IndiaFirst Life Insurance won their last league Match against All Star XI, thereby topping their Group with all 3 wins and marching into the Quarters of the prestigious CCD Champions Trophy 2020. The Match was played at the All Saints Cricket Ground, All Saints School, Bhiwandi.
After winning the toss, IndiaFirst elected to bat on what seemed to be a good pitch. Israr Shaikh provided him Team an explosive start by thumping 20 runs off the 2nd Over of the Match. He scored 21 off 9 balls (2 Fours & 2 Sixes). But it was the other opener, Ajish Abdul Rehman who held one end up. Battling a broken finger and a hamstring injury that he had picked up during their last Match, he scored a magnificent 79 off just 64 balls (14 Fours) before unfortunately getting Run Out in the penultimate Over. Rohit Shetty scored 27 in a partnership of 94 with his captain. For All Star XI, Shailam Borkar was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4-0-27-1. IndiaFirst scored 167 in their allotted 20 Overs.
All Star started their chase rather shakily with Dharamendra Gupta picking up 2 wickets in the first Over of the Innings. He ended up with figures of 4-0-23-2. Sanket Vaidya (43) and Rajhans Shere (29) provided some resistance. Babli Sharma (4-0-14-2) was the pick of the bowlers with some intelligent Off-spin bowling, varying his place and flight. Swaminathan GK finished the proceedings with an excellent Hat-trick and a spell of 3-015-3. Ajish was declared the Man of the Match.
Earlier, in their 2nd league Match, IndiaFirst Life had beaten Reliance RCP Cricket Club by 33 Runs after setting a target of 150. There too, Ajish had top-scored with 45 before Retiring Hurt due to a hamstring injury. For Reliance, Mangesh Makde’s uneaten 56 went in vain. For IndiaFirst, Anil Kumar, Vikash Sharma and Babli Sharma bowled pretty tight spells. But it was Pushkar Sharma, for his all-round performance (23 & 4-0-13-2), who won the Man of the Match award. In their first league Match, IndiaFirst had beaten VCC Tara by 7 Wickets with 6 Overs to spare. They had got VCC all out for 88, after them being 34 for no loss after 3.3 Overs. Dharamendra and Sagar Nehete bowled pretty tight spells. Akshay Gaikwad (28 n.o.) and Pushkar (20) found the chase easy. Babli was adjudged the Man of the Match for his excellent bowling performance (4-0-15-3).
With the latest Win, IndiaFirst Life were scheduled to play NK XI in the Quarter-finals.
Entering this game, no doubt SVIS have a great legacy of cricket and they are a powerful team but when you talk about Giles and Harris Shield, teams like Rizvi, Al-Barkaat have all been uncontested with numerous titles to their name.
Hence an exciting competition was bound to happen, the odds were favoring at Al-barkaat looking at their past records and how strong the side is while in no case you can under estimate the promising XI of SVIS boys who time and again come up with spectacular performances.
Even though it was an U14 Competetion, this 3 day Test match turned out to be as exciting as any senior level test match would be. A match which witnessed fair share of ups and downs, a match which had both the teams dominating at one stage and no one could makeout a probable winner till the very last day.
Al-Barkaat after being put to bat first at the iconic Brabourne Stadium were all out for 167 runs in 58.1 overs. With a shaky start , it was their no.3 batsman Aryan Badhane scoring 71 off 120 balls while Shourya Desai scoring an unbeaten 29* down the order. SVIS bowlers were quite spot on with all rounder Aayush Vaity and Pranay Kapadia bagging 3 wkts a piece.
SVIS in reply were struggling with scoreboard reading 5/56, 6/65 and 7/93 at one stage. However make no mistake, the fire was still burning and this is one match which SVIS will remember for years to come. SVIS boys Aaayush Vaity and Soham Gondkar dodged 359 deliveries together surviving tough sessions as well as putting their team out of trouble with a defendable 1st innings total. Aayush who came at no.7 showed excellent composure scoring 95* facing 214 deliveries. It was not the natural game for Aayush as he himself confessed but the situation of the game demanded him to bat with a cool head. Soham Gondkar who came at no.9 was equally supportive as he batted for 145 deliveries scoring 27 runs. Getting a chance to bat only for the 2nd time in the tournament, Aayush pumped him up time and again to keep the hopes alive reaching a 1st innings total of 196 in 107.3 overs. Aryan Kumar from Al-Barkaat was fantastic with the ball coming up with a 5 wkt haul.
