Vinit Indulkar

Indian Oil and Tata SC took the all-important first innings lead to set up a final clash in the Times Shield ‘A' Division on Wednesday.

Like head coach Omkar Salvi, the batting (Vinit Indulkar) and fielding (Onkar Gurav) coaches of the Mumbai senior team too have been retained after Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy after an eight-year gap in March this year.

It was supposed to be a four-day affair but Bharat Petroleum needed just two to bag the Times Shield Division A title, beating Tata Sports Club at the BKC ground in Bandra.

DY Patil beat Shivaji Park Gymkhana on the first innings lead in an exciting Kanga League 'A' Division game, in Nerul on Sunday.

Parag Khanapurkar slammed a ton and Usman Malvi and Shardul Thakur took five wickets each to help Payyade beat Karnataka SA on the first innings in the 'A' Division of the Kanga League.

A hat-trick by medium pacer Wilkin Mota enabled Cricket Club of India beat last year's runners-up Payyade Sports Club by 86 runs in the final to lift the late Padmakar Talim Shield, conducted by MIG Cricket Club (45-overs) at MIG ground, Bandra, on Sunday.

The Mumbai Cricket Association's Cricket Improvement Committee, headed by former India opener Lalchand Rajput, on Monday appointed Kolkata Knight Riders assistant bowling coach Omkar Salvi as the head coach of the Mumbai senior team.

Prashant Naik and Hrishikesh Kanitkar helped Air India take the vital first innings lead over Indian Oil and enter the final of the Times Shield 'A' Division.

Playing for Pandurang Wadi against Friend CC in the 'G' Division of the Kanga League, the 46-year-old former India seamer smashed an astonishing 38-ball hundred on Sunday.

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) seemed to have everything going right for them for the first hour of their Times Shield 2nd-round clash against DY Patil Group 'B', in Nerul, on Friday.

Three years after they left Mumbai's Ranji Trophy squad to play their trade for Himachal Pradesh, Bhavin Thakkar and Vinit Indulkar have made themselves available for Mumbai again.

Former Australian cricket coach John Buchanan to conduct a three-day selection trial for Kolkata Knight Riders team ahead of the second edition of Indian Premier League.

Indian Oil Corporation were supposed to dictate terms against DY Patil Group 'B' in their second-round Times Shield 'A' Division clash, at the latter's academy ground in Nerul.

Indian cricketers Yusuf Pathan, Parthiv Patel and Pragyan Ojha were the star attractions at the ongoing All India D Y Patil T-20 tournament at Nerul stadium on Wednesday

The Test opener was chosen to lead Mumbai against Pakistan's Qaid-E-Azam Trophy winners Karachi in the annual four-day fixture for the Mohd Nissar Trophy to be held in Karachi from September 8-11.

Fine century by Shrikant Limbole and his 192-run partnership with Rajesh Tandel helped Mumbai Police beat Shivaji Park Gymkhana by six wickets in the ORRA-Police Invitaion Cricket Shield Tournament.

Munaf Patel, who represented Maharashtra last season, is among 15 cricketers who have sought inter-state transfers.

Mumbai star Shreyas Iyer hammered a hurricane 182 (133b, 13x4, 9x6) as BPCL took the first innings points against defending champions DY Patil on the third and final day of the opening round of the Times Cricket shield 'A' Division at the DY Patil University ground.