Praful Waghela

Injuries to some key players and poor form of some others have forced defending champions Mumbai to make a few changes to their squad for the knock out Ranji Trophy quarter finals against Hyderabad to be played at Raipur from December 23-27.

Praful Waghela smashed 139 off just 68 balls to help Tata Sports Club score a ridiculously easy 108-run win over Akbar Travels as the All-India Dr D Y Patil T20 Cup got off to an explosive start at the DY Patil Cricket Stadium, Nerul on Tuesday.

Akash Parkar and Jayant Jadhav picked four wickets each to help Air India regain the Times Shield 'A' division title on the third day of the final played at the MIG ground, Bandra, on Wednesday.

"In a five-day game you can expect a lot of ups and downs," Hyderabad coach Bharat Arun had said at the end of the first day's play.

Abhishek Nayar will lead a 15-member Mumbai squad in the upcoming domestic T20 matches of the West Zone League, it was announced on Thursday.

A solid knock of 170 from southpaw Praful Waghela enabled Tata Sports Club to take vital first innings lead of 198 runs over Central Railway.

In 2004 elections, the anguish of Vitthal Pandya, father of slain BJP leader Haren Pandya, had embarrassed the BJP.

Payyade Sports Club and the Karnatak Sports Club were declared as joint winners of the Comrade Shield cricket tournament after two days out of the three-day final were washed out.

Payyade sports Club lifted the ORRA-Police Invitation Shield, defeating National Cricket Club by 318 runs on third and last day of the final at the Police Gymkhana, Kenady Sea face.

Two and half sessions, that’s all Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) XI required to bowl Dinshaw’s XI twice and won the match by ten wickets in their opening tie of the Bapuna Cup in Nagpur.

Akhil Herwadkar slammed 241 in merely 248 balls (2x6, 32x4) to enable DY Patil 'A' finish at 423/5 against Indian Oil on the opening day of their Times Shield 'A' Division.

Seamers Harsh Tanna (5-38) and Abul Kalam (4-22) helped Tata SC outplay Bank of Baroda in the Times Shield ‘B’ Division final (Tue -Wed, 2 Days, 75 Overs) and clinch the title in style at the Parsee Gymkhana.

Seamers Harsh Tanna (5-38) and Abul Kalam (4-22) helped Tata SC outplay Bank of Baroda in the Times Shield 'B' Division final (Tue -Wed, 2 Days, 75 Overs) and clinch the title in style at the Parsee Gymkhana.

Nothing seems to be going right for Mumbai at the Syed Mushtaq Ali West Zone T20 tournament. After losing to Baroda and then to the hosts Gujarat on successive days, the Ranji champions lost the third match on the trot, this time to Saurashtra by a comprehensive margin of 60 runs.

After being 179 for no loss at one point, Tata Sports Club finished the opening day at 278 for nine against Bharat Petroleum in their three-day Times Shield `A' Division semifinal at DY Patil ground.

Shantilal and Praful Waghela were conspicuous by their absence in the gathering of Union textile minister Shankarsinh Vaghela at Vyasvadi, Vadaj where the Waghelas live, on Saturday night.

All-rounder Abhishek Nayar will lead a 15-member Mumbai squad in the Shafi Darashah Tournament to be played from July 27 to August 14 at Mysore.

Sairaj Bahutule and Nishit Shetty in opposite camps when the 77th edition of The Times of India challenge shield commenced with the opening round A Division games.

Having set a stiff 511-run target for the National Cricket Club in merely 40 overs on the second day of their three-day final, Payyade Sports Club look well-placed to annex the ORRA-Police Invitation Shield.

The controversial deaths of Dipesh and Abhishek Waghela in Asaram Gurukul and the families' anger against the state government's inaction in the case has taken the form of highly suggestive masks this election.

After walking out of the squad in a huff for being dropped from the playing XI in the league stage of the Ranji Trophy, former India pacer Ajit Agarkar has returned to the Mumbai team for its West Zone One-day League campaign.

ODI discard Abhishek Nayar and medium pacer Dhawal Kulkarni have been reprimanded by the Mumbai Cricket Association and dropped for a pre-season tournament in Nagpur later this month on disciplinary grounds.

Seven sadhaks of the Asaram Ashram in Motera, including its public relations officers, were booked for culpable homicide for the case of mystery death of two boys Dipesh and Abhishek Waghela.

Suryakumar Yadav top-scored with a 73 and helped Mumbai to a position of strength before Tamil Nadu snared three wickets for as many runs in the final session to achieve a semblance of parity in their Ranji Trophy semi-final on Monday.

Forced to ring in changes to their squad owing to injuries and poor form, Mumbai will hope to get the act right when they take on Hyderabad in their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal starting on Thursday.

DY Patil Sports Club's Sarvesh Damle revived memories of Javed Miandad's last ball six against India at Sharjah when he slammed Payyade Sports Club's Mundeep Mangela to the straight boundary to win for his side the Prabhodhan T20 title

Defending champions Mumbai need 246 runs to win, after Tamil Nadu declared their second innings at 356-6 on the penultimate day of their Ranji Trophy semi-final at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium.

Anand Bias's 150 (136b,14x4, 7x6) helped Tata put up a mammoth 439 for six in 71 overs against Western Railway on Day One of a Times Shield 'B' Division 75 Overs-a-side first round match at MB Union Cross on Tuesday.‘A’ GROUP: Gr Mumbai Police ‘A' 132 in 40.

After their remarkable eight-wicket win over Uttar Pradesh in their previous Ranji Trophy game in Kanpur, Mumbai have made six changes to the side.