Played between Reliance Sports Club and DTDC Express Ltd, Reliance batting first at Azad Maidan were bundled out for 98 runs in mere 36.4 overs, courtesy a brilliant spell of bowling by Bhavik Patel which reduced the opposition in a two digit total. Bhavik Patel emerged to be the pick of the bowlers coming up with exceptional bowling figures of 5/14 which caused a big dent in Reliance SC’s innings.
The target was easily chased down by DTDC thanks to Sushant Kadam’s brilliant 55* as DTDC wont the game by 6wkts and qualified for the semi finals of the Times Shield tournament.
One of the leading brands in Cricket-Tyger Sports has joined hands with Cricketgraph in an initiative to felicitate bowlers across Mumbai’s Club & Corporate Cricket. With T20 and T10 witnessing tremendous growth, it has slowly become a batsman’s game despite bowlers slogging it out equally. Most of the times, the bowlers are often dwarfed with batsman taking a better chunk of the limelight but not anymore as Cricketgraph in partnership with Tyger Sports will be keeping a tab on the bowlers who are performing well in Mumbai Cricket.
The Winners will be awarded Tyger T-shirts, Caps & other Cricket Merchandise while their performances will be highlighted and published on Cricketgraph website & its social media handles. This partnership will be exclusive for Purple Cap which will be for the max wickets and Yellow Cap for the maximum votes (most popular player).
Local Cricket in Mumbai is always blessed with the finest of talents who are often under noticed. These raw talents need to be motivated and encouraged for the hard work they put in to come up with good performances every now and then. Hence this is one noble initiative by TYGER Sports to come onboard and laud the hard working cricketers across various categories in Mumbai Cricket.
About the Brand-
TYGER is a leading sports manufacturing company which is known for its Cricket Gear, Cricket Bats, T-shirts and other cricket merchandise. What’s more! TYGER Sports is an ICC-International Cricket Council approved brand which is itself a testimony of the quality it delivers.
The brand is making waves with an impressive growth in every passing phase. TYGER was also the official Kit Partner in the recently concluded Global T20 Canada adding one more feather to its cap.
TYGER Sports as a brand has also received love and growth courtesy the owner of the brand-Yogesh Kaudare who himself being a cricket lover as well as a professional cricketer ensures that he brings in his cricket expertise. Being a cricketer himself, Yogesh certainly knows what kind of quality apparel and merchandise a cricketer requires & he rightly brings those elements into purpose.
Yogesh in his earlier days had represented Mumbai U16, Rest of India U16, Mumbai U19, West Zone U19 and India U19 Camp. Kaudare was also in the Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy probables for 4 years. Yogesh has played professional County Cricket representing prestigious teams like KENT, Old Whitfgitians, SURREY, Flimwell CC & Perthshire County CC in what seems to be a distinguished cricket career.
He has also been an active Club Cricketer in Mumbai representing various clubs like Cricket Club of India, New Hind, Tata Sports Club and Shivaji Park Gymkhana. Post his cricket career, Yogesh also became a successful coach with various accreditions to his name. He is an ECB Level 3 Coach while he has also attended ICC Level 2 Programs. He has worked as a Head Cricket Coach to Gold Crest International School while he also worked as a Head Coach for 4 years at the Old Whitgift School where in the school had also emerged as National Champions in 2002.
Cricketgraph welcomes Yogesh and his brand Tyger Sports in a new journey “Tyger Bowler of the Month”.
Played between DTDC and Alcargo at the Youth’s Own Union CC, DTDC after being put to bat first posted a decent total of 243/6 in 45 overs. After a brilliant start by their openers Abhinav Jagtap (43) and Sushant Kadam (54), it was Rakesh Naik at the middle order top scoring with 84 runs in 74 balls.
Alcargo in reply were cleaned up for 124 runs, courtesy some tight bowling by Rakesh Naik (4/27 in 8.25 overs) & Bhavik Patel (3/35 in 8 overs). Skipper Kishor Waghela also chipped in with a wicket in his spell of 1/9 in 4 overs as DTDC won the semi final match by 119 runs.
