Two Mumbaikars Shailesh Nakashe and Mahesh Kesarkar from Warriors CC play in Barbados Open Tournament’22

Well! To play overseas at any level is a great experience because you get to play under different conditions, one gets to meet different type of people and players, one gets to learn about new conditions and coaching styles, one gets to know about different cultures. It becomes all the more special if you get to play in a Country where cricket is celebrated as a festival and some of the biggest International stars participate in it.

Two Mumbaikars, Shailesh Nakashe from Warriors Cricket Club and Mahesh Kesarkar who are born & brought up in Mumbai played in the latest edition of Barbados Open 2022 and share their experience with Cricketgraph. Mahesh and Shailesh  both played for South West Bandits Team from UK and it was an altogether memorable experience for them. Shailesh plays Club and Corporate Cricket in Mumbai & is also the co-founder of Warriors Cricket Club in Mumbai. Mahesh on the other hand is also born and brought up in Mumbai, he also played a lot of Maidan Cricket in Mumbai. Mahesh currently resides in USA and he also plays professional cricket in USA. Mahesh has also been the Captain of USA Team in the LMS World Series.  

The Barbados Open 2022 Tournament in West Indies organized by Last Man Stands is a 5 ball per over T20 Tournament played in the land which has given some of the biggest cricketing legends. AB De Villiers is the Brand Ambassador of this tournament and many popular Professional Cricketers play in this tournament. The tournament was conducted in some of the Top International  Stadiums like Kensington Oval, Queen’s Park, Sabina Park to name a few.

Barbados Open 2022 was a memorable and successful tournament where in each team got minimum 4 League Matches which were live streamed to give a professional experience. Players from each team had their own Team Jerseys, Trousers, Pad Covers, Limited Edition Caps, Travel Polos, Rucksacks and tickets to opening and closing Ceremonies. The 2022 Edition of Barbados Open witnessed some Major Stars like Dwayne Smith, Herschelle Gibbs, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Abdul Razzaq, Nick Compton gracing the tournament.

Shailesh Nakashe shared with Cricketgraph-  This was my second experience playing on the tournament. First i had played for World champs in Dec 2019 at Sydney representing a club called Westfield Moose. It’s a completely different game all together with 8 players a side with t20 format of 5 balls a over. And many new rules. It’s exciting and we get to play alongside international players. I was privileged to play and hard a good partnership with Dwayne Smith. This tournament is organised in different countries with its next tour of world champ coming up in Dec 2022 in Cape Town.

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