C & D Division
Bohra Cricketers batting first were least aware on what was about to hit them as they were bundled out for 49 runs in 12.2 overs. It was a huge batting collapse from Bohra Team with only one player i.e their opener managing to score in double digits. Left-arm Spinner Yash Chavan was simply exceptional with the ball as he returned with amazing bowling figures of 5/6 in 3.2 overs including a maiden. Spinner Bharat Patil also bowled well taking 3 wkts for 11 runs in his spell of 3 overs.
Chasing 50 runs was a mere formality for Sainath Team as they finished off the match in the 13th over winning the finals by 8 wkts. Shikhar Thakur at no.4 remained unbeaten on 25* off 23 balls.
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Mumbai: The Oriental Insurance Sports Club will be organizing the 10th Insurance Shield T20 Inter-Office Cricket Tournament, under the aegis of MCA (Mumbai Cricket Association) starting from April 19, 2022.
Jitendra Ingle, Joint Secretary of Oriental Insurance Sports Club in a media release mentioned that a total of 20 Senior (Plate Group) and Junior (Elite Group) office teams will be participating in this tournament, which will be played on a league-cum-knockout basis.
“In the Plate Group only players employed with the particular office will be eligible to represent their respective teams. The main intention of organising the Elite Group is to motivate office clubs to provide a platform to young talented players of Mumbai. The offices have the liberty to select upcoming talented players, either through scholarships or on a contractual basis to represent their respective office teams,” explained Ingle, who is the Chairman of MCA Office Clubs Sub-Committee..
All the Matches will be played as per the New Model Rules of the Mumbai Cricket Association.
Mumbai: Leading by example, Captain Jemimah Rodrigues batted confidently and scored 80 runs and Simran Shaikh contributed an unbeaten 61 runs, which helped Team Red record a commanding 108-run victory against Team Pink in a semi-final match of the Women’s 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 Mumbai Police Gymkhana ground.
Jemimah decision to bat first proved beneficial as Team Red dominated the rival bowlers and amassed a huge total of 200 for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Aachal Valanju 24 runs and Janhvi Kate 22 runs made useful contribution to the total. Team Pink batters failed to rise to the challenge were restricted to 92 for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Tanisha Gaikwad was the lone batswoman who managed to score an unbeaten 31 runs.
In the first semi-final, Team Purple’s Jeeya Mandrawadkar bowled well to claim 3 wickets for 8 runs to restrict Team Purple to a low total of 93 runs for 4 wickets. In reply, Team Purple riding on Manali Dakshini 31 runs and Siddheshwari Pagdhare 23 runs comfortable reached 93 for 4 wickets to complete an easy win and set up an interesting clash with Team Red in the final.
Brief scores: Team Orange: 92 for 7 wickets, 20 overs (Sayali Satghare 39; Jeeya Mandrawadkar 3/8) lost to Team Purple: 93 for 4 wickets, 17.3 overs (Manali Dakshini 31, Siddheshwari Pagdhare 23; Sayali Satghare 3/18). Result: Team Purple won by 6 wickets.
Team Red: 200 for 5 wickets, 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 80, Simran Shaikh 61*, Aachal Valanju 24, Janhvi Kate 22) beat Team Pink: 92 for 7 wickets, 20 overs (Tanisha Gaikwad 31*). Result: Team Red won by 108 runs.
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Mumbai: Amit Sharma was in great batting form and smashed a 99-ball 106 runs (10x4s, 5x6s) and brilliant bowling performance from Deven Shah 6 for 20 runs were the highlights of Shivaji Park Youngstars (SPY) CC’s huge 213-run victory against Mazagon Sports Club in a 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 M.B. Union ground, Cross Maidan.
SPY batting first piled up a challenging score of 272 runs for 4 wickets in 40 overs. Besides Amit’s heroics, Deepak Verma made an unbeaten 64 runs and Tanishq Panikeveetil scored 54 runs to boost the SPY innings. The Mazagon SC batsmen struggled against the disciplined SPY bowlers and were bowled out cheaply for just 59 runs in 15.2 overs. Vishal Prasad 3 for 31 played a good supporting role. The pick of the lot was Devam Shah who returned with stunning bowling figures of 6/20 in 7 overs in 7.2 overs. Devam provided timely breakthroughs not allowing the opposition team to settle.
