Played at Fatima Cricket Ground, Bombay Knight Riders batting first posted a massive total of 258/5 in 20 overs. Courtesy to openers who went all guns blazing from the very 1st over, opener Meraj Sayed scored a gutsy 64 off 45 balls playing the anchors role while it was Baldev Maheshwari stealing the show with a fabulous hundred. Baldev scored 114 runs off mere 42 balls making it one of the fastest JFSC tons smashing 17 fours and 6 sixes at a strike rate of 271.43.
On the other hand, Team FACT XI could only muster 113/7 in 20 overs thanks to a brilliant spell by Atul S who came up with excellent bowling figures of 3/7 in 3 overs. The rest of the bowlers also did a neat job with the ball as Bombay Knight Riders won the match by 145 runs.
Captain Ananth Venkatraman shared with Cricketgraph “As a captain, this victory for me is special as i could attackingly lead my side to a 145 run victory. Baldev Maheshwari our opening batsman, who scored a fabulous hundred won man of match award and dedicated it to a young kid named Atharv from opposition team to boost his confidence as a sweet gesture”
Baldev who first won the heart with his batting later on won the hearts with his sweet gesture once again reminding all of us that Cricket is a gentleman’s game.
Scorecard link:
https://chauka.in/index.php/scoreboard/display_scoreboard/209613#scorecard
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The primary western belt of Mumbai stretches between Virar to Churchgate and Borivali sits right in the middle of this belt making it an accessible location for sports. Over the years, Borivali has developed itself to be a sports hub with various clubs, academies and recreational facilities developed in the vicinity.
Also for the uninitiated, the likes of Rohit Sharma (India), Harmeet Singh (India U19), Paul Valthaty (India Blue & IPL), Bhavin Thakkar (Ranji), Shardul Thakur (India), Siddhesh Lad (India A & Ranji) and many other names have growned up and practiced in Borivali area for a large part of their growing up years as their school and academies were situated between the Kandivali-Borivali area.
With the rising competition in Mumbai Cricket, it’s paramount to get trained at the right cricket academy.
Hence we bring the list of best cricket academies in Borivali.
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Elevate Sports Academy
Elevate Sports Academy is run by two professional cricketers namely Swapnil Salvi and Neil Narvekar. Both these cricketers have overseas experience & play top division cricket in Mumbai. Apart from that Swapnil Salvi & Neil Narverkar have also played in T20 Mumbai. Swapnil has also represented Mumbai in Ranji Trophy 2010-11 season while Neil Narvekar holds the record of a 29 ball 100 & 10 wkts in an innings in a same match in Mumbai Cricket.
The academy is open for boys and girls above 5 years of age and the chances of playing association matches are also high. The academy is equipped with all the modern facilities for ideal grooming of an aspiring player.
Click below to join Elevate Sports Academy in Borivali:
https://www.cricketgraph.com/academy/elevate-sports-academy-mumbai/
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Jeet Cricket Academy
Jeet Cricket Academy is one of the established and best cricket academies of Borivali. The academy is run by Head Coach Iqbal Thakur who is a former Ranji Trophy Player who represented Railways team. The coach student ratio at this academy is 1:20 and there are around 4 coaches training the students at the academy. The best part of this academy is it has around 10+ nets for practicing which makes it ideal for aspiring and club cricketers.
The academy is open for both boys and girls across all age groups and the chances of playing association matches are also high.
Click below to join Jeet Cricket Academy in Borivali:
http/www.cricketgraph.com/academy/Jeet-Cricket-Academy-in-borivali
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Payyade Cricket Club
Situated in LIC Colony Road in Vallabh Nagar, Borivali West, Payyade Cricket Club is one of the oldest cricket academies of Borivali. Payyade Cricket Club is one of the best cricket academies in borivali and it has all the modern amenities for its players. They also have a big outfield for practice matches, proper nets facilities and experienced professional coaches.
Also chances of playing association matches are very high as Payyade has 11 clubs registered with Mumbai Cricket Association across top to bottom divisions. A lot of players from Payyade CC go on to represent Mumbai at various age group levels and a lot of International & domestic level players often come here to practice.
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Practice Match Update: Played at Thakur Stadium, the second practice match of Lifestyle Premier League T20 Tournament was conducted between Village XI vs Lifestyle Academy XI. Batting first, Lifestyle Cricket Academy posted a respectable total on board of 156/4 in 20 overs. Opener Ankit gave a quick headstart with a 28 ball 35 while it was Pratik Singh at no.3 who anchored the innings for Lifestyle XI. Pratik scored an unbeaten 70* off just 40 balls which included 13 fours to his name.
