Played at LIC, Cross Maidan in Mumbai, Deutsche Bank after opting to bat first posted a total of 137/10 in 16.1 overs. Sanket at no.5 was the highest scorer with 37 runs but Deutsche kept losing wickets at regular intervals or else they could have reached a total of anywhere around 160+. Tata AIA Bowlers put up a disciplined performance with the ball especially Nitin Mestry who returned with impactful bowling figures of 4/19 in mere 3 overs. Nitin provided crucial breakthroughs at the middle order including the scalps of Sanket and Aman who were looking set at one stage.
Chasing 138 looked like a mere formality for Tata AIA team as they went on to win the match by 2 wkts and 1.1 over to spare. Sanket Kanade at no.3 scored 33 off 25 balls while Pradeep Yadav played a very important cameo of 28*off 21 balls. Anil Jhulka from Deutsche Team did gave a hard time but eventually his bowling efforts of 4/25 went in vain as Tata AIA crossed the victory line in the 19th over.
Tata AIA won the match by 2wkts winning the Plate Finals of Dreamz Corporate Trophy.
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With Covid finally seem to be taking a backseat, it’s good to see the grounds getting filled up again with more and more players who have started practicing and preparing for various cricket tournaments. In one such great initiative by HR College, they are coming up with a one of its kind T20 Tournament which will begin at Oval Maidan from Tommorow i.e 12th of April, 2022.
The HR Super League will have 12 College Teams participating in this marquee white ball T20 tournament. All the matches will be played at Oval Maidan while the all important finals will be conducted on the iconic Police Gymkhana Ground in a night match.
Speaking with Aditya – One of the backend members of the organizing committee, he shared with Cricketgraph “The very purpose of this tournament is to ensure all players who play college level cricket get an opportunity to play cricket again. Due to COVID, a lot of cricket tournaments have got cancelled including DSO which is one of the biggest college level tournaments. With this initiative, the players will get a platform to perform and get the feel of playing in a proper professional level cricket tournament.
Cricketgraph is the official media Partner for this tournament which will be capturing video highlights while also cover the best performances while Total Sports has joined in as the equipment partner. Omtex is the official Jersey Partner for HR Super League.
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Mumbai: Rudra Sukale scored an 89-ball unbeaten 104 runs (18×4) to secure an 8-wicket victory for New Hind SC against Sind SC in a Group-E match of the MCA Under-19 Cricket Tournament 2021-22, organized by Mangrol Sports Club in association with Pulse Sports Events Entertainment and played at the New Hind ground, Matunga.
Sind SC chose to bat first scored 191 runs for the loss of 8 wickets from their 40 overs. The highlight of their innings was Chirag Dathia who struck a quick 55-ball unbeaten 103 runs (7×4, 9×6), while Vedant Singh chipped in with 30 runs to swell the total. Atharva Bhosale (4 for 35) and Parth Ankolekar (2 for 28) got the wickets for Sind SC.
New Hind SC powered by Rudra’s knock and Shubham Shinde’s 57 runs easily reached 195 for 2 wickets in 28.3 overs to seal the win.
In a Group-B encounter, a terrific bowling performance from Anuj Giri 5 for 12 runs and Divyanshu Singh’s supportive effort 2 for 20 runs helped Fort Vijay CC romp to a comfortable 8-wicket win against John Bright CC. John Bright innings folded at 65 all out in 19.5 overs and Fort Vijay CC quickly chased down the target making 67 for 2 wickets in just 17.2 overs. Sidhanth Rai was unbeaten on 37 runs.
Brief scores: Apollo CC: 100 all out, 29.1 overs (Suraj Singh 31; Vedant Patil 5/21, Piyush Kanojiya 2/19) beat Crescent CC: 101 for no loss, 9.2 overs (Aditya Rawat 62*, Harsh Palande 32*). Result: Crescent CC won by 10 wickets.
John Bright CC: 65 all out, 19.5 overs (Anuj Giri 5/12, Divyanshu Singh 2/20) lost to Fort Vijay CC: 67 for 2 wickets, 17.2 overs (Sidhanth Rai 37*). Result: Fort Vijay CC won by 8 wickets.