In another match, Bombay Gymkhana defeated Crescent Cricket Club by 5 wickets and Apollo CC did well to defeat Young Mohammedan CC by a narrow 3 runs.
Meanwhile, Shivaji Park Gymkhana also enjoyed a successful day defeating Victory CC by a comfortable Victory Cricket Club by a fluent 7 wickets and John Bright Cricket Club also succeeded in managing to pull off a close 21-run win against Regal Sports Club in another well-contested encounter.
Brief scores: Dadar Union SC: 146 all out, 36 overs (Ayush Vartak 61; Vedant Patil 4/26) beat Crescent CC, Andheri: 130 all out, 33.2 overs (Madhusudan Odhekar 46; Vedant Haridas 3/11, Rahul Kankarwal 3/24, Ayush Vartak 2/39). Result: Dadar Union SC won by 16 runs.
Apollo CC: 246 all out, 40 overs (Devansh Kaj 67, Ryan Castelino 60, Sarvesh Nerulkar 36; Yusuf Wadiwala 3/29, Bhuvan Patil 2/2) beat Young Mohammedan CC: 243 for 9 wickets, 40 overs (Atif Khan 60, Manav Khuman 36; Prasanna Shukla 2/35, Ryan Castelino 2/41). Result: Apollo CC won by 3 runs.
Payyade Sports Club: 189 for 9 wickets, 40 overs (Roneet Thakur 78*; Vedant Ghadi 4/39, Azim Shaikh 2/31) lost to Fort Vijay CC: 190 for 6 wickets, 38.5 overs (Husain Shaikh 77*, Perminder Singh 31; Sarthak Bafna 2/20, Sidhant More 2/28). Result: Fort Vijay CC won by 4 wkts.
John Bright Cricket Club: 231 for 9 wickets, 39 overs (Prem Lingre 68, Meet Jain 62, Shubham Mestry 31; Manas Mukadam 2/31, Chinmay Patil 2/35) beat Regal SC: 210 all out, 35.3 overs (Chinmay Patil 59, Pratham Pawar 39; Shubham Mestry 3/26, Moin Khan 2/35). Result: John Bright CC won by 21 runs.
Victory CC: 132 all out, 40 overs (Prateek Yadav 29; Aurojyti Biswal 4/25, Pallav Dandekar 3/34, Omkar Karandikar 2/17) lost to Shivaji Park Gymkhana: 135 for 3 wickets, 35 overs (Atharva Ghosalkar 44, Nilay Pawar 34). Result: Shivaji Park Gymkhana won by 7 wickets.
Shantibai Memorial CC: 89 all out, 24.5 overs (Shakib Shaikh 3/22, Jaykumar Prajapati 3/27, Soumil Mhatre 3/30) lost to Sind SC: 91 for 6 wickets, 32.3 overs (Chirag Dathia 27; Kunal Vatari 3/17). Result: Sind SC won by 4 wickets.
Dr. D.Y. Patil SA: 146 all out, 36.5 overs (Atharva Pisal 59, Tanish Shetty 31; Abhiyanshu Jha 3/17, Yash Tarfe 2/22, Vansh Akbari 2/24) lost to Parkophene Cricketers: 149 for 7 wickets, 34.5 overs (Kesar Upadhyay 33; Sidhhant Gadhave 3/30). Result: Parkophene Cricketers won by 3 wickets.
Shivaji Park Youngstar CC: 272 for 4 wickets, 40 overs (Amit Sharma 106 (99-balls, 10x4s, 5x6s), Deepak Verma 64*, Tanishq Panikeveetil 54) beat Mazgaon SC: 59 all out, 15.2 overs (Deven Shah 6/20, Vishal Prasad 3/31). Result: Shivaji Park Youngstar CC won by 213 runs.
