The grassroot cricket in any corner of the world more often than not goes unnoticed despite the fact that any player who reaches International Cricket has to spend good amount of years playing local and club level cricket in the beginning. A player does not reach International or First Class level directly, it is from the grassroot level, a player goes on to become a Domestic or an International Cricketer.
Performances at grassroot level needs to be appreciated as it keeps the players pumped up. Also the very fact when players start to realize that their performances at local level are now getting appreciated, the overall quality of the game also improves. Thanks to Zbat.in for taking a brilliant initiative to laud Club & Corporate cricketers with Purple Cap (Most Runs) and Yellow Cap (Most Popular) every month.
This initiative is indeed benefitting the cricketing ecosystem giving talented cricketers a platform where their performances are getting noticed.
Here are the Z-Bat Club Cricket Cap Winners for the Month of February’20
Manan Bhatt- Z-Bat Orange Cap Leader for the month of February’20
One of the youngest players at the age of 15 to participate in the MCA Bombay Junior Shield Tournament this year, right handed Manan Bhatt since his early days has been one promising batsman who has often came up with very good performances in various tournaments. Manan is also amongst the top scorers this season in Bombay Junior Shield where he has come up with some brilliant half centuries.
Representing Friends CC, Manan’s 68 ball 84 at the middle order vs Bombay Union CC or his run a ball 93 vs Young National CC are some of the testimonies of his promise with the bat. What’s more, Bhatt’s knock of 93 also helped his team won in a commanding manner. Hence, it was on the back of his consistent batting this season, Manan won the Z-bat Orange Cap for the month of February’20
Vinay Kunwar- Yellow Cap Leader (Most Popular Player) for the month of February’20
If you talk about consistency, Vinay Kunwar has been one player who has impressed one and all with his consistent batting in the MCA Bombay Junior Shield. Playing for Amar CC, Vinay Kunwar smashed 3 gritty half centuries in the tournament and the best part is his team won on all the 3 occassions. Vinay scored a 59 ball vs Bombay Gymkhana, then a solid 60 ball 50 vs Thane Friends CC followed by a patient 51 off 81 balls vs Milton Cricket Club.
With that amount of consistency, he certainly became a vital cog for his team while also got popular amongst the players community as he won the Yellow Cap with a massive margin of 428 votes which is exactly a 105 votes more than his nearest competitor Amar Narkar who plays for Gamdevi Cricketers.
The Z-Bat Orange Cap Winner was awarded with a swanky new Cricket Willow worth Rs 2400/– from Zbat.in while the Yellow Cap Winner won a handsome cash voucher worth Rs 2400/- which he can avail at the Z-bat Clinic to get a new bat or for any of their other services. Adding to this, players would also be able to avail an unique experience of an official tour of the Z bat clinic situated in Parel.
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Mumbai Cricket Association XI after being put to bat first completely didn’t disappoint posting a very competitive total of 181/6 in 20 overs. Even though their innings lacked a big knock but their middle order players chipped in well. Jeetinder Dhawan (41 off 30), Siddarth Chavda (48 off 37) & Vijay Singh (37 off 22) played well top scoring for the team. From the bowlers, Seshadri Govirdhan with 2/35 in 4 overs was the pick of the lot.
Chasing 182 at just above 9 runs per over is not the easiest of tasks on any given day but the good start by Chembur Gymkhana openers ensured they were right in the game. Openers Pranav Punjabi (36 off 39) and Ganesh Rai stitched a massive 121 run opening stand in mere 81 balls which certainly made things easy for Chembur Gymkhana. Ganesh Rai steered the chase as he went on to score a fluent 82 off 47 balls laced with 12 fours and 1 six. Pavan Patheja (34 off 18) and Chirag Amin (20* off 13) at no.3 & 4 played the finishers role to perfection as Chembur Gymkhana crossed the target with 7 wkts and 2 balls to spare.
Ganesh Rai for his brilliant 82 was declared “man of the match”
Scorecard Link-
https://www.crichq.com/matches/833464/2nd_innings
Maulik’s ton goes in vain as Osians clinch an Commanding win in the Gannon Dunkerly Tournament’20
India First Insurance batting first at Asahi Glass Factory, Taloja posted a big total of 201/4 in 20 overs. Opener Akshay Gaikwad top scored with 54 runs off 33 balls. Besides him, him all-rounder Babli Sharma at the middle order played the finishers knock scoring a brilliant 50* off 24 balls. Babli’s knock consisted 6 fours and 1 sixes. Babli has been a crucial player for Indiafirst since few seasons. Babli has became a vital cog for his team often coming up with crucial knocks at the middle or lower middle order. However, in this particular match, it was Rugved More from opposite team who attracted maximum attention.
