Achievers Sports Club opting to bat first at Shivaji Park Dadar posted a massive hefty total of 305/6 in 44 overs. Opening the innings, right handed Pratik Mayekar scored a fluent 120 off 102 deliveries laced with 17 boundaries. Pratik kept the scoreboard ticking while he got decent support from the middle order with all the players chipping in with 30’s and batting around him to ensure Achievers SC reach a commanding total.
GSB Sports Club in reply could only reach 155/9 in 45 overs with Achievers bowlers keeping it tight. Spinner Rajesh Bhujbal with 3/32 was the pick of the bowlers while Prabhakar and Yashwant bagged 2 wkts a piece.
Result-Achievers Sports Club won the match by 150 runs
Scorecard Link-
http://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/63977/tournament-details/BOMJUNSHI
Air India after being put to bat first at DY Patil University 1 Ground posted a very decent total of 176/9 in 20 overs which is most of the times defendable. Openers Rudra Dhanday and Naman Ojha proved a good combination with a right blend of youth and experience as both the players stitched a 132 run opening stand in mere 86 balls. Rudra scored 60 off 41 while Naman Ojha scored 68 off 47 balls to set up the stage for Air India. Despite such a brilliant opening start, Air India team could not capitalize as they lost 8 wkts in the last 30-35 balls with just 44 runs added post the wickets of their openers.
Canara Bank in reply could only manage a total of 141/9 in 20 overs with most of the players finding it difficult to convert their starts.
Result- Air India won by 35 runs
Arch Mavericks opting to bat first at Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul were off to a dismal start with their opener Abhishek back into the hut in the very 2nd ball of the match. It required someone to carry on and stitch a partnership and Jagdish Sure coming at no.3 played the perfect foil to opener Pranay Ranka as both the players stitched a record 166 run stand for the 2nd wicket. Opener Pranay scored a gritty 54 off 43 balls while Jagdish Sure top scored for his team smashing 69 runs off 53 balls (9 fours, 1 six). Mehul’s quick 16 ball 34 at no.4 further lended the finishing touch to the innings as Arch Mavericks reached a healthy total of 185/3 in 20 overs.
AESA Pune XI in reply were all out for 146 runs with Nikhil Jain, Vimal Hansraj and Shamal Palod bagging 2 wkts each while Vimal with 2/14 in 4 overs being the pick of the lot.
Result- AESA XI win by 39 runs, Jagdish Sure declared ‘man of the match’
Scorecard Link-
https://www.crichq.com/matches/824099/2nd_innings
JOLLY FRIEND SPORTS MATUNGA 2 PREMIER LEAGUE 2019-20: The match between Media Com (MCOM) and Blasters (JFS BLASTERS) was played at Dadar Union Cricket Ground on 15th February 2020. Mediacom won the toss and elected to FIELD first.
Blasters’ openers Akshay Tungare and Abhay Sharma put up a solid century partnership in just 8.4 overs. Abhay Sharma played a scintillating innings of 65 runs off 29 balls before getting out retired hurt. Tungare also scored an excellent innings of 48 runs off 29 balls. In the middle order also ArunMadhuscored a brilliant half-century off 28 balls. At the bottom also, Sunny singh and SanketYadav put some final punches at the back end of the innings. With a very cumulative effort, they reached a mammoth total of 243 runs off 20 overs losing 3 wickets.
MCOM succumbed to the pressure of the leader board and hardly any batsman scored big. The highest scorer was Shamim who scored 26 runs off 18 balls. The BLASTERS’ bowlers swept through the opposition’s innings and closed the innings within 15.2 overs at a score of 104 runs. Rohan, Akshay and Jeetu picked up couple of wickets each. It was a facile victory for Blasters, the high score also gave them a opportunity to experiment with various bowlers.
RESULT- Blasters WON the match by 139 runs.
ABHAY SHARMA was awarded Man Of The Match.
Click here for Jfs Blasters VS Mediacom match full scorecard ….
