Mumbai to meet Kolhapur in semis
FOOTBALL Kolhapur clinched a decisive win by defeating Gondia 3-0 in the concluding Group-C league match of Maharashtra State Inter-District senior women’s football championship at the Karnatak Sporting Association ground, Cross Maidan, yesterday. This was the second win for the Kolhapur outfit, which, finished with seven points and topped the group to qualify for Saturday’s semi-final against hosts Mumbai. Gondia finished second with six points and Jalgaon third with four points. In another Group-C encounter, Jalgaon trounced Amravati 8-0 margin. The first semi-final will be played between Mumbai and Kolhapur at Cooperage on Saturday. The second phase of the competition to be played between the Group-B and Group-D teams will commence on Sunday.
MCC retain twister trophy
CRICKET Left-arm spinner Ganesh Aiwe bowled with tremendous guile (4/18) as defending champions MCC (Blue) defeated MCC (Red) by seven wickets in the final of the MCC-Pro40 League at the Oval Maidan yesterday. MCC (Red), opting to bat first, made a mess of their decision, as none of the top batsmen could click. They were bowled out for 101. Chasing the target, MCC (Blue)’s openers skipper Mukesh Gupta (n.o. 30) and Managir Gupta (44) put on 60 runs, which paved the way for their easy win as they were home with seven wickets to spare. Kalpana Poddar, director of Twisters, gave away the trophies.
SQUASH Unseeded Hriday Rajani of NSCI and Mohit Bhatt of JSW Academy snatched exciting three-setters to advance in the Altec Lansing Khar Gymkhana-ISP Squash Championship on Thursday.
Rajani kicked off an exciting day of close encounters when he beat unseeded Pia Singh of Mandpeshwar Civic Federation, Borivali 10-12, 12-10, 11-8 to enter the under-9 second round, while Bhatt beat fancied Aryaa Ogale 9-11, 14-12, 11-7 in the closest contest to progress to the under-15 pre-quarter-finals. Rohan Padhye of NSCI joined Bhatt following a 11-3, 15-13 win over Aakash Rajbhar in another close match.
Results
Under-9 (1st Rd): Agastya Bansal bt Akshay Narang 11-4, 11-0; Ipsa Mishra bt Ishaan Dabke 11-3, 11-3; Hriday Rajani (NSCI) bt Pia Rajeev Singh (mcf) 10-12, 12-10, 11-8; Vihan Chalana bt Purav Rambhia 11-3, 11-1; Arvaan Motwane bt Rachit Smit Shah 11-6, 3.
Girls U-15 (1st Rd): Rewa Bharma bt Kajal Maurya 11-0, 11-3; Kajal Baitha (jindal) bt Arshita Dwivedi (Celebration SC) 9-11, 11-7, 11-0; Rani Gupta (jindal) bt Sanjana Gupta (jindal) 11-9, 11-9.
Boys U-13 (2nd Rd): Jay Vaknalli bt Aditya Gupta 11-2, 11-2; Uday Rai (Bombay gym) bt Abhishek Paswan (jindal) 11-9, 11-7; Sarah Vethekar (Hiranandani) bt Ahaan Bhansali (NSCI) 11-6, 12-10; Yuvraj Wadhwani bt Shardul Rathore 11-0, 11-5; Gautam Chand bt Aaryan Agarwal 11-1, 11-5; Mohit Bhatt bt Aditya Lokhande 11-0, 11-1; Aaryaman Jaising bt Sunny Yadav 11-9, 11-6; Aaditey Pashine bt Pranit Dua 11-3, 11-1; Suraj Gupta bt Hunarpal Singh Kohli 11-5, 11-9; Aishwarya Khubchandani bt Shayan Rajesh Bachani 11-0, 11-1.
Boys U-15 (2nd Rd): Mohit Bhatt (jindal) bt Aryaa Ogale (hiranandani) 9-11, 14-12, 11-7; Anannya Morey bt Udit Sharma 11-5, 11-3; Krish Shah bt Sunny Yadav 11-6, 11-5; Vishal Rajbhar bt Aaditey Pashine 11-5, 11-4; Arnav Mandhana bt Vansh Kamal Rawtani 11-2, 11-2; Deepak Mandal bt Atreya Kushal Gopalka 11-2, 11-2; Aaryaman Jaising bt Kaushal Kirpekar 11-2, 11-2; Sahani Avinash bt Niall Shah 11-3, 11-6; Rohan Padhye (nsci) bt Aakash Rajbhar 11-3, 15-13; Aman Rajeev Punjabi bt Shayan Bachani 11-2, 11-1; Pawan Ravish bt Aditya Shetty 11-3, 11-0; Aakash Gupta bt Om Semwal 11-2, 11-5.
