On April 20, Mumbai Customs took on GST during the semi-finals of Moorjhani Shield in Mumbai. Mumbai Customs won the toss and elected to bowl.
Invited to bat first, CGST posted 7-136 in 20 overs. Sagar Mishra, who came in at number four, scored the majority of the runs. Mishra muscled 86 runs off 43 balls to steer his side to a respectable score. He played some good looking shots and ran well between the wickets. However, there were no other major contributions with the bat from CGST. On the other hand, for Mumbai Customs, Shivaji Yadav, Parag Khanna and Aakash Parak picked up two wickets each.
In reply, Mumbai Customs completed the formalities in 16 overs, to win the match by six wickets. Vikrant Auti led the run chase from the front with 49 runs. On the other hand, CGST’s Sagar Mishra was the pick of the bowlers as he scalped 3-24 in 3.4 overs. Mishra was the most successful bowler for his team.
Despite Sagar Mishra’s all-round brilliance, CGST ended up on the losing side in the semi-finals of Moorjhani Shield against Mumbai Customs. Overall in the tournament, Sagar Mishra scored 146 runs and claimed 14 wickets in four innings.
On April 24, Royal Cricket Club locked horns against Daiwadnya Cricket Club at Matunga Gymkhana in Mumbai during the Kanga Knock Out Tournament. Royal Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Riding on twin centuries from Bhawesh Pawar and Suyash Ghegade, Royal Cricket Club posted a humongous score of 8-398 in 45 overs. While Pawar top scored with 132 runs off 110 balls, Ghegade muscled 110 runs off 61 balls. Pawar’s innings was laced with 15 boundaries and a six while Ghegade smashed seven boundaries and six sixes. On the other hand, for Daiwadnya Cricket Club, Vijay Patil was the pick of the bowlers. Patil struck with 3-66 in nine overs, bowling off spin.
In reply, Daiwadnya Cricket Club were bowled out for 121 in 23 overs. Mandar Garude wreaked havoc with the ball as he scalped 5-45 in seven overs. Early in the day, Garude contributed with a quickfire 51 off 23 balls. The wily off spinner rattled the opposition with his disciplined lines and lengths. On the other hand, for Royal Cricket Club, Kunal Girap was the lone warrior with the bat. Girap mustered 28 runs off 26 balls.
Bhawesh Pawar, Suyash Ghegade and Mandar Garude help Royal Cricket Club register a 277-run win over Daiwadnya Cricket Club during Kanga Knock Out Tournament.
On April 24, Young Men’s Cricket Club and GSB Sports Club clashed against each other during the Kanga Knock Out Tournament. GSB Sports Club won the toss and elected to bat.
Batting first, GSB Sports Club were bundled out for 138 in 35.5 overs. Sairaj Vinayagamoorthy top scored with 55 runs off 60 balls, including five boundaries and a six. On the other hand, for Young Men’s Cricket Club, Ratnadeep Chavan was the wrecker-in-chief. The slow left arm spinner claimed 5-35 in nine overs as he ran through half of the opposition batting line-up in a jiffy.
In reply, Young Men’s Cricket Club made light work of the run chase as they completed the formalities in 23 overs. The opening pair of Rohan Gulekar and Sarth Waghela stitched a 99-run partnership. The duo set the tone for the run chase. While Gulekar muscled 49 runs off 39 balls, Waghela mustered an unbeaten 69 off 71 balls. Waghela top scored for Young Men’s Cricket Club as he led the run chase from the front. His innings was embellished with five boundaries and four sixes. On the other hand, Karan Joshi starred with the ball for GSB Sports Club as he picked up 2-32 in eight overs.
Young Men’s Cricket Club outclassed GSB Sports Club by eight wickets during the Kanga Knock Out Tournament. Sarth Waghela, Rohan Gulekar and Ratnadeep Chahuhan were the top performers of the match.
On April 24, Young Social Cricket Club took on Challengers Cricket Club at the Azad Maidan in Mumbai during the Kanga Knock Out Tournament. Challengers Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Riding on Suraj Kadwadkar’s 60 off 65 balls, Young Social Cricket Club piled up 4-241 in 45 overs. Nilay Daga was the other half centurion who mustered 56 runs off 74 balls for Young Social Cricket Club. With the ball, for Challengers Cricket Club, Varad Rane, Roshan Pal, Yatharta Yadav and Shakir Shaikh claimed one wicket apiece.
In reply, Challengers Cricket Club were bowled out for a paltry score of 81 in 23.2 overs. Yatharth Yadav top scored with 27 runs off 32 balls and was the lone warrior in the fight. On the other hand, Sahil Purohit wreaked havoc with the ball for Young Social Cricket Club as he scalped 6-23 in 8.2 overs. Purohit rattled the opposition in a jiffy through his consistent lines and lengths.
Sahil Purohit’s six wicket haul helped Young Social Cricket Club register a 160-run win over Challengers Cricket Club during the Kanga Knock Out Tournament.
