Evergreen SC after being put to bat first at Cross Maidan were all out for 91 runs in 25.3 overs. Most of the batsman found it difficult to convert their starts as spinners Sandeep Naik and Amol Patil took 8 wkts between themselves. Sandeep was particularly spot on taking 5/35 in 9.3 overs as he kept on providing breakthroughs at regular intervals which resulted in a two digit total for the opposition.
MB Union on the back of Mitesh Churi’s brilliant 53* off 60 balls surpassed the 1st innings target of 91 runs to win the match on 1st innings lead. MB Union who were struggling at 5/30 got back into the game thanks to a brilliant half century by Mitesh at no.7 as they declared their innings at 119/7 in 27.2 overs.
Sponsor XI after opting to opting to bat first suffered a batting collapse despite an envious batting line up. The only batsman who showed resistance was Kaustub Pawar who remained unbeaten till the end coming at no.3. KP scored 62*off 114 balls (7 fours) at a time when his entire team was all out for 145 runs in 42 overs. Left arm spinner Sagar Mishra who is the highest wicket taker in police shield continued to amaze with his consistency taking 5/38 in 17 overs while the experienced Pardeep Sahu was equally impressive in his spell of 4/57 in 13 overs.
Parkophene Cricketers chasing 146 were also in some sort of trouble with their scoreboard reading 5/48 at one stage. However, the game changed when Pardeep Sahu from nowhere came up with a match winning knock of 66*in just 58 balls (5 fours, 3 sixes). Sahu 2.0 has been not only more penetrative with the ball but his batting has also improved leaps and bounds. We remember watching Pardeep Sahu doing intense batting practice in nets this season while he also shared that he is working hard on his batting as contributions down the order always make a difference just like this knock which helped Parkophene Cricketers clinch a memorable win by 2 wkts.
Pardeep Sahu has been in top form taking wickets in every tournament he has played this season while his added ability to bat down the order is just the icing on the cake any team would wish for.
Such was the disastrous start for Superstar SC that they were 3wkts down with just 1 run on the board to begin their innings with at Azad Maidan. Superstar SC were eventually all out for 68 runs thanks to a stunning spell of spin bowling by spinner Jay Cheda who bamboozled batsman with his deceptive spin. Jay came up with envious bowling figures of 6/10 in 8 overs coupled with 3 maidens which did the job for his team.
Jolly Cricketers in reply surpassed Superstar SC’s 1st innings score declaring the innings at 107/4 winning the match on 1st innings lead.
Utpal Warriors batting first at Somaiya Cricket Ground posted a defendable total of 146/7 in 20 overs. Despite two early wickets of their openers, it was Vishal Merwana steadying the ship for his team as he anchored the innings with a gutsy 53 off 42 balls. Vishal’s innings consisted of 3 fours and 3 sixes while the rest of the batters batted around him to push their team towards a competitive total. From the bowlers, Jigar Shah with 4/25 in 4 overs was the pick of the lot.
Rising Strikers in reply could only managed to score 103/8 in 20 overs as Utpal Warriors bowlers gave a hard time to the batsman not allowing them to score runs freely. With most of them bowling economical spells, it was Kalpesh Mehta with 4/19 in 4 overs who was the pick of the bowlers. His game changing spell along with Vishal’s half century ensured Utpal Warriors won the match by 43 runs.
The 1st match of Pulse joyous T20 was played between Viacom 18 and Citi bank at Police gymkhana on 30th November. It is organised by Pulse Entertainment Sports & Events. Viacom 18 was set to bat first.
The scorecard of Viacom had very little to boast of, with the highest score being 18, their total score crawled to 107 runs in the end and losing all 10 wickets in 17.2 overs. In terms of bowling from the Citi bank, Rahul soni picked up 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. He cleaned up both the openers also. Shailesh S. also picked up 2 wickets. Overall, their bowling performance was disciplined and adequate.
