THE TIMES CRICKET SHIELD: The match between Mahindra logistics Ltd and Sony pictures network private ltd was played at Oval maidan on 11th January 2020. Sony networks won the toss and elected to FIELD first.
Mahindra logistics had a decent start and Opener Amar Narkar continued his purple patch in batting. Ankit Nandoskar and Pratik Lad scored decent 30’s in the middle but the star of the day was Amar. Initially negating the good bowling and also punishing the bad deliveries, he scored a magnificent century and ended up scoring 118 runs off 132 deliveries. He had a solid partnership with Venkat Ingle (42 off 36) that paved the way to a total of 293 runs in 45 overs. Sony bowlers put in their valiant efforts but failed to restrict the opposition to put up a big total. However, Chinmay Mungerkar picked up 3 wickets for 66 runs in 8 overs.
Sony networks also put up a good show with the bat and were very competent I the middle. Opener Pratik patil (88 off 97) and no.4 Vishal Pandey (75 off 60) played exceedingly well and at one point they had the upper hand. At 210, Pratik got out and then they couldn’t recover to chase the target and eventually were bowled out for 251 runs losing 9 wickets. The pick of the bowlers for Mahindra logistics was left arm spinner Abhisek Pandey who picked up a figure of 3-43 in 9 overs. Overall, it was a good game of cricket.
Result – Mahindra Logistics won by 42 runs.
Played between Tata Power and Jaslok Hospital at the High Court, Oval Maidan, Jaslol Hospital after being put to bat first were all out for 192 runs in 44.1 overs. It was a clinical bowling performance from the Tata Power players with skipper Wilkin Mota being the pick of the lot with 3/15 in 9 overs alongwith 1 maidens. Bhooshan Kastur & all-rounder Rohan Bane also bagged 2 wkts each.
Chasing 193, Tata Power made it look like a cakewalk thanks to their seasoned campaigners Rohan Bane and Wilkin Mota. Rohan opening the innings scored a quickfire 96 off 71 balls (13 fours, 1 six) laying the foundation for the chase while Wilkin Mota who came at no.4 remained unbeaten on 65* off 60 deliveries (8 fours) as both the batsmen stitched a match winning partnership together sealing off the chase in mere 25.3 overs.
Wilkin Mota who is a former First Class and IPL cricketer while Rohan who is an equally prolific player with years of experience in Club Cricket brought in their rich experience together to help Tata Power stay in command.
Result-Tata Power won the match by 7 wkts
MIG opting to bat first at Karnatak Wicket, Cross Maidan dominated the opposition on their home turf hitting 379/8 in 70 overs. With both the openers falling early, it was Swapnil Pradhan (40) & Gaurav Jathar holding fort with a 72 run stand for the 3rd wicket. With MIG gaining momentum, the stage was set for the aggressive Swapnil Salvi to play his natural game as he went on to score a quick 124 off 102 balls laced with 9 fours & 7 sixes. Swapnil also received good support from their inform Gaurav Jathar (84) with whom he stitched a 171 run partnership for the 4th wicket. From KSA, Prathamesh Dake who took a fifer in his previous outing was again the pick of the lot coming up with 6/106 in 17 overs.
Karnatak Sporting Association who boast of an equally promising line up were troubled on their home wicket thanks to a fantastic spell by spinner Ankush Jaiswal who turned the game with a crucial spell of 7/91 in 21.2 overs. Ankush provided with wickets at the right intervals as Karantak Sporting Association despite a solid opening start by their openers Shrideep Mangela (65) & Aman Jain (44) were all out for 227 runs in 48.2 overs.
What if we tell you there is a batsman who is performing at present with a batting average of 100.00+! The batsman in contention is none other than Harmesh Somaiya . Harmesh started the season with a brilliant century in Times Shield for Western Railways team. However, his good patch just didn’t end there, Harmesh who was a part of SPL (Saurashtra Premier League’19) last season decided to give it a one more shot to get back to form as he participated in the Inter District Jai Hind Trophy 2019-20.
