Cricketgraph Top 5 All-round Perfomances in Local Tournaments in Mumbai for the month of May 2017

Here comes the most prolific rankings of the month as these players took everyone’s notice & gave an excellent perfomance both with the bat as well as with the ball for the month of May 2017.

6th Sharing- Omkar Maldikar– 25 & 5/18, Shriraz-E-Hind Trophy, T20

Played at Cross Maidan in Mumbai, it was the all important finals of the tournament where Omkar bagged his 7^th ‘man of the match’ award. The medium pacer took 5/18 in his 4 overs while also chipped in with 25runs to help his team Omni Global win the match by 48 runs against Tech Mahindra.

 6. Aryan Dalal– 40 & 2/18, U/14 Singhania Tournament, 40Overs

Held at the Raymonds Cricket Ground in Mumbai, delivering in a crucial semi-finals is always special & Aryan just did that helping his team win the match with his all-round perfomance. Batting first, Singhania school managed to score 185 where in Aryan scored a 72ball 40 while also helped his teamd defend the total taking 2/18 & restricting IES Mulund to 144/10 in 34 overs helping Singhania school win the match by 41runs.

5. Vicky Patil– 112 & 2/21, APL Star Champions Trophy, T20

The dashing all-rounder scored a breath-taking hundred(112) off just 63balls while at the same time he also took 2/21 with his off-breaks helping his team Orean Adeas win the match by 33 runs against SSC at the New Era Cricket Ground in Mumbai.

4. Ayush Jethwa– 116 & 3wkts, U/14 Total Cup, 2 Day Test

This kid is already making waves in the Mumbai cricketing circles & one such perfomance was against the Dilip Vengsarkar’s XI  where the opposition scored 253/10 in 49 overs in 1^st innings where in Ayush was the pick of the bowlers with 3wkts. In reply, Sachin Tendulkar’s XI scored a mammoth 323/9 decl. in 91 overs where Ayush Jethwa smashed a classy 116 off 145balls.

3. Tanush Kotian– 116 & 4wkts, U/19 Narain Tamhane Trophy, 2 Day Test

Played at Bharat CC Ground, talented Tanush scored a magnificent century smashing 110 off mere 159balls while also taking 4/16 to dismantle Dilip Vengsarkar’s XI to just 163 in the 1^st innings. In reply Amhi Mulundkar were 290/7 declared thanks to Tanush Kotian’s blistering century which was certainly the highlight perfomance of the match. The match was a draw but Tanush almost took his team to a win single handedly.

2. Farhan Shaikh– 70 & 54* and 5/36, Kalpesh Koli Tournament, 2 Day Test

Played at Sainath sports ground at Virar in Mumbai, Bandra center clashed with Palghar Center for a crucial face off. Bandra won the toss & elected to bat first with an aim of making a big score. In the 1^st innings, Bandra center managed to score 162/10 where in left handed Farhan Shaikh impressed one and all with a fluent 70. In reply Dahanu Center were all out for 136 where in Farhan took 5/36 with his left arm spin. In the 2^nd innings Bandra again declared at 124/5 were Farhan was against the leading scorer with a 54* helping Bandra win the match on 1^st innings. 

& Finally……

1.Shiva Yadav– 67 & 5/7, Dreamz T20 Tournament, T20

Played at MB Union Ground, WTW won the toss & elected to bowl first with an aim of restricting L&T to a low total. Their decision to bowl first did appear to be spot on when L&T were 2 down for 0 runs while struggling on 20/3 at one point. But All-rounder Shiva who had opened the innings kept his calm while wickets fell from the other end until left-handed Sagar came & both the players stitched a match-winning partnership of around 120 runs which completely brought them back into the game. Right-handed Shiva Yadav scored 67 off just 52balls while Sagar scored a crackling 58 off mere 27balls helping their team reach 195/8 in 20 overs. Chasing 196 at almost 10runs per over, WTW succumbed to the pressure of chasing & were bundled out for just 93runs in 16 overs. All-rounder Shiva Yadav certainly raised his stakes as an all-rounder as he came up with some stunning bowling figures of 5/7 in 3 overs with his left-arm spin. L&T won the match comfortably by a big margin of 102runs & all-rounder Shiva Yadav was declared ‘man of the match’ for his brilliant perfomance & certainly tops the list too!

 CRICKETGRAPH