Played between Brothers Club and Young Maharashtra CC at the National CC, Cross Maidan, Brothers Club batting first posted a total of 186/9 dec where in Haresh Dodia at the middle order top scored with 47 runs.
Defending a low total, it was left arm spinner Balwant Dodake who spun a web over Young Maharashtra CC with a fantastic spell of 7/18 in 7.4 overs. Balwant was not only impressive in containing the batsman, he also turned the ball well providing breakthroughs at regular junctures which restricted Young Maharashtra team to 104 runs all out in 29.4 overs helping Brothers Club win the game by 82 runs.
MILAN T20 PINK BALL TOURNAMENT 2019-20, 18 January 2020 Mumbai : Abbott took on Orix India on 18th January 2020 at Cross Maidan. Toss won by Abbott and elected to BAT first.
After being 53-2 in 8.2 overs. Abbott’s No.3 Ishan Mithbavkar and Shantanu Chaudhari built the innings and Shantanu especially was the aggressor and dictated the terms to the opposition. Ishan played the cog in the partnership scoring 53 runs off 43 balls that included 8 fours. Shantanu mustered 9 fours and scored 61 runs off just 37 balls. The end attack was also served by a 12 balls knock of 24 runs off Sunil Lakka’s bat. With a cumulative effort, Abbott reached a score of 183 runs.
Orix India was up for a quality chase but the batting performance was abysmal on the day. With mostly single digit scores, it was difficult for them to fetch the runs and built crucial partnerships. They were bundled out for 86 runs only and in 13.1 overs. For Abbott, Pacer Sandesh Agare and left arm spinner Sandesh bhoir picked up 3-fers each. Abott players were agile on the field and they affected two run outs too.Other bowlers also yielded positive outcomes and overall, the Abbott side was clinical and dominating in their performance.
RESULT- Abbott won by 97 runs.
Click here for Abbott VS Orix India Match full scorecard …
Played between two big corporate teams namely Datamatics Global and WNS Global Services at the Goregaon Sports Club, Datamatics Global opting to bat first posted a total of 242/8 in 45 overs. Once again it was their young talent Yogesh Shinde who came up with a rescuing knock for his team scoring almost half of the team runs. Opening the innings, Yogesh remained unbeaten till the very end scoring a confident looking 120*off 135 balls laced with 13 boundaries. Yogesh in his previous game had scored 134 vs Food Corporation of India in mere 92 balls.
Thanks to some tight bowling by the Datamatics bowlers, the total was successfully defended with WNS getting all out for 201 runs. Left arm spinner Neeraj Singh with 3/49 was the pick of the lot while Ritesh Palav and Shashank Jadhav bagged 2 wkts a piece. For WNS, it was their opener Ajinkya Patil top scoring with a gritty 54.
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…
Hitesh Gujar-Automotive Orange Cap Winner for the month of December’19
If there is one batsman who is making waves in professional cricket, it has to be Hitesh Gujar. Hitesh has been in tremendous form this season and he has scored some thrilling knocks showcasing his dangerous ability with the willow in his hands. Playing for DSP team in the Architects T20 League Season 8, Hitesh began the season with glorious knocks of 27 ball 45 vs Dynamites followed by a stunning 59 ball 101 vs HAS Challengers. If you think that is enough, well he also smashed a 68 ball 132 a few days back making it the 2nd hundred of the tournament.
Ajit Kalwar-Automotive Purple Cap Winner for the month of November’19
Ajit Kalwar who plays for Mahim team in the Shri Barku G Patil T20 league has been one difficult bowler to face this season. His spells of 4/9 in 4 overs with a maiden vs Airoli or his spell of 3/17 in 4 overs vs Tvacha are testimonies of his impressive as well as tight bowling. It is on the basis of his consistent bowling performances in a difficult format like T20 for bowlers that he was awarded the famed Automotive Purple Cap for the month of December’19
Sayed Siddiqui-Automotive Yellow Cap Winner for the month of December’19
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The competition was really heavy on who would become the Automotive Most Popular Player in Professional Cricket for the month of Decemeber’19. You can makeout by the fact that the top 3 Contenders had a net accumulation of close to 5000 votes!
