Mumbai, October 17: Defending champions Parsee Gymkhana and Mumbai Police Gymkhana comfortably won their respective quarter-final matches of the MCA organsied Padmakar Talim Shield (T20) Cricket Tournament 2020-2021.
Parsee Gymkhana continued with their impressive winning form and inflicted a 30-run defeat on challengers Dr. D.Y. Patil Sports Academy at the Wankhede Stadium, Churchgate on Sunday.
In the second quarter-finals, Mumbai Police Gymkhana charged to a solid 8-wicket victory against strong contenders Parkophene Cricketers at the Cricket Club of India ground.
Put in to bat first, Parsee Gymkhana bolstered by Sachin Yadav’s unbeaten half century knock of 52 runs amassed a challenging total of 187 runs for the loss of 4 wickets from 20 overs. Akarshit Gomel (44 runs) and Aditya Tare (33 runs) played good supporting roles. In reply, D.Y. Patil could only score 157 runs for 9 wickets in their 20 overs. Hardik Tamore with 46 runs top-scored for D.Y. Patil, while Parag Khanapurkar picked up 3 for 35 to secure Parsee Gym’s win.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Police dominated the match and with some disciplined bowling and restricted Parkophene Cricketers to a low score of 107 for 6 wickets from their quota of 20 overs. Japjeet scored 42 runs while Mumbai Police’s Sachin Shinde grabbed 2 for 30 runs. The Policemen easily chased the winning target making 109 for the loss of just 2 wickets in 15.3 overs. Kastubh Pawar slammed an unbeaten 57 runs to steer the Mumbai Police to victory and semi-final meeting with Parsee Gymkhana.
Brief scores (quarter-finals): Parsee Gymkhana 187/4 in 20 overs (Sachin Yadav 52*, Akarshit Gomel 44, Aditya Tare 33) beat Dr. D.Y. Patil Sports Academy 157/9 in 20 overs (Hardik Tamore 46, Parag Khanapurkar 3/35). Result: Parsee Gymkhana won by 30 runs.
Parkophene Cricketers 107/6 in 20 overs (Japjeet Randhawa 42; Sachin Shinde 2/30) lost to Mumbai Police Gymkhana 109/2 in 15.3 overs (Kaustub Pawar 57*). Result: Mumbai Police Gymkhana won by 8 wkts.
Well to score a hundred in a T20 match is always a special feeling but to score the first ton of the season and the first ton of the tournament is all the more special. MIG’s Varun Lavande who has also played for Mumbai and India UP teams scored a blistering hundred to steer his team to a commanding win.
MIG opting to bat first on their homeground notched up 239/5 in 20 overs and opener Varun Lavande scored 102 off those in just 59 deliveries smashing 12 fours and 4 sixes. Varun who also led the side as the captain kept the scoreboard ticking while Athava Ankolekar quickfire 45* off 21 balls at no.6 further gave the boost to MIG’s team total. United Cricketers were all out for 148 runs with Irfan Malik bowling a brilliant spell of 4/6 in 2.4 overs. Spinner Ankush Jaiswal with 4/26 was the second best of the lot.
Result: MIG won by 89 runs
Scorecard Link: https://www.pitchvision.com/#/pvm/135210
Uttarakhand A batting first at Made Easy School, Bandhwari, Gurgaon scored a total of 133/5 in 20 overs. Opener Jay Bista who is known for his flamboyant batting top scored with a 36 ball 55 which included 5 sixes while the rest of the batters found it difficult to get going. From the bowlers, Ajay Guliya with 1/15 in 4 overs was the pick of the lot.
Chasing 134 vs a team comprising of Ranji Players, the pressure was certainly on Rann Star CC. However, their openers Keshav Dalal and Adiya Sharma (wk) stitched 87 runs in the first 10 overs which brought a positive momentum in the chase. Aditya scored 51* unbeaten runs off 49 balls while Keshav Dalal top scored with a brilliant 53 off 33 balls (5 fours, 3 sixes) at a strike rate of 160.61 continuing his excellent form with the bat.
Result: Rann Star CC won the match by 8 wickets and 2 overs to spare
Scorecard link:
https://cricheroes.in/scorecard/2343224/individual/UTTARAKHAND-A-vs-Rann-Star-Cricket-Club
Mumbai, October 15: Parsee Gymkhana, Mumbai Police, Payyade and Karnatak Sporting Association won their respective third round group matches and qualified for the quarter-finals of the MCA organsied Padmakar Talim Shield (T20) Cricket Tournament 2020-2021.
Parsee Gymkhana defeated Shivaji Park Gymkhana by 31 runs in a Group-A match at the Parsee Gym ground on Friday. In a Group-B encounter Mumbai Police snatched a close 10-run win against Cricket Club of India at the latter’s ground.
In a concluding Group-F clash Payyade Sports Club romped to a fluent 86-run victory against Young Maharashtra Cricket Club at the Wankhede Stadium and Karnatak SA defeated Bhatnagar S & C Foundation by a comfortable 66 runs margin.
