Khalsa Gymkhana took the field with nine players that is the sorry state this erstwhile cradle of Mumbai hockey has been redued to. They were soon down 4-0, and played defensively in the second half to prevent a mauling. For MPT, Digvijay Naik (3), Shayne D'Costa (2), Rohin Fernandes and Salauddin Siddique scored.

Mhatre upsets Sakari

Fifth seed Narsingrao Sakari was upset by Nandakumar Mhatre in the pre-quarterfinals of the Kshatriya Club open district ranking carrom tournament yesterday. Mhatre won 21-9 14-3.

Other results (prefixdenotes seeding): 1-Nagsen Etambe bt Raju Dathia 15-24 25-0 25-14; 2-Mahendra Tambe bt Nasir Khan 25-5 22-10; Suhas Pomendkar bt Vilas Dalvi 21-16 23-13; Ashok Gurav bt NR Dontulla 25-15 19-10; Manu Baria bt Sandeep Deorukhkar 25-12 25-11; Mohd Sajid bt Venkatesh Myakal 25-10 11-18 25-11; Dinesh Boricha bt Ajay Shinde 3-25 24-15 25-8.