Sind SC: 191 for 8 wickets, 40 overs (Chirag Dathia 103* (55-balls, 7×4, 9×6), Vedant Singh 30; Atharva Bhosale 4/35, Parth Ankolekar 2/28) lost to New Hind SC: 195 for 2 wickets, 28.3 overs (Rudra Sukale 104* (89-balls 89, 18×4), Shubham Shinde 57). Result: New Hind SC by 8 wickets.
United Cricketers: 157 for 8 wickets, 40 overs (Princely Pereira 39*, Awais Khan 35; Kasim Ali 4/54, Yash Rode 3/31) lost to Young Maharashtra CC: 163 for 5 wickets, 34.1 overs (Aman Shaikh 32*, Umar Khan 30*, Asif Khan 30; Yasin Shaikh 2/25). Result: Young Maharashtra CC won by 5 wickets.
Borivali CC: 199 for 5 wickets, 40 overs (Vaibhav Sajjana 52, Arun Gupta 47, Akhand Singh 37; Niel Sawant 2/29) beat Palghar Dahanu Taluka SA: 99 all out, 26.2 overs (Shivram Yadav 33; Jassim Matharoo 5/7, Sumeet Prajapati 2/14). Result: Borivali CC won by 100 runs.
MIG CC: 248 for 8 wickets, 40 overs (Ayush Mhatre 83, Aakash Singh 76; Pranit Shelar 3/24, Soham Rane 2/44) beat The Lord Northbook CC: 223 for 5 wickets, 38.1 overs (Sanskar Panaskar 81, Ayush Mishra 45, Devkran 42*; Aakash Singh 2/60). Result: The Lord Northbook won by 5 wickets.
Wellington CC: 68 all out, 24.3 overs (Saquib Mulani 3/10, Hardik Yadav 2/0, Kevin Chitaniya 2/24) lost to Parsee Gymkhana: 71 for 3 wickets, 13.1 overs (Khush Jain 2/25). Result: Parsee Gymkhana won by 7 wickets.
Mangrol SC: 214 all out, 40 overs (Parshad Bodke 43, Vilohit Desai 42, Bharesh Modak 32; Meet Patil 3/32, Adanan Ansari 3/43, Hrishikesh Chavan 2/46) beat Mazagon SC: 139 all out, 34.3 overs (Hrishikesh Chavan 39, Meet Patil 30; Mohit Singh 4/38, Vilohit Desai 2/17, Aryan Dalal 2/19). Result: Mangrol SC won by 75 runs.
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Mumbai: An outstanding bowling spell by Ravi Vishwakarma who claimed 5 wickets for just 4 runs, including a hat-trick, which was the highlight of Modern Cricket Club’s solid 9-wicket victory against Pathare Prabhu Cricketers in a Group-A match of the MCA Dr. H.D. Kanga knockout cricket tournament 2022, and played at the Young Zorastrian ground, Azad Maidan.
Pathare Prabhu batsmen struggled and were bowled out cheaply for 36 runs in 21.2 overs. Sanket More played a good supporting role taking 3 wickets for 11 runs. Modern Cricket Club comfortably cruised to victory making 39 for the loss of one wicket in 3.3 overs.
In another first round match, Ritesh Punyerathi scored a century 114 runs and Samkit Shah half century 51 runs helped Crescent CC, Andheri defeat Indian Dynamite CC by 4 wickets at the Matunga ground.
Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation also enjoyed a successful first round defeating Shri Shivaji CC by 7 wickets in another first round encounter at Sainath CC ground, Virar.
Brief scores: Hind Sevak CC 152 all out, 40.2 overs (Omkar Kanthe 41; Dhruvil Turakhia 4/45) lost to Kerawala Windsor CC 153 for 8 wickets, 33.2 overs (Nitin Bhalerao 64; Sai Nayak 3/22, Sushant Shinde 3/31). Result: Kerawala Windsor CC won by 2 wkts.
Shri Shivaji CC 205 for 6 wickets, 45 overs (Yashraj Kadam 47, Ketan Naik 41*, Kunal Shirke 41) lost to Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation 206 for 3 in 29.4 overs (Rugved Chaudhary 104, Harish Narvekar 69). Result: Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation won by 7 wickets.
