Pawar's century hands Mumbai seven wicket win

Mumbai defeated arch-rivals Baroda by seven wickets in an Under-14 West Zone league tie at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai on Monday. Chasing 178 for victory on the final day, the hosts were buoyed by an unbeaten century from opener Sagar Pawar, en route to collecting eight points for the outright win.

Baroda won the toss and choosing to bat, were skittled out for 142 on the opening day with Mumbai new ball bowler Pratik Kar, who ripped out the top order, finishing with 4/29. In reply, Mumbai limped to 131/6 on the first evening but managed to eke out a lead of 42 before they folded up. Kamran Shaikh senior did most of the damage, collecting a haul of 6/34. Mumbai's wicketkeeper cum opening bat, Pawar top scored with a breezy 40 off 42 balls.

The visitors marched to 199/6 at the end of the day with R Rana (59) and P Shah (69) doing the bulk of the scoring. On the third morning however, they lost their last four wickets for the addition of just 20 runs. Mumbai's Shoaib Shaikh and Dinar Gaonkar took four wickets apiece. The home team's batsmen made light of the target, which they knocked off in just 41 overs. Pawar's 121 (131 balls, 18 fours) and his 111-run second wicket stand with Gaurang Shah (35) were the key elements of the runchase.