Prashant Bhoir

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.

A fine 89-run knock by Mumbai's Ranji team batsman Armaan Jaffer and some superb bowling (6-36) by left-arm spinner Karsh Kothari helped DY Patil SA beat Shivaji Park Gymkhana on first innings lead basis in a Kanga League 'A' Division game at the MB Union Ground in Cross Maidan on Sunday.

A video has gone viral showing a traffic cop pushing a biker allegedly after the rider went past the zebra crossing on the old Mumbai-Pune highway on Saturday afternoon. The police claimed it was the biker who first pushed the cop.

Enjoying sublime form, Suved Parkar slammed a superb 196 (283b, 22x4, 2x6) to help Jain Irrigation take a two-run lead over Income Tax Sports & Recreation Club 'A' at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana on Day Two of their Times Shield 'A' Division Fifth Round match on Wednesday.

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.

A century (109, 152b, 4x17, 6x2) by Parth Sahani put DY Patil A in a strong position against Central Railway on the opening day of their Times Shield A Division second round B Group encounter at MIG CC on Tuesday.

Munaf Patel, who represented Maharashtra last season, is among 15 cricketers who have sought inter-state transfers.

A Shiv Sena leader from Bhiwandi was murdered in front of his wife by five people on Saturday morning.

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.

An Ulwe-based village association has alleged that the BJP’s former member of parliament Ram Thakur has seized a major portion of its school property and constructed a building on it. They say he now runs a school on it named after his wife Shakuntala.

A brilliant 11-wicket match haul (5-47 & 6-33) for just 80 runs by veteran left-arm spinner Ankit Chavan helped Air India beat Tata by six wickets in a Times Shield ‘A’ Division third-round match at the Indian Airlines ground in Kalina on Wednesday.

Twenty20 cricket in India began with the Dr DY Patil Twenty20 Cup six years ago. So it was only fitting that the team from this stable made the final of the sixth edition of the Rs 109 lakh prize money event on Thursday.

Allrounder Aishwarya Surve’s fine show (5-78 and an unbeaten 51) was the highlights as Karnatak Sporting Association (KSA) clinched three-wicket win against Bombay Gymkhana in a Group-C first-round match on the second day of the 75th UPL-Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament at the KSA

Sumeet Naraval slammed seven sixes while scoring 52 runs to help ONGC beat Air India, Delhi, by 77 runs to enter the semifinals of Dr DY Patil T20 Cricket Tournament.

Off-spinner Aniket Redkar, 38, took five for 50 to bowl hosts DY Patil 'A' to a nine-wicket win over Indian Navy Sports Control Cell in a Times Shield A Division fourth round league match at the DY Patil Stadium on Thursday.