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It was the bowlers who called the shots in the Mumbai and Nagpur leg of the MI Junior cricket tournament on Tuesday. Six and five wicket hauls stole the show through the day, though Aryan Selokar (179) and Aryan Pardhi (137) scored sensational centuries to highlight the few notable performances with the bat.

Both the batsmen struck tons to enable The South Public School to a total of 399/2 in 37 overs and cruise to 335-run win over GH Raisoni CBSE in the Boys Under-16 category at Buddha Park in Nagpur.

Rest, it was a day that belonged to the bowlers. Vivaan Sanghani of Ryan International School, Chembur scalped six wickets, helping his team thrash SIES High School, Matunga by eight wickets in the Under-14 Boys match at MB Union, Cross Maidan in Mumbai.

Player of the Match, Sanghani's destructive bowling spell helped Ryan International to bowl out SIES batsmen for just 40 runs in 11 overs. Ryan chased the low score in just 6.3 overs after losing two wickets.

Further in the Mumbai matches, Ankit Yadav of Anjuman-I-Islam English School, Vashi stole the show with his sensational five-wicket haul in the match against St. Stanislaus High School, Bandra eventually winning the U-16 Boys' match comfortably by six wickets at Parsee Cyclist, Azad Maidan.

In another exciting match in the Boys' U-16 category at the Azad Maidan, Seven Square's bowler Somesh Yadav stunned St. Aloysius High School batsmen with his five-wicket haul. Aditya Kashyap also took three wickets as Aloysius were bowled out for 138 in 25.1 overs.

Kashyap went on to score 42 runs in a successful chase which helped him take home the 'Player of the match' title.

In Nagpur, Arjoo Shivankar and Shreyas Mhaisekar also bagged six-wicket hauls to star in their respective team victories.

At Nelco Ground 2, in the Girls U-16 category match, Arjoo's accurate bowling helped her team Siddheshwar Vidyalaya to bowl out Podar International for 89 runs and chase the score with ease to register an emphatic nine-wicket win.

In the U-14 Boys category at Taiwade Ground, Mhaisekar took six wickets to bowl out Delhi Public School, Kampthi for just 81 runs to easily defend his team's total of 201/9 in 40 overs.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai:

U-16 Boys:

Parsee Cyclist, Azad Maidan 

Anjuman-I-Islam English School (Vashi) 80/4 in 13 overs (Umar Mujawar 24*, Sahil Shaikh 19*) beat St. Stanisclaus High School (Bandra) 76/10 in 25.2 overs, by 6 wickets.

Player of the Match: Ankit Yadav of Anjuman-I-Islam English School (Vashi) for taking 5 wickets.

Young Zorastrain, Azad Maidan 

Seven Square Academy (Mira Road) 139/5 in 24.4 overs (Aditya Kashyap 42, Kshitij Shinde 32*) beat St. Aloysius High School 138/10 in 25.1 overs, by 5 wickets.

Player of the Match: Aditya Kashyap of Seven Square Academy (Mira Road) for scoring 42 runs off 56 balls and taking 3 wickets and bowling 1 maiden over.

Navroz, Azad Maidan 

IES New English School (Bandra) 57/3 in 10.5 overs (Hrishikesh Gore 28*, Omkar Patankar 12) beat Balmohan Vidyamandir (Dadar) 56/10 in 31.4 overs, by 7 wickets.

Player of the Match: Agasthya Bangera of IES New English School (Bandra) for taking 3 wickets.

New Era, Azad Maidan

RV Nerkar Sec. School (Vasai) 115/6 in 28.5 overs (Ritish Patil 36*, Tanish Mehar 26) beat Smt. Sulochanadevi SInghania School (Thane) 114/6 in 26.1 overs, by 4 wickets.