In the 6 matches & 11 innings which Harmesh played this season in the Inter District Jai Hind Trophy, Somaiya notched up a record 767 runs with a batting average of 109.57. Representing Rajkot Division Sports Association Team as well as Rajkot Railways team, Harmesh smashed 3 centuries, 1 double century & 2 half centuries with a best score of 204* in 11 innings.
Since the last few years he has been amongst the runs across various tournaments & if his current form is anything to go by, he looks all prepared to make a comeback to competitive cricket again.
His Stats in Jai Hind Trophy (Inter District)
- Matches-6
- Innings-11
- 50’s-2
- 100’s-4
- Runs-767
- Average-109.57
- Best-204*
Brothers Club batting first at Matunga Gymkhana posted a total of 238/9 in 47 overs. With most of the players finding it difficult to score more than 20, it was Mithlesh Yadav who showed solid resistance towards the opposition bowlers scoring a brilliant 109 off 133 balls (8 fours, 2 sixes). In numerous Cosmopolitan Matches which were conducted on Sunday, Mithlesh is the only player to score a hundred last weekend. Mithlesh also stitched a 91 run stand with Haresh Dodia (43) who looked good for 64 ball stay at the crease. Spinner Omkar Jadhav with 4/59 in 8 overs was the pick of the lot from Matunga Gymkhana.
Chasing 260, Matunga Gymkhana were all out for 213 runs with opener Adhiraj Dabholkar (59) & Aditay Pandey (42) top scoring for their team. Left arm spinner and all rounder Rakesh Naik brought in his experience as he took 5/32 in 8.3 overs which did the job for his team as Brothers Club won the match by 25 runs.
CHANAWALA CHALLENGERS T-40 TROPHY 2019-20, 11 JANUARY 2020, MUMBAI : – Abbott healthcare Pvt. Ltd (AHPL) VS SOTC Travel Limited (SOTCTL), SOTCTL won the toss and elected to FIELD first. The match was played at Azad Maidan on 11th Jan 2020. The pitch was a bit uneven and damp at the start.
AHPL Opener Shantanu Chuaudhary scored a decent 32 off 39 balls and Devang Acharya also scored a patient 30 off 56 balls. Taking the innings forward and continuing the controlled comprehensive nature of the innings, Ishan Mithbhavkar scored a rigid fifty off 74 balls but the pick of the batsmen was Sunil Lakka who played very aggressively and scored a splendid 63 runs off 32 balls. He provided the important late flourish to the innings. He hit 3 sixes and 5 fours. They scored total of 225 runs in 40 overs in 5 wickets. For SOTCTL, Riyaz Singh picked up 2 wickets.
Chasing a score of 225 runs, SOTCTL scorecard had very little to boast of and the highest scorer was Sachin Sawant who scored 27 runs only. They scored a total of 101 runs only. For AHPL, birthday boy Sunil Lakka who hammered the opposition bowlers earlier also gifted himself a shining figure with the bowl. He captured a wonderful fifer giving only 10 runs in 4 overs. Overall it was a fantastic outing with the ball as well as bat by the AHPL team.
Result- Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. AHPL won by 124 runs.
Man of the match – Sunil Lakka.
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THANE VAIBHAV INTER OFFICE CRICKET TOURNAMENT 2019-20, 9 JANUARY 2020, THANE : After winning the toss, CENTURY REYON decided to put MUMBAI FIRE BRIGADE to BAT first. The match took place at Central Maidan, Thane on 9th Jan 2020.
Openers didn’t have a superb start and at a position Mumbai Fire Brigade were 28 for 2, then No.3 Hanuj Ambhire scored a brilliant century with a mix of early patience and calculated aggression. Hanuj played a very vital knock to ameliorate the innings and he was provided with the strong assistance of Milind Arekar. Milind scored a very diligent 46 runs off 62 balls. Mumbai fire scored 226 runs after the end of 35 overs losing 5 wickets.