Young National CC 267 all out, 45 overs (Suchit Devali 48, Madhav Kotak 44, Harshal Padwal 35*) beat Swastik Cricket Club 107 all out, 27 overs (Aftab Shaikh 33, Dhaval Panchal 7/38). Result: Young National CC won by 160 runs.
Anjuman-I-Islam Institute SC 140 all out, 43 overs (Ashish Pal 40; Omneel Jadhav 3/25) lost to S.F. Sassanian CC 143 for 5 wickets, 26.4 overs (Amit Dahiya 48, Rupesh Sonkar 41). Result: S.F. Sassanian CC won by 5 wkts.
Sports Promotion Group (Mumbai) 207 (including 16 penalty runs) for 9 wickets, 43 overs (Sunny Jaiswar 62; Neeraj Singh 4/27) beat Deccan CC (Kalyan) 105 all out, 31.1 overs (Vishal Hate 47). Result: Sports Promotion Group won by 102 runs.
Garfield Sports Club (Dahisar) 93 all out, 21 overs (Aman Vishwakarma 31; Azhar Khan 5/14, Tejas Palkar 4/39) lost to Young Boy’s CC 98 for 3 wickets, 11.4 overs. Result: Young Boy’s CC won by 7 wkts.
Rocket CC 193 all out, 42.3 overs (Manoj Pandey 44, Navin Sharma 41; Siddhant Welankar 3/19) beat Thane Friends Union 82 all out, 29.2 overs (Navin Sharma 3/20). Result: Rocket CC won by 111 runs.
Parsee Pioneer CC 101 all out, 34.5 overs (Harsh Patil 5/29) lost to Gay Cavaliers CC 102 for wicket, 9.4 overs (Deepak Shukla 51, Yash Dhuri 39*). Result: Gay Cavaliers CC won by 9 wkts.
Gallant CC 99 all out, 27.1 overs (Dinesh Yadav 4/19) lost to New Era CC 100 for 2 wickets, 22 overs (Vivan Nair 44). Result: New Era CC won by 8 wkts.
Youths Own Union CC 111 all out, 39.2 overs (Bhuvan Ranade 3/13) lost to Union CC 114 for 1 wicket, 15.1 overs (Suhrut Kadam 51, Pranav Sawant 33). Result: Union CC won by 9 wkts.
Rattlers CC 154 all out, 33.3 overs (Rakshit Singh 30; Shekhar Dalvi 3/25, Karan Patil 3/28) lost to Khandala CC 155 for 4 wickets, 24.1 overs (Vaibhav Sane 61*, Rupesh Kondalkar 32). Result: Khandala CC won by 6 wkts.
Indian Dynamite CC 254 all out, 41.2 overs (Prathmesh Nagotkar 46*, Nitesh Shinde 44, Shariq Sayed 37, Kush Modi 34) lost to Crescent CC, Andheri 258 for 6 wickets, 31.1 overs (Ritesh Punyerathi 114, Samkit Shah 51; Avnish Pale 3/45). Result: Crescent CC won by 4 wkts.
Pathare Prabhu Cricketers 36 all out, 21.2 overs (Ravi Vishwakarma 5/4, Sanket More 3/11) lost to Modern CC 39 for 1 wicket, 3.3 overs. Result: Modern Cricket Club won by 9 wkts.
Apollo Youngsters 225 for 9 wickets, 45 overs (Hrishikesh Sule 80, Poojan Raut 47*, Heramb Karbhari 30) beat Eleven 77 CC 183 all out, 40.1 overs (Akshay Shewale 43, Atharva Palav 36; Soham Pokal 4/45). Result: Apollo Youngsters won by 42 runs.
Mumbai: Manali Dakshini fluent unbeaten 61 runs knock paved the way for Team Purple clinch a fluent 78-run victory against Team Maroon in a opening round Group-A match of the Womens T20 Cricket Tournament 2021-2022, organised by Victory Cricket Club in association with Pulse Sports Events Entertainment and Eagle Thane Strikers, and played at the Islam Gymkhana ground.