In reply, Homeground XI were all out for 120 runs, thanks to an amazing spell by Rajiv Naik. Rajiv changed the course of the match coming up with stunning bowling figures of 6/19 in 3.4 overs alongwith a maiden. What’s more, his spell also included a hat-trick which further dented Homeground’s aim of chasing the score. Apart from him, Prasann also bowled well who clean bowled the main batsman from the opposite team.
Lifestyle Cricket Academy XI is an aspiring team consisting of aspiring youngsters as well as middle age players which is slowly building into a strong team of professionals under the professional coaching of Mr. Deepak G. Speaking with Rajiv who bagged 6 wkts, he quoted ‘ Lifestyle Cricket Academy surges ahead and is determined to win each matches coming up in their stride”
Result: Lifestyle Academy won the match by 36 runs
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iThink Sportz Cricket Academy which is headed by International Level Cricket Coach Umesh Patwal recently conducted an ODI & T20 tour for its players at Dehradun. The tour consisted 4 One Days and 2 T20 matches which proved to be an ideal platform for many of the top division Mumbai players to perform.
The t20’s were conducted at Deswal Cricket Academy and many players emerged with excellent performances in the tour.
Parag Khanapurkar who has who has played for Mumbai in ODI’s and T20’s came up with some scintilating knocks. In the 3 ODI’s he played, he came up with individual scores of 99, 101 & 43 alongwith 10 wickets with the ball proving his all-round abilities. What’s more, the left hander scored 101 in mere 52 balls in the 2nd One Day giving a decent indicator for what’s about to hit in the upcoming season. Parag was equally effective in the 3 T20’s where he picked up 9 wkts with the ball.
Vinod Ade also proved to be quite impressive coming up with crucial cameos whenever the team needed him to chip in. In the 3 ODI’s he scored 30, 35 & 79* with the bat while he also played well in the T20’s with an impressive 48 in the 2nd T20.. Another strong performer was Virendra Yadav who picked 8 wickets in the 3 T20’s he played.
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Brief Summary of the tour:
1st ODI , Teams: I THINKZ VS AJAFPUR YOUNGSTERS
i-thinkz scored 243 in 45 overs
- Parag Khanapurkar- 99 of 86 balls (6 sixes and 8 boundaries)
Vikrant Auti- 49 (2 sixes and 4 boundaries)
Vinod Aade 30 (2 fours , 1 six)
Team Ajafpur- 159 all out
- Parag Khanapurkar 3 wickets
- Parag Mistry 2 wickets.
Result- ithink sportz win by 84 runs.
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2nd ODI
Team: I THINKZ VS GSR
- GSR- 199 in 45 overs
Virendra yadav (3 wkts) & Parag Khanapurkar (3 wkts)
iThink Sportz chased 200 in 22.3 overs
Parag Khanapurkar- 101 of 52 balls (10 sixes and 7 boundaries)
Vinod Ade- 35*
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3rd ODI
Teams: I THINKZ VS BROTHERS CRICKET ACADEMY
I THINKZ scored 298 in 45 overs
- Vinod Aade 79
- Tanush Kotian 49
- Parag Khanapurkar 43
- Vikrant Auti 40
Brothers: 185/all out
Parag Khanapurkar: 4 wickets & Virendra Yadav 3 wickets.
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Brief of T20 Matches:1 T20 and 2nd T20 at Deswal Cricket Academy
1st T20, I THINKZ scored 162/9 in 20 overs
- Vikrant Auti- 35,
- Virendra Yadav – 26
- Baru CC 111/10
- Parag Khanapurkar – 4/19,
- Kevin Chitania – 3/12
- Virendra Yadav – 2/15
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2nd T20: I THINKZ were chasing 160
- Vinod Aade -48,
- Vikrant Auti 40
- Parag Khanapurkar- 37
Parag Khanapurkar and Virendra Yadav picked 3 wickets each in the match.