Century Reyon didn’t have enough performances to carry out the task. Except Vinay Kene who scored 64 off 76 balls, there were no big inputs from other batsmen. Proving their bowling prowess once again Mumbai fire brigade bowlers Kiran, Rupesh and Adarsh picked up couple of wickets each and it was a great performance with the ball. They also fielded well which has been the newest improvement in their team’s arsenal. They bowled out Century Reyon for 132 runs in 30.1 overs.
RESULT : – Mumbai Fire Brigade won by 94 runs.
Camp Warriors after being put to bat first at Somaiya Cricket Ground posted a more than decent total of 174/3 in 20 overs. Even though they lost both their openers early, it was Sangram Singh scoring a brilliant knock of 93 runs in 63 balls. Sangram played a perfect no.3 knock hitting 11 fours and 3 sixes while anchoring his team towards a respectable total. Apart from him, Nikhil Kothari (27) & Kalpesh Jain (15* off 8) provided handy cameos at the middle order.
It was indeed a tough competition, the kind of games which makes Cricket so interesting, BD Royals till the very last over ensured Camp Warriors remained on their toes as they fell only 6 runs short of winning the semi finals. BD Royals managed to reach 168//7 in 20 overs with opener Kumar Adnani (34 off 18) and Sumeet Gupta (34 off 26) giving flying starts. Ankit Agarwal down the order did manage to give some jitters with his 9 ball 20*, however the bowlers got the better of the opposition & especially Alpesh Jain who changed the game with his spell of 4/31 in 4 overs with a maiden.
Result- Camp Warriors win by 6 runs. Sangram Singh (93 runs and 1 wicket) declared “Man of the Match”, Kumar Adnani declared “Star Player of the Match”
Into the all important finals between Achievers Cricket Academy & Mulund Gymkhana at the MIG Ground, Mulund Gymkhana batting first posted a total of 115/2 in 15 overs. Opener Saif Khan top scored with an aggressive knock of 60 runs for Mulund Gymkhana.
Achievers Cricket Academy in reply successfully chased down the total winning the match by 8 wkts. Opener Taukeer Khan top scored with 49 runs of 41 balls while Veer Pandey at no.4 remained unbeaten scoring 21* off 19 balls as Achievers Academy sailed through with ease winning the finals and lifting the prestigious MIG U10 Trophy.
This is the 2nd Year MIG is conducting U10 Tournament and probably the first in Mumbai to conduct U10 Tournament with no entry fees for any participating team. In total 18 teams had participated in this tournament which was conducted between 25th to 27th December.
Best Batsmen – Aarya Karle (Mulund Gymkhana) with 132 runs
Best Bowler – Arav Malhotra( MIG cc “A” ) 9 overs 30 runs and 9 wickets
Best Wicket Keeper – Aryan Pawar (Pro World Talent)
Best fielder – Vyom Salian (Achievers cricket Academy)
Winners – Achievers cricket Academy
Runner up – Mulund Gymkhana
Man of Series – Saif Khan (Mulund Gymkhana) 133 runs & 5 wickets
Best Emerging player of the Tournament– Abhinav Jadhav
Young Comrade CC batting first at PJ Hindu Gymkhana, Marine Lines posted a healthy total of 392/6 in 70 overs which in anyday is a good total to defend. After their top order consisting of Suraj Singh (73) & Yogesh Dongare (68) giving a solid start with a 120 run stand for the 2nd wicket, it was Dhruven at no.4 perfectly carrying on the positive momentum. Dhruven went on to hit a counter attacking knock of 113*in just 80 balls as he smashed 17 fours to take on the bowlers with pure domination. Mayuresh Tandel with 47 runs gave good support while Nikhil Jadhav remained 37* at the end of Young Comrade’s innings.
Sind SC on the back of Satyalaksh Jain’s solid 91 off 125 balls (9 fours, 3 sixes) did manage to ruffle up the feathers of the opposition but Sind SC eventually were all out for 274 runs in 51.4 overs. The bowlers did a commendable job with Akram Shaikh and skipper Shamit Shetty bagging 3 wkts each.
Young Comrade CC eventually went on to win the match by 118 runs.