The finals of MCA Women’s One Day tournament was played at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai . Mumbai Women’s Team B batting first scored 233/8 in 49 overs with half centuries registered from opener Jemimah Rodrigues (57), Riya Chaudhary (59) and Jahnvi Kate (60). In reply MCA Women’s Team D were all out for just 52 runs thanks to some brilliant bowling performance by the Team B bowlers.
Priyanka Machi and Jahnvi Kate took 4 wickets for just 10 runs in their spell of 12 overs combined which proved fatal for the opposition. Apart from them, Mahi Thakkar and Saima Thakor chipped in with 2 wickets each.
Top 3 Batters:
- Hemali Borwankar (Team C): 169 runs in 4 innings @56.33, strike rate of 77.88
- Riya Chaudhary (Team B): 168 runs in 3 innings @84.00, strike rate of 81.00
- Aachal Valanju (Team A): 162 runs in 4 innings @54.00, strike rate of 57.65
Top 3 Bowlers
- Saniya Raut: 10 wickets in 3 innings @6.00, econ of 3.43
- Saima Thakor: 6 wickets in 4 innings @18.67, econ of 3.72
- Jagravi Pawar: 6 wkts in 4 innings @27.00, econ of 4.63
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Top 3 Batters
- Shubham Ranjane (DY Patil) : 270 runs in 3 innings @90.00, strike rate of 112.00
- Sumit Ghadigaonkar (Sponsor XI): 263 runs in 3 innings @87.67, strike rate of 113.36
- Nikhil Patil (Parsee Gymkhana): 241 runs in 4 innings @120.50, strike rate of 98.77
Top 3 Bowlers
- Badrey Alam (Payyade SC): 11 wickets in 5 innings @26.45, econ of 6.77
- Vishwajit Thakur (Parkophene Cricketers): 10 wickets in 3 innings @12.90, econ of 5.16
- Vaibhav Mali (Cricket Club of India): 9 wickets in 5 innings @18.78, econ of 4.31
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Mumbai, February 28:
Firm favourites Payyade Sports Club snuffed out the strong challenge from Cricket Club of India (CCI) cruising to a five-wicket victory in the final of the D.Y. Patil Group sponsored 73rd Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2020-2021, organized under the auspices of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), and played at the Mumbai Police Gymkhana ground, Marine Drive on Sunday.
The former two-time champions Payyade who were unbeaten throughout, continued with their impressive winning run to clinch their third title after a gap of nine years. Payyade had earlier emerged champions in 2011 and 2012.
Payyade started the day on a bright note as they won the toss and elected to field. The Payyade bowlers did not disappoint as they showed plenty of discipline and kept the CCI batsmen under control. Left-arm spinners Dhrumil Matkar (3 for 17) and Badre Alam Khan (2 for 65) played a key role in restricting CCI to 216 for 9 wickets from their quota of 45 overs. Half century knocks from lower order batsmen Alpesh Ramjani (57 runs) and Saksham Parashar (56 runs) helped rescue the CCI innings.
In reply, Payyade comfortably chased down their winning target charging to 218 for the loss of 5 wickets in 37 overs. All-rounder Musheer Khan once again batted confidently scoring 75 runs while Raunaq Sharma smashed an unbeaten 48 runs, completing Payyade’s victory with a solid six over mid-wicket fence. Alpesh Ramjani (2 for 36) and Harshal Soni (2 for 48) were the most successful CCI bowlers.
Former Indian cricket captain Dilip Vengsarkar who was the Chief Guest at the final, said that he had fond memories playing in this prestigious tournament. “The first time I played in the Police Shield was when I was 17-year-old. I played for Catholic Gymkhana at times here, and since it is an invitational tournament, anybody can play for any club, and those days Catholic Gymkhana was also part of this tournament. I played alongside many stalwarts including Vasu Paranjpe, Ashok Mankad, Vijay Bhosale, and as a youngster it was a great honour for me to be in the same team,” recalled Vengsarkar.
“I remember the first match we played at Ismail Gymkhana, where I had a partnership with Ashok Mankad as well as Vijay Bhosale, in fact Vijay Bhosale scored 180 runs and they made sure they hit two boundaries every over, and took the single off the last balls, so I was just running the singles basically, but I learnt a lot from those innings.”
“I always believe it is important to play in all the club matches, because as a 17-year-old, I could play with Test cricketers, who were stalwarts in cricket and those who had played for India, those who were playing for Mumbai, so if you are playing with them you can learn from them and it is important to watch and improve. These are the things which I learnt in that innings, in that tournament and of course we won the Police Shield at the time in 1974,” he proudly mentioned.
