Ramane, Sawant help Dena win big

MUMBAI: Opener Laukik Ramane (158) and left-arm spin bowler Prashant Sawant (5-15) were the heroes as Dena Bank posted a 267-run victory over New India Assurance in the second league match of the Times Shield 'C' Division Cricket Tournament (70-overs) at the Cross Maidan on Thursday.
In another match, an all round performance by Vishwanath Parmar (3-39 and 45) helped Mafatlal defeat Bhalabhai Nanatvi Hospital by four wickets.
Brief scores: Balabhai Nanavti Hospital 124 (V Toraskar 44, P Tambe 37, Vishwanath Parmar 3-39, S Baberdesai 3-43) lost to Mafatlal 125-6 (S Varma 33, Vishwanath Parmar 45); BMC 139 (S Paralkar 33, B Gharat 4-36, R Tandel 4-15) lost to Tata Steel, Wire Div 140-2 (Ketan Meher 54, Sawpnil Nhoir 60); Serco Global 330-9 (K Shah 47, G Yadav 41, A Sunsara 73, R Sawant 76 not out; Yesh Waghela 5-115) bt IDBI 153 (A Shemadkar 37, G Bhora 3-34, E Sawant 3-49); RBI 121 (P Mehta 57, Paresh Nakhwa 3-19) lost to Union Bank 122-2 (Arun Yadav 57*, Arun Shetty 54*); Dena Bank 364-8 (Laukik Ramane 158, A Jagtap 70, S Gaurav 47, N Masurkar 43; A Bhosle 3-113) bt New India Assurance 91 (D Matkar 43, P Dani 32; Sanket Yadav 3-21; Prashant Sawant 5-15); Air India 270 (Gandhar Bhatawdekar 108, S Kawale 45, M Dhiraj 58; Mopli Silvaraj 3-41, S Chavan 3-80) lost to Chougule 274-6 (S Dongre 67, Suraj Singh 50, R Patil 42; A Ghorpade 4-65); Naval Dockyard 226 (S Mayur 32, V Mangesh 50, V Kalpesh 52*, G Rajesh 43; A Naidu 4-27, Bhavesh Patel 3-41) lost to A.G (L & R) 229-5 (A Patil 80, R D’Costa 77; Subhash Shringarpure 3-56); Central Railway, Mumbai Division 291-6 (Sanjog B 116*, K Choudhary 34;) bt Bhavishya Nidhi 229 (S Sawant 47, M Bamane 35, D Kadam 52; V Deshpande 4-53).