Club Cricket is the lifeline for any aspiring cricketer to excel in the field of cricket. It’s only through hard work at club level cricket does a player progresses to Domestic and International level. However, International & Domestic Cricketers in India fairly receive their set of accolades, attention & coverage in India but it’s the untapped club cricket community especially in Mumbai which is also considered to be one of the biggest talent houses for cricketers in India which is relatively untapped. Most of the performances go unnoticed and maximum of players at Club level require the right amount of support in terms of strength, stamina, nutrition to excel in the game. In a first of its kind initiative in India by exerFIT-Cricketgraph, the hard working population of club cricketers who equally toil hard and put promising performances will now be rewarded in IPL Style with Yellow, Purple and Orange Caps.
exerfitwellness has come onboard to tie up with Cricketgraph to felicitate Club Level Cricketers in Mumbai every month with IPL Style Orange, Yellow and Purple Caps. The winners will recieve Whey Protein, BCAA, Glutamine from the house of exerfitwellness which will surely be quite helpful in improving the strength and stamina of our hard working Club Level Cricketers in Mumbai.
Here are the winners of @exerfitwellness Monthly Cricket Cap Winners in Club Cricket for the month of February 2020.
Umang Sheth-ExerFIT Orange Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of February’20
Umang Sheth has always been one destructive batsman and his attacking approach at the top of the order has made him a popular figure in the KSG Circuit. If his recent scores of 53, 43 and 92* are anything to go by, he is also one consistent batsman for SRK Strikers. What’s more his recent scores have also come at a very good strike of 170.00+ which has helped his team win on numerous occasions. Even though he has played many good knocks but his 53 ball 92 vs Raj Swingers was a knock which helped his team win by a massive margin of 108 runs.
It was on the back of his consistent performances, Umang Sheth was declared exerFIT Orange Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of February’20
Piyush Gandhi-ExerFIT Purple Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of February’20
Piyush Gandhi from SRK Strikers team has been a consistent bowler for his team coming up with crucial spells whenever the team needed a bowler to lead. In the KSG Super League, Piyush bagged 12 wkts in 3 T20 games in the month of feb where in his best came out against DHC Tigers wherein he came up with a brilliant spell of 5/12 in 4 overs.
He is also one of the few bowlers in KSG Super League to take a 3 wkt haul, 4 wkt haul as well as a 5 wkt haul in the tournament in the same month which made him an ideal candidate for the exerFIT Purple Cap Winner in Club Cricket for February’20.
Mayur Mangela-ExerFIT Yellow Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of February’20
Mayur Mangela from TC Challengers became the winner of the Coveted exerFIT Yellow Cap making him one of the most popular players in the Club Cricket Category with 210 votes. Mayur plays in various tournaments and he is known to be one handy all-rounder who often chips in with the bat as well as with the ball. One of his recent performances of 33 runs opening the innings and 3/14 in 4 overs with the ball in the Friends T20 Premier League is quite a testimony of his all-round abilities.
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T20 MASTER’S CUP (GREEEN) 2019-20 : VMS VS Greensole Titans, the match was played at Vengsarkar academy on 9th March 2020. VMS won the toss and elected to BOWL first.
Openers Varun Madnani and Deepak Kastur got their team upto a decent start, but at 54 they were 2 down. After that, Ninad Borkar and Aakash Desai built up a strong partnership of 86 runs in the end of the 14th over. Aakash scored an adequate 34 off 29 balls. Ninand Borkar also got out at 159 but he went out after scoring a wonderful 69 runs off 34 balls, he scored 4 sixes and 7 fours. They scored 199 runs in 20 overs losing 6 wickets. For VMS, Sagar and SS Shah picked up 2 wickets each.
VMS got off to a shaky start losing 4 wickets within 45 runs, RS Soans scored 33 runs off 22 balls and also middle order batsman, Krunal had a lone fought battle and was able to score a almost match winning knock of 59 runs off 27 balls. He scored 7 fours and 2 sixes. He remained not out at the end but the batsmen at the opposite end kept on getting out. They were all out for a score of 159 runs in 17.5 overs losing 10 wickets. For Greesole, Aakash and Swapnil picked up 2 wickets each and left arm spinner AzharShaikh was the pick of the bowlers, he bowled a superb spell of 4 for 3.5 overs giving only 21 runs. He basically closed the deal for the Greensole with his whirligigs.
