New Hind Sporting Club after batting first scored a total of 242/8 in 40 overs. All-Rounder Aayush Zimare fell just 6 runs short of a deserving hundred top scoring in the match with 94 runs. Aayush was well supported by Tanay Khandeshi who scored 81 runs as both the batters stitched a crucial partnership together to take New Hind to a respectable position.
Victory CC in reply could only manage 196/9 in 40 overs with Prateek Yadav (34 runs) and Zenith Sachdev (30 runs) contributing with the bat. From the bowlers, Atharva Bhosle, yugraj Mehta and Aayush Zimare bagged 2 wkts each as New Hind won the match by 46 runs.
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Played at the picturesque MIG Cricket Ground, Anitque Friends after being put to bat first posted a total of 154/5 in 20 overs. Opener Rishi Mapara who has played consistently well throughout the tournament delivered in the finals too scoring a crucial knock of 54 runs in 38 balls (6 fours and 1 six). Big-Hitter Shiva Konar who came at no.4 also provided a quick cameo of 38* off 24 balls smashing 3 fours and a six pushing the team towards a respectable total.
Cargo Cricket Club in reply were cleaned up for 101 runs in 20 overs with none of their batters able to convert their starts. Antique Friends Bowlers did a terrific job with the ball with Nishant Patankar being the pick of the lot taking 3/17 in 4 overs. Kaustubh Gupte and Rishi Mapara also bagged 2 wkts each as Antique Friends won the finals by 53 runs.
Rishi Mapara was declared ‘man of the finals’ for his all round performance. On the other hand, Antique Friends Team began playing Amateur Professional Cricket only 2 years back and its commendable to see them reach the finals and become the Champions defeating many experienced teams on the way during the tournament.
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Mumbai: A hurricane batting performance from Abhigyan Kundu who smashed an unbeaten 130-ball 185 runs (30x4s, 1x6s) and the impressive bowling display from Anirudh Ghag (5 for 35 runs) and Yash Kripal (4 for 21 runs) were the highlights of D.Y. Patil SA’s 138-run victory against hosts and sponsors outfit Mangrol Sports Club in an opening Group-H 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 Western Railway ground, Mahalaxmi.
Sent in to bat, D.Y. Patil dominated the Mangrol bowlers and amassed a tall score of 343 for 4 wickets in 40 overs. Ved Kotawadekar 52 runs and Bhaiyakumar Shreyas 31 runs made good contributions to swell the total.
Mangrol SC found the target too stiff to achieve and could only manage to score 205 all out, in 35 overs. Half century efforts from Tejas Chauhan 76 runs and Rishi Bhosle 53 runs kept Mangrol’s hopes alive but, D.Y. Patil bowlers Ghag and Kripal got crucial wickets to seal their win.
Brief scores – Group – E: New Hind Sporting Club: 242 for 8 wickets, 40 overs (Aayush Zimare 94, Tanay Khandeshi 81; Harsh Aghav 3/47, Prahalad Iyer 2/45) beat Victory CC 196 for 9 wickets, 40 overs (Prateek Yadav 34, Zenith Sachdev 30; Atharva Bhosle 3/10, Aayush Zimare 2/46, Jugraj Mehta 2/49). Result: New Hind won by 46 runs.
Shivaji Park Gymkhana: 150 all out, 34.4 overs (Nilay Pawar 42, Parth Naik 32; Kozim Syed 4/29, Soumil Mhatre 2/38) lost to Sind Sports Club: 154 for 7 wickets, 36 overs (Kuldeep Vishwakarma 44, Rugved Jadhav 33*; Likhit Kadam 3/16, Pallav Dandekar 3/39). Result: Sind Sports Club won by 3 wickets.
Group – H: D.Y. Patil SA: 343 for 4 wickets, 40 overs (Abhigyan Kundu 185* (130 balls, 30x4s, 1x6s), Ved Kotawadekar 52, Bhaiyakumar Shreyas 31) beat Mangrol Sports Club: 205 all out, in 35 overs (Tejas Chauhan 76, Rishi Bhosle 53; Anirudh Ghag 5/35, Yash Kripal 4/21). Result: D. Y. Patil Sports Academy won by 138 runs.
