Playing for Vijay Indap Cricket Academy, Ved Tendulkar continued his impressive consistency with the bat scoring 82* in 41 balls in his previous outing followed by a match winning 88*off 42 balls smashing 15 fours in Cricket Ground at Kurla. Chasing a target of 137 vs Ashtavinayak team, Ved took the game away from the opposition with his aggressive strokeplay bagging two back to back man of the match awards in the Tournament.
Played at MCA ground in BKC, Mumbai, Central Railway Sports Association batting first posted a massive total of 446 runs in 100.4 overs. Opener Pravin Deshetty and no.3 batsman Sachin Katariya stitched 193 runs for the 2nd wicket where in both the batters smashed brilliant centuries. Pravin Deshetty scored 128 off 131 balls laced with 15 fours and 4 sixes while Sachin Katariya was the top scorer in the match with 156 runs off 214 balls laced with 21 boundaries.
Indian Navy in reply were all out for 220 runs in 1st innings receiving a follow on. Indian Navy in 2nd Innings were cleaned up for 80 runs as Central Railway won the match by an innings and 145 runs. One bowler who stood out across both the innings was all-rounder Manish Rao who took fifers in each of the innings. Manish took 5/37 in 10 overs in the 1st innings followed by 5/26 in 6.3 overs in the 2nd innings as he finished the match with stunning bowling figures of 10/63 in 16.3 overs. It was a match where Central Railways won the match outright courtesy two brilliant centuries by Pravin and Sachin followed by impressive bowling by all rounder Manish Rao.
The auction for the second edition of the IDFC First Bank MCA BKC RC Members Premier League (MPL) took place on February 12 at the MCA BKC facility. The owners of five participating teams were present during the auction. The five teams that will lock horns against each other in the MPL are JC Four Oaks Spartans, DDPL Strikers, Hemant Tool Tornadoes, Marshalls Royals and Spottlightt Social Scorchers. Each of the team owners made their picks during the auction.
In this article, we will look at the 11 players selected by DDPL Strikers, a team owned by Piyush Patel. The icon player of DDPL Strikers is Ojas Mehta. DDPL Strikers is 13-players strong, including 11 selected in the auction, one owner and one icon player. Prior to the actual auction of players, each of the five teams was required to select their top three picks in a snake pattern. Piyush Patel’s DDPL Strikers picked up Aneesh Vijaykar, Manvendra Mishra and Abhay Sharma in this three-round affair.
Once the auction started, Piyush Patel strategized the bids in order to make a complete team. He ensured that he had a good mix of batters, bowlers, all-rounders and wicket-keepers in the side. In addition to the aforementioned three players, Piyush Patel and DDPL Strikers successfully bid for eight players, namely, Ravi Tewari, Dhruvit Shah, Vishal Gehani, Mihir Varma, Gurvneet Singh, Pradnesh Warke, Sandeep Maurya and Kamal Punwani.
Full Squad of DDPL Strikers
- Piyush Patel (Team Owner)
- Ojas Mehta (Icon Player)
- Aneesh Vijaykar
- Manvendra Mishra
- Abhay Sharma
- Ravi Tewari
- Dhruvit Shah
- Vishal Gehani
- Mihir Varma
- Gurvneet Singh
- Pradnesh Warke
- Sandeep Maurya
- Kamal Punwani
Played at MCA Kandivali, DY Patil opting to bat first posted a massive total of 486/10 in 105.5 overs. Openers Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Bhupen Lalwani gave a brilliant start to the innings stitching 120+ opening stand for the 1st wicket. Angkrish scored 71 runs off 109 balls while Bhupen converted his half century into an impressive hundred going on to smash 138 runs off 199 balls. Bhupen smashed 19 fours and 3 sixes while he got support from left hander Ayaz Khan with whom he stitched another 180 runs for the 3rd wicket. Ayaz who came at no.4 was the highest scorer hitting a brilliant 155 off 160 runs smashing 21 fours and 3 sixes. From the bowlers, Risabh Karwa with 5/123 in 29 overs was the pick of the lot.
Jain Irrigation in reply are batting at 207/4 in 54 overs with opener Kaushik Chikhalikhar (95*) and Tanesh Jain (46*) currently batting at the crease. The match looks evenly poised and it looks an exciting competition on Day 3 where both the teams will give their best to cross the victory line.
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Mumbai: Eight leading teams from the city, including defending champions Parsee Gymkhana will be fighting it out for the top honours in the Bombay Gymkhana Ltd. organized Nirlon-R.F.S. Talyarkhan Memorial Invitation Cricket Tournament 2021-2022, which is scheduled to commence from Saturday, 19 February, 2022.
The tournament to be conducted under the auspices of Mumbai Cricket Association is being sponsored by Nirlon Ltd. and the initial round of matches will be played at the Cricket Club of India and Bombay Gymkhana grounds.
The 2019-2020 edition of this prestigious tournament in the Mumbai cricket calendar, which was to start in March 2019, was cancelled at the eleventh hour as the government authorities had imposed lockdown restrictions due to the surge in the Covid-19 cases in the city. The tournament could also not be played last year due to the same reasons. The other participating teams this year are Payyade Sports Club, Cricket Club of India, P.J. Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai Police Gymkhana, Islam Gymkhana, MIG Cricket Club, MCA Colts the runners-up of the edition, and hosts Bombay Gymkhana.
