Played at MIG Cricket Ground in Vidyavihar, JNS Mustangs opting to bat first scored a hefty total of 235/3 in 20 overs. Opener Karan Jain top scored for his team with a brilliant knock of 105 runs in mere 59 balls, a knock which included 18 fours and 1 sixes with a strike rate of close to 178.00. Karan was well supported by Rahul Sugand who scored an equally quickfire knock of 75* in 34 balls laced with 13 fours and a six.
Chasing 236 in a T20 match is quite difficult and the pressure was certainly riding high on Petit Panthers team. However, their opener Sarfaraz Jumani (116*) and Naved Sharif (92*) stitched a match winning stand of 200+ runs for the 4th wicket which turned the game in their favor. Both the players took on the bowlers with pure carnage while they also absorbed the pressure smashing 10 sixes and 22 fours between them. Sarfaraz took mere 53 balls to score his 116* while Naved scored a 49 ball 92* to push their team towards a memorable win by 7 wickets and 1.1 over to spare.
Watch the Match on Youtube: https://youtu.be/LsYuac5Ndk8
Scorecard link: http://jfsc.in/match_details.php?match_id=236166&team_id=113882&tab=scorecard

Saturday 17 Oct 2021 – T20 played at Sonale Cricket Ground, Bhiwandi.
Tournament Name: Enthusiasts Sports Premiere League Edition IV -2020-21
Hosted by: Enthusiasts Sports and Welfare Association
Participating teams: 4
Finals played between: ESWA-SRs Veterans Vs Cosmos 11
A well fought half century by Niranjan Paradkar on a challenging surface helped ESWA -SRs veterans to bag the 4th Edition of “Enthusiasts Sports Premiere League”. ESWA-SRs Veterans were undefeated in the tournament and were facing Cosmos 11 in the finals. Both teams looked at par during start of the tournament with Veterans favorite to win the tournament featuring experience players like Gaurav Bengre, Vaibhav Mali and Rahul Sawant in the team.
Winning the toss ESWA Veterans elected to bat on a slow and spinning track. There were jitters in the Veterans camp as they lost very quick wickets and were struggling at 48/5 in 10th. On occasion it looked like the team will bundle out for score lower than 100. It took an excellent, gritty performance from Niranjan Paradkar 58(42) to bail out the Veterans and put up a fighting total of 132/10 on this tricky wicket. Rahul Shetty was the second-best scorer from Veterans with 23(23).
Bhushan Talawadekar was pick of the bowlers from Cosmos 11 who gave miserly 11 runs in 4 overs bagging first 3 crucial top order wickets. Mohd Riyaz, Suyog Rane and Hardik Kurangale bagged 2 wickets each to stop the march the mighty Veterans. The match was evenly poised at end of first innings and Veterans sniffing humiliating upset in finals. However, the experienced and accurate bowling from Veterans spoiled the upset plan from Cosmos 11. Cosmos11 failed to hold on to the opportunity of capitalizing on low sore and put pressure on Veterans bowlers. Pacer Gaurav Bengre showed his class by bagging wicket on the very first ball of the 2nd innings and very next ball scalped the blue-eyed boy of Cosmos 11 and profilic scorer of the tournament Mohd Riyaz for a duck. Riyaz fell into the well-planned trap of Gaurav and got caught at midwicket trying to pull on a steep bouncer.
Post that Cosmos 11 never looked to be in chase as Rahul Shetty broke into the middle order bagging 4 wickets for 20 in 3.5 overs. Lone fight was put up by Bhushan Talawdekar with his cameo innings of 39 (22) balls with wickets tumbling at another end. Sameer Rane was the second-best scorer in Cosmos 11 scoring 27(35). Cosmos 11 were bowled out for 84 in 16th Over claiming the runner up trophy in this well fought tournament.
Man of the Match in Finals : Niranjan Paradkar 58(42)
Best Performers of the Tournament
Man of the Series: Mohd Riyaz – 4 Innings – Scored 284 Runs – Avg of 94.67, SR: 218.46; Bagged 2 wickets.
Best Batsman: Mohd Riyaz
Best Bowler: Vaibhav Mali: 3 Innings – 9 wickets, Economy of 4.25, Avg of 5.67
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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
