Giles Shield: Malkar, Varma star in huge win for VPM's Vidya Mandir
Giles Shield: Om Malkar's double century helped VPM’s Vidya Mandir School defeat St. Arnold High School by 352 runs.
Om Malkar smashed a double century and Laksh Varma scalped seven as VPM’s Vidya Mandir School defeated St. Arnold High School by 352 runs in their second round Giles Shield match on Monday.
After Malkar’s 218 powered his team to 371/7, Varma picked up seven wickets conceding just five runs to bundle out the opposition for 19 in five overs.
Elsewhere, centuries by Kartik Kumar (100*) and Akash Mangde (114) helped Al Barkaat MMI English beat Oxford Public School by 228 runs.
Brief scores: Podar International School 75 in 20 overs (Avdhut Rawool 4/17, Soham Rajyagor 3/18, Smit Chavji 3/16) lost to Swami Vivekanand ICSE 79/2 in 11 overs by 8 wkts; SM High School 205 in 32.2 overs (Shaunak Wadekar 42, Bhavya Shah 35; Abdullah Patankar 3/45) beat Jankidevi Public School 136 in 23.2 overs (Kavya Shah 41; Laksha 4/24) by 69 runs; Balmohan Vidyamandir Marathi 258 in 45 overs (Aryan Shalar 46, Aryan Deodhar 37; Tanvir Kothari 4/45) beat Hill Spring Intl School 57 in 19.4 overs (Atharva Kini 5/22, Daksha Jadhav 3/14) by 201 runs; Swami Vivekanand High School 86 in 24.5 overs (Darsh Tiwari 5/14) lost to Vasant Vihar High School, Thane 90/3 in 12.1 overs (Vedant Chavan 48*) by 7 wkts; CNN School 127 in 27.3 overs (Jaidey Mahendru 4/23, Just Desai 3/18) lost to Thakur Public School 82 in 14.1 overs (Nidhish Sawant 6/18) by 45 runs; St Peters School, Mazgaon 93 in 31.1 overs (Shiv Sagvekar 40; Rakshit Gorde 3/32) lost to VN Sule Guruji, Dadar 94/1 (Aditya Jaiswal 40, Prachit Amkar 31) by 9 wkts; VK Krishna Menon 373/8 in 41 overs (Ram Shandlia 72, Haridan Bambania 62, Mit Pariyar 43 Krishna Gandhi 31; Abhishek Yadav 3/56) beat Thakur Shyamnarayan 75 in 16.1 overs (Soham Shinde 4/33) by 299 runs; Anjuman I-Islam Urdu 205 in 37 overs (Arav Y 64; Devansh 3/51) lost to Singhania School 206 for no loss in 20.1 overs (Ishan Khandekar 118*) by 10 wkts; St Stanislaus High School 145 in 36.3 overs (Neil Patel 3/33, Teghbir Singh 3/23) lost to St. Joseph School, Orlem 146/4 in 31.5 overs (Vihaan Singh 55*) by 6 wkts; Al Barkaat MMI English 313/5 in 44 overs (Kartik Kumar 100*, Akash Mangde 114) beat Oxford Public School 86 in 35.5 overs (Amaan Ali 3/29) by 228 runs; VCW AVM ICSE 190 in 36.2 overs (Rishikesh Ambekar 5/25, Devanshu Mohata 3/47) beat St. Mary’s ICSE 190 in 36.2 overs by 9 wkts; BD Somani Intl School 190 in 44.5 overs (Siddharth Dabholkar 40, Arav Renjen 35, Sidh Bothra 31; Kartik 4/40, Zoaib 3/28) beat St. Sebastian HS 159 in 33.2 overs (Neev Rana 60; Siddharth Dabholkar 3/42, Aditya Mantri 4/2) by 31 runs; BKM 140 in 29.2 overs (Pranav 55) lost to Gundecha Edu. Academy 141/8 in 29.2 overs (Atharva Rane 33; Devesh 5/42) by 2 wkts; VPM’s Vidya Mandir 371/7 in 45 overs (Om Malkar 218, Pratham Dabholkar 32) beat St. Arnold High School 19 in 5 overs (Laksh Varma 7/5) by 352 runs; Parle Tilak Vidyamandir English 299/8 in 45 overs (Anush Shelar 44, Aryan Desai 36, Raj Dangle 31*; Tejas Narkar 3/54) beat Springfield Rizvi 45 in 13.4 overs (Atharva Narkar 6/32) by 254 