Parkophene CC 154 all out, 39.1 overs (Veant Gaggar 35; Yash Kadam 3/27, Poojan Raut 3/30) lost to Mazgaon Cricket Club: 155 for 6 in 30 overs (Nestor Noronha 37; Abhiyanshu Jha 3/43). Result: Mazgaon CC won by 4 wickets.
Played at Shivaji Park Gymkhana in Mumbai, Shivaji Park Gymkhana team after being put to bat first were all out for 150 runs in 39.4 overs. N Pawar at no.6 top scored with 42 runs while rest of the batters found it difficult to get going. From the bowlers, it was Kazim Syed who was the pick of the lot taking 4/29 in 8 overs including 3 maidens. Kazim bowled an impactful spell which dented the SPG’s top order.
Sind Sports Club chased down the score in 36 overs with opener Kuldeep top scoring with 44 runs. Sind SC did lost quick wickets in between but the lower order consisting of Manish Yadav (29 runs), Rugved Jadhav (33* runs) and Kazim Syed (13*) sealed the game for their team with an emphatic 3 wkt win over SPG.
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The first season of the Advocates Premier League (APL) will kick start on April 14. The APL will be played across April 14 and April 15 at the Oval Ground in Churchgate, Mumbai. It will be a T20 tournament that will feature eight teams. Each team will have a squad of 15. The eight teams are, Borivali A, Thane 11, BABA Challengers , Pune family court, AAWI, (Law before Wicket) LBW XI, CMM Challengers and Mumbai Vakil Sangh. Advocates across Mumbai and Pune will feature in the APL. A total of seven matches will be played across the two days, including four matches on April 14 and three matches on April 15. APL will be a knock-out tournament.
CricketGraph got in touch with Adv. Kaustubh Gupte, an organizing member of the APL, to know more about the tournament. Gupte said, “This is for the first time we are having an APL. Though there have been many cricket tournaments for advocates and lawyers since the last 10 years, we plan to make APL a different one. For starters, we will be having a live coverage of all the matches. Every match will be shot on camera which will certainly encourage the players in the tournament. Apart from this, we are working on having other different things that will add value to the APL.”
Apart from Adv. Kaustubh Gupte, Adv. Suraj Gupte, Adv. Sudarshan Patankar, Adv. Ninad Muzumdar, Adv. Vinay Dali and Adv. Shankar Parab are the other members in the organizing committee. Senior Adv. Ravi Hirani and Adv. Aleem Shaikh have also extended their support for the smooth conduct of the APL.
On April 1, Bombay Gymkhana locked horns against Young Mohammedan Cricket Club during the MCA U19 Mangrol Cricket Tournament. Young Mohammedan Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Put in to bat, Bombay Gymkhana piled up 5-260 in their full quota of 40 overs. Anshul Murli, who opened the batting for Bombay Gymkhana top scored with a brilliant 77 off 80 balls. Murli smashed nine boundaries during his entertaining knock. On the other hand, Young Mohammedan Cricket Club had an ordinary outing with the ball as the bowlers failed to tame Bombay Gymkhana batters.
In reply, Young Mohammedan Cricket Club could only manage to score 68 as they were bundled out cheaply inside 21 overs. Moin Shaikh, who opened the bowling for Bombay Gymkhana, wreaked havoc with the ball as he scalped 6-26 in eight overs. Shaikh bowled exceedingly well with the new ball and made good use of the conditions.
Anshul Murli and Moin Shaikh were the top performers of the match. The duo powered Bombay Gymkhana to a 192-run win over Young Mohammedan Cricket Club during the MCA U19 Mangrol Cricket Tournament.
Mumbai: Bombay Gymkhana, Islam Gymkhana and Karnatak SA easily won their respective victories group matches in the opening round of the MCA Under-19 Cricket Tournament 2021-22, organized by Mangrol Sports Club in association with Pulse Sports Events Entertainment.