Team Purple electing to bat scored a fighting 170 runs for 6 wickets from their 20 overs. Besides Manali’s fine efforts, Mansi Patil contributed 46 runs useful runs, while Team Maroon’s Disha Chandak 4 for 27 runs and Aleena Khan 2 for 31 runs were the successful bowlers. Team Maroon batting flopped and except for Sharadha Shetty’s innings of 25 runs they were restricted to 97 for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
In another match of the same group, Team Red defeated Team Green by four wickets.
In Group-B matches, Team Yellow lost to Team Blue by 7 wickets and Team Orange also succumbed to a 6-wicket defeat against Team Pink.
Brief scores – Group – A: Team Green: 79 for 8 wickets, 20 overs (Pradnya Bhagat 3/18, Janhavi Kate 2/12) lost to Team Red: 82 for 6 wickets, 11 overs (Samrudhi Rawool 3/25, Arti Yadav 2/15). Result: Team Red won by 4 wickets.
Team Purple: 170 for 6 wickets, 20 overs (Manali Dakshini 61*, Mansi Patil 46; Disha Chandak 4/27, Aleena Khan 2/31). Team Maroon: 92 for 7 wickets, 20 overs (Shradha Shetty 25; Kashish Nirmal 2/9, Nirmiti Rane 2/12). Result: Team Purple won by 78 runs.
Group – B: Team Yellow: 88 for 7 wickets, 20 overs (Sanika Chalke 48*; Reshma Nayak 3/16) lost to Team Blue: 89 for 3 wickets, 15 overs (Tushi Shah 42, Sejal Raut 35*). Result: Team Blue won by 7 wickets.
Team Orange: 87 for 6 wickets, 20 overs (Mahek Pokar 26, Pranjal Gurav 24) lost to Team Pink: 88 for 4 wickets, 15.2 overs (Humaira Kazi 34, Saniya Raut 31). Result: Team Pink won by 6 wickets.
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Played at Oval Maidan in Mumbai, Parkophene Cricketers opting to bat first made a total of 165/10 in 32.5 overs. No.4 batsman Shreyash top scored with 70 runs while the rest of the batters found it difficult to convert their starts. From the bowlers, Vishal Prasad and Ainul Haq Khan with 3 wickets each were the pick of the lot.
Chasing 166. Shivaji Park Youngsters won the match by 4 wkts crossing the victory line in the 33rd over. Right-Handed opening batsman Tanishq Panikeveetil single handedly anchored the chase with a solid half century. Tanishq batted maturely despite wickets tumbling from the other hand scoring 83 off 103 balls laced with 12 boundaries. Shivaji Park Youngsters won the match convincingly while Tanishq was declared ‘man of the match’
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Mumbai: Arpit Dhadve played a smart, steady innings, but fell four runs short of the magical three-figure mark, as he was dismissed for 96 runs. Nonetheless, his knock paved the way for Islam Gymkhana to register a comfortable 8-wicket win against P.J. Hindu Gymkhana in a Group-D match of the MCA Under-19 Cricket Tournament 2021-22, organized by Mangrol Sports Club in association with Pulse Sports Events Entertainment and played at the Islam Gymkhana ground.
In pursuit of a modest target, Islam Gymkhana riding on Arpit’s solid batting easily surpassed Hindu Gymkhana’s total, reaching 188 for 2 wickets in 38 overs. Hemanshu Kumar played the supporting role and was unbeaten of 42 runs as Islam Gymkhana without too many setbacks crossed the finish line. Earlier, Hindu Gymkhana preferring to bat first, were restricted to 186 for 6 wickets in their stipulated 40 overs. Kavi Priyan 66 not out and Mohd Moosa Ansari 58 runs were Hindu Gymkhana’s leading run-getters. Islam Gymkhana bowlers Arjun Rawat (2 for 24), Yaseen Shaikh (2 for 26), and Azhar Mansuri (2 for 42) picked up the wickets.