runs; Don Bosco Borivli 209 in 28 overs (Alby Mathew 32, Tanish Patel 34, Arun Gurav 31; Arush Arekar 3/20, Hitesh Popat 3/20) beat Vibgyor HS 50 in 14 overs (Ballal Patel 5/5); Swami Vivekanand HS, Chembur 86 in 24.5 overs (Darsh Tiwari 5/14) lost to Vasant Vihar HS, Thane 90/3 in 12.1 overs (Vedant Chavan 48) by 7 wkts; RR Education Trust 367 in 45 overs (Arya Karle 90, Marlesh Shinde 55, Dhiraj Raut 71, Ayush Shetty 60, Smin Kini 30; Swapnil 3/63) beat Sane Guruji Vidyalaya 88 in 24.1 by 279 runs; Don Bosco HS, Matunga 204/9 in 44 overs (Kedar Malusare 65*, Het Borkhatariya 49; Vedant Gore 3/32) lost to Anjuman-I-Islam’s Allana Eng HS 210/8 in 43 overs (Aayush Shinde 30, Abdur Khan 65, Adarsh Rajbhar 30; Saraannsh Sharma 3/32) by 2 wkts; LPPS 19 in 10.4 overs (Dhiraj Mahato 5/14, Suyog Basre 3/4) lost to Dr. Antonio Da Silva HS 20/1 by 9 wkts; Lakshdham HS 267 in 39.4 overs (Darsh K 32, Aryan Pawar 48, Nathaniel Feriera 127*) beat St. Mary’s Mazgaon 173 in 32 overs (Advait R 70*, Anish S 33; Aryan M 3/26) by 94 runs; Podar Intl School 86 in 21 overs (Sohan Sonawane 5/38, Samyak Tambe 3/6) beat Modern English School 88/3 in 14 overs by 7 wkts; Sri MA Vidyalaya 410 (inluding 70 penalty runs) in 40 overs (Rujul Rajne 82, Kamesh Jadhav 114, Aditya Koulge 62*) beat Somaiya HS 165 in 28 overs (Meher Katuria 78; Kamesh Jadhav 4/10, Parth Deshmukh 3/12) by 245 runs; HVB Global Academy 185 (Yuvraj 57) lost to Utpal Sanghavi Global School 186 (Saumya Darji 66, Shaurya Kothari 34) by 1 wkt
Bangkok Rapid Chess: Mumbai boy Aryaveer wins silver
Eight-year-old Aryaveer Pittie won silver medal in the Under-8 category of the Bangkok Rapid Chess Championship that concluded in Bangkok on Sunday.
Competitors from seven countries took part in the junior rapid chess tourney. Aryaveer of American School of Bombay earned silver with a score of 4 points out of the possible 6. Thailand's Suthiponpaisarn Proudpitcha took the gold with a score of 5/6.
Vasai Virar Marathon: Rathor betters course record
Defending champion Mohit Rathor ran the fastest race with a timing of 2:18:05 to emerge overall elite men’s champion of the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation Marathon.
Rathor bettered the previous course record of 2:22.04 set by Rashpal Singh in 2018. Army Sports Institute's Arjun Pradhan came second clocking 2:20:11 while Anish Thapa was third at 2:20:50. Ashvini Jadhav won the open women category with a timing of 3:00:54.
MCC Pro-40 League: MCC (Black) win close encounter
Defending champions MCC (Black) defeated MCC (Orange) by three wickets in a high-scoring match of the 6-team MCC Double-Leg Pro-40 League at the Oval Maidan. In another game, Atharva Nandgave captured 5/29 as JSF bundled out MCC (Red) for 163 for a 38-run victory.
Brief scores: MCC (Orange) 220/7 (Ronak Parekh 61, Ritwik Mohanty 55, Suhail Ansari 35; Chetan Wagh 3/21, Avshay T 2/41) lost to MCC (Black) 221/7 (Pranav Raj 59, Rahul Yadav 59, Tejas Chalke 35; Ronak Parekh 3/47) by 3 wkts; JSF 210 all out (Vishesh Singh 54, Aman Parekh 44, Diyan Kubadia 43; Pavan Sangani 3/22, Raja Kumar 3/44) beat MCC (Red) 163 all out (Aditya VS 61*; Atharva Nandgave 5/29) by 38 runs.
