Prabodhan Goregaon after being made to bat first at Venus Ground were bundled out for just 39 runs thanks to some really impressive bowling by Kabir Bedia (4/3) and Kartik Patankar (3/8) who kept on providing breakthroughs not allowing a single batsman to score in double digits.
Yogi CC in reply lost an early wicket of their opener Aryan Sankpal but what came next was a sight to behold for most of the spectators at the ground apart from the bowling team! Opener Pranav Sawant and Shreyash Hirelkar stitched a marathon partnership of 343 runs for the 2nd wicket batting almost 84 overs together. Innings and partnerships like this become not only memorable but also displays wholesome talent of the players. Opener Pranav played the anchors role scoring 150* in 272 balls (12 fours) while wicket-keeper batsman Shreyash who hails from the famous school of cricket SVIS kept the scoreboard ticking hitting 23 boundaries and a six en-route his brilliant 180 off 251 balls.
Yogi CC declared their innings at 351/3 in 89.5 overs at the end of the game’s play where they won the match on 1st innings lead.
Into the all important finals between TVM School and Mahim School, it was going to be a head to head match with TVM having a strong record of wins behind them while Mahim School having an equally promising line up.
Batting first TVM School scored a very healthy total of 157/1 in 20 overs. Yadav brothers Prateek Yadav and Shivam Yadav ensured their school team was in command all the time. Prateek scored a gritty knock of 55 while Shivam remained unbeaten with 61* as both the brothers toiled with the bowling attack.
Mahim School in reply failed to chase down the total thanks to some tight bowling by the TVM bowlers who handed over a dominating finals win to their TVM Team. TVM School win by a huge margin and with this win they qualify for district clash which is to be held on 02.11.19 at PDTSA Ground.
In the match between Mumbai Police Gymkhana and Gay Cavalliers at Shivaji Park Dadar, Mumbai Police Gymkhana after opting to bat first registered a healthy total of 140/4 in 20 overs. The openers gave a brilliant start putting on 53 runs while opener Manashre Gavande converted her good start into a very crucial innings of 60 in mere 50 balls. It was a hard working innings where she smashed only 4 boundaries while she got some good support by Pallavi Bharadwaj at the middle order who scored 34 off mere 18 balls pushing the team towards a competitive total. From the bowlers, it was once again Jahnavi Kate being the pick of the lot taking 3/10 in 4 overs including a maiden.
Gay Cavaliers who displayed some solid batting in their previous match found it difficult to give a fightback this time managing only 27/9 in 14 overs before Mumbai Police team were adjudged winners on the basis of better run rate.
Other Matches of Day 2-
- Kamat Memorial vs Payyade SC
- Venue– Mahim Juvenile
- Toss-Kamat Memorial Elect to bat first
- Kamat Memorial-72/10 in 18.4 overs, Riya Salunkhe 27, Nidhi Dawda 27, Nilofer Nayak-2/18
- Payyade SC-73/5 in 12.5 overs, Esha Oza 28*
- Result- Payyade SC win by 5 wkts
- Man of the Match- Esha Oza
Other match of Day 2
- John Bright CC vs Dahisar SC
- Venue-SPG, Dadar
- Toss-Dahisar SC Elect to bat first
- Dahisar SC-110/6 in 20 overs, Sneha Raorane- 54 off 53 ( 7 fours), Tanaya Chaudhary-2/8, Riddhi Kotecha-2/19
- John Bright CC-92/all out in 19.1 overs, Sakshi Gawade (3/19), Pooja Shah (3/20)
- Result-Dahisar SC win by 18 runs
- Man of the Match-Sneha Raorane
It was a brilliant innings by Sneha who laid the foundation for her team with a solid half century at the top of the order. It was an equally good contribution by the Dahisar SC bowlers Pooja and Sakshi who chipped in with 3 wkts each at crucial junctures to restrict John Bright CC to a low total.
Tournament Name- AJIT GHOSH MEMORIAL TROPHY (Women’s T20 Tournament’2019)
Gay Cavaliers CC after batting first at Mahim Juvenile SC registered a healthy total of 188/2 in 20 overs dominating the John Bright CC bowlers upfront. Opener Zeal Dmello top scored for her team hitting a strokeful 78 runs off 64 balls at the top of the order. Zeal anchored the innings and batted almost till the end taking her team towards a big total. Zeal smashed 11 boundaries en-route her half century while she was nicely supported by Dhanashree who scored an unbeaten 41* laced with 2 boundaries.
Defending a total of 189, John Bright CC were reduced for mere 60 runs all out in 16.3 overs. It was a collective effort by the bowlers as Sanyukta Kini (3/11), Jahnavi Kate (3/15) & Ulka Patil (2/14) kept on providing breakthroughs at regular intervals not allowing any batsman to settle.