In another Group-D encounter, Sainath SC dominated the match against Worli SC and charged to a solid 9-wicket victory. Chasing a low target, Sainath were well-served by Tanish Meher who smashed a quick unbeaten 77 runs while Sarvesh Yadav contributed a solid 47 runs to secure their big win. Earlier, Worli SC batting first could only muster to score 145 runs for 8 wickets in 40 overs. Parth Pednekar scored an unbeaten 50 runs, while Sainath bowler Pratham Salaskar finished with 4 wickets for 34 runs.
In interesting Group-C matches, Mumbai Police Gymkhana defeated Bharat Cricket Club by 2 wickets and Karnatak Sporting Association inflicted a 5-wicket defeat on National Cricket Club.
Brief scores: Bombay Gymkhana: 213 for 8 wickets, in 40 overs (Harsh Mogaveera 48, Anshul Murli 37; Rahul Kankarwal 2/32, Vedant Deshmukh 2/38, Arman Pathan 2/38) beat Dadar Union SC: 169 all out, 38 overs (Riday Khandke 31; Soham Talekar-3/25). Result: Bombay Gymkhana won by 44 runs.
Superstar SC: 124 all out, 39 overs (Aradhya Mayekar 43; Sarthak Bafna 3/18, Ruchit Ahuja 2/14, Roneet Thakur 2/34) lost to Payyade SC: 127 for 7 wickets, 31.1 overs (Roneet Thakur 31; Devansh Katkar 4/19). Result: Payyade Sports Club won by 3 wickets.
Bharat CC: 178 for 6 wickets, 40 overs (Jaineel Nanda 72*, Ritesh Yadav 52; Tanishq Mayekar 2/44) lost to Mumbai Police Gymkhana: 180 for 8 wickets, 36.3 overs (Malhar Vanjari 62, Sachin Rathod 32, Shaswat Kapoor 31; Robin Vel 3/22, Varun Malik 2/22). Result: Mumbai Police Gymkhana won by 2 wickets.
National CC: 126 all out, 36.1 overs (Gaurav Kumar 33; Prayag Kumar 3/19, Aryan Shetty 3/31) lost to Karnatak SA: 129 for 5 wickets, 22.1 overs (Mitra Parab 42*, Ritesh Nalawade 3/27). Result: Karnatak Sporting Association won by 5 wickets.
Worli SC: 145 for 8 wickets, 40 overs (Parth Pednekar 50*; Pratham Salaskar 4/34) lost to Sainath SC: 146 for 1 wickets, 34.3 overs (Tanish Meher 77*, Sarvesh Yadav 47). Result: Sainath SC won by 9 wickets.
P.J. Hindu Gymkhana: 186 for 8 wickets, 40 overs (Kavi Priyan 66*, Mohd. Moosa Ansari 58; Arjun Rawat 2/24, Yaseen Shaikh 2/26, Azhar Mansuri 2/42) lost to Islam Gymkhana: 188 for 2 wickets, 38 overs (Arpit Dhadve 96, Hemanshu Kumar 42*). Result: Islam Gymkhana won by 8 wickets.
Shivaji Park Gymkhana: 151 all out, 40 overs (Aman Verma 81; Atharva Sawant 4/23, Saksham Shinde 3/33, Kunal Vattari 2/32) lost to Shantibai Memorial CC: 152 for 7 wickets, 36.1 overs (Kunal Vattari 41, Roshan Kanojiya 33; Nandan Kamat 3/22, Likhit Kadam 2/35). Result: Shantibai Memorial CC won by 3 wickets.
Parkophene Cricketers: 165 all out, 32.5 overs (Shreyash Hirlekar 70, Sumit Singh 37; Vishal Prasad 3/21, Ainul Haque Khan 3/36) lost to Shivaji Park Youngstar CC: 169 for 6 wickets, 32.2 overs (Tanishq Panikeveetil 83; Sumit Dasadia 3/38). Result: Shivaji Park Youngstar won by 4 wickets.
On April 1, National Cricket Club and Bharat Cricket Club locked horns against each other during the MCA U19 Mangrol Cricket Tournament. National Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat first.
