MUMBAI: Mumbai left-arm spinner Shams Mulani, who missed the league stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after being struck by Covid-19, took five for 11 top help Parsee Gymkhana beat National CC by seven wickets and move into the semifinals of the Madhav Mantri A & B Division on Friday. Mulani's deadly spell ensured National were skittled out for merely 79 in 23.5 overs.
In another quarterfinal, left-arm seamer Atif Attarwala took four for 22, but couldn't prevent Payyade SC from a 113-run defeat against Karnatak SA.
Brief Scores (Quarterfinals, A&B Division)
National CC 79 in 23.5 overs (Sandeep Kunchikor 33; Shams Mulani 5-11) lost to Parsee Gymkhana 80-3 in 15.1 overs (Vikrant Auti 40*).
Young Maharashtra CC 109 in 35.5 overs (Alpesh Ramjani 3-20) lost to Cricket Club of India 110-4 in 24.3 overs (Nishad Gabhawala 51*; Harshal Jadhav 3-29).
Karnatak SA 220-8 in 22 overs (Akash Parkar 79, Vinayak Bhoir 57*; Atif Attarwala 4-22) beat Payyade SC 107 in 16.1 overs (Prasad Pawar 32; Vinayak Bhoir 3-18, Tanush Kotian 3-27).
MIG CC 202-8 in 34 overs (Kevin D'Almeida 93, Neil Narvekar 34; Yogesh Jagtap 3-32) lost to Mumbai Police Gymkhana 217-6 in 33 overs (including 19 penalty runs) (Shrikant Limbole 73*, Sunil Patil 51).
