MUMBAI, April 24: A brilliant all-round performance by Mileen Vasudeo helped Bombay Mercantile Bank to defeat defending champions Central Bank of India by six runs and took his side to the the quarter-finals of the Western Region Inter-Bank Cricket Tournament, conducted by Bank of Baroda at the Azad Maidan here today.Bombay Mercantile Bank, batting first, were restricted to 164 for nine in 45 overs. Vasudeo was the top-scorer with 26. He then turned his arm over to capture three wickets for nine runs in 4.4 overs to bowl out Central Bank for 158 in 43.4 overs.
Another player to come up with an all-round display was Virbhadra Gohil (39 n.o. amd 4 for 10) of State Bank of Saurashtra against Saraswat Bank at Cross Maidan. The day's best bowling performance came from Dena Bank left-arm medium-pacer Abhijit Tatkar against State Bank of Indore. Tatkar returned with six wickets for ten runs from just 3.1 overs.
BRIEF SCORES
Oriental Bank 173 in 43.2 overs (K Kumar not out 64, M Sonule 32; NareshShahbag 5-37) lost to Bank of Maharashtra 176-8 in 36.3 overs (P Kolkumbe 43, S Jagtap 37 n.o.; R Thakur 4-28).
State Bank of Saurashtra 331-5 in 45 overs (K Diwakar 53, T Jadhav 48, M Mehta 50, S Pillai 49, Virbhadra Gohil 39 n.o., T Mahmed 53 n.o.) bt Saraswat Bank 76 in 23 overs (Virbhadra Gohil 4-10).
RBI 196 in 43.3 overs (Uday Nagvekar 83; Ashok Nagvekar 3-46) bt PNB 67 in 17.4 overs (Yashwant Bhosle 5-17, S Ambre 3-13).
Hongkong Bank 79 in 28.3 overs (Nilesh Bhosale 3-11) lost to Union Bank 80-2 in 15.1 overs (Ajit Kolte 45 n.o.).
MSC Co-Operative Bank 69 in 24.5 overs (Milind Durve 4-10; S Bhaya 3-19) lost to Bank of Baroda 70-0 (A Bharat 31 n.o.; S Nayak 35 n.o.).
Canara Bank 63 in 24 overs (P Hingnikar 4-18, S Ranjane 3-19) lost to Bank of India 68-3 in 10.2 overs (P Pednekar 30).
State Bank of Indore 22 in 7.1 overs (Abhijit Tatkar 6-10) lost to Dena Bank 24-0.
Bombay Mercantile Bank 164-9 in 45 overs (Mileen Vasudeo 26) bt Central bank 158 in 43.4 overs (Mileen Vasudeo 3-9).
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