Riding on Aarya Chowkidar’s delectable century, National Cricket Club posted 224 in 35.1 overs. Chowkidar came in to bat at number four after his team lost quick wickets. Bharat Cricket Club’s Varun Malik wreaked havoc with the ball as he sent National Cricket Club’s top order packing in no time. Malik was the pick of the bowlers accounting for 6-26 in seven overs. However, Chowkidar took the attack to the opposition. He put his head down and bailed National Cricket Club out. In his innings of 114 that came off 90 balls, Chowkidar hammered 15 boundaries and three sixes.
In reply, Bharat Cricket Club could only manage to score 97 as they were bowled out in 22.4 overs. The opening batting Yash Samgiskar top scored with 30 runs off 35 balls. Samgiskar kept losing partners at regular intervals. On the other hand, National Cricket Club’s Gaurav Kumar was the top wicket-taker, thanks to his 5-22 in 7.4 overs. Kumar rattled the opposition batting line-up in a jiffy, thanks to his disciplined bowling effort.
National Cricket Club beat Bharat Cricket Club by 127 runs during the MCA U19 Mangrol Cricket Tournament.
Mumbai: Nutan Goel’s impressive all-round showing scoring 54 runs and then picking up 7 wickets for 39 runs and the century knock from Raj Deshmukh 103-balls 101 runs (7x4s, 1x6s) was the highlights of Parsee Gymkhana’s massive 162 runs victory against Lord Northbrook CC in a Group-G match of the MCA Under-19 Cricket Tournament 2021-22, organized by Mangrol Sports Club in association with Pulse Sports Events Entertainment and played at the Prasee Gymkhana ground.
Electing to bat, Parsee Gymkhana scored 289 runs for 6 wickets from their 40 overs. Besides Nutan and Raj’s big contributions Bhushan Sawant chipped in with unbeaten 60 runs to boost the total. In reply, Lord Northbrook batsmen struggled against Nutan’s disciplined bowling and were bowled out for 127 runs in 30.5 overs.
In a Group-H match, sponsors’ and organizers team Mangrol SC snatched a narrow 9-run win against Parkophene Cricketers at the Mumbai Police Gymkhana ground. Batting first Mangrol SC were dismissed for 181 runs in 38.5 overs and they defended the target restricting Parkophene Cricketers to 171 for 9 wickets in 39 overs.
Aditya Rawat’s also excelled with ball and bat picking 3 wickets for 37 runs and later recorded a century, scoring an unbeaten 96-ball 101 runs (8x4s, 6x6s) to guide Crescent Cricket Club to a comfortable 7-wicket win over Young Mohammedan CC in a Group-A match.
Brief scores: Young Mohammedan CC: 190 all out, 40 overs (Atif Khan 74; Vedant Patil 3/35, Aditya Rawat 3/37) lost to Crescent Cricket Club: 191 for 3 wickets, 40 overs (Aditya Rawat 101*(96-balls, 8x4s, 6x6s); Aditya Chauhan 2/30). Result: Crescent CC won by 7 wickets.
Mangrol SC: 181 all out, 38.5 overs (Tejas Chavan 81, Prashad Bodke 35; Smith Dasadia 4/45, Hetanshu Kamdar 3/26) beat Parkophene Cricketers: 171 for 9 wickets, 39 overs (Shreyas Hirlekar 48, Smit Dasadia 44, Sumit Singh 34; Garv Jain 4/23). Result: Mangrol SC won by 9 runs.
Regal SC: 188 for 9 wickets, 40 overs (Shantanu Tandel 43, Pratham Pawar 39; Sidhant Rai 2/12) beat Fort Vijay CC: 144 all out, 28 overs (Harsh Salunke 70; Pyarelal Chauhan 5/24, Shantanu Tandel 4/42). Result: Regal SC won by 44 runs.
Superstar SC: 110 all out, 32.3 overs (Nilesh Vishwakarma 38, Kunal Bot 30; Atharva Dakway 6/12) lost to John Bright CC: 111 for 3 wickets, 19.2 overs (Jay Jain 44*; Pratham Wagh 2/22). Result: John Bright CC won by 7 wickets.
New Hind SC: 245 for 8 wickets, 40 overs (Tanay Khandeshi 73, Shubham Shinde 45, Vaseem Khan 44, Ashotosh Balla 34; Nandan Kamath 4/63) beat Shivaji Park Gymkhana: 203 for 9 wickets, 40 overs (Swaraj Parulkar 53, Nilay Pawar 39; Suraj Mehta 3/47). Result: New Hind SC won by 42 runs.
