On April 27, Navi Mumbai Police Cricket Club took on Greater Mumbai Police Cricket Club during the ‘C’ Division Times Shield match at Oval Maidan in Mumbai. Navi Mumbai Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Invited to bat first, Greater Mumbai Police were bowled out for 129 in 39 overs. Pradnesh Lad top scored with 22 runs off 25 balls. Apart from Lad, there were no other major contributions with the bat for Greater Mumbai Police. On the other hand, Navi Mumbai Police’s Atharva Chavan was the wrecker-in-chief as he bagged 4-29 in eight overs.
In reply, Navi Mumbai Police cruised to the target in 28.2 overs to win the match by nine wickets. The opening pair of Ninad More (52 not out off 73 balls) and Tasyam Chavan (66 runs off 73 balls) set the tone for the run chase. The duo hit delectable half-centuries to steer their team home. Chavan top scored for Navi Mumbai Police and his innings was laced with eight boundaries and a six. For Greater Mumbai Police, Rohit Bhere was the lone wicket-taker.
Navi Mumbai Cricket Club outclassed Greater Mumbai Cricket Club by nine wickets during the ‘C’ Division Times Shield match. Ninad More, Tasyam Chavan and Atharva Chavan were the top performers of the match.
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On April 28, Dadar Union took on Karnatak Sporting Association at Chembur, Mumbai during the Chanawala Tournament. Karnatak Sporting Association won the toss and elected to bat first.
Batting first, Karnatak Sporting Association were bundled out for a paltry 43 in 15.2 overs. Harsh Mendon, who opened the bowling for Dadar Union, wreaked havoc with the ball. Mendon scalped 5-22 in eight overs, including two maidens. He rattled the opposition with his disciplined bowling effort. On the other hand, Sachin Rao (18 runs off 23 balls) was the only batter to score in double digits for Karnatak Sporting Association.
In reply, Dadar Union made light work of the run chase as they completed the formalities in just 6.1 overs, winning the match by eight wickets. Siddanth Singh led the run chase with an unbeaten 17 off 10 balls, including one boundary and a couple of sixes. On the other hand, for Karnatak Sporting Association, Kirtharth Singh and Vignesh Singh chipped in with one wicket each.
Harsh Mendon was the top performer of the match. Mendon powered Dadar Union to an eight-wicket win over Karnatak Sporting Association in the Chanawala Tournament.
On April 27, DTDC Sports Club and Automotive Cricket Club clashed against each other in the ‘C’ Division Times Shield match at Matunga in Mumbai. DTDC Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat first.
Batting first, DTDC Sports Club put together a competitive score of 7-236 in 40 overs. Opening batter Siddharth Ghule and number three batter Satvalaksh Jain muscled delectable half-centuries. While Ghule top scored with 87 runs off 91 balls, Jain contributed with 69 runs off 85 balls. On the other hand, Automotive Cricket Club’s Darshan Mangukiya and Akash Kharvi claimed three wickets apiece.
In reply, Automotive Cricket Club were bowled out for 169 in 34.2 overs with Dashrath Chavan top scoring with 35 runs off 53 balls. Rugved More (26 runs off 29 balls) and Aditya Shemadkar (27 runs off 23 balls) too played their parts. On the other hand, DTDC Sports Club’s Rajesh Gorde wreaked havoc with the ball. Gorde scalped 5-22 in eight overs, bowling left arm spin.
DTDC Sports Club beat Automotive Cricket Club by 67 runs during the ‘C’ Division Times Shield match.
Mumbai and Vidarbha locked horns against each other in the finals of U25 Col. C.K. Nayudu Trophy at Motera. The match was played between April 24 and April 27. Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat first.
1st innings
Batting first, Mumbai posted a daunting score of 468 in 156.2 overs, thanks to Bhupen Lalwani, Armaan Jaffer, Suved Parkar and Omkar Jadhav. Lalwani, Jaffer, Parkar and Jadhav plundered half-centuries to power Mumbai to a commanding position. Jadhav top scored with 89 runs off 102 balls, followed by Lalwani, who mustered 88 runs off 200 balls. Jaffer and Parkar chipped in with scores of 85 and 72 respectively. On the other hand, Harsh Dubey was the pick of the bowlers for Vidarbha. Dubey scalped 4-177 in 45 overs.