RESULT- Greensole won the match by 40 runs.
Azhar Shaikh was awarded the man of the match.
Click here for Greensole Titans VS Vinayak Marine Service Match Full Scorecard ….
The Automotive Cricket Cap Leaders Campaign which is much like IPL Style Caps has been kicked up a storm, receiving great response from the cricketing community across various corporate tournaments in Mumbai.
Cricketgraph team tracks individual performances of cricketers playing in various professional tournaments on a monthly basis and awards Orange Cap for maximum runs, Purple Cap for maximum wicket taker and Yellow Cap for the most popular cricketer based on facebook likes.
There were numerous entries across each categories and the competition was surely intense out of which 3 emerged out to be the winners in each category. Here are the winners…
Azim Dayatar-Automotive Purple Cap Winner for the month of February’20
Azim Dayatar from New Way Travels Pvt.Ltd won the Automotive Purple Cap for the month of February’20. Known for his all-round skills in Mumbai Cricket, Azim had recently come up with a tight spell of 3/15 in 4 overs vs Akumentis Healthcare Pvt Ltd in the Salim Durani T20 Tournament. Overall, Azim has taken 5 wkts so far in 2 matches he has played in the Sakim Durani Trophy.
Prathmesh Angane-Automotive Orange Cap Winner for the month of February’20
Prathamesh Angane is one player who plays in various formats in Mumbai Cricket. From Professional Cricket to Mumbai’s Club Cricket, you can find his name in the Playing XI in many tournaments.
Prathamesh Angane was declared the Automotive Orange Cap Winner in Professional Cricket for the month of February’20. The testimony of his batting skills can be seen in one of his recent matches of Salim Durani T20 where he scored a blazing 65 off 34 balls, an innings which consisted 10 fours and 2 sixes steering his team Omni Global to a commanding win vs Subsea Pro Pvt.Ltd.
Jatin Dudhani-Automotive Yellow Cap Winner for the month of February’20
Jatin Dudhani won the “Automotive Yellow Cap” Most Popular Award for the month of Feb’20 with 170 votes.
All-Rounder Jatin Dudhani who plays for New Way Travels Pvt Ltd has been one utility player in the Professional Cricket. In the Salim Durani T20 Trophy, Jatin plays for New Way Travels Pvt Ltd as an opener where he had recently anchored the chase with an unbeaten 34* helping his team win by 5 wkts vs Akumentis Healthcare.
Seems like, he is one popular guy amongst his mates as well as in the cricketing circles as he won the Most Popular Award by a good margin. His nearest competitor Prathamesh Angane was far behind from Jatin with a vote margin difference of 122 votes.
Automotive which is known for its various activities to develop grassroot cricket in Mumbai has tied up with Cricketgraph to felicitate cricketers and give them a platform of appreciation for their performances at the Corporate and Professional level. The winners will receive Automotive Vouchers worth Rs 2500/-, IPL Style Cap and Certificates for their performances. The top 10 winners in each category too will be awarded with Automotive e-vouchers worth Rs 1000/- .
AMPL-Automotive Manufactures Private Limited is a reputed business house which has made a name for itself in the Automobile Industry. For the uninitiated, AMPL is the authorized dealership for major automobile brands Maruti Suzuki. Automotive has been taking up various initiatives since many years in supporting & encouraging the cricket community. With Season II of Automotive Monthly Cap Leaders to begin soon, Cricketgraph will once again work hand in hand with them to bring a change at the local level in Mumbai Cricket.
The Automotive Cricket Cap Leaders Campaign which is much like IPL Style Caps has been kicked up a storm, receiving great response from the cricketing community across various corporate tournaments in Mumbai.
Cricketgraph team tracks individual performances of cricketers playing in various professional tournaments on a monthly basis and awards Orange Cap for maximum runs, Purple Cap for maximum wicket taker and Yellow Cap for the most popular cricketer based on facebook likes.