FCC Sunrisers in reply could only muster a total of 181/6 in 20 overs. Opener Rugved More impressed one and all with his impressive strokeplay. Despite minimal support from the other end, Rugved kept on plonking bowlers with ease. More smashed 7 sixes and 11 boundaries en-route his commendable knock of 125 runs off 71 balls.
FCC lost the match by 20 runs but Rugved More grabbed all the attention with his enterprising knock. It was because of his fighting knock, More earned the “Player of the Match” award.
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Rugved More’s rock-solid 87 and Sahil’s 7/43 steers Kalyan to a win in the Kalpesh Koli Tournament
Jolly Friends Sports Matunga 1 Premier League 2019-20 – 14th March 2020 in Mumbai – Wrong Uns after being put to bat first at Dadar Union Cricket Ground, Matunga found it difficult to get going on a dicey wicket where in Sachin Sheth extracted the most out of it troubling the batsman to the core. Wrong Uns were all out for 82 runs in 18.5 overs and the architect in chief was Sachin Sheth returning with excellent bowling figures of 5/10 in 3.5 overs including a maiden. Sachin was spot on with the ball providing timely breakthroughs while Jai Sachdev with 2/13 in 4 overs was the 2nd best of the lot for Total Securities.
Total Securities in reply chased down the score in just 11 overs winning the match by 6 wkts and 9 overs to spare. Skipper Jayesh Thakkar remained unbeaten on 23* while Sachin Sheth for his superb spell of bowling was declared ‘man of the match”
Osian’s Cricket Club after being put to bat first at PJ Hindu Gymkhana posted a massive total of 219 runs for the loss of 5 wkts in 20 overs. The proven opening combination of Vishal Shah (56 off 36 balls) and Kamran Ahmed (34 off 22 balls) for Osians once again did wonders as both the players stitched 79 runs under the first 9 overs to develop the positive momentum. The late blitz down the order by Osian’s middle order bats Nirav Bheda (43 off 17) and Karan Chugh (26* off 13) further proved to be the icing on the cake for Osians CC to cross the 200 run mark.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana in reply were all out for 148 runs in 17.5 overs and for anyone who might have not viewed the scoresheet, this might look an one sided affair with Osians dominating in both the departments. However, there was one player from PJ Hindu Gymkhana in the name of Maulik Merchant who plonked the bowlers with supreme authority despite wickets tumbling from the other end. With most of his mates finding it difficult to cross even 15 runs individually, Maulik went on to score a thrilling 110 off 59 balls laced with 14 fours and 5 sixes with a stunning strike rate of 186.00. Even though his team lost by a big margin, but Maulik’s fearless batting certainly won the heart from both the sides of the teams.
Osian all-rounders Parth Tolia and Vishal Shah were bang on with the ball picking up 3 wkts a piece as Osians Cricket Club registered a big win by 71 runs.
Scorecard Link-
https://www.crichq.com/matches/833261/2nd_innings
MILAN CORPORATE LEAGUE T20-20- PINK BALL 2019-20 : The match between Godrej and Bloombergquint was played at Cross Maidan on 7th March 2020. Bloombergquint won the toss and elected to FIELD first.
Opener Yogesh Satale scored 36 runs off 43 balls, he played the innings very patiently but failed to score big. Middle order batsman and captain Rajib Sengupta also tried to up the ante, he scored 27 runs off 23 balls and took 1 wicket with spell of 4 overs with 1 maiden over. They were bowled out for 139 runs in 18.5 overs. Bloombergquint’s Amar Yadav bowled a charismatic spell of 7 for 33 in 3.5 overs, he decimated the middle and then lower order with his brilliant bowling. Amar Yadav bowled some tentative and luring deliveries to trap the batsmen and also the extra-aggressiveness of the Godrej batsmen added to the cause.