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3rd T20 : I THINKZ VS GSR
GSR scored 137/9
Parag Khanapurkar, Parag Mestry and Virendra Yadav 2 wickets each.
iThink Sportz- 131/10
- Parag Khanapurkar: 31
- Result: ithink Sportz lost by 6 runs
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Played at Central Maidan, Thane, Dr. Rajesh Madhavi XI batting first posted a great total of 180/5 in 20 overs. Total of anything above 170 in a T20 match provides a psychological edge to the defending team as it gets quite difficult sometimes to chase in the 2nd half. Opening the innings, Santosh Kudalkar provided a firing start to the innings top scoring with 65 off 47 balls (6 fours, 3 sixes). Sanjay Sansare’s late blitz of 24 balls 42 down the order further accelerated the innings to a very healthy total.
Chasing 181, AB Group 9333, Alibaugh managed to score 157/7 in 20 overs falling short of 24 runs to win the match. Even though Sanchit Mhatre (48) and Rupesh Mhatre (26 off 18) gave their best with a 69 run stand for the 7th wicket, it did not proved to be enough for their team.
Former Ranji Trophy quick Sandeep Dahad showed age is just a number as he came up with a tight bowling spell of 3/21 in 4 overs proving to be the pick of the lot. Prahlad Mokashi (2/34) and Bhai Tawade (2/30) also bowled quite well as Dr.Rajesh Madhavi XI won the finals of 40+ S4 Cricket League’21 . Fast bowler Sandeep Dahad for his crucial spell was declared ‘Player of the Match’
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- Player of the Match: Sandeep Dahad
- Scorecard link:
- https://cricheroes.in/scorecard/1322379/S4-CRICKET-LEAGUE-2020-2021/Dr.Rajesh-Madhavi,thane-vs-A-B-Group-9333-Alibaug#scorecard
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Organized by: Sursudan Shaurya Swar Sanstha –
Sursudan Shaurya Swar Sanstha was established to help singers get a platform. Those who had hobby of singing but required training & guidance are trained at this sanstha. The singers are further provided help to perform in festivals and get work through their art. Sursudan Sanstha also performed free of cost in many old age homes and even helped many covid patients who required financial help.
Sursudan Shaurya Swar Sanstha puts emphasis on music and sports and that’s how they organized this wonderful cricket tournament. Sagar Joshi who is the president of this Sanstha is a former state level cricketer while Namrata Ovalekar is a music lover as well as a trained singer making it a good combination to take the organization forward.
Committee Members: Namrata Ovalekar Rane (Secretary), Sagar Joshi (President). Kiran Rane (Chairman)
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Played at Central Maidan, Thane, Koli Cricket Academy opting to bat first mustered a decent total of 143/7 in 20 overs. Koli C.A who were off to a shaky start were struggling at one stage with scoreboard reading 72/5 in the 12th over. A total of 120 – 130 also looked like a distant dream at one point until Rugved More came at no.5 playing a blinder of an innings. Soaking in the pressure, Rugved took on the bowlers and played excellent cricket at the death overs striking the ball with a 150+ strike rate. It was his late burst of 60* in 39 balls (6 fours, 3 sixes) which pushed Koli CA to a respectable total of 143/7 in 20 overs.
The opposition consisted of a quality bowling attack consisting Mumbai players like Roneet Thakur (1/13 in 4 overs) and Musheer Khan (1/21 in 4 overs) chipping in with wickets. Omkar Karandikar was the pick of the lot taking 3/31 in 4 overs.
Mumbai Sporting Union, thane chased down the score with ease winning the match by 5 wickets and 5 balls to spare. The top 4 batters chipped in with starts with Musheer Khan scoring an aggressive 24 ball 40 while skipper Roneet smashing the winning runs with a six.
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- Player of the Match: Musheer Khan
- Man of the Series: Rugved More
- Scorecard link:
- https://cricheroes.in/scorecard/1323583/S4-CRICKET-LEAGUE-2020-2021/Koli-cricket-Academy-11-vs-Mumbai-Sporting-Union,Thane#SummaryDetail
Organized by: Sursudan Shaurya Swar Sanstha –
Sursudan Shaurya Swar Sanstha was established to help singers get a platform. Those who had hobby of singing but required training & guidance are trained at this sanstha. The singers are further provided help to perform in festivals and get work through their art. Sursudan Sanstha also performed free of cost in many old age homes and even helped many covid patients who required financial help.
Sursudan Shaurya Swar Sanstha puts emphasis on music and sports and that’s how they organized this wonderful cricket tournament. Sagar Joshi who is the president of this Sanstha is a former state level cricketer while Namrata Ovalekar is a music lover as well as a trained singer making it a good combination to take the organization forward.