In a Group-A match, Moin Shaikh claimed six wickets for 12 runs as Bombay Gymkhana recorded a fluent 192 runs victory against Young Mohammedan CC. Meanwhile, Arpit cracked an unbeaten 72 runs to steer Islam Gymkhana to a comfortable 6-wicket win against Sainath CC in a Group-D encounter. In a Group-C match, Shubham Girkar century knock 101 runs (56 balls, 5x4s, 9x6s) and Vedant Gadia 62 runs helped Karnatak SA register an easy outing defeating Mumbai Police Gymkhana by 4 wickets.
Brief scores – Group – A: Bombay Gymkhana: 260/7 in 40 overs (Anshul Murli 77, Omit Mishra 43, Prithviraj Misal 38; Manav Khuman 2/56) beat Young Mohammedan CC 68/10 in 22.2 overs (Moin Shaikh 6/12, Parikshit Dhanak 2/9). Result: Bombay Gymkhana won by 192 runs.
Dadar Union SC: 228/4 in 40 overs (Rahul Kadavoor 93, Tushar Singh 78) beat Apollo CC: 88/10 in 31.1 overs (Ryaan Castelino 36; Vedant Deshmukh 5/18, Rohil Jadhav 2/17). Result: Dadar Union Sports Club won by 144 runs.
Group – B: Regal SC: 83/10 in 25.4 overs (Ayush Mogal 5/14, Pratik Warang-2/5) lost to Superstar SC: 87/2 in 17 overs. Result: Superstar SC won by 8 wickets.
Payyade SC: 206/7 in 40 overs (Ayush Jethwa 74, Ved Jaiswal 74; Nadeem 3/29 ) beat John Bright CC 170/10 in 34.4 overs (Shubham Mystry 50; Roneet Thakur 2/18, Ashley D’Souza 2/33). Result: Payyade SC won by 36 runs.
Group – C: National CC 224/10 in 35.1 overs (Aarya Chaukidar 114 (Balls-9, 15 x 4, 3 x 6), Nitesh Nalawade 38; Varun Malik 6/26, Vivek Prajapati 2/21) beat Bharat CC 97/10 in 22.4 overs (Yash Samgiskar 30; Gaurav Kumar 5/22). Result: National CC won by 127 runs.
Mumbai Police Gymkhana: 224/7 in 40 overs (Sachin Rathod 65, Malhar Vanjari 59; Aaryan Shetty 2/26, Prayag Kumar 2/47) lost to Karnatak SA: 227/6 in 27 overs (Shubham Girkar 101 (Balls-56, 5 x 4, 9 x 6), Vedant Gadia 62; Aaryaraj Nikam 3/14, Lucky Singh 3/39). Result: Karnatak SA won by 4 wickets.
Group – D: Sainath SC: 184/10 in 36.2 overs (Bhargav Patil 47, Shreyas Gurav 38, Sarvesh Yadav 32; Neil Devkhile 5/32) lost to Islam Gymkhana: 185/4 in 34 overs (Arpit 72*, Himanshu Kumar 30). Result: Islam Gymkhana won by 6 wickets.
Worli SC: 199/9 in 40 overs (Utkarsh Sharma 80, Parth Pednekar 34; Chetan Wagh 3/31) beat P. J. Hindu Gymkhana: 132/10 in 28.2 overs (Arnav Patil 44; Ankit Surve 4/31, Utkarsh Sharma 2/24). Result: Worli SC won by 68 runs.
On March 30, DTDC Express Ltd. took on Reliance Group Sports Club during the finals of ‘C’ Division MCA Corporate Trophy tournament. Reliance Group Sports Club won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Riding on twin half-centuries from Omkar Ghule (80 runs off 70 balls) and Maxwell Swaminathan (70 runs off 62 balls), DTDC Express Ltd. posted a fighting score of 220 in 38.1 overs. The middle order batters took the onus of their team’s batting as the top order failed to contribute big. On the other hand, Mayur Deolekar was the pick of the bowlers for Reliance Group Sports Club as he struck with 4-42 in eight overs.
In reply, Reliance Group Sports Club fought hard as they scored 184. However they were bowled out in 38.2 overs, losing the finals by 34 runs. Akash Ayyar top scored with 47-ball 33 and towards the end Onkar Jadhav chipped in with a 30-ball 28 not out. On the other hand, Rakesh Naik wreaked havoc with the ball as he scalped 5-39 in eight overs. The slow left arm spinner rattled the opposition batting line-up in a jiffy.
