National CC opting to bat first at Cross Maidan registered a healthy total of 328/9 in 70 overs. Opening the innings, Prathamesh Pawar scored a classy 78 off 114 balls while Sachin Gill coming at no.5 top scored for National CC scoring a strokeful 86 off 112 balls laced with 7 boundaries and 3 sixes. Sachin also received excellent support from Saieed Shaikh who scored 79 off 92 balls at no.6 while also stitched a 152 run stand for the 5th wicket which put National CC in the commanding position. Medium pacer Yogesh Patil was impressive with the ball coming up with good bowling figures of 5/83 in 15 overs.
Mumbai Police Gymkhana in reply witnessed two half centuries from Humayun Hirapure (61) & Yogesh Sawant (61) but apart from them, most of the batsman gave away their wickets after giving starts of 20’s and 30’s which resulted in them falling short of the target by 13 runs. Left arm spinner Shashikant Kadam with 4/139 in 27 overs was the pick of the bowlers for National CC who won the match by 13 runs.
National English High School after opting to bat first at Sainath CC, Virar posted a total of 192/10 in 35.4 overs. In an innings when most of the batters found it difficult to get going, it was their opener Smith Pardeshi top scoring with a solid 56 off 73 balls. Smith smashed some good cricketing shots while kept the scoreboard ticking.
St. Anne’s in reply were bundled out for 166 runs in 44.1 overs thanks to a match winning bowling spell of 5/50 in 13.4 overs with 2 maidens. Kate provided breakthroughs at the right time which helped their team win the match by 26 runs.
Shri Barku G Patil T-20 league: The match between Mulund and chembur was played a Trombay Koliwada on 1st December. Toss won by chembur and they decided to bowl first.
After a decent opening stand, the Mulund team looked good and opener Alok Gangurde scored a fabulous 59 runs off 45 balls. Amol Khedkar, middle order batsman, finished of the innings pretty well taking the score to 170 in 20 overs. The Chembur bowlers tried hitting their lengths but the stand out was Dr. Afsheel, who picked up 4 wickets for 28 runs, out of the 5 overall wickets.
Chasing 171, the batters of chembur team didn’t put up their best performance. Except Dr. Afsheel, who scored a gritty and entertaining knock of 61 runs off 30 balls, which consisted of just 1 four and 7 super sixes. Despite last moment firings, they team fell at the threshold of the target and they ended up at a score 0f 168 runs losing 8 wickets.
Result – Mulund Doctors Team won by 2 runs.
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Canara Vijay team batting first on the back of Sachin Rao’s 88 reached a respectable total of 199/8 dec. Sachin coming two down scored a crucial 88 off 90 balls scoring almost half of the team runs while Atharva Chauhan gave good support scoring 46 runs.
Gamdevi Cricketers in reply notched up 107/5 with Aniket Juvekar scoring 48* while all-rounder Sachin Rao picking up 3/20 with the ball too. The match ended in a draw with no 1st innings results being obtained.
In the Quarter finals vs Andhra, Mumbai team batting posted a total of 256/10 in 90 overs. After a shaky start at the top of the order, it was Musheer Khan at no.4 and Ayush Jethwa at no.5 stitching a crucial 63 run stand. Musheer scored a solid 50 off 86 balls while Ayush Jethwa once again relished the pressure smashing a gorgeous 128 off 231 balls. An innings of substance, resistance and patience as jethwa smashed 19 fours and 3 sixes to push his team towards a defendable total.
Andhra in reply were reduced to mere 54 runs all out thanks to an excellent spell by Musheer Khan who came up with a yet another fifer. Young Musheer bamboozled batsman with his spin taking 5/11 in 8 overs coupled with 5 maidens.
Mumbai in the 2nd innings scored 230 runs giving a total target of 432 runs to Andhra to which Andhra were bundled out again for 91 runs in their 2nd innings with this time left arm spinner Anurag Singh proving to be the game changer taking 5/27 in 10 overs. Musheer was effective in the 2nd innings too chipping in with 3/22 as Mumbai won the game by 341 runs and qualify for the semi finals of Vijay Merchant Trophy’19.
Sind SC opting to bat first at Sunder CC, Cross Maidan were all out for 218 runs in 45.2 overs. Left-handed opener Akhil Rajput who is known for his swashbuckling batting top scored with 74 runs off 84 balls (12 fours).
On the other hand, Atif Attarwala from Payyade SC was the pick of the bowlers coming up with an important spell of 5/34 in 9 overs including 2 maidens. Things are finally working out for Atif who recently got selected for the Mumbai team too while his pace and fitness has also witnessed a positive leap since the last few seasons.
Chasing 219 was a mere formality for the Payyade’s batting line up as they chased down the score in under 15 overs. Openers Hersh Tank (33 off 16) and Akhil Herwadkar (20 off 10) set the tone followed by a 19 ball 45 by Parag Khanapurkar at no.3. The stage was set up for the fiery sarfaraz to finish the game in style and he did it with quite some style not only ringing in the fastest half century of this year’s police shield but also going on to score a blazing 85* off mere 35 balls as Payyade SC scored a record 271/7 in just 17.5 overs winning the match on 1st innings lead.
KRP XI batting first mustered a total of 153/10 in their 1st innings where in Padmanabhan Mudaliar top scored with a gritty 53 at a time when most of the batters failed to convert their starts. From Mangrol SC, Narendra Ambavkar was impressive coming up with a fifer taking 5/33 while he got good support from Rohit Bhere who took 3 wkts.