Later, Vengsarkar in the presence of Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, Param Bir Singh presented the Champions and Runner-up trophies to Payyade SC and CCI respectively. Payyade were richer by Rs 0ne Lakh, while CCI received Rs 50,000.
Payyade’s young all-rounder Mushir Naushad Khan bagged four individual awards including the Player-of-the-Tournament’ and ‘Most Emerging Player of the Tournament’. He was also declared the ‘Best Fielder of the Final’ and ‘‘Best Batsman of the Final’.
Brief scores (Final):
Cricket Club of India: 216 for 9 wickets, 45 overs (Alpesh Ramjani 57, Saksham Parashar 56; Dhrumil Matkar 3 for 17, Badre Alam Khan 2 for 65) lost to Payyade Sports Club: 218 for 5 wickets, 37 overs (Musheer Khan 75, Raunaq Sharma 48*, Rohan Raje 30; Alpesh Ramjani 2 for 36, Harshal Soni 2 for 48). Result: Payyade Sports Club won by 5 wickets.
Individual awards:
Best Fielder of the Final: Mushir Naushad Khan (Payyade SC).
Best Bowler of the Final: Dhrumil Matkar (Payyade SC).
Best Batsman of the Final: Mushir Naushad Khan (Payyade SC).
Most Emerging player of the Tournament: Mushir Naushad Khan (Payyade SC).
Best Bowler of the Tournament: Badre Alam Khan (Payyade SC).
Best Batsman of the Tournament: Shubham Ranjane (Dr. D.Y. Patil SA).
Player of the Tournament: Mushir Naushad Khan (Payyade SC).
Played at Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana in Kandivali, the pending F division finals of previous season 2020 was played between United Patni and PD Hinduja National Hospital. PD Hinduja batting first scored 171 all out in 42.2 overs. Avinash Jadhav top scored for PD Hinduja smashing 50 runs while Bhushan Vaidya scored 42 runs.
United Patni in reply chased down the score successfully winning the finale by 4 wickets. Saif Ahmed was the player of the day as he anchored the chase with a brilliant knock of 78* off 84 balls while Omar Patni played a handy role with his knock of 33 runs.
Result: United Patni win by 4 wickets and win F Division Times Shield.
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Boys Cricket Academy after being put to bat first at Dadaji Konddev Stadium managed to score 149/10 in 42.4 overs. Even though most of the players found it difficult to get going, Aditya Rawat at no.3 was the top scorer with 46 runs of 42 balls. From the bowlers, left arm spinner Omkar Karandikar with 3/13 in 9 overs with 3 maidens was the pick of the lot. Apart from him, Karan Patil took 3/32 in 9 overs.
Golden Star Cricket Academy in reply chased down the score successfully winning the finals by 5 wickets. Opener Deepak Kokare top scored with 55 runs off 69 balls (9 fours, 1 six) while skipper Ashutosh Mali at no.4 anchored the chase with an unbeaten 54* off 79 balls (6 fours).
Scorecard link: http://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64246/tournament-details/GKPLatAnnPhaChaTroTha2
Top 3 scorers in the tournament-
- Ashutosh Mali: 176 runs in 5 innings at 58.67
- Abhigyan Kundu: 170 runs in 3 innings at 56.67
- Aditya Rawat: 159 runs in 5 innings @39.75
Top 3 wicket-takers in the tournament-
- Vedant Patil: 16 wkts in 5 innings @8.25
- Karan Patil: 10 wkts in 5 innings @13.50
- Anuj Iyer: 10 wkts in 4 innigns @7.50
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Played at RK Kridgangan Ground Morwa, Rising Star Foundation after being put to bat first scored 254/3 in 35 overs. Openers Yadnesh and Siddhesh Jadhav gave a perfect start with solid 56 runs of opening stand while Siddhesh Jadhav continued the good momentum as he went on to score an impressive hundred. Siddhesh scored 112* off 95 balls smashing 16 fours and 2 sixes batting right till the end for his team. Apart from him, Krishna Bind at no.4 also played really well scoring 55*off just 50 balls while also stitching an unbeaten 125* run stand with Siddhesh.
Global XI in reply were fell short of the stipulated total as they could only reach 238/9 in 35 overs. No.7 batsman Ankit almost changed the game with his whirlwind knock of 81* off 49 balls smashing 7 fours and 4 sixes. From the bowlers, Harmesh with 2/45 in 6 overs was the pick of the lot.
