Sushant Marathe

Centuries by openers Dheeraj Jadhav and Sushant Marathe helped Air India hammer 394 for six on the opening day of their four day Times Shield 'A' Division final against Tata Sports Club at the MIG ground, Bandra, on Monday.

Four Kanga League 'A' Division teams managed to register win by virtue of the first innings lead on Sunday.

Openers Sushant Marathe and Naman Ojha were the stars as Air India, giving them a lead of 230 runs in the second day of the Times Shield Cricket Tournament.

Wasim Jaffer will lead Mumbai in the West Zone T20 League tournament scheduled at Rajkot from October 20-24.

Sushant Marathe became the second batsman to hit a double hundred this season when he hit an unbeaten 232 for Cricket Club of India' against Mumbai Police.

Air India ended the opening day in a commanding position of 347 for four against DY Patil in the Times Cricket Shield A Division final at the MIG ground.

There was a surprise omission when Mumbai announced a list of 35 probables for the KSCA Trophy, which begins in Bangalore from July 27.

Wasim Jaffer has been appointed as captain of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team in their season-opening Irani Cup clash against Rest of India.

Ace speedster Zaheer Khan is to return to cricket action during the West Zone Twenty20 league to be held at Pune from October 20-25.

Middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav would be leading Mumbai in the West Zone one-day league, to be held from February 27 to March 3 at Rajkot.

Defending champions Payyade Sports Club retained the Police Invitation Shield cricket tournament by defeating Cricket Club of India by seven wickets on the third and final day of the final at the Police Gymkhana, Kennedy Sea Face, on Sunday.

Sumit Ghadigaonkar (118) and Kevin Almeda (73) helped MIG Cricket Club beat Muslim United on the first innings lead basis in a Kanga League 'A' Division match.

Mumbai wicket-keeper Aditya Tare became the first batsman to slam a double hundred in the Kanga League 'A' Division this season, when he hit 201 (258b, 16x4, 3x6) for Victory against Fort Vijay.

Yusuf Pathan hammered an unbeaten 86 as Baroda defeated Mumbai by 15 runs in the West Zone T20 tournament at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium.

Pacer Zaheer Khan, who is not part of the India ODI or T20 squads, will lead Mumbai in the West Zone T20 League games to be played at two grounds here from March 30 to April 4.

Air India won the Times Cricket Shield T10 Corporate Challenge after they overcame Delhi’s Manish Buildwell in the final by seven wickets.

Though, it was one-way traffic as Air India ruled supreme over hosts DY Patil Group in the Mumbai leg final of the Times Cricket Shield T10 Corporate Challenge in Nerul.

Yuvraj Singh hit an unbeaten double ton, as ROI set a target of 782 runs for Mumbai to win on the final day of the Irani Trophy.

Air India Red found an unlikely batting hero in Sushant Marathe as they sent fancied ONGC crashing to defeat in the BCCI Corporate Trophy semifinal.

Vice-Captain Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina are expected to gain useful match practice as their side Air India - Red set to take on BSNL in the opening game of the one-day tournament for the Sahara BCCI Corporate Tournament on Tuesday.