Brief scores: Parsee Gymkhana 185/7 in 20 overs (Shams Mulani 51*, Sachin Yadav 38, Aditya Tare 35) beat Shivaji Park Gymkhana 154/6 in 20 overs (Jayesh Pokahre 79, Vidyadhar Kamath 30*). Result: Parsee Gymkhana won by 31 runs
Mumbai Police Gymkhana 146/7 in 20 overs (Kaustub Pawar 56, Prathamesh Dake 3/32, Alpesh Ramjani 2/7) beat Cricket Club of India 136/9 in 20 overs (Rudra Dhandey 32; Nadeem Shaikh 2/23, Yogesh Jagtap 2/27). Result: Mumbai Police Gymkhana won by 10 runs.
Payyade Sports Club 193/4 in 20 overs (Siddhesh Lad 92*, Akhil Herwadkar 40) beat Young Maharashtra Cricket Club 107/9 in 20 overs (Monil Soni 40, Rohan Raje 3/15). Result: Payyade Sports Club won by 86 runs.
Karnatak Sporting Association 200/7 in 20 overs (Shivam Dube 69, Ramanpreet Singh 51) beat Bhatnagar S & C Foundation 134/10 in 19.5 overs (Akshat Jain 55, Shivam Dube 3/21). Result: Karnatak Sporting Association won by 66 runs.
In a yet another fruitful development from Cricketgraph as well as for grassroot cricket, Event Management firm Aruprit Tigers has joined hands with Cricketgraph to cover all their cricket matches for a year long period. Cricketgraph App which provides IPL Style video highlights of your cricket matches is a boost for grassroot cricket as through those highlights many emerging players and performances will come into limelight and will receive the right amount of attention from the cricketing ecosystem.
Aruprit Tigers would also like to mention Boxter & Chendla Sports as the Equipment partners for all their cricket tournaments conducted by Arupit Tigers.
Speaking about the founder Arun Kende of Aruprit Tigers :
Arun Kende is a civil engineer by professional while he has immense passion for sports. Arun Kende himself is a former cricketer, state level swimmer & state level chess player who performed with brilliance during his early days. The commitments and responsibilities of life and other problems temporarily forced him to stay away from sports but now with Arupit Tigers, he has opened up with the same dreams, passion and willingness to contribute towards the grassroot sports. Arun Kende is the sole founder and owner of Arupit Enterprises which works in the field of high end interior project executions. Mr. Arun is also the lead partner in Arupit Tigers LLP and owner of cricket team Arupit Tigers which participates in many leather ball cricket tournaments.
Mr. Arun with his Aruprit Tigers firm has entered the field of sports event management by playing a big role in the ongoing cricket tournament “Arupit Tigers U16 Monsoon League”. The objective of Mr. Arun Kende is to promote sports and provide bigger platforms for upcoming talents in sports.
Aruprit Tigers aims to participate in U14, U16 and U19 Cricket tournaments, open age groups, open tournaments for women, club and corporate tournaments in the upcoming season. Aruprit Tigers is also working on a dream project supporting sports other than cricket through the “Navi Mumbai Sports Festival” which is a grand festival destined for future which will host outdoor and indoor games and track and field events. This plan is set for an over long future which will be conducted every year”
Video Highlights of one of the recent matches of Arupit Tigers Shot through Cricketgraph App:
Jolly friends Sports Club popularly known as JFSC established in 2013 – was co-founded by Mr. Shiva Konar and a group of friends. JFSC has been organizing cricket tournaments at grassroot levels and sports related events for the past 8 years, since the past couple of years JFSC has spread its operations in the Elite amateur circle. With every passing year JSFC has grown with a stronger determination to serve the cricket industry better. Jfsc has also started its cricket and football academy with more than 200 students.
To everyone’s delight, the Fatima High School Ground where JFSC operates and conducts most its matches, cricket practice and other sporting activities has been completely revamped to ensure a world class experience for all the players and students associated with JFSC.
Now the ground has been renovated & complete revamped. JFSC Ground (Fatima High School Ground) is now equipped with stadium like sports seats, renovated washrooms, LED Score boards, cafeteria, commentary and technical box, hall of fame for bowlers and batters, indoor nets with bowling machines, full size turf for football and fitness, relayed wickets (pitch) and flood lights to play Day- Night Matches. These newly added features and facilities to the ground are bound to provide cricketers and cricket lovers an International Standard experience and every match played on this revamped ground would end up becoming a memorable one.
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UPCOMING JFSC TOURNAMENTS FOR 2021-22
- a) JFSC premier School Dads Tournament – 16 Teams
- b) The Super League 2021-22
- c) The classic Championship -16 teams
- d) The elite Championship – 16 teams
- E) The corporate league
- F) The Mumbai Academy Championship
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Played at the iconic CCI Ground, CCI opting to bat first scored 159/8 in 20 overs. Losing some quick wickets, CCI did looked in trouble at one stage, however Sujit Nayak coming at no.5 scored a match winning 63 off 37 balls laced with 5 fours and 3 sixes. Sujit was well supported by wicket-keeper Ajinkya Patil at no.6 who scored an equally important cameo of 38* in 23 balls (4 fours, 1 six). From the bowlers, Sumedh Kamble with 4/35 was the pick of the lot from Regal CC.