Committee Members: Namrata Ovalekar Rane (Secretary), Sagar Joshi (President). Kiran Rane (Chairman)
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In cricket, there are usually different types of coaches, each coach has a different method & a different style. Some coaches are modern and emphasize more on the technology and modern amenities to train the players while some are old school who work on the technique and raw skills grinding in the nets, working hard on the ground. At a time when many people are taking up coaching as a career from a very young age, it’s quite a task to spot an experienced coach who has not only played and seen cricket closely, but also has strict fundamentals and traditional approach towards coaching. 55 year old Gyan Singh is one of those rare breeds of coaches left in Mumbai who has ample of experience and has given Mumbai as well as the world some of the finest cricketers.
Beginning his own journey from school cricket playing in tournaments like Giles and Harris Shield from Marwadi Vidyalaya School, Gyan Singh is a former professional cricketer himself who played top division cricket in Mumbai for almost 15 years representing National Cricket Club and Victory CC during his playing days. Gyan Singh shared with Cricketgraph that he has played in all major ‘A’ Div Tournaments. Gyan Singh also has experience of playing International Cricket in Bahrain where he has a part of the 4 Nation Dadabhai Mini World Cup which consisted 4 teams namely India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Rest of the World XI.
Foraying into coaching is an obvious decision for most of the cricketers and Gyan Singh who is a Level 1 Certified Coach from National Cricket Academy and MCA. In a career spanning almost 3 decades, he has coached numerous students who have scaled higher levels under his mentoring. Gyan Singh’s grassroot approach and quality coaching abilities also helped him become an MCA Observer and an MCA Coach for 10 years. As an MCA Coach, he served in all groups from U14 to U19 Categories. For 2 years, Coach Gyan Singh was also appointed the coach of MCA Women’s team’s Special Camp at Islam Gymkhana. Gyan Singh has also worked as a Head Coach at Rizvi Sports Club, Payyade Sports Club & Goregaon Sports Club for more than 10 years.
He has also been the head coach of Lilavati Hospital’s Corporate Team which participates in tournaments like Times Shield for around 10 years. Apart from that he has been a head coach at various colleges like N.M College, Chinay College, Pravin College Sr and Thakur College to name a few. Gyan Singh is also the part of International match organizing committee and he has worked in various operations in tournaments like IPL, Mumbai One Day Series, India vs England U19 amongst others.
Gyan Singh is currently also working with top level cricketers like Shivam Dube (Team India), Mumbai player Dhrumil Matkar, Nikhil Patil Sub Jr being some of the notable names. Gyan Singh also remembers training Prithvi Shaw till his U19 days. Gyan Singh sir coached Prithvi for almost 5 years right from his U14 days from Rizvi School till the time he reached India U19. Gyan Singh further adds: “All that posters you see of Yashasvi Jaiswal being spotted by this and that coach is largely a media story, the real story is different. During his initial days, i helped Yashasvi find a place to live and gave him support, later on other coaches came over”
Coach Gyan Singh at Jolly Friends Sports Club with Jemimah Rodrigues and his father Ival Rodrigues
One of the interesting stories which Gyan sir shared was of Jemimah Rodrigues. Gyan Sir shared “Jemimah was originally a basketball player, i had spotted her at Podar School where she studied and convinced her father to make her play cricket. I made her and one more player bat whole day and that is how her cricketing journey began, a moment I certainly cherish a lot”
Gyan Singh also shares that it was his talent spotting abilities which helped him spot Naushad Khan who went on to became a Top Division cricketer and also gave Mumbai two promising cricketers in the form of Sarfaraz and Musheer.
Going through Gyan sir’s journey as a coach, you might relate his coaching career much to the likes of legendary Vidya Paradkar sir or Ramakant Achrekar sir. These are two senior coaches who lived a humble life throughout despite producing the most successful cricketers. It won’t be an exaggeration if we compare Gyan Singh as one of those type of coaches too who was instrumental in shaping the careers of many cricketers. However, the amount of accredition and acknowledgement which a coach of his stature deserves has so far eluded him to an extent. Hence we kept a title “The unsung hero behind the making of many stars in the world of cricket”
Also here’s wishing him all the luck for his new role as a Head Coach at Jolly Friends Sports Club Cricket Academy in Ghatkopar where he will be looking forward to share his cricketing wisdom, experience and expertise with the young aspiring cricketers.
