The oldest tournament in Mumbai, Purshottam Shield will begin from the the first weekend of November 2022. Well known for its traditional format of 70-overs per side lasting just a day and a half, this year it seems the Mumbai Cricket Association have taken a different stance. The 106th Purshottam shield will be a one day white ball contest between 28 clubs i.e A & B division clubs of Mumbai.
Previously, there were limited opportunities as the red ball tournament was a knock out competition however this season, there will be 7 groups with 4 teams each. This way every team is guaranteed at least 3 games. With the Vijay Hazare Trophy on the horizon, the Purshottam Shield is expected to act as an audition for gritty Mumbai cricketers who wish to represent the state.
The draws for the 106th Purshottam Shield:
Dilip Vengsarkar CA successfully contained MIG in the Sontosh Kumar Ghosh Trophy Organized by Sporting Union Club and Kalyandas Memorial Sports Foundation AJINKYA NAIK, SURAJ SAMAT, SANJAY NAIK, KALYANDAS MEMORIAL SPORTS FOUNDATION . A pivotal first innings for the Vengsarkar Team proved crucial as MIG were bowled out for just 81. An easy target to surpass, Omkar Patankar held one end to score 69 as they took a comfortable lead. An impressive second innings surge was in vain as the writing were already on the walls in the first innings.
Dilip Vengsarkar CA vs MIG CC
Toss: MIG elected to bat
MIG 1st Inning: 81/10 42.4 Overs
Amartya Raje 48, Darsh Murkute 3/22
Dilip Vengsarkar CA 1st Innings: 204/10 64.2 Over
Omkar Patankar 69, Arjun Jaiswal 3/26
MIG 2nd Innings: 155/0 43 Overs
Sanskar Dakelkar 76*, Arjun Jaiswal 75*
Result: Dilip Vendsarkar CA win on First Innings Lead
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In the Sontosh Kumar Ghosh Trophy Organized by Sporting Union Club and Kalyandas Memorial Sports Foundation AJINKYA NAIK, SURAJ SAMAT, SANJAY NAIK, KALYANDAS MEMORIAL SPORTS FOUNDATION, Vansh Akbari gave the performance of a lifetime as he cashed in on a struggling Gamdevi Cricketers. Scoring an emphatic 109 not out in the first innings, he put Payyade in a commanding position despite Aarav Malhotra’s 5 wicket haul. Working wonders with the ball too, Vansh purchsed 4 wickets as Gamdevi were bundled up for 208 only.
Gamdevi Cricketers vs Payyade SC
Toss: Payyade SC choose to bat
Payyade SC 1st Inning: 308/8 decl 85 Overs
Vansh Akbari 109*, Sairaj Nair 36, Jay Vyas 46, Aditya Vishwakarma 34, Shaurya Sharan 33
Aarav Malhotra 5/61
Gamdevi 1st Innings: 208/10 66.3 overs
Rishi Sarfare 33, Arnav Rane 33, Aditya Songare 30
Vansh Akbari 4/72
Result: Payyade SC win by first innings lead
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In the Quarter Finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali, Mumbai had a close encounter with Saurashtra. The combination of Sairaj Patil, Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dube aided the former champions across the line.
Batting first, Saurashtra managed to set a competitive target of 166 in 20 overs. Initially Mumbai were in a good position but Perak Mankad turned the game upside down by hammering 61 in mere 25 deliveries. From Mumbai, the pick of the bowlers being Mohit Avasti bowled an incredible spell picking up 2 wickets with an impressive economy of under 6. Tushar Deshpande purchased 3 wickets as well.
As the chase began, Mumbai lost 3 wickets under 8 overs. It was Shreyas Iyer (40 off 30) and Sairaj Patil’s (31 off 26) which revived the game for Mumbai. After an astonishing partnership of 63, Patil and Iyer fell in succession. The all-rounder duo of Shivam Dube and Aman Khan scored runs at an elevated strike rate. Khan faced just 6 balls but a quick 14 runs off his bat helped the run chase while Shivam Dube batted till the end staying not out with 25 runs to his name off 13 balls.
Mumbai chased down the total with just 3 balls in and 2 wickets in hand. They will now face Vidarbha in a Maharashtra Derby in the Semi Finals of SMAT on 3rd November.
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Hosted by the Jolly Friends Sports Club, Ageas Federal and Z-Cricket went head to head in a T-20 affair. The former obliterating the latter by a 125 runs.
Batting first, the Ageas Federal scored a whopping 268 for the loss of 3 wickets in just 20 overs. Opener Siddhesh Gavande provided a flying start as he scored 70 in just 39 balls. The star of the match, Vicky Patil entered the ground when the first wicket fell. It took him only 52 balls to hit an impressive 117. With 14 fours and 6 sixes to his name, Patil surely didn’t spare a bowler.
With the pressure on Z-Cricket since the beginning, it seems the mammoth target was too much too handle and were restricted to only 143 by the end of their 20 overs losing 7 wickets.
Vicky was rightly adjudged as Player of the Match for his splendid innings.
Aryan Chauhan gave an exemplary all round performance in the Sontosh Kumar Ghosh Trophy Organized by Sporting Union Club and Kalyandas Memorial Sports Foundation AJINKYA NAIK, SURAJ SAMAT, SANJAY NAIK, KALYANDAS MEMORIAL SPORTS FOUNDATION. Picking 7 wickets in the first innings, 5 wickets in the second with the ball and contributing 59 with the bat in the first innings but his efforts were in vain due to lack of support. DPC comfortably walked past Sind CC.