Palghar Dahanu Taluka SA: 116 all out, 35.4 overs (Yash Gupta 53; Umar Khan 3/15, Kasim Ali 3/26) lost to Young Maharashtra: 118 for 3 in 22.4 overs (Asif Khan 59*; Mihir Gawade 2/10). Result: Young Maharashtra CC won by 7 wickets.
Borivali CC: 103 all out, 33.3 overs (Vaibhav Sajjana 56; Athrarva Mane 2/11, Ravi Gupta 2/20, Kavya Gori 2/19, Awaish Khan 2/29) lost to United Cricketers: 107 for 3 wickets, 22.2 overs (Nihanshu Shikalgar 45*; Rohit Yadav 2/25). Result: United Cricketers won by 7 wickets.
Wellington CC: 203 for 6 wickets, 36 overs (Dhruv Thakkar 59, Pratham Shahu 44, Nishant Kadam 31*; Kalpesh Wadhel 2/35) lost to MIG CC: 204 for 4 in 34 overs (Ayush Mhatre 81, Aakash Singh 64*, Aditya Baliwada 30). Result: MIG CC won by 6 wickets.
Parsee Gymkhana: 289 for 6 wickets, 40 overs (Raj Deshmukh 101 (103-balls, 7x4s, 1x6s), Bhushan Sawant 60*, Nutan Goel 54; Atharva Chavan 3/54) beat Lord Northbook CC: 127 all out, 30.5 overs (Shlok Adurkar 55; Nutan Goel 7/39). Result: Parsee Gymkhana won by 162 runs.
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Cricket indeed has become a cash rich sport. The amount of stakes involved in Indian Cricket especially in leagues like IPL makes Cricket the richest sport in India. No wonder, cricket is in the heart of everybody and the game’s immense popularity has also helped many brands to milk its popularity for their marketing campaigns. In one such positive initiative by Cadbury, the company decided to celebrate the unsung heroes of this Sport –The Groundsman who prepare the pitches and take care of the ground all the time without getting noticed most of the times!
Vasant Mohite – the 57yr old Groundsman at Wankhede received a welcome surprise when his life changed overnight from wearing shorts and plain shirts to Professional Uniforms designed by Masaba. What’s more, Vasant Mohite during all the matches of IPL was dropped to the ground in a designated bus for groundsmen. Their meals and accommodation were also provided in a 5 Star Hotel by Cadbury in an initiative to celebrate the unsung heroes of the game.
Vasant, who has been a dressing-room attendant during match-days since the ’90s, has been serving players and support staff, providing towels, soaps and ice. Vasant Mohite shares he has been lucky enough to have watched some prolific players from close quarters. From Sunil Gavaskar to Sachin Tendulkar to Prithvi Shaw, Vasant has witnessed multiple generations of cricketers from the closest of quarters. Vasant has also witnessed the rise of Sachin Tendulkar as well as the rise and fall of Vinod Kambli.
Vasant who has been working as a groundsman at Wankhede since so many years believes this was nothing but a miracle. Vasant shares “we often sleep on the grounds between mosquittos after working hard on preparing the wickets for hours. We have to work in day and night shifts according to the match’s schedule. The matches often end late — their shifts end much later — they couldn’t return home. So they would sleep the whole night in a small room below the Vittal Divecha Stand at the stadium, where mosquitoes made sleep difficult. “Machhar kaat ke deemag kharab kar deta hai (mosquitoes would drive us mad). After the match, we could not go anywhere as train services were shut. So we would sleep in our office at the ground itself. If there is no game, we reach the stadium by 9 am and leave by 6 pm. But on match days, we come in early, and the MCA pays double if we work late,” says Vasant, clad in khaki shorts and a crisp white shirt. – As per Vasant’s Quote to Indian Express
Such a noble campaign not only touched the hearts of millions of Indians but Cadbury also ensured that they made a bigger place in the hearts of every Indians including our modest Mumbaikar groundsman Vasant Mohite.
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