Prolific opening batsman Ayush Mhatre scored a valuable 68 runs to help IES VN Sule Guruji (Dadar) post a modest total 228 all out in 77.2 overs against defending champions Al-Barkaat English Medium School (Kurla) on Day One of the two-day semi-final of the MSSA Harris Shield inter-school cricket tournament at the MCA-BKC ground on Sunday.

Ayush, who had smashed 213 in a second-round match against VK Krishna Menon School and followed it up with 177 runs against Shardashram Vidyamandir English in the third round, was associated in a 57-run partnership for the third wicket with Darsh Murkute, who made a useful 46.