Mumbai, December 14: The 9th edition of the Santosh Kumar Ghosh Trophy U-16 Boys Tournament is scheduled to start at Shivaji Park Gymkhana and Matunga Gymkhana from December 17. Sixteen teams from clubs affiliated to Mumbai Cricket Association will participate in the tournament in which matches will be played over the two-day’s format on a knockout basis. The basic principle is to help youngsters to understand the needs or demands of first-class and Test cricket early during their careers. Former India pace bowler from Mumbai will inaugurate the tournament on December 17 at Shivaji Park.
Organised by Sporting Union Club, an affiliate of the MCA, it has the support of Kalyandas Memorial Sports Foundation, LIC of India and Bank of India. The finals are slated to be held on January 2-3, 2020 at the Shivaji Park Gymkhana.
Last year’s winners New Era CC and runners-up Shantibhai Memorial Team will be vying for the title this year too. The tournament will be watched by the MCA selectors to spot talent in the U-16 age group. With 16 teams on view 256 players would have the opportunity to exhibit their talent. To be played under the MCA rules the matches will be supervised by the association umpires with support from official scorers.
The organizers are offering ‘Man of the match’ awards besides special awards for the Best batsman, Best bowler and the ‘Player of the tournament’.
The winners and runners-up will be awarded the Santosh Kumar Ghosh and Kalyandas Memorial Sports Foundation Trophy respectively.
BRD CC after opting to bat first posted a total of 136/10 in 49.2 overs with middle order players Santosh B (39) and Pratik Naik (35) chipping in with crucial 30’s. Amongst the bowlers, it was the experienced Paras Shah once again proving to be the most effective of the lot taking 5/37 in 20 overs with 8 maidens.
Defending 136, the pressure was obviously more on BRD CC bowlers to restrict Dahisar SC under the stipulated total. Thanks to their in-form spinner Prathamesh Goad who came up with excellent bowling figures of 6/33 in 10.4 overs. Prathamesh was spot on with the ball as he changed the game single handedly to restrict Dahisar SC to 116 runs all out in 33.4 overs winning the match on 1st innings lead.
Left arm spinner Prathamesh who took a brilliant 7/30 in his previous outing seems to be in a purple patch with the ball.
Reliance GSC opting to bat first at the New Hind Ground registered a total of 219/10 in 53.1 overs. Prathamesh Pawar coming at no.7 top scored with 71 runs in 60 balls laced with 7 fours and 5 sixes. Defending 220 vs Automotive Team, it was Nishant Williams proving to be the wild card of Reliance Team as he came up with a match winning bowling spell.
Nishant took 6/47 in 8.3 overs providing wickets at almost every over he came to bowl while he was nicely supported by Meghan Pednekar who took 4/43 in 11 overs restricting Automotive CC to 129 runs all out in 33.3 overs. Sachin Sanghvi was the lone fighter for Automotive scoring a gritty 46 off 102 balls though he lacked support from the other end.
Result- Reliance GSC won the match by 90 runs.
JNS Jaguars and MRV Risers went head to head in the Bayside Sports School Dad’s cricket tournament at the Central Cricket Ground. MRV Risers won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Put into bat , Jaguars managed a competitive 157/9 at the end of 20 overs. Shantanu Agasti was the star with the bat as he scored an unbeaten 49. He was well supported by Hemal Chitalia, who scored a quick fire 23. Harish Shroff was the star with the bowl for Risers as he took 3/25.
MRV Risers had to chase 158 for the win but never really got going. Jay Pandya, the off spinner, was in fine form for Jaguars as he ran through the middle order of the Risers. He finished with impressive figures of 3/16. The Risers could only manage 86 runs and Shailesh Sanklav was the highest scorer for them with 35 runs.
JNS Jaguars won the match by 71 runs and remained at the top of their group. Shantanu Agasti was given the Man of the Match.
Click here for JNS Jaguars VS MRV Risers Match full scorecard ….
Played at the BKC Ground in Mumbai, Assam team after being put to bat first were all out for 157 runs in 53.2 overs. Apart from opener Subham Mandal’s 52, most of the batters found it difficult to face the Mumbai spinners Saksham and Shreyas Gurav. Saksham came up with excellent bowling figures of 5/18 in 15 overs including 9 maidens while Shreyas Gurav took 4/13 in 8.2 overs with 3 maidens.
Mumbai team in reply scored a massive 456/4 dec in 76 overs thanks to a scintillating double ton by Bhupen Lalwani. Opening the innings, Bhupen who has been in rich vein of form went on to score a marathon knock of 269*off 259 balls laced with 52 boundaries and 2 sixes. Bhupen also received excellent support from the skipper Hardik Tamore who scored 139 off 169 balls (18 fours, 2 sixes). Both Hardik and Bhupen also stitched a record 358 run stand between themselves to put Mumbai team in a commanding position in the match.
Assam Team trailing 299 runs in 2nd innings are 204/5 in 47.3 overs as of now and things definitely look difficult for them as a victory for Mumbai team is quite inevitable on the cards.
Taki Team after being put to bat first at LIC Cross Maidan posted a healthy total of 241/3 dec in 44.4 overs. After an early strike with opener Parag Jadhav back in the hut for a duck, Dahisar Youngstars were off to a good start however opener JerviIs Ambosta and Rupesh Naik changed the game for Taki Team stitching a 228 run partnership in 42.4 overs. Opener Jerviis batted till the end scoring 100* off 157 balls (10 fours) while Rupesh Naik went on to score the 2nd highest individual score of Kanga across all divisions hitting a classy 131 off just 103 balls (15 fours, 2 sixes).