Al-Barkaat in the 2nd innings declared at 186/1 with Aryan Badhane (74) and Yaseen Shaikh (76*) scoring solid half centuries. With 177 to chase in the 2nd innings, SVIS were 91/2 in 36 overs before the end of the game’s play at Day 3 where they were declared winners on the basis of 1st innings lead. With this, the 15 years of wait for SVIS gets over as the last time they won this prestigious title was in 2004-2005.
Aayush Vaity was certainly the man of the finals while Al-Barkaat’s Yaseen Shaikh with 269 runs at an average of 69.25 was adjudged the “Best Batsman”. Off Spinner Rudra Tank of SVIS with 28 wickets was declared the “Best Bowler”
While talking to Cricketgraph, SVIS School founder and Director Mr.Yogesh Patel said that “I am extremely delighted and on cloud nine as this win has come at a great time.
We are in Silver Jubilee year and school is about to complete 25 Glorious years of excellence in Education. SVIS has turned into a sort of an ever flowing faucet that provides an unceasing stream of promising cricketers for India. It was a long wait of 14 years to win the Giles Shield and I am proud of the boys. With their dedication and brilliant team effort along with the coaches, they made this possible.
SVIS has produced great cricketers like Rohit Sharma, Shardul Thakur & Siddhesh Lad who have made the Country and School proud and have put the School on the International map. We have aspiring cricketers coming from different parts of the world to get enrolled in the school. I am proud of the team and I hope SVIS keeps on the tradition of producing such great Cricketers”.
JOLLY FRIENDS SPORTS SHIVAJI PARK PREMIER LEAGUE 2019, 18 January 2020, Mumbai : The match between JP Corporation (JPC) and Kotak Mahindra Sports Club (KMSC) was played at Dadar union cricket ground, Matunga on 18th January 2020. KMSC won the toss and elected to field first. The pitch was damped for the first half an hour but it got better with the roll of play.
JP Corporation openers were unable to give them a decent start, No.3 Sivanandan took charge and yielded a good partnership with Pratik. Starting from ball one Sivanandan slammed the opposition bowlers and played with a very positive intent. Out of the first 147 runs, he alone scored 83 runs off just 51 balls. With a collective effort at the end, JP Corporation reached to a total score of 172 runs in 20 overs losing 6 wickets. KMSC bowlers had a decent outing except Nishikant sawant who went wicket less in 4 overs and gave away 50 runs. Mayur Ghag was impressive with the ball as he picked up 3 wickets for 18 runs.
KMSC’s Mayur Ghag and Manish telge were very promising during their stay at the crease. Mayur scored a handy 41 runs off 34 balls before getting out lbw to Gopi kumar. Middle-order batsman Subhraman C (26 off 21) and Sagar Khatri (26 off 11) tried their best but fell short by just 6 runs. Indeed it was an intense and a tight match and eventually JP Corporation won. JP Corporation also experimented with lot of bowling options that might have let the match drag too far.
RESULT- JP Corporation won by 5 runs.
MAN OF THE MATCH – Sivanandan
Click here for JP Corporation VS Kotak Mahindra Bank Match full scorecard ….
Played between Kotak Mahindra SC and DTDC Express Ltd at the Azad Maidan Ground, DTDC batting first posted a total of 301/5 in 45 overs with Siddarth Ghule scoring 94* for DTDC while Rakesh Naik and Sushant Kadam scoring half centuries.
Chasing 302, it was Rugved Chaudhary scoring a brilliant 117 off 99 balls laced with 11 fours and 4 sixes. Coming at no.3, Rugved displayed quite some confidence but he lacked support from the other end which resulted in his team Kotal getting all out for 238 runs. DTDC won the game by 63 runs while Bhavik Patel with 3/30 in 7.5 overs was the pick of the lot.
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Into the all important semi finals of the match, DTDC took on HPCL at the Dadaji Konddev Stadium in Thane where in DTDC opting to bat first posted a handsome total of 245/3 in 35 overs. Sushant Kadam who has been a consistent player scoring good amount of runs even in Kanga and Times since the last 2yrs once again came good with a knock of 85 runs in 106 balls (7 fours , 1 six) opening the innings. Siddarth Ghule at no.3 was also quite impressive scoring 62 off 71 balls as DTDC were in a commanding position to defend.