Gay Cavalliers CC won the match by 144 runs while it was Zeal with the bat and some tight bowling by Sanyukta, Jahnavi and Ulka which did the job for the team. A win by 144 runs is also one of the biggest wins in terms of margin in recent times in Women’s Cricket.
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Dahisar SC vs Mumbai Police Gymkhana
Venue-Mahim Juvenile SC (Dadar)
Toss-Dahisar SC won the toss and bats first.
Dahisar SC-63/7 in 20 overs. Akshata Dalvi- 2/10, Nivia Ambre-2/18
Mumbai Police Gymkhana-66/2 in 10.5 overs, Prajakta Shirwadkar-23*
Result- Mumbai Police Gymkhana win by 8 wkts
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Match 3
Sporting Union Club vs Kamat Memorial
Venue-Shivaji Park Gymkhana
Toss-Kamat Memorial wins toss and fields first
Sporting Union Club-82/10 in 19.3 overs, Aroshi Tamse 25, Kajal Upadhyay-2/16, Nidhi Dawda-2/3, Karuna Sakpal-2/11, Madhura Madav-2/18
Kamat Memorial-77/8 in 20 overs, Nirmala Shahi-2/16, Supriya Pawar-2/18
Result– Sporting Union CC win the match by 5 runs.
It was a tight match where bowlers played a crucial role from both the sides. While Kamat Memorial had 4 bowlers chipping in with 2 wkts, Sporting Union CC bowlers on other hand bowled really tight not allowing the batsman to up the run rate. It was on the back of some tight bowling by the Sporting Union bowlers that they successfully defended a low total.
Sudhagad School after being put to bat first by Shantiniketan School gave a target of 81 runs. Karan Bharti smashed a game changing 40 runs in mere 10 balls much to the entertainment of his team mates and the spectators. Karan was aggressive with the bat plonking big sixes in the death overs out of the park.
However, it was a rain affected finals and Shantiniketan School could not chase down the total successfully. Karan also took the very 1st wicket with his fast bowling while Vipul Patil chipped in with 2 wkts for mere 4 runs.
Sudhagad School won the finals while Karan Bharti was declared ‘man of the match”. Vipul Patil also contributed well and was the pillar for his team throughout the tournament. It’s difficult to win a single title and when you win a big tournament like DSO for three consecutive years it’s definitely a commendable achievement. Sudhagad School under Pro Kings Sports Academy is the only school in Mumbai to win 3 back to back DSO Titles.
Kerala Windsor CC after being put to bat first at Shivaji Park, Dadar managed to score 149/10 in 40.2 overs for their 1st innings. The team could have been bundled out for a lower total than 149 had it not been a crucial cameo by Swapneel Hazare who scored a quickfire 44 runs in 32 balls (5 fours, 1 six) at no.8. From the bowlers it was Saiel Surve being the pick of the lot taking 5/53 in 13.2 overs with his wily left arm spin.
Sangam Sports Club in reply were all out for 139 runs in 34.4 overs despite a excellent knock by their opener Vinit Mestry who scored 62 runs in 53 balls laced with 5 fours and 2 sixes. Vinit played his natural game though he lacked support from the other end.
Medium Pacers Siddarth Bafna and Tejas Patani ran though Sangam’s batting line up taking all 10 wkts between themselves. Siddarth bowled a match winning spell of 6/42 in 12 overs while he was nicely accompanied by Tejas Patani who took 4/37 in 15 overs as Kerala Windsor clinched a win on 1st innings lead.
Known for his effective left arm spin where he has given some great performances for various teams in all these years, Sagar Udeshi is certainly on fire this season with the ball. In the recently concluded Vijay Hazare Tournament, he was able to dwarf the batsman with his spot on bowling taking wickets at crucial junctures for the team. Overall, Sagar bagged 19 wkts in 10 matches at a brilliant economy of 2.87 in the Vijay Hazare’19. Apart from being the most economical bowler in Vijay Hazare, Sagar also bagged wickets of KL Rahul and Bipul Sharma adding icing on the cake for his team Pondicherry.
Sagar certainly brought in all his experience which came in quite handy for the Pondicherry Team. In 2018, Sagar was amongst the top wicket takers in the Sri Lanka Tier ‘A’ Tournament where he came up with a stunning 57 wkts in mere 8 first class games sitting at the 2nd position of the top wicket-takers list in the entire country.
Sagar was also amongst the top 5 wicket takers & the most economical bowler in the North Yorkshire Durham League. Here’s wishing Sagar all the luck for a great career ahead.
New Hind CC batting first at Sunder CC, Cross Maidan were all out for 122 runs with Anuj Chhajed (27) & Sachin Sanghvi (25) top scoring at the middle order. Left-arm spinner Digvijay Singh was again amongst the pick of the lot taking 4/26 in 11 overs with 3 maidens.