A couple of years back when Govinda Prajapati started his own Chinese street food joint in Mumbai, little did he know, that one fine day, he would be selected in a team that plays MCA’s Kanga Knock Out Tournament. Prajapati, 20, who played cricket on the roads from childhood always wanted to play at a professional level. His dream was finally fulfilled when he was selected to play for Friends Union Sports Club in the Kanga Knock Out Tournament. Prajapati is a right arm off spinner.
Hailing from a humble financial background, in his quest to meet both ends, he started his own road side snacks centre where he served delectable Manchurians and other Chinese dishes. Since he was full time involved in the business, he could hardly find time to practice cricket. Prajapati literally burnt the midnight oil as he trained late at nights on the roads. He practiced bowling on footpaths with the help of cones and other training equipment. Since he could not afford any formal training, he was determined to hone his skills on his own.
Just a few months back he joined a cricket academy in Mumbai. Through the same academy he went to DSC Sports Club in BKC H block Sion – Bandra Link Road for selection courtesy Suraj Samat. The trials were conducted by Cricketgraph where in multiple cricketers came to attend from different corners of Mumbai. Govinda bowled well during the trials and was picked up by Friends Union Sports Club. Recently in one of the matches that Prajapati played, the wily off spinner also claimed 3-25 in nine overs. Govinda also performed well in the practice matches & his dream of playing professional cricket certainly came to life courtesy Suraj Samat (MCA Apex Committee Member) who is always at the forefront towards the development of grassroot cricket in Mumbai.
Govinda Prajapati’s journey is not only inspiring but also heart touching. CricketGraph wishes all the luck to this young and budding cricketer of Mumbai.
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Mumbai: Powered by Atharva Minde’s brilliant unbeaten century knock of 115 runs paved the way for Kshatriya Cricket Club’s massive 110-run win against Sunrise Cricket Club in a Group-D section match of the MCA Dr. H.D. Kanga knockout cricket tournament 2022, and played at the Sunder CC ground, Cross Maidan.
Preferring to bat first, Atharva’s huge effort saw Kshatriya CC score 272 for 9 wickets in 45 overs. Samrat Misal contributed 37 runs while Sunrise CC bowler Arnav Bakshi claimed 4 wickets for 48 runs. Sunrise CC batsmen were unable to offer much resistance and were bowled for 162 runs in 30.1 overs. Smith Dave remained not out for 47 runs and Vedant Pisat chipped in with 46 runs. Kshatriya CC bowler Nimish Sandane finished with 3 for 21 runs.
Worli Cricket Club also enjoyed a successful day and defeated Young Association Cricket Club by a comfortable 140 runs at the Young Zoroastrian ground, Azad Maidan. Sent in to bat first, Worli CC were dismissed for 189 runs in 40.5 overs. The main run-scorer for Worli CC, was all-rounder Mohd. Shoeb Sayyed 34 runs and Dharmenda Morya with 33 runs, while Young Association bowler Varun Kadam took 3 for 38 runs. Later, Worli CC bowlers Shoeb Sayyed 3 for 3 runs and Sandeep Yadav 3 for 13 runs bundled out Young Association for a measly 49 runs in 23.1 overs.
In a high-scoring and thrilling match, Bengal Club clinched a narrow 2-wicket victory against Friends Sports Club at the DPC ground, Matunga. Friends SC electing to bat first posted a challenging total of 261 for 8 wickets in 45 overs. Abhishek Satam and Yash Patil were the leading run-scorers contributing 73 and 71 runs respectively, while Karan Gupta made 38 runs. Bengal Club rose to the challenge and managed to reach 263 for 8 wickets in 44 overs to snatch victory. Poorav Chheda scored an unbeaten 52 runs, Aaradhya Mayekar also scored 52 runs, Amogh Gawade 40 runs, and Raj Kawathakar 37 runs helped Bengal Club coast to victory.
Brief scores – Group-D: Kshatriya CC 272 for 9 wickets, 45 overs (Atharva Minde 115*, Samrat Misal 37; Arnav Bakshi 4/48) beat Sunrise CC 162 all out, 30.1 overs (Smith Dave 47*, Vedant Pisat 46; Nimish Sandane 3/21). Result: Kshatriya Cricket Club won by 110 runs.
Brothers Club 128 all out, 36.2 overs (Sagar Muley 3/21) lost to Gaud Union SC 130 for 2 wickets, 18 overs (Krunal Nar 56*, Rahul Magade 33). Result: Gaud Union SC won by 8 wickets.
Friends Sports Club 261 for 8 wickets, 45 overs (Abhishek Satam 73, Yash Patil 71, Karan Gupta 38) lost to Bengal Club 263 for 8 wickets, 44 overs (Poorav Chheda 52*, Aaradhya Mayekar 52, Amogh Gawade 40, Raj Kawathakar 37). Result: Bengal Club won by 2 wickets.