Result: Rising stars foundation win by 16 runs
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Played at Vengarkar Academy Mahul Ground, Gaud Saraswat CC batting first posted a more than decent total of 298/4 in 40 overs. All eyes were on opener Aryan Chauhan who top scored for his team with a massive 158 off 114 balls smashing 16 fours and 1 six. Aryan was also well supported by Aarush (52 runs) and Auwab Kunni (71 runs) as Gaud Saraswat reached a commanding total in their quota of 40 overs.
Chasing 299 in 40 overs is never going to be easy for any team and especially when it’s the finals. Ageas Federal Vengsarkar Academy were all out for 132/9 with Shivank Rao scoring 40* for his team. The bowlers did a good job sticking to their line and length as spinner Mann Bhanushali took 4/14 being the pick of the lot while Kavya Gori chipping in with 2 wickets.
Result: Gaud Saraswat CC win the finals by 166 runs
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Omni Global after being put to bat first at Navroz C.C wicket managed to post a handsome total of 225/10 in 34.5 overs. Middle order batsman Faizan Rabbani top scored with 59 runs while no.3 batsman Raj Waghela scored 46 runs. From the bowlers, Deep Bhatt and Jemin Panchal took 3 wickets each.
Defending a total of 226, Riders were all out for 103 runs in 25 overs thanks to a wonderful bowling spell by Harshal Jadhav. Harshal changed the game with exceptional bowling figures of 5/12 in 5 overs with 3 maidens while he was nicely supported by Pranit Shelar who took 4/10 in 6 overs with one maiden.
Result: Omni Global won by 122 runs
Man of the match: Harshal Jadhav
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Mumbai, February 26:
Bolstered by the brilliant batting performance of Ruturaj Mungekar who smashed a solid 64-ball unbeaten century 116 runs, Mumbai Police Cricket Club ‘B’ team emerged champions defeating BEST Arts & Sports Club by a comfortable 66-run margin in the final of the Insurance Shield T20 Cricket Tournament, played at the National CC ground, Cross Maidan on Friday. This tournament resumed early this week after it was halted due to the Covid-19 lockdown since last March.
BEST deciding to field first after winning the toss managed to get an early breakthrough when Mumbai Police opening batsman Rohan Bhosale was dismissed caught and bowled by Pravin Pednekar on the third ball of the innings and the scoreboard blank. But, thereafter, the Policemen recovered quickly from that setback as the other opener Mungekar made merry in the middle belting the rival bowlers to all corners of the ground and his knock helped Mumbai Police amass a challenge total of 193 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets from their stipulated 20 overs.
Mungekar during his 85 minutes at the crease cracked nine sweetly timed hits to the boundary and powerfully struck a half dozen sixes. He shared a 73-run partnership with Tanmay Mayekar (39 runs) for the second wicket and was later involved in a 78-run association with Mansingh Chavan (16 runs) for the third wicket. Pravin Pednekar (2 for 23 runs) was BEST’s most successful bowler.
Chasing a stiff target, BEST batsmen failed to raise to the challenge as they lost four early wickets for just nine runs from the first four overs. The initial damage proved to be a big blow as they were unable to steady the innings. A late fightback from lower order batter Ketan Dhatavkar who scored an unbeaten 51 runs and Nilesh Kharmale 34 runs lifted their innings which closed at 127 for loss of 7 wickets from 20 overs. Prashant More (3 for 6 runs) and Yogesh Jagtap (2 for 24 runs) shared the spoils.
There was more to cheer for the Mumbai Police outfit as Ruturaj Mungekar was declared as the ‘Man-of-the-Series’, Tanmay Mayekar was adjudged as the ‘Best Batsman’ and Yogesh Jagtap won the ‘Best Bowler’ award.
Brief scores: Mumbai Police Cricket Club ‘B’. 193 for 4 wickets, 20 overs (Ruturaj Mungekar 116* (64balls, 9×4, 6×6), Tanmay Mayekar 39; Pravin Pednekar 2/23) beat BEST Arts & Sports Club 127 for 7 wickets, 20 overs (Ketan Dhatavkar 51*, Nilesh Kharmale 34; Prashant More 3/6, Yogesh Jagtap 2/24). Result: Mumbai Police Cricket Club ‘B’ won by 66 runs.
Individual awards:
- Man-of-the-Series: Ruturaj Mungekar (Mumbai Police).
- Best Batsman: Tanmay Mayekar (Mumbai Police).
- Best Bowler: Yogesh Jagtap (Mumbai Police).