Dahisar Youngstars were on the verge of defeat but narrowly escaped the match as they had 2 wkts in hand at the end of the game’s play resulting in a draw. Opener Rohit Ghagare (41) and lower order batsman Rahul Joshi (46) gave crucial contributions while left arm spinner Santosh Dhande took 4/55 in 22 overs as the match ended in a draw.
Also for the records, this 228 run stand for the 2nd wicket between Rupesh and Jerviis is the highest partnership for 2nd wicket in Kanga League 2019 across all divisions.
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 November 2019.
ExerFIT Orange Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of November’19- Kaustubh Tathare (140 runs)
Kaustubh Tathare who plays for Dahisar Sports Club in the Kanga League was declared the exerFit Orange Cap Winner for the month of November’19. Kaustubh who opens the innings scored a solid 86 off 94 balls vs Esplanade Liberals CC and a calm knock of 56 runs in 94 balls vs Star CC in the month of November in Kanga League’19. Tathare who is the 2nd highest run scorer of E Div overall scored 223 runs in 9 innings at an average of 31.86 in Kanga league as he was rightly adjudged the exerFit Orange Cap Winner for the month of November’19.
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ExerFIT Purple Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of November’19 – Shubham Kharat (15 wkts)
Shubham Kharat has been one promising bowler in Mumbai’s Club Cricket where has been performing consistently in various MCA Tournaments. In the 3 Kanga Games Shubham played in November representing Navroz CC Team, he came up with 15 wkts in 3 games including 2 five wkt hauls and best bowling figures of 6/24 in 9.4 overs vs Lord North Brook CC which are just impressive numbers.
It was on the back of his consistent bowling performances, Shubham was declared the exerFit Purple Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of November’2019.
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ExerFIT Yellow Cap Winner, Most Popular Player in Club Cricket for the month of November’19- Arman Pathan (902 Votes)
There is something with the Pathans which is so special ! You talk about any pathan in cricket and they will be quite popular in the cricketing world and Arman Pathan seems to be no exception at club level as he has won the Most Popular Player (Yellow Cap) of Club Cricket for the month of November by a big margin.
Arman received a staggering 902 fb votes defeating his closest contender Akash Daiya by 260 votes. By the way, Arman Pathan plays Kanga League from Parsee Cyclists team and he is touted by many to be a cricketer to watch out for. Arman has played in various age group MCA Tournaments where he has scored runs consistently for various teams he has represented so far.
Mumbai 6 December, 2019 : Ex Sri lankan legendary spinner Rangana Herath inaugurated flood light facility indoor nets at MCC Indoor Cricket Academy at Ghodbounder Road Thane.
Recently Indian cricketer Wasim Jaffer had inaugurated the academy.
Ranagana Herath was very impressed with the kind of facilities where players can get training though out the year.
International players and coaches like Wasim Jaffer, Rangana Hearath Chaminda Vaas and Jwala Singh will coach the boys in this academy. MCC JWALASPORTS FOUNDATION has produced many cricketers like Yashasvi Jaiswal and Prithivi Shaw in the past.
Academy will provide world class cricket coaching experience to the students. Academy is having 5 indoor and two out door nets with light facilities. With all day video analysis and bowling Machine facilities all the time. And this will will be run 356 days in a year.
MCC and JWALASPORTS FOUNDATION is promoting cricket from many years in Mumbai and now this will be first indoor cricket academy in thane so this will surely benefit local boys in thane.
Academy will also provide residential facilities to players apart of Education at later stage.
Click here for more details about Mumbai Cricket Club (MCC) Academy …
Utkarsh Vidyalaya after opting to bat first at Sainath Sports Club ground were all out for 109 runs in 35.2 overs. The bowlers did a really good job of restricting the opposition to a low total wherein Nitin Mourya was the pick of the lot coming up with 4/29 in 8.2 overs alongwith 2 maidens. Rohit Melge with 2/22 also bowled well.
Viva College in reply chased down the total with ease scoring 112/5 in 28.2 overs winning the match by 5 wkts. Ihsaan Amin scored a crucial 30* off 52 balls alongwith all-rounder Nitin Mourya who chipped in with 25 runs making it an all round performance towards his team’s win.
With this win, VIVA College win the finals and become the winners of the MCA Intercollegiate U19 Cricket Tournament’19
Canara Vijay CC after being put to bat first at Sydenham College Cricket Ground were bundled out for 62 runs in 1st innings in 25.2 overs thanks to a brilliant spell of bowling by Sagar Khatri who came up with 5/16 in 13.2 overs. Dhawal Khimani also bowled well coming up with 4 wkts.
Mohan CC in reply declared their 1st innings at 144/5 in 24.1 overs with opener Prashant Yadav (46) & Ameya Dighe (31) top scoring for Mohan CC. With a trail of 82 runs, Canara Vijay were again bundled out for a low total of 109 runs in 25.3 overs giving a target of just 28 runs to Mohan CC.
In the 2nd innings Sagar once again proved too difficult to handle coming up with 7/41 in 12.3 overs. For Mohan CC it was a mere formality to chase in 2nd innings as they won the match by 10 wkts outright.
