Mumbai, 14 November: Dadar Parsee Zoroastrians will play M.V. Sports Club in the final of the 30th MCA Ajit Naik Memorial Under-14 Selection Trial Cricket Tournament. The three-day final starts on Sunday at the Worli Sports Club ground. Neither side has won the title before. M.V. were runners-up in 2024, and Dadar Parsee are playing their first final.
The prize distribution will be on Tuesday, 17 November. Raju Kulkarni, chairman of the Mumbai Cricket Association’s Cricket Improvement Committee, will present the awards, with MCA president Ajinkya Naik as chief guest.
The tournament is organised by Worli Sports Club under the MCA. Rohit Sharma was named Player of the Tournament in 2000, and Prithvi Shaw, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ayush Mhatre have also won individual awards. Young Mumbai cricketers treat it as a way into the state team.
Dadar Parsee beat Souvenir on first-innings lead
At the Dadar Parsee Zoroastrian ground on Friday, Souvenir needed 230 to take the first-innings lead after Dadar Parsee made 229 in 91.3 overs. Shivoham Tiwari scored 48, Swarn Katkar 41, and Sharvil Nalawade and Harsh Dolas 36 each.
Souvenir slipped to 31 for three. Viren Atole (62) and Swaraj More (51) added 83 for the fourth wicket, and Atole and Rajveer Kashid (35) took the score to 198 for five. Gaurik Nandanwar dismissed both, Atole at that score and Kashid nine runs later. Vivek Yadav took the last two wickets, and Souvenir were all out for 217 in 60.3 overs. Yadav finished with four for 59.
M.V. Sports Club go past Shivaji Park Gymkhana
At Worli, Aarav Dixit (85) and Anuj Chaudhary (60) added 150 for the second wicket off 284 balls on the second day, taking M.V. past Shivaji Park Gymkhana’s 143. Both were out within seven runs of each other. Aarav Yadav then hit 113 off 157 balls with eight fours, adding 92 for the fifth wicket with Lavish Singh (44) and 52 for the eighth with Atul Chaudhary. M.V. were all out for 359 in 103.1 overs, and Shivaji Park lost on first-innings deficit.
Yadav had taken seven for 33 on Thursday when Shivaji Park were bowled out for 143.
Earlier: Aarav Yadav’s seven for 33 bowls out Shivaji Park Gymkhana.