2nd innings
In reply, Vidarbha fought hard as they scored 385 in 102.2 overs, trailing by 83 runs. Mandar Mahale top scored with 81 runs off 85 balls. Yash Kadam, MR Kale and SK Wath were the other major contributors with the bat for Vidarbha as the trio registered half-centuries. For Mumbai, left arm spinner Shams Mulani starred with the ball as he claimed 4-113 in 31.2 overs.
3rd innings
Taking a lead of 83 runs, Mumbai added 113 runs in 53.1 overs. After a scintillating batting performance in the first innings, Mumbai underwent a batting collapse in their second innings. Khizar Dafedar top scored with 29 runs off 41 balls. On the other hand, it was Dubey again with the ball for Vidarbha as he wreaked havoc picking up 7-55 in 27 overs.
4th innings
Chasing 197 runs for a win, Vidarbha were bowled out for 121 in 29.2 overs as they lost the match by 75 runs. Kadam was the lone warrior in the fight as he scored 49 runs off 65 balls. On the other hand, for Mumbai, it was again Mulani who rattled the opposition with 7-50 in 14.2 overs. The left arm spinner bagged 11 wickets in the match and played an integral role in Mumbai’s win.
In the head on contest between Vision Blue and Fallah Cricket Academy in the Vison Summer Cup 2022 tournament held at Vision Cricket Academy Pune. Vision Blue opted to bat first must have been disappointed by their call as the team could score only 54 runs at the loss of 10 wickets in 16.4 overs as the highest individual score was by Anvay Ajay Raykar of 10 runs!
Yash Sasane, became man of the moment as he took 3 wickets in 5 overs and also scored 40 runs in only 15 balls by playing with strike rate of 266 runs helping Fallah Cricket Club gain victory over their opponents! Yash displayed promising all-round performance and ensured his team won in a commanding manner.
The recent match played between Manya Cricket Academy and Tittans Cricket Academy in the Sonnet Cup (U-14 tournament) played at Sonnet Cricket Academy, Agra where Tittans Cricket Academy won the toss and elected to field first, but did not go right as Manya Cricket Academy scored 361 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 40 overs as their opening batters Lovekush Baghel and Deepak Paliwal gave a quality partnership as they scored 228 and 59 respectively!
The former- Lovekush Baghel scored a massive double hundred in only 123 balls with 28 fours and 5 sixes and became the man of the match! Bharati Singh and Aditya ,the rival bowlers took 2 wickets each. As the Tittans came out to bat, they fell short of 117 runs as they could score only 244 runs at the loss of all their wickets where the skipper, Sheersh scored 52 runs in 38 balls with 9 fours. Umesh Mudgal of the Manya Cricket Academy took 4 wickets in only 6 overs giving a minimal of 35 runs!
On April 26, Aruprit Tigers took on Saraswat Bank at Central Maidan in Thane during the Thanevaibhav Corporate Tournament. Saraswat Bank won the toss and elected to bat first.
Batting first, Saraswat Bank put together 9-110 in 20 overs, with Ranjit Nalwade top scoring with 28 runs off 32 balls. Abhijit Kshirsagar was the other major contributor with the bat as he chipped in with 21 runs off 15 balls. On the other hand, for Aruprit Tigers, left arm spinner Simaant Dube was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped 3-18 in four overs. Tushar Chate and Siddhesh Gavande claimed two wickets each.
In reply, Aruprit Tigers made light work of the run chase as they completed the formalities in just 9.4 overs. The opening pair of Ajay Singham and Aakash Jangid stitched a 79-run partnership to set the tone. While Singham top scored with 46 runs off 19 balls, Jangid muscled 42 runs off 27 balls. On the other hand, for Saraswat Bank, Ranjit Nalwade was the lone wicket taker as he struck with 2-19 in two overs.
Aruprit Tigers beat Saraswat Bank by eight wickets during the Thanevaibhav Corporate Tournament. Simaant Dube, Ajay Singham and Aakash Jangid were the top performers of the match.
Mumbai: Prateek Yadav’s played a match-winning knock of 76 runs which helped Victory Cricket Club register a 6-wicket win against National Cricket Club in a Group-E match of the 2nd LNCC OMNI Global Invitational Under-22 Invitation Cricket Tournament 2021-2022, organized by Lord Northbrook CC under the aegis of Mumbai Cricket Association, and played at the KSA ground, Cross Maidan.
Victory CC powered by Yadav’s innings which came from 69 balls and contained 8 hits to the boundary ropes and 5 well-timed sixes, managed to surpass the winning target reaching 210 for 4 wickets in 35.1 overs.