Played at Matunga Gymkhana, Dadkar Maidan, Matunga Gymkhana opting to bat first posted a massive total of 236/7 in 20 overs. Opening the innings, Ajinkya Patil scored a swashbuckling 82 off 56 balls while quick 30’s by Amit Patil (34 off 24) & Deepak Bandgar (32* off 9) ensured Matunga Gymkhana reached a massive total.
Chasing 237, the odds were definitely in favor of Matunga Gymkhana but youngster Sahil Jadhav almost pulled off a blinder as he went on to score the fastest ton of Kale Cup scoring 119 in mere 53 balls which had 13 fours alongwith 8 maximums. The 184 run stand for the 2nd wicket with Japnaamsingh (60 off 47) further raised hopes for Superstar Sports Club as they were quite in the game till the 15th over.
However, post their wickets, the players failed to play the finishing job with Superstar SC managing to reach 223/5 in 20 overs.
Scorecard Link-
http://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/63953/tournament-details/KalCupT20CriTou
After a match winning 84 vs Bombay Union CC in his previous game for Friends CC at the Shivaji Park Ground which helped his team win by 31 runs, Manan Bhatt continues to up the game this time with a yet another stellar knock vs Young National CC at Cross Maidan.
Friends CC batting first were in all sorts of trouble with scoreboard reading 2/17 and both the openers back in the hut. However, Awais Khan at no.3 with 42 runs and Manan Bhatt coming at no.4 stitched a 74 run stand to bring back the positive momentum. Manan again converted his good start into an impressive knock of 93* in 93 balls (7 fours, 3 sixes) as Friends CC were back in a strong position declaring the innings at 200/5 in 45 overs. Medium pacer Mandar Mayekar with 4/41 was the pick of the bowlers from National CC.
Chasing 201, Young National CC openers provided a right start piling on 151 runs together. Openers Sarang Jadhav with a solid 82 ball 69 played the perfect foil while Devesh Pushpak counter attacked the bowlers as he went on to score an unbeaten 103* off mere 96 balls laced with 13 fours and 4 sixes. It was on the back of his ton and a brilliant opening partnership, Young National CC chased down the total in 33 overs winning the match by 8 wkts.
CCI opting to bat first kept on losing wickets at regular intervals despite a solid show by their opener Aarya Satpure. With scoreboard reading 4/71 and 5/107 with Aaarya still batting at the crease, all he needed was someone who could help him stitch a handy partnership & in came Alpesh Ramjani at no.7 who played the perfect foil to bring CCI back into the game. While Aarya went on to score a majestic 103* off 189 balls batting from start to end, he also received excellent support from Alpesh as both of them stitched a 167 run stand for 6th wicket. Alpesh who came at no.7 played a timely knock of 102 facing 104 balls (13 fours, 1 six) as CCI reached a total of 319/7 in 66 overs.
Apollo CC in reply could only managed to post 208/8 in 68 overs with Yash Singh at no.7 scoring 63* off 129 balls. The bowlers did a good job with experienced spinner Hitesh Parmar taking 3/58 in 19 overs.
Result- Cricket Club of India won by 115 runs
Central Bank of India Cricket Team to their second convincing victory over PWD Sports Club by 8 wickets in the prestigious Times Cricket Shield Tournament
PWD Sports Club won the toss and batting first were restricted to 116 runs in 38.2 overs by Central Bank with the fine display of bowling performance by central bank Captain Ratan Sharma left arm spinner – 9 Overs 5 maiden 10 runs 3 wickets, Vishwajit Jagdale – 9 overs 17 runs 3 wickets and Riyaz Khan – 9 Overs 39 runs 2 wickets.
Central Bank reached the target of 117 runs in 28.2 overs loosing only 2 wickets.
