Lavande, Bais half-centuries guide Tata to title

Mumbai: Quickfire half-centuries by Varun Lavande and Anand Bais guided Tata Sports Club to a convincing eight-wicket win over DY Patil SA ‘A’ in the ‘A’ Division final of the MCA Corporate Trophy at the Mumbai Police Gymkhana on Monday.Lavande’s 30-ball 76 (7x4,6x6) and Bais’s unbeaten 43-ball 76 (7x4,5x6) helped Tata SC chase the target of 181 in just 14.3 overs.Brief Scores: DY Patil SA 180-6 in 20 overs (Ayaz Khan 33, Naushad Shaikh 32, Parth Sahani 32, Chinmay Sutar 30; Atif Attarwala 2-24, Mohit Awasthi 2-41) lost to Tata Sports Club 182-2 in 14.3 overs (Varun Lavande 76, Anand Bais 76*; Vipul Krishna 2-30) by eight wickets.Air India scrape past CustomsAir India were made to sweat before settling for a 1-0 win over Mumbai Customs in an Elite (Corporate) Division match of the Mumbai Football Association League in Bandra on Monday. Air India’s lone goal was scored by Dwight D’Abreo in the 53rd minute.Results: Elite (Corporate) Division: Air India 1 (Dwight D’Abreo) beat Mumbai Customs 0; Super (Corporate) Division: Britacel Silicones SC 4 (Evren D’Souza 2, Clyde Fernandes, Shrinivas Jogu) beat Naval Dockyard 2 (Kalpesh S. 2); First Division: Miners FC 3 (Kush Gohil 2, Swayam Jain) beat Worli SC 2 (Ketan Khadka, Rosaria Dias).