Thanks to Anuj Bhosle and Nitin Surve’s tight bowling, Mangrol SC were all out for 75 runs. Anuj came up with match winning bowling figures of 5/16 while the experienced Nitin Surve who took a 8 wkt haul in his previous outing once again came good taking 4/33 ensuring a win on 1st innings for KRP XI.
MILAN MEGA CORPORATE LEAGUE: The match between Lintas and spartan web solution was played at cross maidan on 30th November, the toss was won by Spartan web solution and they elected to field first which interestingly sufficed Linta’s desire to bat first. The match was organized by Milan cricket club.
The pitch was a batting deck and conditions were perfect for a batting exhibition, rightfully so the two openers of Lintas Vaibhav tyagi and Varun Sabharwal grabbed the opportunity with both hands, Varun went all guns blazing and vaibhav played the second lead, varun carried his bat through the innings mustering a brilliant 116* off only 74 runs which consisted of 19 fours, to his name and vaibhav scored 51 off 43 balls. They put up a score of 186/1 on the board at the end of 20 overs.
Spartan web solution had a huge mountain to climb but despite all attempts they fell short. Rohit kumar, middle order batsman, scored a gritty knock of 51 off 30 balls. Leaving aside 3 batsman all other had single figure scores and inconsistency cost them the match. Having a cushion of 186 runs gave the Lintas the opportunity to experiment with the bowling options, they used 8 different bowlers and the pick of them was left arm orthodox bowler, Vicky Bhatia who picked up 3 scalps. They bowled out Spartan web solution for 133 runs in 17.1 overs.
Result – Lintas won by 44 runs.
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Mumbai, December 5: Lalchand Rajput XI emerged champions of the 24th Shalini Bhalekar Trophy (boys’ under-23) Selection Trials cricket tournament 2019, organized by Mangesh Bhalekar in association with Dadar Parsi Zoroastrian (DPZ) Sports Club and conducted under the auspices of the Mumbai Cricket Association.
The third and final round 3-day match, between Rajput XI and Chandrakant Pandit XI finished in a draw at the Cricket Club of India ground on Thursday.
In the second match, Jahangir Pithawala XI scored an outright 8-wicket win against Dilip Vengsarkar XI and picked up five valuable points at the DPZ ground, Dadkar Maidan. Ashay Sardesai from Dlip Vengsarkar XI top scored in the 2nd innings scoring 114 off 187 balls coming at no.3.
From U23 Jehangir Pithawala team, Hardik Tamore scored the fastest ton of this year’s Shalini Bhalekar tournament bringing his unbeaten 100* in mere 60 balls while opener Gaurish Jadhav scored 114* off 136 balls. Gaurish also stiteched a 129 run stand with his opening partner Bhavay Taneja who scored a solid 70 off 90 balls.
Rajput XI earned three points on the basis of better (run/wicket) quotient and they finished with a tally of 11 points and lifted the title. Pithawala XI with eight points finished second and claimed the runners-up prize. Pandit XI were third with five points and Vengsarkar XI without a single points were last.
Brief scores: Dilip Vengsarkar XI – 1st innings: 134 all out, in 27.3 overs & 2nd innings: 295 all out, in 73.3 overs lost to Jahangir Pithawala XI – 1st innings: 137 all out, in 35.3 overs & 2nd innings: 293 for 2 wickets, in 48.4 overs (Gaurish Jadhav 114*, Hardik Tamore-100*, Bhavay Taneja 70)
Lalchand Rajput XI – 1st innings: 570 for 6 wickets declared, in 140.5 overs Vs Chandrakant Pandit XI – 1st Innings: (overnight 80 for no loss, in 23 overs) 255 for 8 wickets, in 66 overs (Srujan Athawale 135, Sangram Bhalekar 78; Jayesh Pokhre 4 for 14). Match drawn, Rajput XI awarded 3 points on basis of better (run/wicket) quotient.
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Top 3 Run Scorers-
Pranav Kela {Lalchand Rajput team) – 401 runs in 4 innings @173.50
Srujan Athawale {Chandrakant Pandit Team)-328 runs in 5 innings @65.60
Rudra Dhanday {Dilip Vengsarkar Team)-309 runs in 5 innings @87.78
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Top 3 Wicket-takers
Tanush Kotian (Lalchand Rajput Team)- 12 wkts in 5 innings @19.00
Shreyas Gurav (Lalchand Rajput Team)-12 wkts in 2 innings @12.00
Anjdeep Lad (Chandrakant Pandit Team)-10 wkts in 4 innings @21.00
Valuable Sports Club opting to bat first at Oval Maidan posted a modest total of 159/10 in 47.5 overs. Reliance bowlers did a good job with the ball making most of the batsman struggle. Mayuresh Tandel was excellent with the ball coming up with envious bowling figures of 5/39 in 11 overs. Mayuresh was spot on with the ball providing timely breakthroughs while Nishant also chipped in with 3 wkts.
Defending a low total of 160, the pressure was obviously more on Valuable SC bowlers. However, spinner Prathamesh Golatkar turned the tables for his team coming up with match winning bowling figures of 6/29 in 9 overs with 2 maidens. Deepak Singh with 3/29 was also quite supportive as Reliance Group SC were bundled out for mere 97 runs in 35 overs.
Prathamesh who has been amongst the wickets even in Kanga since last few years continues to bring in his experience in the Times Shield providing his team a memorable win defending a low total.