HPCL in reply were all out for 166 runs with all-rounder Sushant Kadam leading the bowling department too with a 5 wkt haul to his name. Sushant bamboozled the batsman with his spin taking 5/31 in 7 overs while the rest of the bowlers also maintained discipline as DTDC won the semi finals by 79 runs.
The tournament is Mumbai Cricket Association affiliated.
Played between UMELMAN CC and UDAY CC at the Vasai 2 Plot, Umelman CC batting first posted a handsome total of 273/9 in 45 overs. After a decent opening start, it was Chinmay Mohite at no.3 top scoring with 81 runs. It was a confident knock where century was certainly cards before he faced an untimely run out. Ihsaan Amin at the middle order once again played an impressive knock of 60 runs showing his reliability at the middle order.
UDAY CC in reply were bundled out for 91 runs thanks to a match winning spell by their all rounder Chinmay Mohite. Chinmay who stood out with bat also turned out to be the star bowler coming up with envious bowling figures of 6/10 in 9 overs coupled with 4 maidens. It was on the back of his spell, UDAY CC despite Omkar Sakhre’s 51* were all out for 91 runs.
Result: UMELMAN CC won the match by 182 runs
Have you ever heard a batsman coming at no.6 and going on to score a triple hundred? It’s a very very rare instance incase if you might have heard it. In the ongoing Ranji Trophy match between U.P and Mumbai team, UP batting first at Wankhede Stadium had posted a very big total of 625/8 in 159.3 overs on the back of Upendra Yadav’s 203*.
Mumbai team though lost a few early wickets were least deterred looking at UP’s scoreboard thanks to some resistance showed by Siddhesh Lad (97) and Hardik Tamore (51) at the middle order. With momentum back in Mumbai’s favor, it was Sarfaraz Khan at no.6 who completely changed the course of the game with a magical innings of 301* in 391 balls (30 fours, 8 sixes). Sarafaraz also stitched partnerships with Aditya Tare (98) and Shams Mulani (61) as Mumbai team declared their innings at 688/7 in 166.3 overs.
Result- Mumbai team won on 1st innings lead
It was pure domination by Mumbai and it was spellbinding to see the hunger of runs which Sarfaraz has. Also Sarfaraz Khan’s 210 run stand with Siddhesh Lad & 179 run stand with Tare proved to be the turning point for Mumbai to stay at the top.
After serving the 1 year cooling period, Sarfaraz has made a stunning comeback into the Mumbai Ranji team wherein he has showed good amount of resistance and consistency.
Mumbai, January 22: Dhirubhai Ambani International School produced another impressive all-round showing and recorded a comfortable 36-run victory against Gopi Birla Memorial School in a semi-final match of the inaugural Bombay Gymkhana Inter-School T20 Cricket Tournament, played under floodlights at the Gymkhana’s ground late Tuesday evening.
Taher Kudrati who cracked an unbeaten half century knock of 54 runs and Arhan Maker who picked 4 wickets for 10 runs were the shining stars in Dhirubhai Ambani’s victory.
Deciding to bat first, Dhirubhai Ambani managed to amass a total of 133 for the loss of four wickets from their stipulated 20 overs. Taher, who had scored 88 runs in the first match, once again batted solidly to lift the Dhirubhai Ambani innings, while teammate Abhiviraj Goel contributed 25 useful runs.
In response, Gopi Birla struggled in the chase as they found it difficult to bat against the Dhirubhai Ambani bowling attack and lost wickets at regular intervals and were dismissed for 97 in 19.2 overs. Gopi Birla’s batsman Aadit Shah was the top-scorer with 23 runs.
Brief scores: Dhirubhai Ambani International School 133 for 4 in 20 overs (Taher Kudrati 54*, Abhiviraj Goel 25) beat Gopi Birla Memorial School 97 all out in 19.2 overs (Aadit Shah 23, Arhan Maker 4 for 10) by 36 runs.
A cricket camp is scheduled from 01 Feb 2020 – 30 March 2020 for Anshuman Rath (ex-Hong Kong cricketer), under the supervision of Amol Mazumdar (Former batting coach of South Africa / Netherlands, Rajasthan Royals & Ex- Mumbai Ranji Captain).