Player of the Match: Ritish Patil of RV Nerkar Sec. School (Vasai) for scoring 36 runs (not out)

RTO, Azad Maidan

St. Anne's Convent School (Vasai) 99/1 in 14.5 overs (Mohit Bist 41*, Shahbaz Khan 38*) beat Saraswati Vidyalaya (Thane) 98/10 in 30 overs, by 9 wickets.

Player of the Match: Mohit Bist of St. Anne's Convent School (Vasai) for scoring 41 runs off 21 balls (not out) and taking 3 wickets and bowling 2 maiden overs.

Times of India, Azad Maidan

SVKM JV Parekh (Vile Parle) 132/10 in 31.1 overs (Swayam Dingoria 30, Devam Parekh 20) beat Holy Cross (Lower Parel) 119/10 in 37.5 overs, by 13 runs.

Player of the Match: Devam Parekh of SVKM JV Parekh (Vile Parle) for scoring 20 runs off 25 balls and taking 2 wickets and bowling 4 maiden overs.

Elphinstone, Azad Maidan

Tree House School (Virar) 145/10 in 39.2 overs (Jas Upadhaya 47, Akshay Chaurasia 26) beat Chatrabhuj Narsee School (Vile Parle) 128/10 in 35 overs, by 17 runs.

Player of the Match: Arpeet Agrahari of Tree House School (Virar) for taking 3 wickets and bowling 1 maiden over.

Sassanian, Azad Maidan

Oxford Public School 145/5 in 37.3 overs (Aradhya Mayekar 74*, Bhavishya Gaikwad 20) beat Shardashram Vidyamandir (Dadar) 144/10 in 38.4 overs, by 5 wickets.

Player of the Match:  Aradhya Mayekar of Oxford Public School for scoring 74 off 99 balls (not out) and taking 1 wicket and bowling 1 maiden over.

U-14 Boys:

MB Union, Cross Maidan 

Ryan International School (Chembur) 43/2 in 6.3 overs (Rishi Iyer 14, Aryan Sharma 9*) beat SIES High School (Matunga) 40/10 in 11 overs, by 8 wickets.

Player of the Match: Vivaan Sanghani of Ryan International School (Chembur) for taking 6 wickets.

National C.C., Cross Maidan 

NKES High School (Wadala) 80/3 in 19 overs (Omkar naik 13*, Swaraj Warghat 13) beat Vibgyor High School (Kharghar) 77/10 in 25 overs, by 7 wickets.

Player of the Match: Omkar Naik of NKES High School (Wadala) for taking 3 wickets and scoring 13 runs (not out)

Youth's Own Union, Cross Maidan

VPM's Vidyamandir (Dahisar) 61/1 in 8.5 overs (Shreyas Samant 21*, Atharva Lad 19*) beat Dadar Parsee Youth Assembly School 59/10 in 19.3 overs, by 9 wickets.

Player of the Match: Meghal Solanki of VPM's Vidyamandir (Dahisar) for taking 4 wickets.

Sunder C.C., Cross Maidan

Dr. Antonio D'Silva (Dadar) 79/1 in 12.3 overs (Sahil Nakhawa 41*, Likhit Kadam 21*) beat Hansraj Morarji Public School (Andheri) 75/10 in 24.2 overs, by 9 wickets.

Player of the Match: Sumeet Khedekar of Dr. Antonio D'Silva (Dadar) for taking 3 wickets and bowling 3 maiden overs.

LIC, Cross Maidan

Sane Guruji Vidyalaya (Dadar) 219/8 in 40 overs (Svanik Waghdhare 58*, Varad Keni 27) beat Chatrabhuj Narsee School (Kandivali) 120/10 in 26.1 overs, by 99 runs.

Player of the Match: Tejas Joshi of Sane Guruji Vidyalaya (Dadar) for taking 5 wickets.

United Cricketers, Cross Maidan

Ryan International School (Kandivali) 184/9 in 33 overs (Soham Gupta 63*, Neel Jogani 36) beat Rustomjee International School (Dahisar) 183/9 in 37 overs, by 1 wicket.