Omkar Ghule, Maxwell Swaminathan and Rakesh Naik were the top performers of the match. The trio powered DTDC Express Ltd. to the ‘C’ Division MCA Corporate Trophy championship by beating Reliance Group Sports Club.
Andhra Pradesh Team after being put to bat first by Mumbai scored 279 runs in 75.5 overs with their no.3 batsman SK Rasheed scoring 157 runs off 240 balls. From the bowlers, it was Saksham Jha who impressed one and all with a solid bowling spell of 5/86 in 14.5 overs. Sakhsam provided timely breakthroughs including that of SK Rasheed who was looking all set to score a big innings. Apart from Saksham, fast bowler Sylvester D Souza also bagged 2 wickets.
Mumbai Team in reply are batting at 302/8 in 93 overs and look in a strong position at the end of Day 2 with a lead of 23 runs. Opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi (55 runs) and Armaan Jaffer (64 runs) stitched 131 runs for the 2nd wicket followed by Half Century by Suved Parkar who scored 64 off 116 balls coming at no.5.
The match looks evenly poised as of now, stay tuned for Day 3 and Day 4 updates, Scorecard Link Below:
Mumbai: Wicket-keeper-batsman Sujay Thakkar’s patient unbeaten century knock of 122 runs (171 balls, 16x4s, 1x6s) and a half century effort of Nishad Gabhawala 50 runs (88 balls, 6x4s) helped Nirlon Sports Club record a tense 2-wicket win over Route Mobile SC in an interesting and high-scoring ‘B’ Division final of the 1st MCA Corporate Trophy Cricket Tournament played at the Bombay Gymkhana ground, on Thursday.
Chasing a challenging target of 297 to win from a maximum 75 overs, Nirlon bolstered by Thakkar brilliant batting performance easily overhauled the winning target scoring 298 for 8 wickets in 74.2 overs. All-rounder Yashraj Malaap scored 34 runs (46 balls, 2x4s) to boost the total. Route Mobile medium pacer Ravindra Solanki 4 for 104 runs and left-arm spinner Shashikant Kadam 2 for 89 got crucial wickets, but they could not prevent Nirlon from cruising to victory.
Earlier, Route Mobile preferring to bat first piled up a massive total of 296 for 9 wickets from 75 overs. Middle order batsmen Saksham Parashar 73 runs (111 balls, 7x4s, 1x6s) and Saeed Shaikh 64 runs (99 balls, 6x4s) were the leading scorers which propped the Route Mobile innings. Top-order batter Vedant Murkar 35 runs (79 balls, 5x4s) and Sanket Kashte 33 runs (61 balls, 5x4s, 1x6s) made useful contributions.
Later, Shashikant Kadam 31 not out (21 balls, 2x4s, 2×6) and Ravindra Solanki 21 not out (13 balls 1x4s, 2x6s) added 38 quick runs to swell the total. Nirlon SC medium pacers Nipun Panchal 5 for 68 and Yashraj Malap 3 for 45 were responsible for picking the wickets.
B-Division final – Brief scores: Route Mobile SC 296 for 9 wickets, 75 overs (Saksham Parashar 73 (111 balls, 7x4s, 1x6s), Saeed Shaikh 64 (99 balls, 6x4s), Vedant Murkar 35 (79 balls, 5x4s), Sanket Kashte 33 (61 balls, 5x4s, 1x6s), Shashikant Kadam 31* (21 balls, 2x4s, 2×6); Nipun Panchal 5/68, Yashraj Malap 3/45) lost to Nirlon SC 298 for 8 wickets, 74.2 overs (Sujay Thakkar 122 not out (171 balls, 16x4s, 1x6s), Nishad Gabhawala 50 (88 balls, 6x4s), Yashraj Malaap 34 (46 balls, 2x4s); Ravindra Solanki 4/104, Shashikant Kadam 2/89). Result: Nirlon won by 2 wickets.
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