Chasing a score of 108 runs, Citi bank batsman played very diligently in the middle. At the end, Harsh Kothari 39* and Rahul soni 29* ensured the win for their team. They won by 7 wickets. Rahul soni had an all-round performance with both bat and ball and for his 29 not out and 3 wickets, he was deservingly awarded the man of the match award.
Result-Citi bank won by 7 wickets.
T20 Master’s cup’19-The match between Vinayak marine services and Deutsche bank group was played at Vengsarkar academy, Mahul on the 24th of November. The pitch conditions highly favored the batsman and it was a no brainer for the Vinayak marine services to bat first after winning the toss.
The Vinayak services faced two very early setbacks and within just 2 overs, they were hung at no score for 2 wickets. The course of the play steadied then, the batsmen in middle were slowly and very gingerly ticking the scoreboard but it was a Rakesh Trivedi show, he played a blitzkrieg knock of 108* off just 60 balls, he mustered 19 4’s to his name and eventually got them to a score of 181 in 20 overs losing 7 wickets. For the Deutsche bank, pacer S dorkar and Haridas P picked up 3 wickets each.
In response to a target of 182 runs, the Deutsche bank batsman went into the chase with an aggressive mindset but despite their attempts, their batting order suffered from weak or no partnerships and eventually they got bowled out at a mere score of 50 runs in 14.5 runs. For the Vinayak marines, all their bowled did well on a pro-batting pitch, the pacers hit their lengths well and 4 of their bowlers had couple of wickets against their name.
Match result-Vinayak marine services won by 131 runs.
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OIS Blasters batting first at Somaiya Cricket Ground notched up a total of 149/8 in 20 overs. Despite a shaky start, no.3 batsman Vinod Lund scored a gritty 42 off 39 balls to anchor his team towards a respectable total. The rest of the batters found it difficult to get going or else a total of 160-170 looking quite possible on the cards. From the bowlers, all-rounder Jatin Mehta with 2/17 in 3 overs was the pick of the lot.
Rising Stikers in reply managed to score only 126/8 in 20 overs despite a good fightback by their opener Jatin Mehta who scored a fighting knock of 50* off 54 balls (5 fours). Jatin batted from start till the end. However he lacked support from the other end which resulted in OIS Blasters winning the match by 23 runs.
Vinod Lund was declared ‘man of the match” while Jatin Mehta was declared “Star Player of the match”
Camp Rangers after being put to bat first mustered up a healthy total of 149/4 in 20 overs at the Somaiya Cricket Ground. Opener Aditya Maheshwari top scored with a flashy 32 ball 50 laced with 7 boundaries while Harshvardhan Roongta (29) and Anuj Goyal (28*) also gave important contributions.
Defending a total of 150, Camp Warriors were reduced to mere 126/8 in 20 overs on the back of some real tight bowling by the opposition bowlers. The bowling department was headed by Sushil Kumar Sanghvi who came up with a match winning spell of 5/17 in 3 overs. Sushil took some important wickets while his consistent breakthroughs broke Camp Warriors morale of chasing a stiff total.
Camp Rangers eventually won the match by 23 runs while Sushil Sanghvi was declared ‘man of the match” for his 5 wkt haul which is only the 2nd fifer so far in the tournament.
Mangrol SC after being put to bat first were all out for 84 runs in 39.4 overs. The wrecker in chief for Mangrol SC was their left arm spinner Vishal Shinde who came up with excellent bowling figures of 8/23 in 19.4 overs including 10 maidens. Vishal was spot on with the ball making life difficult for the batsman as he provided breakthroughs at crucial intervals.
Shree Lad Club in reply scored 91/6 in 22.3 overs winning the match on 1st innings lead.
Karnatak Sporting Association (KSA) marched to their second successive win recording a thumping 178-run victory against Islam Gymkhana on the second day of their two-day Group-A league match of the Eagle Thane Strikers sponsored 72nd Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2019, and played at the Karnatak SA ground, Cross Maidan on Sunday.