There were numerous entries across each categories and the competition was surely intense out of which 3 emerged out to be the winners in each category. Here are the winners…
Abdul Aziz Khan-Automotive Purple Cap Winner for the month of February ’20
In the MCA Thane T20 Tournament, Dr Aziz who plays from Kurla Regenesis team has been one dependable bowler amongst the wickets this season. In the recent two T20 matches he played in the MCA Thane T20 Tournament, he bagged 9 wkts in 2 matches out of which he took a 6 wkt haul too. Medium Pacer Aziz’s best came out vs Bhandup Medico Cricket Club wherein he took a stunning 6/21 in 4 overs alongwith a maiden which helped his team win the game convincingly. It was on the basis of his tight bowling spells and a 6 wkt haul in a T20 Game, Dr.Abdul Aziz Khan was declared the Automotive Purple Cap Winner for the month of February’20 in Mumbai Professional Cricket.
Automotive Orange Cap Winner for the month of February ’20
Right handed opening batsman Dr. Sujit Shenoy who plays for Universal Cricket Club has been one batting mainstay at the top of the order on the back of his consisting run scoring. In the recently concluded games of MCA Thane, both the times his half centuries helped the team win the match and that’s the sign of a quality batsman who helps his team win the matches. Sujit opening the innings had scored a 33 ball 52 vs Kurla Regenesis while he plonked a 46 ball 71 vs TMCC Star XI which had 11 boundaries and a six.
It was on the back of his match winnings knocks, Dr. Sujit Shenoy was declared Automotive Orange Cap Winner for the month of February’20 in Professional Cricket.
Sayed Sadique-Automotive Yellow Cap Winner for the month of February ’20 (Most Popular)
Seems like “Mr.Popular” is the 2nd name for Dr.Sayed as this is the 2nd time he wins an Automotive Award in the “Most Popular Cricketers” category and both the times he has won like a boss. In the month of December, Sayed won the Yellow Cap with a massive vote margin of 2004 votes and this time too he has won the award with 1049 votes to his name. His nearest competitor Nikhil Jain is far from giving Sayed a tough fight as there is a massive difference of 899 votes to defeat Sayed.
By the way Dr.Sayed Sadique plays for MPA Ethiad XI in the MCA Thane Tournament and more often than not he comes up with crucial bowling spells under pressure.
Automotive which is known for its various activities to develop grassroot cricket in Mumbai has tied up with Cricketgraph to felicitate cricketers and give them a platform of appreciation for their performances at the Corporate and Professional level. The winners will receive Automotive Vouchers worth Rs 2500/-, IPL Style Cap and Certificates for their performances. The top 10 winners in each category too will be awarded with Automotive e-vouchers worth Rs 1000/- .
AMPL-Automotive Manufactures Private Limited is a reputed business house which has made a name for itself in the Automobile Industry. For the uninitiated, AMPL is the authorized dealership for major automobile brands Maruti Suzuki. Automotive has been taking up various initiatives since many years in supporting & encouraging the cricket community. With Season II of Automotive Monthly Cap Leaders to begin soon, Cricketgraph will once again work hand in hand with them to bring a change at the local level in Mumbai Cricket.
Tushi Shah stars for Gamdevi-based school in a 15-run win over Shardashram
Mumbai: St. Columba School, Gamdevi overcame the challenge of Shardashram Vidyamandir, Dadar to emerge champions in the Girls’ U-16 finals of the Mumbai leg of Mumbai Indians Junior 2020 cricket tournament on Friday. St. Columba rode on Tushi Shah’s stellar batting performance to beat the defending champions by 15 runs.
Tushi hammered 82 runs off just 57 balls to help St. Columba post a healthy total of 167/9 in the stipulated 25 overs. Tushi’s valiant knock gave impetus to her school’s innings to set the platform for a good total. Vaidehi Pofale later played a breezy knock of unbeaten 21 to give St. Columba bowlers a defendable score.
Shardashram batswomen gave a tough fight but some disciplined bowling performance from St. Columba always kept them behind the asking rate. In the end, Shardashram finished well short of the target, managing 152/9 in 25 overs.
Meanwhile, in the Boys’ U-14 category Al Barkat Malik English School continued their march by reaching the final on Friday. Yaseen Shaikh put up a solid all-round performance with 23 runs off 27 balls and scalped four wickets for just 16 runs to star in an emphatic 68-run win over New English School, Bandra.