Earlier, National CC preferring to bat first was dismissed for 208 runs in 40 overs. Saksham Parashar scored 76 runs (69-balls, 6x4s, 3x6s) and Aayush Vartak made 35 runs, while Victory CC bowler Shashwat Jagtap claimed 3 wickets for 50 runs.
Prateek was later declared the ‘Man of the Match’.
Brief scores: National CC 208 all out, 40 overs (Saksham Parashar 76, Aayush Vartak 35; Shashwat Jagtap 3/50) lost to Victory CC 210 for 4 wickets, 35.1 overs (Prateek Yadav 76). Result: Victory CC won by 6 wickets.
Sports is an ever growing market across the world. There are en-number of skills and specialities involved in different sports and now careers are not just limited to becoming a successful player. There are multiple verticals in each sport and if we take example of cricket, apart from being a professional cricketer there are multiple career options like a cricket journalist, cricket event organizer, cricket tour organizer, video analyst, umpiring, coaching, physiotherapist, team manager and so on. However, to assess what skills is most relevant for you, one needs to undergo relevant knowledge it’s always handy to undertake a sports management course if you actually wish to make a career in sports.
With more people becoming aware of sports and its branches, they want to pursue and be successful in their careers, Ironwood Sports Management Global Academy located in Mumbai, Maharashtra has taken this initiative of providing sports management related courses to the career driven ones. Ironwood Sports provides opportunity to take on courses like Bachelors in Sports management, PG Diploma in Sports Management and many more. Cricketgraph- one of the biggest grassroot cricket media in India has been chosen for the collaboration as marketing partner by Ironwood Academy as Cricketgraph has a wholesome pan india connect with young athletes through various activities they conduct at grassroot level. It’s a long term marketing collaboration where in Ironwood will leverage Cricketgraph’s Social Media Outreach to connect a wider audience while also be a part in many of the core activities conducted by Cricketgraph.
The Spokesperson at Ironwood shared “Cricketgraph is covering grassroot cricket since many years. It is one of the biggest new media portals covering multiple age groups of grassroot level cricket right from U14 to Senior Level. The amount of organic penetration which Cricketgraph has amongst the youth & various maidans and academies makes them a relevant partner for us to collaborate. Ironwood Sports specializes in sports mangament courses and the demographics or the audience which Cricketgraph has helps us to reach the right target audience”
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One of the most popular leather ball cricket tournaments of Thane- TPL which stands for Thane Premier League kickstarts from 1st of May, 2022. The 10th Edition of TPL begins from 1st May, 2022 where in 16 teams will participate for the marquee tournament. It’s an 8 day fiesta where in all the matches will be played in T20 Format at the iconic Dadaji Konddev Stadium in Thane. The finals will be played on 8th May, 2022.
This tournament is a perfect mix wherein established Ranji and India Level Cricketers will hone the stage while at the same time there will be influx of youth who will get a platform to perform. The 10th Edition of TPL will witness India & Ranji level players like Akhil Herwadkar, Chinmay Sutar, Kaustubh Pawar. Prathamesh Dake, Karsh Kothari, Royston Dias, Sagar Kerkar, Ashay Sardesai, Sagar Mishra & many more who all are established professional cricketers. Also one notable thing is that the Dadaji Konddev Stadium has been beautifully renovated into a world class stadium. Infact, IPL teams like KKR, RCB, RR have been to this iconic ground for practice sessions. This was achieved because of the efforts taken by Corporator Vikas Krishna Repale who strives hard to improve the cricket & overall sports culture in Thane.
Participating Teams:
- Eknath Shinde C.C – A
- Eknath Shinde C.C – B
- DSCA sports
- Salgaonkar S.C.
- Golden Star C.C
- Benetton C.C.
- Positive Leap Management
- Boys C.C, Dombivali
- Union C.C, Kalyan
- PAB Cricket Academy
- Vijay Shirke Cricket Academy
- Regal C.C
- SR’s Group
- FTL C.C
- Maharashtra Cricket Academy
- Ambernath Rising C.C
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- Name– TPL-Thane Premier League T20 Tournament’22
- Organized By- Maharashtra Majha Seva Sanstha and Vikas Krishna Repale.
- Edition-10th
- Venue-Dadaji Konddev Stadium
- Format-Knockout
- Finals– On 8th May
- No.of Teams participating-16
- No. of outstation players allowed in each team– 2
- Game Changer of the Match : Powered by 720 Degree
- Associate Sponsors: SRS Group, MH O4 The Drunk Yard, Active Sports, Ambernath Rising Cricket Club, FastTrack Logistics
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