Sagar, Swapnil sizzle with tons

MUMBAI: An unbeaten century by Sagar Kerkar helped Sunil Gavaskar XI take a vital 96-run first innings lead over Sachin Tendulkar XI on the second day of their three-day match in their under-25 tournament match for the Madhav Mantri XI at the Police Gymkhana on Monday.
This is Kerkar’s second hundred of this tournament. His unbeaten 117-run knock contained six sixes and 12 hits to the ropes, and took 141 balls.
Earlier, Tendulkar XI made 261, with captain Shashank Singh (90) and Manish Rao (64) being the main run-getters.
A superb 191-run knock by Swapnil Salvi and half centuries by Kevin Almeida (82) and Rahul Lad 50 enabled Ravi Shastri XI score 418 against Dilip Vengsarkar XI at Cross Maidan.
Brief scores:
Ravi Shastri XI 418 (Swapnil Salvi 191, Kevin Almeida 82, Rahul Lad 50, Sidharth Adatrao 36; Hemant Buchade 8 -99) vs Dilip Vengsarkar XI 216 (Sachin Yadav 49, Yogesh Dhumal 43, Praveen Kumar 39; Ankush Jaiswal 4-69, Akshay Sawant 3-31) and 22 for no loss.
Sachin Tendulkar XI 261 (Shashank Singh 90, Manish Rao 64, Prathamesh Dake 5-50, John Abraham 3-80) vs Sunil Gawaskar XI 356 for 9 (Mairaj Khan 63, Swapnil Pradhan 73, Sagar Kerkar batting 117; Vaibhav Singh 3-86).