Dnyandeep Seva Mandal (Nerul) entered the final of the Dream Sports-Mumbai School Sports Association (MSSA) Giles Shield inter-school cricket tournament, beating VN Sule Guruji English Medium School (Dadar) on the third and final day of the semi-final at the Parsee Gymkhana, on Wednesday.

Dnyandeep sealed the contest by virtue of a first-innings lead of 109 runs, marking their second consecutive Giles Shield final. On the third day, Dnyandeep posted 218 for 7 in the allotted 40 overs. Neil Naik (89 runs off 110 balls) anchored the innings, striking 11 boundaries. He got good support from Lavish Singh (66 off 76).