Nachiket Deotale (223* off 127) was the star of the show in Somalwar High School, Nikalas Branch’s 299-run win over Shahu Nagar, Besa in the Boys’ Under-14 category of the MI Junior tournament in Nagpur on Wednesday.

Somalwar High posted a total of 349/5 in 40 overs, courtesy of Nachiket’s outstanding knock, before Shahu Nagar were skittled out for a meagre 50 runs.

In another match in the same category, medium-pacer Sarthak Shukla (6 for 15) showcased his skills to dismiss MKH Sancheti Public School for 45 runs. Sandipani School, Hazaripahad then sailed to victory in only 8.4 overs.

In the Girls’ Under-15 category, Chanakshi Tijare’s stellar five-for (5 for 7) helped Bhavan’s BP Vidhya Mandir, Srikrishna Nagar bowl out Jindal Public School, Dattawadi for a measly 20. Bhavan’s needed just 3 overs to chase the target.

Brief Scores:

BOYS U14

1. Centre Point School, Katol Road 287 all out in 38.4 overs (Shantanu Nilkhant Shelke 61, Laksh Rohit Sangar 54, Riyansh Manish Gupta 43; Swarit Kale 3-62) beat Reliance Foundation School, Mouda 33 all out in 17.4 overs (Laksh Rohit Sangar 5-16).

Player of the match: Laksh Rohit Sangar

2. Somalwar High School, Nikalas Branch 349/5 in 40 overs (Nachiket Deotale 223*, Aman Mangesh Warkad 33*) beat Shahu Nagar, Besa 50/9 in 15 overs (Ameya Prashant Chandrayan 3-4).

Player of the match: Nachiket Narayan Deotale

3. Sanskar Vidya Sagar School, Nandanvan 75 all out in 25 overs (Veer Donode 4-3, Priyanshu Jachak 3-17) lost to Shri Rajendra High School 76/2 in 16.2 overs (Veer Donode 35).

Player of the match: Veer Donode

4. Siddheshwar Vidyalaya, Manewada 14 all out in 8.4 overs (Ankit Manohar Gedekar 5-4, Balram Sanjay Lokhande 4-8) lost to Saraswati Vidyalaya High School 15/1 in 3.1 overs.

Player of the match: Ankit Manohar Gedekar

5. MKH Sancheti Public School 45 all out in 17.5 overs (Sarthak Shukla 6-15) lost to Sandipani School, Hazaripahad 46/0 in 8.4 overs.

Player of the match: Sarthak Shukla

6. The Royal Gondwana Public School 185/9 in 40 overs (Ronit Rathi 62, Krishna Jeswani 47) beat Kale Ashirwad High School 63 all out in 22.3 overs (Krishna Jeswani 3-4, Siddarth Saha 3-11, Ronit Rathi 3-14).

Player of the match: Ronit Rathi

7. Shree Convent And Jr. College, Manewada 134/6 in 40 overs (Mohit Mishra 49, Rudra Talekar 45; Shaurya Manwani 3-3) lost to Centre Point School, Wardhman Nagar 136/3 in 20.5 overs (Anuj Agarwal 40*).

Player of the match:  Shaurya Manwani

8. Kurveys New Model Public School 320/7 in 40 overs (Rajas Vaidya 134, Tanmay 43, Arnav Kharwade 43) beat School Of Scholars, Atrey Layout 152 all out in 34.1 overs (Anshdeep Naiyyar 51).

Player of the match: Rajas Vaidya

9. The South Public School 124 all out in 30 overs (Yashwardhan Ingole 41) beat Essence International School 95 all out in 35.3 overs (Vihan Naik 4-20).

Player of the match: Vihan Naik

10. School Of Scholars, Wanadongri 126 all out in 36.2 overs (Parth Mishra 30; Dhairya Yadav 3-23) lost to Somalwar High School, Ramdaspeth 122 all out in 37.4 overs (Soumya Ram 3-11, Aditya Mishra 3-31).

Player of the match: Aditya Mishra

GIRLS U15

1. Bhavan’s BP Vidhya Mandir, Ashti 145/4 in 20 overs (Mishka Bhaskar Tayade 36*) lost to MKH Sancheti Public School 146/3 in 14.5 overs (Anjali Bhagat 38*).

Player of the match: Anjali Bhagat

2. Jindal Public School, Dattawadi 20 all out in 9.4 overs (Chanakshi Tijare 5-7) lost to Bhavan’s BP Vidhya Mandir, Srikrishna Nagar 21/0 in 3 overs.

Player of the match: Chanakshi Tijare