List of Notable players Cricket Coach Gyan Singh has worked with or coached:
Present:
- Dhrumil Matkar (Mumbai Sr. Team)
- Shivam Dube (Team India)
- Nikhil Patil Sub. Jr (Pondicherry Team)
- Armaan Jaffer ( IPL, India U19, Mumbai)
- Aman Khan (Mumbai U23)
- Prayag Bhati (Ranji Trophy)
- Kevin Almeida (A Div & Mumbai)
- Bhupinder Singh (U.P Ranji)
- Kesar Singh Thapa (Ranji Trophy)
- Soham Panvalkar (Goa U23)
Earlier:
- Atul Singh (India U19)
- Agam Pandey (India U19)
- Mussavir Khote (IPL)
- Naushad Khan (Father of Sarfaraz and Musheer Khan)
- Prithvi Shaw (U14 to U19)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal (India U19, IPL)
- Jemimah Rodrigues (India Team)
- Rajesh Sardar (Mumbai U19)
- Mukund Sardar (Mumbai U19)
- Kushant Agarwal
- Nitesh Kotwale
- Sahil Jadhav (Mumbai U16)
Gyan Singh is currently coaching at Jolly Friends Sports Club Cricket Academy in Ghatkpar in Mumbai. Click below to join the academy:
Some paper cuttings preserved by Cricket Coach Gyan Singh:
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Match 1
After a brilliant opening match which witnessed some really good performances and neck to neck competition, an exciting series was definitely on the cards. In the first match which was played at Somaiya Cricket Ground, Malabar Hill Club after being put to bat first scored 144/8 in 20 overs courtesy a brilliant 61 off 37 balls by Rishil. Rishil who smashed 10 fours and a six kept playing his natural game even though wickets were tumbling from the other end.
Yash Thadeshwar, one of NSCI’s dependable bowlers once again came up with a brilliant spell of 4/27 in 4 overs being the pick of the lot. NSCI in reply chased down the score in mere 17 overs with quick cameos from Nilal Shah (28 off 21) and Ankit Bhalaria (47 off 31 balls).
Result: NSCI won the match by 4 wkts
Scorecard link-
http://chauka.in/index.php/scoreboard/display_scoreboard/208482/true
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Match 2
In the 2nd match which was played at Fatima Cricket Ground, Malabar Hill Club after being again put to bat first performed quite well scoring 157/9 in 20 overs. Most of the players chipped in with starts but it was the late cameo by Jatin Vakharia at no.9 which helped team cross the 150 run mark. Jatin scored an unbeaten 39* off 21 balls which had 6 fours and a six. From the bowlers, it was again Yash Thadeshwar with 2/15 in 4 overs being the best of the lot while Naresh Munot and Gautam Sahni chipping in with 2 wkts each.
NSCI who were off to a shaky start with both the openers back in the hut within first 2 overs got back into the game thanks to a solid 54 run stand between Harsh Roongta (27 off 28) and Jairaj Thakkar (42 off 33). After gaining some momentum back, the lower order batters consisting of Ankit Bhalaria (29 off 21 balls) & Gautam Sahni (25* off 12) sealed off the chase in style for NSCI.
Result: NSCI won by 3 wkts and 5 balls to spare and win the 3 match series 2-0
Scorecard link:
https://chauka.in/index.php/scoreboard/display_scoreboard/208592
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Awards:
- Best Batsman of the Series-Rishil Shah
- Man of the Series – Ankit Bhalaria
- Best Bowler– Yash Thadeshwar
- Man of the Match in finals- Gautam Sahni
- Winners trophy given to NSCI (National Sports Club of India)
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In the Individual practice match between Achievers Cricket Club, Gurgaon vs Achievers Cricket Club ACA at Achievers Academy Park, Gurgaon, it was fireworks all over, courtesy a brilliant hundred from opening batsman Aarush Malhotra.
Batting first, Achievers CC Gurgaon notched up a massive total of 381/6 in 40 overs courtesy a 147 run-stand in mere 15 overs by Aarush Malhotra and Anshul Raj (68 off 49 balls). Aarush continued the onslaught as he went on to score a very 184 off mere 88 balls which had 22 fours and 10 sixes with a strike rate of almost 210.00! Aarush was also nicely supported by the captain Mohsin who scored a solid half century.
In reply, Achievers ACA were all out for 203 runs with Harsh Vardhan and Sachin Gautam bagging 3 wkts each.
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