Doubles Handicap (1st Rd): Vishant Salvi/Manav Tandon bt Rupesh Parmar/Vikas Pal 10-11, 11-4, 11-8; Atharv/Sanjay Salvi bt Deepak Tiwari/Nitin Khanna 4-11, 11-10, 11-10; Hari Shenva/Shashi Gupta bt Ayaan Vaziralli/Siddhant Rewari 11-0, 11-8; Ansh Shetty/Virendra Pawar bt Pranay Gianchandani/Suren D'Souza 7-11, 11-5, 11-6.
MCC retain twister trophy
CRICKET Left-arm spinner Ganesh Aiwe bowled with tremendous guile (4/18) as defending champions MCC (Blue) defeated MCC (Red) by seven wickets in the final of the MCC-Pro40 League at the Oval Maidan yesterday. MCC (Red), opting to bat first, made a mess of their decision, as none of the top batsmen could click. They were bowled out for 101. Chasing the target, MCC (Blue)’s openers skipper Mukesh Gupta (n.o. 30) and Managir Gupta (44) put on 60 runs, which paved the way for their easy win as they were home with seven wickets to spare. Kalpana Poddar, director of Twisters, gave away the trophies.
Rajani, Bhatt win thrillers
SQUASH Unseeded Hriday Rajani of NSCI and Mohit Bhatt of JSW Academy snatched exciting three-setters to advance in the Altec Lansing Khar Gymkhana-ISP Squash Championship on Thursday.
Rajani kicked off an exciting day of close encounters when he beat unseeded Pia Singh of Mandpeshwar Civic Federation, Borivali 10-12, 12-10, 11-8 to enter the under-9 second round, while Bhatt beat fancied Aryaa Ogale 9-11, 14-12, 11-7 in the closest contest to progress to the under-15 pre-quarter-finals. Rohan Padhye of NSCI joined Bhatt following a 11-3, 15-13 win over Aakash Rajbhar in another close match.
Results
Under-9 (1st Rd): Agastya Bansal bt Akshay Narang 11-4, 11-0; Ipsa Mishra bt Ishaan Dabke 11-3, 11-3; Hriday Rajani (NSCI) bt Pia Rajeev Singh (mcf) 10-12, 12-10, 11-8; Vihan Chalana bt Purav Rambhia 11-3, 11-1; Arvaan Motwane bt Rachit Smit Shah 11-6, 3.
Girls U-15 (1st Rd): Rewa Bharma bt Kajal Maurya 11-0, 11-3; Kajal Baitha (jindal) bt Arshita Dwivedi (Celebration SC) 9-11, 11-7, 11-0; Rani Gupta (jindal) bt Sanjana Gupta (jindal) 11-9, 11-9.
Boys U-13 (2nd Rd): Jay Vaknalli bt Aditya Gupta 11-2, 11-2; Uday Rai (Bombay gym) bt Abhishek Paswan (jindal) 11-9, 11-7; Sarah Vethekar (Hiranandani) bt Ahaan Bhansali (NSCI) 11-6, 12-10; Yuvraj Wadhwani bt Shardul Rathore 11-0, 11-5; Gautam Chand bt Aaryan Agarwal 11-1, 11-5; Mohit Bhatt bt Aditya Lokhande 11-0, 11-1; Aaryaman Jaising bt Sunny Yadav 11-9, 11-6; Aaditey Pashine bt Pranit Dua 11-3, 11-1; Suraj Gupta bt Hunarpal Singh Kohli 11-5, 11-9; Aishwarya Khubchandani bt Shayan Rajesh Bachani 11-0, 11-1.
Boys U-15 (2nd Rd): Mohit Bhatt (jindal) bt Aryaa Ogale (hiranandani) 9-11, 14-12, 11-7; Anannya Morey bt Udit Sharma 11-5, 11-3; Krish Shah bt Sunny Yadav 11-6, 11-5; Vishal Rajbhar bt Aaditey Pashine 11-5, 11-4; Arnav Mandhana bt Vansh Kamal Rawtani 11-2, 11-2; Deepak Mandal bt Atreya Kushal Gopalka 11-2, 11-2; Aaryaman Jaising bt Kaushal Kirpekar 11-2, 11-2; Sahani Avinash bt Niall Shah 11-3, 11-6; Rohan Padhye (nsci) bt Aakash Rajbhar 11-3, 15-13; Aman Rajeev Punjabi bt Shayan Bachani 11-2, 11-1; Pawan Ravish bt Aditya Shetty 11-3, 11-0; Aakash Gupta bt Om Semwal 11-2, 11-5.
Doubles Handicap (1st Rd): Vishant Salvi/Manav Tandon bt Rupesh Parmar/Vikas Pal 10-11, 11-4, 11-8; Atharv/Sanjay Salvi bt Deepak Tiwari/Nitin Khanna 4-11, 11-10, 11-10; Hari Shenva/Shashi Gupta bt Ayaan Vaziralli/Siddhant Rewari 11-0, 11-8; Ansh Shetty/Virendra Pawar bt Pranay Gianchandani/Suren D'Souza 7-11, 11-5, 11-6.
