Raunaq Sharma

Parsee Gymkhana's leg-spinner Raunaq Sharma took five wickets and scored 81 against Palghar Dahanu Taluka Sports Association.

In a group C game of the B' Division Times Cricket Shield Tournament, Mumbai Zone won by first inning lead against Mafatlal Cricket Club. Karan Vasodia's fine century helped. Brief scores are as follows: Group A: Mumbai Port Trust SC 295/1021 (Vishwanath Parmar 61 not out, Ravindra Solanki 31 not out, Hitesh Parmar 666 not out, Dashrath Chavan 305 not out, on 1st innings lead) Group B: Space Cricket SC 293/802d (Ruturaj Sane 37 not out, Siddhant Singh 63 not out, Siddhant Mhatre 314 not out, Kunal Kamachandani 457 not out, by 8 runs) Group C: Mafatlal Cricket Club 299/1022 (Karan Vasodiya 168 not out, Vishwanath Parmar 6140 not out, on 1st innings lead) Group D: Western Railway SA 143/1353 (Rohan Bhosale 70 not out, Rohan Bhosale 80 not out, lost to Teleperformance Dibs 3228d Jaykishan Kolswala 39 not out, Ajit Yadav 33 not out, R

Suryakumar Yadav will lead the Mumbai team in the first three matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, which will begin from November 8 at various venues. This will be the first time the in-form batsman will captain Mumbai since he quit the top job in the 2014-15 season.

Batsman Suryakumar Yadav will lead the 15-member Mumbai squad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the national T20 tournament, beginning from November 8.

India players Shreyas Iyer, all- rounder Shivam Dube and pacer Shardul Thakur have returned to the 18-member Mumbai squad for the last four league matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament.

Bandra Heroes put up fine show as they defeated the Police outfit in their return tie in the Shoji T20 League, played at Mumbai Police Gymkhana ground.

Namo Bandra Blasters made a winning start to their T20 Mumbai League campaign after they defeated Shivaji Park Lions by 12 runs at the Wankhede Stadium here.

Former champions Air India scored a second half equaliser to hold Maharashtra State Police to a 1-1 draw in a keenly-contested Elite Division match of the MDFA League at the Andheri Sports Complex.

While he fashioned his team’s chase against the Sobo Supersonics on the tournament opener’s first night, on Friday, he slammed a last ball six to earn his team a thrilling win against the Na-Mo Bandra Blasters.

Reigning champions Parsee Gymkhana and last edition’s runners-up MCA Colts won by narrow margins in the respective opening round matches of the Bombay Gymkhana organised Nirlon-RFS Talyarkhan Memorial Invitation cricket tournament.

Mumbai opener, Prithvi Shaw, whose nine-month ban for a doping violation ends on Friday, has been picked in the 15-man squad for the last two league matches and the Super League stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, which will begin in Surat from November 21.

The Mumbai Cricket Zone (Mumbai Zone) won an outright in the B division times shield cricket tournament on Wednesday. They defeated the Mumbai Division Sports Association by an innings and 5 runs at New Hind Matunga.

In a group C' 3rd round clash of the B' division times cricket shield tournament, Mumbai Port Trust beat Dtdc Express Ltd. by 891 runs. Kaushal Valsangkar scored 50 runs and Dasharath Chavan 34.

MIG CC and Parsee Gymkhana clinched the 'A' and 'B Division Kanga League titles on Sunday.

In the second round of the Times Cricket Shield, Mumbai played against Nirlon Sports Club. Nirlon were at 131/4 in their first innings, while Mumbai were at 273/9. Nirlon replied with 457 runs in their second innings, while Mumbai managed to score 480 runs. There were also some big innings by some players: Aditya Srivastava (Route Mobile Ltd., at 46 runs), Vishal Dhagaonkar (Agli India Ltd., at 40 runs), Nikhil Naik (Yogesh Dicholkar's team, at 37 runs), and Yogesh Sawant (Vishwanath Parmar's team, at 41 runs). Finally, in the fourth innings, Dmcc scored 143 runs against Nirlon, winning the game by 214 runs.

Darshan Nagvekar hit an unbeaten century (101) for New Hind which helped them win against Sainath SC on the first innings.

There seems to be no end to problems that the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has to deal with even before the season has kicked off.

Three years after he left Mumbai to play for Uttar Pradesh, leaving many observers surprised, Sarfaraz Khan has returned to the city. On Monday, the talented 20-year-old batsman submitted a No Objection Certificate from the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA), along with a letter expressing his willingness to play for Mumbai again.

Two dropped catches cost Shivaji Park Lions a cumulative 62 runs and eventually the match. Playing their opening game in the inaugural edition of the T20 Mumbai League, the Lions’ sloppy approach on the field allowed Namo Bandra Blasters to score a matchwinning 182. The Blasters later restricted the Lions to 170 and won by 12 runs.