Most consistent Vishwajit Jagdale played another fine inning of 49 not out in just 28 deliveries with 7 fours and 1 six and Shardul Pawar played equally supportive inning of 38 not out. With their unbeaten partnership of 71 runs Central Bank convincingly beat PWD Sports Club
T20 Format is coming up with surprises every passing day and the level of cricket is just going to the next level with unbelievable feats achieved by players around the world. There was a time and in fact it is still considered a big thing to take a 10 wkt haul in a Test Match. In fact only 2 bowlers so far including Anil Kumble in the history have taken all 10 wickets in an innings in a Test match. The highest feat achieved by a bowler in ODI’s is 9 wkt haul by Chaminda Vaas. Taking a 5 wkt haul in T20 is itself a big achievement but have you ever in the wildest of dreams heard of a bowler taking all 10 wkts in his spell of 4 overs in a T20 Game?
Yes sounds too superficial to believe right? But that magical feat was achieved by a promising spinner in Mumbai on 22.02.20 at Shivaji Park which is probably the breeding ground of various division cricketers in Mumbai who go on to represent in Ranji Trophy, ,MPL, IPL and even India. Mumbai Cricket is a treasure of cricketing talents and it has again proved that anything can happen in Mumbai Cricket with Akshay Ambike from Ajanta Pharma Team coming up with a surreal spell of spin bowling in the Kingly T20 Cup.
23 yr old Akshay Ambike is one of those hard working club cricketers in Mumbai who works in the HR Department of Ajanta Pharma Company while also simultaneously plays cricket. With this feat, it is certainly a proud moment for the company as the bowler came up with astonishing bowling figures of 1/10 in 4 overs vs GEP Solutions.
GEP Solutions after being put to bat first at Bengal CC, Shivaji Park were least aware on what was about to hit them and mind you, GEP Solutions is by no means a weak opposition as they had scored around 145 odd runs in their last t20 match.
Akshay Ambike speaking with Cricketgraph said ”The wicket was really good to bat but at the same time the wicket was slightly wet and I was handed over the new ball bowling the 1st over itself where in I came up with 4 wickets which just created a very big positive momentum”
With 4 down in the very 1st over, GEP Solutions were definitely under pressure while Akshay on the other hand thrived coming up with wickets in each over he bowled (2 wkts in his 2nd over, 1 wkt in his 3rd over & 3 wkts in his 4th over) . His bowling figures eventually read 1 run/10 wkts in a spell of 4 overs as GEP Solutions were bundled out for 13 runs in 7 overs. For Ajanta Pharma, it was a mere formality to chase those 14 runs for which they required only 1.4 overs to win the match by 10 wkts.
Akshay further shared with Cricketgraph-“I played two matches on that day and even in my previous match on same day, I came up with 5 wickets”
Ajanta Pharma Coach Sameer Gavas further elaborated- “It’s proud moment to Ajanta Pharma Company & Cricket Team, Supporting Staff. Akshay’s 10 wickets haul is an outstanding performance in corporate cricket tournaments. He bowled so accurately”
In the match between Jolly Brothers and Milton CC at Dadkar Maidan, Matunga, Milton CC batting first posted a total of 147/1 in 22 overs backed by a brilliant 64 ball 93* by opener Abhinab Saha who smashed 15 fours and a six. Jolly Brothers in reply were cleaned up for 88 runs in 19.3 overs where in left arm spinner Vihaan Chandan came up with a match winning bowling spell of 5/21 in 5 overs. Vihaan was spot on providing timely breakthroughs as Milton CC won the match by 59 runs.
In the match between Prabodhan Sports Club and Dahisar Youngstar at the Mahim Juvenile Sports Club, Prabodhan Sports Club batting first scored 140 runs in their 1st innings. Defending 141, Dahisar Younsgtars were all for 40 runs as spinner Dhaviet Prakash bamboozled the batsman with his tight bowling coming up with bowling figures of 5/12 in 3 overs.
Abhinab Saha also recently scored a match winning 72* for Milton CC while chasing a total of 119 vs New Hind Sporting Club. A knock which eventually helped his team win the game by 9 wkts.
Behind every cricketers are hard working coaches. Dhvaiet, Vihaan and Abhinab who all are giving bright performances in the Bhaskar Trophy are coached by Malkesh Gandhi and Bhavin Thakkar.