Worli CC 189 all out, 40.5 overs (Mohd. Shoeb Sayyed 34, Dharmenda Morya 33; Varun Kadam 3/38) beat Young Association CC 49 all out, 23.1 overs (Mohd. Shoeb Sayyed 3/3, Sandeep Yadav 3/13). Result: Worli CC won by 140 runs.
United CC 304 all out, 44.1 overs (Shravan Mhatre 169; Siraj Khan 4/33) beat Shahpur Spencer Challenge Shield- 115 all out, 29.3 overs. Result: United CC won by 189 runs.
G.S.B. Sports Club 138 all out, 35.5 overs (Sairaj Vinayagamoorthy 55; Ratnadeep Chavan 5/35) lost to Young Men’s CC 139 for 2 wickets, 23 overs (Sarth Waghela 69*, Rohan Gulekar 49). Result: Young Men’s CC won by 8 wickets.
Elphinstone CC 231 for 9 wickets, 45 overs (Deewakar Bhatt 62, Rizwan Shaikh 31; Marzooq Sayad 3/48) beat Young Friends Union CC 126 all out, 36.2 overs (Rahul Yadav 32; Deewakar Bhatt 3/17, Mehraj Khan 3/22). Result: Elphinstone CC won by 105 runs
Vile Parle SC 156 all out, 44.2 overs (Himansu Gala 69; Harshad Pagdhare 4/9) lost to Bombay Wanderers 159 for wickets, 37.3 overs (Aryan Hule 70*, Mayur Gadigaonkar 34; Mihir Pasad 3/24). Result: Bombay Wanderers won by 6 wickets.
In the Dream 11 Cup Under 19 D.V.A Final match between Sanjeevani C.A and Ageas Fredral DVA held at Oval Ground, Mumbai, the former team won the toss and elected to bat first scored 202 runs in 29.2 overs at the loss of 10 wickets where by the contribution of Manan Bhatt’s 46 runs, the team could make a good total.
Ayush Vartak, from Ageas Fredral DVA took 3 wickets in 6 overs, as their team came to bat, the same player scored 78 runs in 70 balls, but still wasn’t enough as the team fell short of 23 runs by scoring 179 runs. Shubham Kharat, from Sanjeevani C.A became their key to jackpot as he took 4 wickets in 6 overs giving a minimal of 21 runs! Aryan Dalal also took 2 wickets in 6 overs, leading to the victory of Sanjeevani C.A in the final match.
The clash between Bhosale Cricket Academy and SM Sports in the Late Shree Ram Baran Premier League U-12 saw victory of the former in both the toss and the match. As they won the toss, they elected to bat first and had put on a huge target of 163 runs in 21 overs at the loss of 3 wickets wherein Maanveer Jain alone had scored quality 56 runs in 57 balls by 7 fours and had a strike rate of 98.25!
Maanveer was assisted by his partner Aarya Karle who scored 40 runs and helped team to reach this target. Swavnik Waghdhare of SM Sports scored 38 runs in 19 balls which went in vein as a bowler Mhatre Dhairya from the winning team took 3 wickets in 5 overs and restricted its opponents to score only 118 runs winning by a margin of 45 runs!
Abbott Healthcare opting to bat first at Azad Maidan posted a total of 230/10 in 37.4 overs. Even though, they lost some quick top order wickets, Sunil Lakka, Devang Acharya and Swapnil Yelve at the middle order brough their back into the game. Sunil Lakka scored 62 off 45 balls coming at no.5 while Devang and Swapnil at no.6 and 7 scored 52 and 44 runs respectively. Their 67run stand for the 7th wicket certainly pushed the team towards a defendable position. Achleshwar Maurya and Amir Shaikh with 3 wkts each were the pick of the lot.
New Way Travels in reply were cleaned up for 111 runs courtesy some tight bowling by Abbott bowlers. Sandesh Bhoir with 3/15 in 6 overs was the pick of the lot. Sandesh and Sudesh also bagged 2wkts each.
Abbott Healthcare won the match by 119 runs while Sunil Lakka was declared ‘man of the match’
In a match between Bhosale Cricket Academy and GPCC in the Late Shree Ram Baran Premier League U-19 held at oval ground Mumbai , the former won the toss and elected to bat first and scored a magnificent total of 195 runs in 22 overs at the loss of only 1 wicket! The huge total became possible as their top openers Arjun Lotlikar and Devansh Trivedi secured 91 and 74 runs respectively for their team! Only Swapnil of the opposite team could pick the wicket of Arjun Lotlikar.
The GPCC was dismissed for a meagre total of 90 runs in 10 wickets in a span of 20 overs where only Ridit Tewar secured the highest runs which were only 18! Manthan Mestry showed his exceptional bowling skills as he took 4 wickets in 3.4 overs giving just 18 runs! Arnav Lad and Swayam Wamne took 2 wickets each. Bhosale Cricket Academy won the match by 105 runs & Arjun Lotlikar was declared ‘man of the match’