Regal CC in reply could only manage 118/7 in 20 overs courtesy some tight bowling by CCI bowlers. Quickster Krutik Hanagawadi took 3/31 in 4 overs while Harshal Soni & Saksham Parashar bagged 2 wickets each.
Result: Cricket Club of India win by 41 runs
Scorecard link:
https://www.pitchvision.com/#/pvm/135035
Played at Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, MCA 1, Team C opting to bat first scored 223/10 in 44.3 overs and more than half of the team runs were scored by opener Bhupen Lalwani. Opening the innings, Bhupen went on to score a stunning 137 runs off 122 balls, a knock which comprised of 11 fours and 7 sixes. Bhupen smashed some confident looking shots and kept the scoreboard ticking despite wickets losing from the other end. Akash Mishra with 4/18 in 8.3 overs was the pick of the lot from Team A.
Chasing 224, Team A were all out for 114 runs in 32 overs courtesy tight bowling by Team C Bowlers. Rajesh Sardar with 3/24 in 3 overs was the pick of the lot.
Result: Team C won by 109 runs
Scorecard link: https://www.pitchvision.com/#/pvm/135117
In a one of its kind exclusive event for professional cricketers and cricket lovers, Crickstore Hyderabad is coming up with a special exhibition cum sale from 15th to 17th October, 2021 where in some of the Best English willows would up be on display with some unbeatable deals and discounts. The event which will last across 3 days will be operational from 11am to 9pm daily while it will have a whopping 500 bats on display with discounts upto 40%.
Speaking with Pranay from Crickstore, Pranay shared “This is going to be one really unique event where you will get to see all kinds of willows with all kinds of brands available in professional cricket. We will have bats starting from Rs 1500 to Rs 1 lakh and all major brands like Gray Nicolls, SS, SG, BAS, BDM, Spartan, Stanford, Kookaboora, DSC, GM, CEAT, MRF. Even upcoming brands like Laver & Wood, A2, Phantom and many more brands will be showcased in this store exclusive event at Crickstore, Hyderabad.
Address: No.2-29/1/A, Old Mumbai Highway, Indira Nagar, Gachibowli Next to Redmi Showroom, near SBI Hyderabad, Telangana, 500032
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CRICBALL ARENA in Mumbai is probably India’s answer to the world for high standard cricket practice facility for professional cricketers. Cricball Arena is developed with a UK standard Indoor Centre consisting of five nets which can be booked on a lane basis. Cricball Arena Indoor Centre is equipped with the latest bowling machines which you find in ICC level cricket development centers for International cricketers. Cricball Arena also offers various types of machines which are manual and automatic. Cricball Arena are also using UK standard artificial turf to maintain and replicate the experience of the ground and to generate swing, spin and bounce. Cricball Arena also comes with additional facilities like changing room & shower room,
Cricball Arena is located inside the prestigious Golden Swan Country Club, Thane. It boasts of Indoor Cricket Facility alongwith a first of its kind Soapy Football Arena. The indoor turf, measuring more than 10,000 sqft is made with ICC approved grass and has five separate cricket nets. The facility has a heat and rain resistant roof making it the only all weather cricket facility of Mumbai. Cricball also has state of the art international standard bowling machines capable for speeds in excess of 160/kph+ and all types of deliveries. The Soapy Football Arena besides the turf is a new hub for sports enthusiasts who love football. The 5,000 sqft arena is good for 10 people to play Football. Cricball also has clean and hygienic changing rooms, washrooms, shower rooms and cafeteria to ensure an all-round world class experience for athletes.
A lot of Indian and Domestic level cricketers already come at Cricball Arena to practice while the opening ceremony was also attended by the Education Minister Uday Samant, Naresh Mhaske – the Mayor of Thane, Dilip Vengsarkar, Amol Muzumdar and many more dignitaries. Cricball Arena is open from 7am to 11pm and its situated in Golden Swan Country Club, Yeoor Hills, Thane.
Aditya Khandke, the founder of Cricball Arena shared with Cricketgraph “We have invested our heart and soul in making this one of a kind cricket training facility for professional cricketers in Mumbai. Cricball Arena is one of the biggest and most equipped Center for cricket practice with UK & ICC Standards. This is the kind of setup which is used by International Cricketers for training. This is India’s first structure which is seen in England and Australia.
The turf is ICC approved and you can even generate perfect spin on these turfs. We also have smash bowling machine, manual cricket bowling machine & vibo bowling machine (worth 25 lakhs each). Our practice turfs also allows bowlers to have 30 steps run up for bowlers which is again first of its kind in India. The roof of our indoors allows daylight to come in but doesn’t allow the heat to come in which ensures cricketers can practice even during hot summers.
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