Bloombergquint batting performance was below par, Sanket Patkar and Ajayan KL tried to save the day but failed. Sanket scored 13 off 24 balls and Ajayan scored 21 runs off 35 balls. Rest all the batsmen just got out in single digits. They were bowled out for 96 runs in 17 overs. For GODREJ, off spinner Kishor Bansode picked up 4 wickets for 17 runs in 4 overs. Godrej did not go as per planned in the first 2 overs with stray bowling and extras but with the efforts of the captain in the 3rd over and others, they pretty much restricted them in the 5th over. In this game of low scores, GODREJ’s bowling superiority on the day bagged them the match.
RESULT- GODREJ won the match by 41 runs.
Click here for Godrej VS Bloombergquint Match Full Scorecard ….
THE DREAMZ CORPORATE T20 CRICKET TOURNAMENT 2019-20 : Datamatics VS Edelweiss, the match was played on 14th march 2020 at Sunder C.C, Datamatics won the toss and elected to BAT first.
Datamatics’ openers Yogesh shinde and Malang Aras opened innings brilliantly and they had a opening stand of 71 runs. Yogesh scored a decent 34 runs off 27 balls. Ritesh palav and Manoj Sonawane continued the attack and stayed positive on the front. Ritesh stayed there till the end and scored a brilliant 51 runs off 34 balls and Manoj scored a quick fire 45 off 23 balls, hitting 4 sixes. Rohidas koyande also hammered a quick 15 runs off 5 balls at the end. After 20 overs, they scored 185 runs losing 3 wickets.
Edelweiss got of to a terrible start and the whole innings had only single digit scorers and it was a debacle. The sole batter, Siddharth Karande played a blinder of an innings and had almost pulled it off. He bludgeoned all the bowlers and scored an emphatic 79 runs off 58 balls but he lacked partners at the other end. They scored 148 runs in 20 overs losing 8 wickets. Datamatics bowlers did a splendid job but the pick of the bowlers was right arm medium bowler Amol Jangam, What’s more Amol’s excellent spell included a game changing hat trick in the very 1st over of the game, he ended up with a figure of 5 for 33 in 4 overs.
RESULT- Datamatics won by 37 runs.
MAN OF THE MATCH- Amol Jangam.
Cricket Club of India opting to bat first at Elf Vengsarkar, Oval could have been all out under a total of 120-130 odd runs had it not been their opener Rohan Punjani anchoring the innings with an aggressive hundred. Even though wickets were tumbling from the other end with 17 runs the 2nd highest score in CCI’s innings, it was Rohan who went on to pile on runs confidently hitting 110 off mere 55 balls. At an exact strike rate of 200.00, Rohan smashed 10 fours and 6 sixes taking on the bowlers with superlative ease.
GVP Strikers in reply looked really good for the chase but again they required someone from the top order to hang on with their opener Gaurang Parekh who scored a fighting knock of 65 in 35 balls (7 fours, 4 sixes). Vinit’s quick 31 down the order further ensured the game remained a thriller till the very last ball with 2 runs required in the final delivery where in Vinit unfortunately got run out by Samir Mogul which ensured GVP were all out for 198 runs losing the match by just 1 run.
Both the teams gave their best and it was an exciting competition, however CCI emerged winners with opener Rohan Punjani being declared “man of the match” for obvious reasons, courtesy his brilliant knock of 110 runs.
Scoreacard Link-https://www.crichq.com/matches/833439/2nd_innings
Hind Kala Cricket Club after being put to bat first at Sainath Sports Club, Virar could only muster a total of 59/9 in 20 overs with most of the batsman finding it difficult to get going vs the tight bowling of Rising Star Bowlers. Off-Spinner Mann Bhanushali came up with a ripper of a spell taking 3 wkts for 8 runs in his spell of 4 overs. What’s more the Mumbai U14 Probables took 3 wkts in just 4 deliveries which proved to be the turning point in the game. Apart from Mann, Chirag Modak with 2/8 in 4 over alongwith a maiden was the 2nd best of the lot.
For Rising Star, it was a mere formality to chase down the total as opener Abhigyan Kundu (20 off 31) ensured the chase was taken care of. Rising Star Cricket Academy eventually won the match by 8 wkts and 6.2 overs to spare.
Prateek Yadav from Hindkala Sports Academy with 201 runs in the tournament was declared the “Best Batsman” while Mann Bhanushali was declared the “Best Bowler of the Tournament”. Mann Bhanushali also won the man of the match award in the finals.
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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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