However, Amar CC received a great fight with the ball thanks to some excellent bowling Girish Kocharekar and Maxwell Swamianthan. Medium Pacer Girish penetrated into the top order taking 3 early wickets while the young Maxwell cleaned up Amar CC’s middle and lower order with a 5wkt haul. Maxwell with his effective spin took 5/30 in 14.4 overs alongwith 4 maidens to his name helping New Hind CC win the game on 1st innings lead as Amar CC were bundled out for 112 runs.
Usually known for his wide range of shots and consistent batting at the local level, Maxwell who recently made it in the Mumbai Jr Side impressed one and all showing his skills with the ball too in the Kanga League’19.
Women’s Cricket is the need of the hour and the growth which women’s cricket in India has witnessed in the last few years has been nothing but positive. Even our current Mumbai Women’s team is performing well remaining unbeaten in Senior T20 Tournaments. Hence to groom young women cricketers, you need to give them a lot of professional matches to play & practice at the local level & a tournament like this are nothing but a great platform for aspiring women cricketers.
The tournament will be conducted under the aegis of Mumbai Cricket Association while it is organized by Sporting Union Club & Kalyandas Memorial Sports Foundation. There are 8 teams which will participate in the tournament and the venues decided for the matches will be Shivaji Park Gymkhana & Mumbai Police Gymkhana.
Arundhati Ghosh (Former India Test and ODI Women’s Cricketer) speaking with Cricketgraph quipped “This tournament is supported by Hansaben Mehta who is doing a noble cause for Women’s Cricket, there will be 8 teams participating in the tournament and the winners receive a big prestigious Ajit Ghosh Memorial Trophy, It’s an open age tournament with 15 matches where most of the local players participating are from Club level & Mumbai age groups, hence good performances in this tournament will certainly be noticed which might give young women cricketers higher levels of opportunity”
The semi-finals will be on 4th at Police Gymkhana and the finals will be on 5th October on the same ground. The Winners receive Ajit Ghosh Trophy while the runners up receive Kalyandas Memorial Trophy.
In what can be termed as good news for all the aspiring cricketers & enthusiasts, India’s opening batsman Rohit Sharma has teamed up with CricKingdom Cricket Academy which is being setup and launched at Islam Gymkhana on 18th of October 2019. The academy has Rohit Sharma as their brand ambassador while Dhawal Kulkarni is the mentor which will be a great opportunity for kids to interact with them.
The event was conducted by relevant delegates of Rohit Sharma like his Younger brother Vishal Sharma, Rohit’s father Gurunath Sharma, Islam Gymkhana’s CEO Chetan Suryavanshi, Parag Dhaliwal-Country Head and Director of Crickingdom Academy, Yusuf Abrahani-the president of Islam Gymkhana amongst others. Rohit’s father and brother were also seen having a good time in the nets.
The normal batches begin from November 1, 2019 and the academy is open for all the boys and girls across all age categories starting from age 6. The academy has also decided to provide free training session once a week to all girls aged between 6 and 16. Specialised camps, clinics, fitness guidance, strength and conditioning, video analysis sessions, personal training and domestic/international tours are some of the other premium features offered by the academy to its students.
Excerpts received from the Press Release-
Spokesperson from Crickingdom Academy shares it won’t be a run of the mill cricket academy which you often see, this is going to be a unique set up where the youngsters will be groomed and trained under renowned coaches. The trainees will be put through a holistic program and the progress of every individual would be monitored by experts and their performances throughout the training period would be evaluated on a regular basis.
Brand Ambassador, Rohit Sharma, who is busy with the Indian team sent his wishes and said, “I am delighted that CricKingdom is launching a cricket academy in Mumbai. We can promote cricket at grass roots level through the tailored annual curriculum, in-house mobile app for training & tracking and global access to CricKingdom academies. The amazing team with its rich experience in running the best in class academy operations would definitely make this initiative come true.”
Mumbai team’s bowling spearhead Dhawal Kulkarni who has also played for India is being roped in as the mentor of the CricKingdom Academy and he shares’ Through CricKingdom, we’ll be opening centers not just in the Tier 1 cities, but also expanding the same platform in Tier 2 & Tier 3 cities in India. Parents will have complete visibility on the progress of their ward making it more transparent and impactful.”
Chetan Suryawanshi – CricKingdom CEO who was also Singapore Cricket Team captain for 10 years said “CricKingdom is a platform that connects cricket, players, coaches and students in an integrated ecosystem that drives seamless engagement, interaction, learning and transaction. CricKingdom will remove inefficiencies that exist today, making every user’s experience productive and delightful.”
Parag Dahiwal – Director & Country Head who also represented Singapore said, ‘We want the kids to start playing cricket at the early age of 5, where they build the muscle memory and develop soon to be a feeder for the schools, districts, state and national sides.’
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