However, Sayed Siddiqui seems to be enjoying a lot of popularity in the Professional Cricket Circuit as he became an unmatched winner with 2004 votes to his name! His closest competitor Tausif Khan did fairly well with 1139 votes to his name. Sayed has also been one reliable bowler and his performances for MPA Ithiad XI team in the MCA Thane tournament has been really consistent. Sayed had taken 3/12 in 1.4 overs vs MDF team followed by a miserly spell of 2/20 in 3 overs vs BMPA Team.
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 final of the Zooter’s International School Dad’s Tournament 2019-20 was played at the DY Patil Ground in Pune. JNS Jaguars went head to head with UTPAL Warriors for the title. JNS Jaguars won the toss and decided to chase in the final.
Put into bat, UTPAL Warriors managed a mere 115/9 at the end of 20 overs. The Jaguars bowlers bowled to perfect line and length and the UTPAL Warriors batsman never got going. Jairaj Bisht, the right arm fast bowler, took 2/22 from his 4 overs while Atul Ganeriwal took 2/9 from his two overs. The highest scorer for UTPAL Warriors was Asgar Khan who scored 29.
JNS Jaguars needed just 116 runs to win the final and got off to a flying start. Opener Bhaktiyar Irani scored a blistering 54* of 25 balls. His knock included 6 fours and 2 sixes! He was well supported by his opening partner Jay Pandya who scored 35 of 27 balls. This right handed duo scored 77 runs for the first wicket and the Jaguars chased down the target comfortably with 9 overs and 9 wickets to spare.
JNS Jaguars became the crowned Champions of the Zooter’s International School’s Dad’s Tournament. Bhaktiyar Irani was declared “Man of the Match” in the finals now for two years in a row.
Click here for JNS Jaguars VS Utpal Warriors match full scorecard …..
Lilavati Hospital after being put to bat first at the Dadaji Konddev Stadium, Thane were all out for a modest total of 106 runs in 24.5 overs. Most of the Lilavati Players found it difficult to convert their starts as Datamatics bowlers proved to be quite spot on. With 2 wkts each, Yogesh Shinde (2/11) and Shashank Jadhav (2/13) were the pick of the bowlers for Datamatics.
In reply, Datamatics chased down the score in 22.1 overs with Om Keshkamat providing a crucial cameo of 37*off 33 balls (7 fours). Om continued to play his natural game even though wickets were falling from the other end with pressure mounting on the team. Datamatics lost a few quick wickets in between but they eventually won the game by 4 wkts with Om Keshkamat declared “man of the match”
In probably one of the most awaited matches of the Purshottam Shield, two of the strongest and most powerful A Division Clubs took on each other at the iconic DY Patil ground in Nerul. After being put to bat first, DY Patil posted a total of 319/6 in 70 overs powered by a brilliant 181 run stand between opener Sumit Ghadigaonkar and no.3 batsman Srujan Athawale. Sumit scored a handsome knock of 80 runs in 111 balls while it was Srujan top scoring for the team hitting a fluent 109 in 113 balls (9 fours, 7 sixes). At the middle order, it was their reliable Siddarth Chitnis (60) & Subramanian Doraiswamy (42*) providing the finishing touch to DY Patil’s innings. From the bowlers, spinner Vinit Dhulap with 3/81 was the pick of the lot.
MIG who boast of an equally good batting line up were reduced to 205 runs all out on DY’s den spinners Pravin Tambe and Karsh Kothari proved quite heavy on the batters. The amazing combination of veteran Tambe (3/58) with his right arm leg break and the young Karsh Kothari (3/39) with his left arm spin once again worked for DY Patil team as they took 6 wkts between themselves. For MIG, Gaurav Jathar who has been in excellent form this season continued his form with a yet another half century scoring 71 off 97 balls.
DY Patil won the semi-finals by 114 runs and will lock horns with New Hind Sporting Club who defeated Islam Gymkhana by 9 wkts at the Dadkar Maidan on the same day. In the other semi finals, the star player was the experienced Bhavin Thakkar who took 3 wkts conceding just 1 run vs Islam Gymkhana.