Mandar Mahalle toyed with Reshimbagh Gymkhana bowlers as he slammed a double century for Ministerial Services Sports Club (MSSC) on the first day of the MN Dorairajan Invitation Cricket Tournament at VCA Civil Lines ground.

Southpaw Mahalle cracked a whirlwind innings of 227 runs in 212 deliveries as MSSC ended the day at 435 for six in 80 overs. Mahalle’s 281 minutes stay in the middle saw him hitting 21 boundaries and seven maximums.

Captain Akshay Kolhar (71) and Aniket Pande (51) too slammed half centuries each as MSSC took complete control of the game. Reshimbagh Gymkhana’s Siddhesh Dandewar took three wickets. In other matches, Shubham Dube (139) scored a century for Eleven Star (411-6) against Lipton CC while Aman Khan (127) slammed hundred for Advocate XI (326-7) against Ruby Colts. Brief scores: MRCC 1st innings: 172 (Rohit Binkar 37, Varun Bisht 32; Akshay Karnewar 47-4, Suniket Bingewar 51-3). Navniketan Cricket Club 1st innings: 102-3 (Faiz Sheikh 43, Shantanu Chikhale 50*; Aditya Thakare 9-2). Navniketan CC trail by 70 runs.

Central Dhantoli CC 1st innings: 182 (Yajwan Gadhave 48, Shailendra Yadav 57; Dinesh Yadav 56-7). Anurag CC, Kamptee 1st innings: 66-5 (Pawan Chandel; Nakul Patode 2-1). Anurag CC, Kamptee trail by 116 runs.

Indian Gymkhana 1st innings: 186 (S Ramaswamy 53, Jagjot Sasan 59; Kaustubh Salve 78-8, Pushpak Gujar 65-2). All India Reporter 1st innings: 112-2 (Danish Malewar 51*, Siddarth Koli 28*; Nachiket Pande 26-1, Ashish Yadav 35-1). AIR trail by 74 runs.