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published december 10th

Polly Umrigar

Good day for city schools
DNA Correspondent. Bangalore.
It was a good day for the city schools as both of the Bangalore schools won their respective matches in the Polly Umrigar Trophy for under-16 inter school tournament. While Presidency School, Nandini Layout beat Mahila and Newton HS, Goa by nine wickets, Presidency School, RT Nagar got the better of St. Andrew's High School from Hyderabad by eight wickets.
In the first match played at the IAF ground, an all round performance by D Nischal helped the Presidency School, outplay their Goan counterparts. Batting first Mahila and Newton HS were skittled out for just 119. Nischal was the pick of the bowlers as he grabbed three wickets for just eight runs, while Naresh Mengaji picked up three for 18 runs. In reply, Nischal scored an unbeaten 50 including nine boundaries as the hosts romped home in just 19 overs with nine wickets in hand.

Brief Scores:
Mahila and Newton HS, Goa: 119 all out in 49.1 overs (Vivek Talavlikar 22, Sahil Prabhu Desai 20, Nischal D 3/8, Naresh Mengaji 3/19] lost to Presidency School, Nandini Layout: 120 for 1 in 19 overs [ Varun K B 28, Nischal D 50 no., Pavan 24 no.) by 9 wickets.