Batting first, Al-Barkat were all-out for 155 in 35.4 overs. Sunny Singh scored fifty and Aryan Shejule made 39 runs. Shaikh also contributed well with the bat to help his side post a decent total despite a few hiccups.
IES New English faltered in the chase as Shaikh and his team-mates ran through their batting line-up to bowl the rivals out for 87 in 35.5 overs.
Al-Barkat now faces off inter-school giants Rizvi Springfield High School, Bandra in the final.
Brief Scores:
U-16 Girls:
FINAL
St. Columba School (Gamdevi) 167/9 in 25 overs (Tushi Shah 82, Vaidehi Pofale 21*) beat Shardashram Vidyamandir (Dadar) 152/9 in 25 overs, by 15 runs.
Player of the Match: Tushi Shah of St. Columba School (Gamdevi) for scoring 82(57).
U-14 Boys:
SEMI FINAL
Al Barkat Malik English School 155/10 in 35.4 overs (Sunny Singh 50, Aryan Shejule 39) beat IES New English School (Bandra) 87/10 in 35.5 overs, by 68 runs.
Player of the Match: Yaseen Shaikh of Al Barkat Malik English School- 6.5 overs- 1 maiden- 16 runs- 4 wickets and for scoring 23(27)
JOLLY FRIENDS SPORTS PREMIER LEAGUE 2019-20 : Rising vision VS Digital broadcast, the match was played on 29th February 2020 at Karnataka cricket ground, Cross Maidan. Rising Vision won the toss and elected to FIELD first.
DIGITAL batting performance was abysmal and apart from opener Viraj Gandhi (30 off 28 balls) and No. 4 AbhimanyuKak (29 off 24 balls) none of the other batsmen chipped in with substantial scores. They reached a inadequate total of 110 runs inn 20 overs losing 9 wickets. For Rising vision, Sajidshaikh picked up 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs and Imran bowled an impressive spell of 3 for 26 runs in 4 overs.
For Rising Vision, the chase turned out to be a easy one and the opening pair chased down the target in just 13.2 overs. Sagar shah played the role of the second fiddle and Jitesh Raut took most of the strike a hammed a belligerent knock of 70 runs off 50 ball, he scored 11 fours and 1 six. He played brilliantly by playing risk free cricket at the same time punishing the stray deliveries. IN the end, it was a mighty convincing game for the Rising vision team.
RESULT- Rising Vision won the match by 10 wickets.
Man of the match- Jitesh Rout.
Click here for Rising Vision VS Digital Broadcast Match Full Scorecard …
Parkophene Cricketers opting to bat first on Islam Gymkhana’s homeground dominated with the bat amassing 414 runs for the loss of 8 wkts in 69 overs. First it was opener Amogh Bhatkal (56runs) steadying the shop with Prasad Pawar and then it was a big middle order partnership by Prasad and Sagar Mishra wherein they stitched 202 runs for 4th wicket which duly changed the course of the game. Prasad was solid as usual anchoring Parkophene innings en-route his brilliant 138 off 111 balls (20 fours) while left-handed Sagar played his natural game of aggressive cricket smashing 116 off 111 balls. Sagar in his previous outing had scored a gritty 92 vs Fort Vijay as he continues to be a consistent all-rounder for his team.
Islam Gymkhana apart from their in-form Hashir Dafedar (73 runs) appeared a little patchy in their run chase getting all out for 207 runs in 49 overs. Sagar Mishra was the pick of the lot with the ball too coming up with 4/82 in 19 overs while another Prathamesh Belchada who first scored a super handy knock of 52* off 30 balls down the order for Parkophene chipped in with 3 wkts too in his spell of 7 overs as Parkophene Cricketers won the match by 207 runs.
Scorecard Link- https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64110/tournament-details/YouComShiCriTou
Young Mens CC after opting to bat first at Cross Maidan were all out for 144 runs with most of the players getting on with starts but not able to convert those starts into a good total. It was also a good bowling performance by White Star CC bowlers with Akshay Thakur (3/29) and Sachin Palak (3/21) being the pick of the lot.