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Left-arm Spinner Nishit Bhalla displays an impressive bowling performance. Parsee Gymkhana who won the toss and elected to field first got into a commanding position courtesy Nishit who took 5 wickets in 5 overs, putting a halt to Mangrol Cricket Club’s innings to restrict them to only 71 runs in 20 overs in the quarter finals of U-19 Mangrol Invitation tournament! The only player to score the highest was Parshad Bhodke smashing 44 runs from the losing team.
Nishit Balla showed impressive bowling skills as he provided timely breakthroughs including a game changing hat-trick to his name. Nishit was also assisted by Hardik Yadav who took 3 wickets in 3 overs! The modest total of 71 was chased down by Parsee Gymkhana in mere 7 overs at the loss of only one wicket, Tanmay Buram and Nutan Goel contributed 10 and 59 runs respectively as Parsee Gym clinched a dominating victory!
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A Triple Hundred on a Ranji Debut ! Looks like a fairy tale beginning to a cricket career, isn’it it? But in most of the cases there lyes an underlying success story of hardwork and struggles before one attains that fairytale moment!
“Where there is no struggle, there’s no chance of success.” Sakibul Gani, a boy from Motihari district of Bihar, son of a farmer whose family was fighting with economic issues climbs up his way all throughout to the Bihar Ranji Team where he scored a triple century against Mizoram! The game of cricket employs bats which have price range between Rs 30,000 to 35,000 and his family like other middle class families was unable to afford it, but as they say “when the family is supportive, there’s not much that a person cannot do “ and so was the case with Gani as his mother always used to mortgage her jewellery to ensure Sakibul’s requirements are fullfilled & money does not ever come in between her son’s dreams!
There were times when his father also had to mortgage their fields in order to provide their son with the best cricketing facilities! The place and the conditions they were living in was not adequate for Sakibul to practice and reach higher levels of the game and so they decided to send him to Delhi. However, that plan was also dropped due to financial crisis. However, a turf pitch was made near the house so as to let the young lad practice more effectively!
Sakibul did not have any proper coaching facilities, but was guided at every stage of his life by his elder brother Faisal Gani who also plays division level cricket. Faisal helped his younger brother to learn more of the skills and techniques! Sakibul Gani dedicated all his success to his elder brother who guided him and assisted when required. Gani after being a part of Bihar Under-23, Mushtaq Ali (20-20) cricket tournament and Vijay Hazare (50-50) trophy and now finally Ranji Trophy where he caught the attention of the masses by scoring a triple century on Ranji Debut scoring 341 runs in his very 1st match & creating a world record! Sakibul now aims to play in the Indian Premier League tournament and also is the biggest fan of the Indian legend Virendr Sehwag!
Sakibul’s story is certainly an inspiration for aspiring cricketers and youngsters to follow their dreams. Here’s wishing Sakibul all the luck for a great cricketing career ahead
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On April 12, WNS Global Services PL – B Team took on JSW Steel Ltd. during the semi-final of ‘F’ Division MCA Corporate Trophy tournament. WNS won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Batting first, JSW were bowled out for a paltry 117 in 26.4 overs, thanks to a brilliant bowling performance by WNS. Rahul Kirodian, who opened the bowling for WNS, wreaked havoc with the ball as he scalped 4-36 in 7.4 overs. The right arm speedster rattled the opposition and received good support from Shivprakash Jaiswal who chipped in with 3-15 in six overs. On the other hand, Yash Kripal top scored for JSW with 29 runs off 48 balls.
In reply, WNS made lightwork of the chase as they completed the formalities in 33.5 overs, winning the match by eight wickets. The opening pair of Anurag Yadav (46 runs off 78 runs) and Kshitij Kanade stitched a scintillating 88-run partnership. Kanade mustered an unbeaten 50 off 96 balls to lead the run chase. On the other hand, JSW had an ordinary outing with the ball. Rajesh Pingulkar and Yash Kripal were the only wicket-takers. They struck with one scalp each.