Karnatak SA who had finished the first day at 242 for 4 wickets in 57 overs went to amass a massive score of 371 for the loss of 5 wickets in their stipulated 70 overs first innings. The overnight unbeaten batsmen Vinayak Bhoir (batting 96) and Akash Parkar (batting 81) continued to dominate the Islam Gymkhana bowlers and completed their centuries as they were associated in a 244 runs fifth wicket partnership from just 215 balls.
Parkar made 109 runs (146 balls, 11×4) while Bhoir was unconquered on 192 runs (135 ball, 19×4, 9×6) to enable Karnatak SA set Islam Gymkhana a challenging target.
Islam Gymkhana batsmen failed to put up much of fight and were dismissed for 193 in 50.4 overs. Hashir Dafedar top-scored with 68 runs and Usama Parkar scored a unbeaten 45 runs. Karnatak SA bowlers Tanush Kotian (3 for 17) and Vidyadhar Kamath (3 for 37) got the wickets.
Brief scores:
Group-A: Eagle Thane Strikers: 145 all out, in 42 overs (Kaustubh Pawar 62*; Sagar Mishra 5 for 38, Pardeep Sahu 4 for 57) lost to Parkophene Cricketers:147 for 8 wickets, in 30.1 overs (Pardeep Sahu 66*; Karsh Kothari 4 for 67) by 2 wickets.
Karnatak Sporting Association: 371 for 5 wickets, in 70 overs (Vinayak Bhoir 192* (135 balls, 19×4, 9×6), Akash Parkar 109 (146 balls, 11×4) beat Islam Gymkhana: 193 all out, in 50.4 overs (Hashir Dafedar 68, Usma Parkar 45*; Tanush Kotian 3 for 17, Vidyadhar Kamat 3 for 37) by 178 runs.
Group-B: Sind Sports Club: 218 all out, in 45.2 overs (Akhil Rajput 74, Vikaschandra Singh 66*; Atif Attarwala 5 for 34) lost to Payyade Sports Club: 271 for 7 wickets, in 17.5 overs (Sarfaraz Khan 84, Parag Khanapurkar 45, Harsh Tank 33) by 3 wickets.
Parsee Gymkhana: 85 all out, in 28.2 overs (Aakarshit Gomel 26; Shams Mulani 4 for 3, Azhar Ammad 3 for 26) lost to Shivaji Park Gymkhana: 86 for 2 wickets, in 11.2 overs (Shams Mulani 29*) by 8 wickets.
Group-C: MIG Cricket Club: 250 all out, in 66.4 overs (Arjun Tendulkar 52*, Swapnil Pradhan 52, Vinit Dhulap 31; Sujit Nayak 4/49) beat Cricket Club of India: 145 all out, in 51.2 overs (Arya Satpute 35) by 105 runs.
Bombay Gymkhana: 282 for 9 wickets, in 70 overs (Nishad Gabhawala 79, Yashraj Malap 61*, Kumar Boresa 34; Salil Agharkar 4 for 112) beat PJ Hindu Gymkhana: 233 all out, in 67 overs (Ankit Revandkar 44, Rahul Lad 34, Sachin Katkar 31, Sujay Thakkar 31; Kumar Boresa 7/92) by 49 runs.
Group-D: National Cricket Club: 328 for 9 wickets, in 70 overs (Sachin Gill 86, Saieed Shaikh 79, Prathmesh Pawar 78; Yogesh Patil 5 for 83, Amit Pandey 3 for 90) beat Mumbai Police: 315 for 9 wickets, in 70 overs (Humayun Hirapure 61, Yogesh Sawant 51, Sunil Patil 32, Amit Pandey 30; Shashikant Kadam 4 for 139) by 13 runs.
MCA Colts: 278 all out, in 64.5 overs (Kaushik Chiklikar 87, Utkarsh Raut 63, Swapnil Bivalkar 35; Akshay Jambhekar 5 for 90, Parikshit Valsangkar 4 for 85) beat New Hind SC: 165 all out, in 42.4 overs (Sachin Yadav 61, Akshay Jambhekar 36; Sidharth Raut 4 for 45, Vijaykumar Gohil 3 for 57) by 113 runs.