IES New English School’s (Bandra) left-arm spinner Nikash Nerurkar (5-29) tormented the VK Krishna Menon Academy (Borivli) batsmen, and dismissed them for a measly 114 runs in 36.1 overs on the first day of their two-day Group ‘A’ quarter-final Round-2 league match of the MSSA inter-schools Harris Shield boys’ U-16 tournament at the Islam Gymkhana on Monday.

After skipper Atharva Dhond opted to field, his bowlers justified his decision by getting the opposition batter out cheaply. Left-arm medium pacer Yuvraj Desai and medium pacer Dhariya Shah got the initial breakthroughs by taking the wickets of both openers—Krishna Menon with just 27 runs on the board and later Nikash, 14. The bowlers were unplayable and with solid support from leg-break bowler Dhaviet Prakash (3-21), ran through the rival batting.