Brief Scores:
Dadar Parsee Colony
First Innings: 155
Yash Patil 37, Aryan Chauhan 7/53
Second Innings: 186
Abhinav Saha 101, Aryan Chauhan 5/45
Sindh SC
First Innings: 123
(Aryan Chauhan 59, Aradhya Pange 5/44
Second Innings: 80/1
Abhigyan Kundu 56*
Result: DPC win by first innings lead
Sontosh Kumar Ghosh Trophy Organized by Sporting Union Club and Kalyandas Memorial Sports Foundation AJINKYA NAIK, SURAJ SAMAT, SANJAY NAIK, KALYANDAS MEMORIAL SPORTS FOUNDATION produced another stunning performance as Saksham Shinde ensured Shantibhai Memorial beat Khandala CC by 7 wickets and graduate to the next round.
In an excellent display of bowling Khandala CC were bowled out for 120 and 42 in their respective innings. Saksham Shinde was the architect as he bagged 7/32 in the first innings and 4/23 in the second. It wasn’t a smooth victory for Shantibhai CC at all as they were too bowled out for 82 in the first innings, Shinde’s spell helped them tons and Shantibhai chased the target of 81 with reduced difficulties in the final innings.
Brief Scores:
Khandala CC
1st innings: 120
Bhavishya Gaikwad 42, Saksham Shinde 7/23
2nd innings: 42
Saksham Shinde 4/23
Shantibhai Memorial CC
1st innings: 82
Krish Yadav 5/18, Saurish Deshpande 4/27
2nd innings: 81/3
Result: Shanibhai Memorial CC win by 7 wickets
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Nutan Goel enjoyed his outing in the K.C Mahindra Shield as he scored two centuries in two consecutive innings for Khandu Rangnekar XI against Dattu Phadkar XI. This game was as close as it could get as Dattu Phadkar XI were short by just 1 run in the innings which gave the lead to Khandu Rangnekar. Manan Bhat notched up a ton as well while Nishit Balla claimed 6.
Vijay Merchant XI vs Vijay Manjrekar XI was a low scoring bout as no team crossed the mark of 200. The duo of Bhosale and Dsouza gave the batsmen of Manjerkar XI a tough time as they were bowled out for just 107 in the first innings. Merchant XI in reply, scored 190 and bowled out their opponents for 162 and chased it comfortably in the final innings of the game.
Brief Scores:
Khandu Rangnekar XI vs Dattu Phadkar XI
Toss: Khandu Rangnekar XI won the toss and elected to bat
Result: Match Drawn, Khandu Rangnekar XI took 1st Innings lead
Khandu Rangnekar XI
1st Innings- 279/10 in 74.4 overs
(Nutan Goel 110, Arjun Dani 46, Siddid Tiwari 45, Harsh Mendon 3/93)
2nd Innings- 261/2 (decl.) in 51 overs
(Nutan Goel 108*, Arjun Dani 102*)
Dattu Phadkar XI
1st Innings- 278/10 in 73.4 overs (including 21 penalty runs)
(Manan Bhat 122, Ronit Thakur 40, Jash Ganiga 33, Nishit Balla 6/71)
2nd Innings- 76/1 in 21 overs
Vijay Merchant XI vs Vijay Manjrekar XI
Toss: Vijay Manjrekar XI won the toss and elected to bat
Result: Vijay Merchant XI won by 6 wkts
Vijay Manjrekar XI
1st Innings- 107/10 in 30.5 overs
(Harsh Aghav 33, Atharva Bhosale 4/14, Ashley Dsouza 3/36)
2nd Innings- 162/10 in 64.1 overs
(Aditya Pawar 82, Ashley Dsouza 6/83, Atharva Bhosale 4/58)
Vijay Merchant XI
1st Innings- 190/10 in 64 overs
(Prithvi Govari 50, Varun Rao 3/22)
2nd Innings- 102/4 in 23 overs (including 21 penalty runs)
(Husain Shaikh 30)
In the Sontosh Kumar Ghosh Trophy Organized by Sporting Union Club and Kalyandas Memorial Sports Foundation AJINKYA NAIK, SURAJ SAMAT, SANJAY NAIK, KALYANDAS MEMORIAL SPORTS FOUNDATION, Sporting Union won by an innings and almost 100 hundred runs against the Mumbai Wonderers in round 1.
The Wonderers were bowled out for just 96 as Arya Gandhi claimed 3 and Shramik Shettgar took 5. The Sporting Union has the upper hand since the beginning of the game. Aayush Makwana scored a sprinty 85 off just 89 balls alongside Vedant Toprani scoring 73 off 88 for the Sporting Union who scored a mammoth 291 in just 60 overs. Although, Jay Bhanushali displayed immense character as he purchased an impressive 7 wickets to his name but in the context of the game, it wasn’t enough.
Bombay Wonderer’s second innings lasted only 28.3 overs and 106 runs, Neeraj Dhumal (52) scoring almost 50% of the runs. Gandhi claimed 3 wickets which secured a round 2 for the Sporting Union.
Sporting Union vs Bombay Warriors
Toss: Bombay Wonderers “Bat”
1st innings:Bombay Wonderers 96/10 in 46.1 overs
Arya Gandhi 3/14, Shramik Shettgar 5/16
1st innings of Sporting Union Club 291/10 in 60.4 Penalty 5 runs
Aayush Makwana 85(89), Vedant Toprani 73(88), Naithniel Godfrey 31(34), Jay Bhanushali 7/84
2nd innings of Bombay Wonderers 106/10 in 28.3
Neeraj Dhumal 52(56), Arya Gandhi 3/19
Result: Sporting Union Club won by an innings and 89 runs
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