Defending a total of 144, the pressure was obviously more on the bowlers of Young Mens and youngster Visharad rightly delivered under pressure changing the course of the game with bowling figures of 6/30 in 8.5 overs. Visharad was bang on with his left arm spin as he took crucial top order wickets to restrict White Star CC to 119 runs all out in 25.5 overs.
Result-Young Mens CC won by 25 runs
Scorecard Link- https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64131/tournament-details/SumVacShiCriTou
T20 matches are always exciting and it gets all the more interesting to watch if there is an exciting battle between the opening bowlers and the opening pair of batters. In the recently concluded match of Gannon Dunkerly Cricket Tournament (GDCL), a similar instance happened which pumped up the opposition team’s opener who went berserk smashing sixes in almost every corner of the ground.
The opener in contention is none other than Kamran Ahmed who had a “friendly banter” with the opening bowler Sohrab Khushrusahi. Sohrab who is one competitive and animated character of Bombay Gymkhana tried to get into the nerves of Kamran which eventually provoked the opener to go all guns blazing.
Osians Cricket Club opting to bat first at Bombay Gymkhana posted a massive total of 268/4 in 20 overs thanks to a brilliant 171 run opening stand between Vishal Shah and Kamran Ahmed. Vishal scored an impressive 75 off 45 balls while Kamran Ahmed went on to score 109 in mere 42 balls smashing 7 fours and 10 sixes at a strike rate of close to 260.00. Bombay Gymkhana in reply were all out for 101 runs with all-rounder Vishal Shah coming up with a match winning spell of 5/11 in 2.4 overs.
Osians CC dominated in both the departments quite well and looked the better team throughout the course of the match as they won the game by a massive margin of 167 runs. Also the very fact that the opposition team players Sohrab& Kamran gave positive insights about the match while Sohrab also appreciating Kamran’s innings showed the sportsmanship from both the sides as all’s well that ends well as the game was indeed played in a good spirit.
Sohrab Khushrushahi from Bombay Gymkhana shared with Cricketgraph ”They just played really well. Kamran batted brilliantly. Some of the cleanest hitting I’ve seen in a while. And they won the match in the first 10 overs itself. As simple as that. We also dropped over 10 catches and didn’t deserve to win” When further asked on what exactly happened between him and Kamran, Sohrab quipped-“We’re two competitive boys and no one likes to be on the wrong side of the stick. What happened was just two friends discussing dinner plans and nothing more. Left on the field of play. We’ve played as team mates and opponents in the past and it’s all forgotten.”
When Cricketgraph asked Osian’s Opener Kamran about the same, he also had almost the same thing to share” Me and Sohrab have played together as teammates earlier and it’s always exciting to have competetive lads in the game, he told me something to which i replied, then again he said something and I reverted back and that just set the stage. We are good friends off the field & I respect him as a player, sometimes a bowler gets the better of the batsman and sometimes the batsman gets the better of the bowler and on this particular day, i happened to be timing the ball well as I went on to score a good century for my team”
Scorecard Link-https://www.crichq.com/matches/834963/2nd_innings
Wellington CC after being put to bat first at Shivaji Park, Dadar posted 209/8 in 43 overs with skipper Sagar Shah at the middle order top scoring with 54 runs off 78 balls. The rest of the players chipped in with cameos but none of them were able to convert their starts into something substantial. From Vijaychandra CC, off-spinner Bharat Major with 3/29 in 9 overs was the pick of the lot.
Vijaychandra CC fancied their chances of winning the quarters with the top order chipping in well. Vikas Jaiswal (66 runs) and Vaishnav Sail (57 runs) even stitched a 118 run stand for the 3rd wicket which had made them favorites for an easy chase. However, left arm spinner Shantanu Kadam came at the right time dismissing both the set batsman to break the partnership which was threatening at one stage. Shantanu Kadam came up with an important spell of 4/51 while the rest of the bowlers also bowled tightly resulting in Vijaychandra CC falling short of just 1 run in the penultimate over.
Result-Wellington CC won by 1 run, win the Quarter-Finals.
Scorecard Link-https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64114/tournament-details/BOMJUNSHI