Manjrekar 51*; Suryansh Shedge 4-64, Yatin Mangwani 3-20)
MCA Ombudsman reinstates Shaikh
Meanwhile, the Mumbai Cricket Association Ombudman-cum cum Ethics Officer Vijaya Tahiliramani on Wednesday put a stay on the MCA Apex Council’s decision on January 5 directing Shahalam Shaikh to desist himself from exercising his rights/duties/privileges as the joint MCA jt secretary, till the next hearing in the matter on March 15. Shaikh has, thus, been reinstated.