On the first day, Parsee Gymkhana meet Payyade SC and MCA Colts take on Bombay Gymkhana in first-round matches at Bombay Gymkhana, and in the matches at the CCI ground, Mumbai Police Gymkhana clash with Islam Gymkhana and hosts CCI will fight it out with P.J. Hindu Gymkhana to decide which team advances to the semi-finals. The two semi-finals are scheduled to be played on Sunday, February 20 and the date of the final is not yet decided.
Participating teams: Parsee Gymkhana, Payyade Sports Club, Cricket Club of India, P.J. Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai Police Gymkhana, Islam Gymkhana, MCA Colts, and Bombay Gymkhana.
Young Prodigy from Hyderabad who has been scoring runs at an average of 60.00+ since the time he started playing cricket continues to rule the batting charts, this time in Pongal Cup’22 which was conducted at Green View Cricket Ground in Hyderabad. Representing Iqbal Cricket Academy U14 Team, Aryan bagged 3 “Man of the match” awards in 5 games amassing 275 runs at 58.50 at a strike rate of almost 122.00. Apart from that, Aryan also chipped in with 5 wickets. Aryan with a score of 42.4 in MVP was also the most valuable player of the tournament. Here’s wishing the young lad all the luck for a great season ahead.
Played at Sassanian Wicket on Azad Maidan, Borivali CC opting to bat first posted a total of 269/4 in 40 overs. Opener Neelaksh Tambe scored a beautifully crafted century as he batted from start to end scoring an impressive 140* off 114 balls. Tambe’s innings included 17 boundaries while he was well supported by Divyam Shah and Imtiyaz Khan who scored 55 runs and 36 runs respectively.
Defending a total of 270, Borivali CC restricted Sangam CC to 160 runs all out in 34.3 overs. Experienced all-rounder Rakesh Naik once again proved to be a match winning returning with bowling figures of 5/20 in 6 overs.With this victory, Borivali CC won all 4 league matches now Qualify for the Quarter finals under the Captainship of Rakesh Naik.
Played at Navroz CC, Akumentis Healthcare after being put to bat first could only muster a total of 107/8 in 20 overs. Opener Atish Golatkar batted till the end scoring a 60 ball 55*, with wickets tumbling from other end, Atish could not accelerate much in the death overs. The bowlers did a tight job with Samir Shah bowling an impressive spell conceding mere 8 runs in 4 overs with a wicket. Apart from Samir, Dhaval P was the pick of the lot with 3/15 in 4 overs.
Chasing 108, Mettler Toledo chased down the score in 14.4 overs winning the match by 6 wkts.Opener Vaibhav Bhosale top scored with 38 runs while rest of the batters chipped in with cameos. Samir Joshi who bowled an economical spell of 8 runs in 4 overs alongwith 14 runs with the bat was declared ‘man of the match’
The auction for players to feature in the second edition of the IDFC First Bank MCA BKC RC Members Premier League (MPL) took place on February 12 in the Boundary Hall of MCA BKC facility. A total of five teams participated in the auction and 55 players went under the hammer. Every team had a fund of ₹10,00,000. Prior to the actual auction, each team got three chances, in a snake pattern, to pick their favourite players. Once the teams got what they wanted, the actual auction of players started.
During the auction extravaganza, the highest price of ₹3,00,000 was bagged by Keyur Shah and Anand Thakkar in category A, while in category B, Bhoumick Vaidya was the leader of the pack. In category C and U, Rushabh Desai and Kamal Punwani were the richest buys as they attracted ₹60,000 and ₹1,80,000 respectively.
At the end of the auction, all the five teams had 13 players each. It was a competitive auction as the team owners applied their strategies to get the best bet which would help them to formulate a balanced team, atleast on paper. With just 13 days to go for the second edition of the MCA BKC RC MPL, there is a lot of excitement and enthusiasm in the five participating camps. Just like the last edition, a lot of fireworks are expected this time around too.
Played at Oval Maidan in Mumbai, Abeer XI after being put to bat first posted a healthy total on board scoring 203/6 in 20 overs. Opener Sunil Chougle scored 39 runs, all-rounder Gagan Tripathi at no.4 scored 33 runs off 28 balls while it was Bharat Shukla at no.7 smashing a game changing 54* off 20 balls laced with 6 fours and 3 sixes. Bharat and Esrar put on 44 runs in the penultimate last 3 overs taking the team total to 200+
Invictus Cricket Club XI in reply were all out for 114 runs in 17.1 overs. All-Rounder Gagan Tripathi was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/17 in 3 overs while Mani Koundal also bagged 2/8 in 1.1 overs. Abeer XI won the finals by 89 runs becoming the champions of APL Pattem T20 Tournament while Gagan Tripathi for his all round performance was declared ‘man of the match’
Scorecard Link: https://cricheroes.in/scorecard/2971946/APL-PATTEM-T20-Tournaments,-MUMBAI/Abeer-Eleven-vs-Invictus-Cricket-Club-XI