Rahul Kirodian and Kshitij Kanade were the top performers of the match. The duo powered WNS to the ‘F’ Division MCA Corporate Trophy final by beating JSW.
On April 12, Aruprit Tigers took on Kokilaben D. Ambani Hospital during the semi-final of ‘F’ Division MCA Corporate Trophy tournament. Kokilaben D. Ambani Hospital won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Riding on twin half-centuries from Vicky Patil (91 runs off 93 balls) and Tushar Chate (62 runs off 27 balls), Aruprit Tigers posted a fighting score of 6-270 in 40 overs. Patil, who opened the batting, shouldered the batting responsibility and played some good looking shots during his innings. Siddhesh Gavande was the other contributor, who chipped in with 45 runs off 35 balls. On the other hand, Hitesh Vighave was the pick of the bowlers for Kokilaben D. Ambani Hospital as he struck with 3-59 in eight overs.
In reply, Kokilaben D. Ambani Hospital could not put up a strong fight as they scored just 9-120 in 25.4 overs., losing the match by 150 runs. While the Kokilaben D. Ambani Hospital’s batting looked listless, Aruprit Tigers’ bowling led by Simaant Dubey had a great outing. Dubey wreaked havoc with the ball as he scalped 3-11 in six overs. Aruprit Tigers fielded well too, thanks to Patil, who grabbed five important catches behind the stumps.
Vicky Patil was the top performer of the match. Patil powered Aruprit Tigers to the ‘F’ Division MCA Corporate Trophy final by beating Kokilaben D. Ambani Hospital.
On April 11, Siddharth College of Commerce and Economics locked horns against R.A. Podar College of Commerce and Economics at Trombay during the Red Bull Campus Tournament. R.A. Poda College won the toss and elected to bat first.
R.A. Podar College piled up 8-152 in 20 overs. Middle order batter Rishi top scored with an unbeaten 44 off as many balls to power his side to a competitive score. Opening batter Sumeir was the other top contributor with the bat as he belted 36 runs off just 14 balls. On the other hand, Bhupesh and Ajit from Siddharth College were clinical with the ball as the duo bagged two wickets each.
In reply, Siddharth College chased down the total in 19 overs to win the match by six wickets. Jay Kikani, who came in at number three starred with the bat and led the run chase from the front. Kikani muscled 68 runs off 50 balls, including half a dozen boundaries and three sixes. On the other hand, the bowlers of R.A. Podar College had an ordinary outing. They failed to restrict Siddharth College to see a defeat in the competition.
Jay Kikani was the top performer of the match. Kikani guided Siddharth College to a six-wicket win over R.A. Podar College during the Red Bull Campus Tournament.
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On April 10, Crescent Cricket Club took on Indian Dynamite Cricket Club at Matunga Gymkhana during the Kanga League Knockout Tournament. Indian Dynamite Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat first.
Indian Dynamite Cricket Club scored 254 in 41.2 overs. Prathamesh Nagotkar top scored with 46 runs off 33 balls. The left handed lower middle order batter belted three boundaries and four sixes. Nitesh Shinde (44 runs off 30 balls) and Shariq Sayed (37 runs off 46 balls) were the other top contributors with the bat. On the other hand, Prathamesh Lodh and Prathamesh Hanjankar picked up two wickets each.
In reply, Crescent Cricket Club chased down the target in just 31.1 overs. Riding on Ritesh Punyarthi’s delectable century, Crescent Cricket Club completed the formalities. Punyarthi plundered a blistering 114 off 77 balls. His innings was embellished with 17 boundaries and four sixes. Samkit Shah too made a useful 51 to steer Crescent Cricket Club to a comfortable win. On the other hand, Indian Dynamite Cricket Club’s, Avinash Pale was the pick of the bowlers. Pale scalped 3-45 in eight overs, opening the bowling.
Ritesh Punyarthi was the top performer of the match. He powered Crescent Cricket Club to a four-wicket win over Indian Dynamite Cricket Club during the Kanga League Knockout Tournament.
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