Player of the Match: Soham Gupta of Ryan International School (Kandivali) for scoring 63 runs (not out)

U-16 Girls:

Worli Sports Club Match No. 1

St. Columba High School (Gamdevi) get a walkover

[Tarapur Vidyamandir High School (Palghar)]

Worli Sports Club Match No. 2

Vasant Vihar High School (Thane) 217/7 in 23 overs (Sonali Gode 46, Kunjal Ghadge 33) beat Oxford Public School (Kandivali) 96/10 in 18 overs, by 121 runs.

Player of the Match: Kunjal Ghadge of Vasant Vihar High School (Thane) for scoring 33 runs off 27 balls.

Nagpur:

U-16 Boys:

Mecosabagh

Shri Rajendra High School 102/1 in 11.2 overs (Satvik Hatulkar 54*, Aniket Askar 33) beat Jain Heritage School 99/10 in 25.5 overs, by 9 wickets.

Player of the Match: Satvik Hatulkar for scoring 54 (not out)

MS Dhoni Ground

Bhavan's Vidyamandir (Ashti) 174/8 in 38.1 overs (Shikhar Randhir 52, M. Ainan Shaikh 35) beat Jain International School 77/10 in 14 overs, by 97 runs.

Player of the Match: Om Charjan for taking 5 wickets.

Gurunanak Ground

Gaikwad Patil International School 80/4 in 13.5 overs (Swayash Jaiswal 21*, Krishna Pise 17) beat Mundle Eng. Med. School 79/10 in 36.4 overs, by 6 wickets.

Player of the Match: Prashant Aghav for taking 3 wickets.

Buddha Park

The South Public School 399/2 in 37 overs (Aryan Selokar 179, Aryan Pardhi 137) beat GH Raisoni CBSE 64/10 in 11.5 overs, by 335 runs.

Player of the Match: Aryan Selokar for scoring 179 off 100 balls.

U-14 Boys:

MSEB Koradi Ground

Bhavans BP Vidyamandir (Ashti) 27/0 in 1.4 overs (Chetan Meena 23*, Sarvesh Ikhankar 0*) beat Narayanam Vidyalayam (Koradi Road) 26/10 in 9 overs, by 10 wickets.

Player of the Match: Rishabh Oberoi for taking 4 wickets and 1 maiden over

MSCA

Bhavans BP Vidyamandir 32/2 in 2.2 overs (Parth Ghode 15*, Tarunya Aemorikar 8*) beat Somalwar High School 29/10 in 10.3 overs, by 8 wickets.

Player of the Match: Lakshya Kewalramani for taking 2 wickets.

Kurvey's Ground

Rajendra High School 60/0 in 6.3 overs (Yash Gupta 30*, Aryan Munde 27*) beat School of Scholars (Atre Layout) 59/10 in 21 overs, by 10 wickets.

Player of the Match: Yash Gupta of Rajendra High School for scoring 30 runs off21 balls (not out) and taking 3 wickets and bowling 2 maiden overs.

Taiwade Ground

Somalwar High School 201/9 in 40 overs (Sidharth Nagrale 49, Yash Kitukale 37) beat Delhi Public School (Kampthi) 81/10 in 25 overs, by 120 runs.

Player of the Match: Shreyas Mhaisekar for taking 6 wickets.

U-16 Girls:

Nelco Ground 1

Shri Rajendra High School 360/4 in 19 overs (Gurupreet Batra 68, Nihari Kawle 56*) beat St. Joseph's Convent Girls School 210/5 in 23 overs, by 150 runs.

Player of the Match: Nihari Kawle of Shri Rajendra High School for scoring 56 runs off 43 balls (not out) and taking 1 wicket.

Nelco Ground 2

Siddheshwar Vidyalaya 89/1 in 9.4 overs (Rashi Chawariya 16, Ekta Bobade 14*) beat Podar International 89/10 in 18.1 overs, by 9 wickets.

Player of the Match: Arjoo Shivankar for taking 6 wickets.