Goregaon Sports Club after being put to bat first on Islam Gymkhana’s homeground dominated the opposition with quite some confidence. Goregaon SC notched up a very impressive total of 270/5 dec in mere 39.1 overs thrashing Islam Gymkhana bowlers on their own turf. Despite a shaky start by the openers, it was their no.3 batsman Krunal Nar taking on the bowlers with his aggressive brand of batting. Krunal went on to score a stylish stroke laden 118 runs in mere 94 balls which included 13 fours and 5 sixes. The middle order also chipped in well with Pushkaraj Jadhav (48 off 52 balls) & Vishant More (30* off 20) pushing the team towards a strong position.
Islam Gymkhana in reply were bundled out for 158 runs thanks to a stunning spell of spin bowling by Virendra Maurya. Only few bowlers have managed to bag 8wkt hauls in Kanga this year and Virendra joins that elite list as he came up with a match winning spell of 8/62 in 13.3 overs not allowing any batsman to settle down.
Goregaon SC won the match on 1st innings lead while it was Krunal and Virendra coming up with one side performances.
HDFC Corporate team conducted their trials for the upcoming season on 12th October at the Sydenham Pitch at Oval Maidan. As many as 32 players arrived for the trials hoping to play for the HDFC team this season.
The trials were conducted by the Captain of the team Nitin Mistry along with his core team of 8 players. A total of 20 players were selected out of the 32 that arrived for the selection. HDFC were particularly looking for a spinner from this selection trails and the captain Nitin Mistry said that they have found a couple of good options in that department.
The season for HDFC corporate team starts this month with the Dreamz Tournament. They were the runner ups in the tournament last season as they were beaten in the final by J.P Morgan. HDFC will be hoping to go one step further this season and win the title.
The practice will be conducted every Saturday at the Sydenham Pitch at Oval Maidan. The first round of Dreamz Tournament are scheduled to be played in the last week of October.
Into the final match of the season for the B Division Group, Parsee Gymkhana after being put to bat first were restricted to 141/all out in 68.5 overs. Nikhil Patil with 40 runs was the highest scorer while the rest of the batters found it difficult to get going. From the bowlers, it was a mix of two generations piercing through the Parsee Gymkhana’s batting line up as leg break bowler Pravin Tambe and left arm spinner Karsh Kothari took 9wkts between themselves. 23yr old Karsh took 4/37 in 25 overs while 47yr old Pravin Tambe took 5/42 in 22.5 overs. Both the bowlers though with varying styles and coming from different schools of cricket were effective in their own ways as DY Patil were in a strong position.
Chasing 145, DY Patil wanted to win in style and openers Kaustub Pawar and Subbu ensured that they indeed seal a win in a dominating fashion on their homeground. KP (43 off 51) and Subramanian Doriaswamy (64 off 33) gave a 105 run 1st wicket stand in mere 12.5 overs. Subramanian especially proved to be in a different mood altogether hitting 5 fours and 5 sixes at a strike rate of 200.00 leading from the front as a captain of the team.
DY Patil eventually declared their team at 144/6 in 20 overs winning the match on 1st innings lead. With this win they win the B Division Kanga League earning the champions tag while they also get promoted to the A Division of the iconic tournament.
Top 3 Run Getters-
- Aakarshit Gomel-326 runs in 6 innings @54.33 & strike rate of 79.13
- Krunal Nar-257 runs in 7 innings @42.83, Strike rate of 102.80
- Mohhamad Ishaque Shaikh-229 runs in 6 innings @45.80, Strike rate of 91.97
Top 3 wicket takers-
- Pravin Tambe-26wkts in 8 innings @9.00 and econ of 2.47
- Madhusudan Acharya-21wkts in 7 innings @21.00 @ econ of 3.46
- Karsh Kothari-19wkts in 8 innings@12.00 @ econ of 2.48
- Shamit Shetty-19 wkts in 8 innings
Into a virtual finale, PJ Hindu Gymkhana locked horns with Sind Sports Club on their home ground on what was basically a low scoring thriller where bowlers played a crucial role for both the teams.
The promising line up of PJ Hindu Gymkhana were all out for 107 runs in their final match of the Kanga season with a brutal top and lower order collapse. Right arm medium pacer Nitish Salekar bowled one of the most important spells of his kanga career running through the PJ Hindu batsman on their own turf with a sensational spell of 6/33 in 10 overs (3 maidens).
However, it’s not easy to defeat PJ Hindu Gymkhana no matter at how much score you restrict them. PJ Hindu Gymkhana bowlers fought back restricting Sind SC to mere 90 runs all out in 20 overs. Leading from the pack, fast bowler Mohit Avasthi who is also now the table topper of the A Div claimed 5 wkts to dismantle Sind SC’s hopes of winning the match. Mohit came up with a match winning spell of 5/40 in 10 overs while he was nicely supported by Salil Agharkar (3/33) and Sachin Katkar (2/13) as PJ Hindu Gymkhana won a low scoring thriller.
With this win, PJ Hindu Gymkhana also win the A div kanga League with 15 points in 7 games surpassing Payyade’s 13 points. The PJ Hindu Gymkhana Committee which works behind the scenes also played a crucial role in the journey of becoming one of the top cricket clubs of Mumbai.
Champions-PJ Hindu Gymkhana
Runners Up-Payyade Sports Club
Top 3 Run Scorers-
- Adeeb Usmani (Parkophene Cricketers)-277 runs in 5 matches @92.33, Sr-94.86
- Prayag Bhati (Payyade SC)-214 runs in 3 innings @107.00 & strike rate of 127.924
- Sachin Wagh (PJ Hindu Gymkhana)-201 runs in 7 matches@33.50 and strike rate of 90.95
Top 3 wicket takers-
- Mohit Awasthi (PJ Hindu Gymkhana)-20wkts in 8 innings @ 11.00 & econ of 3.34
- Vinayak Bhoir (Karnatak Sporting Association)-19 wkts in 8 innings@7.00 & econ of 2.51
- Sagar Mishra (Parkophene Cricketers)- 19 wkts in 7 innings @10.00
Anonymous Knights, a team from Mumbai, went on their first ever tour , which was a tour to Udaipur. The team, led by Sanjeev Suleria ,is a group of friends, who are all 30 years old and above, coming together and pursuing their passion for cricket .
The Anonymous Knights played 3 T20 matches on the Udaipur tour. They won the first two games comfortably. They lost the third game against the Doctors of Udaipur. These matches were played at the Pacific Sports complex in Udaipur. The tour was completely arranged and managed by Zooter.
The main objective of Zooter is to provide a top class cricket experience to all Amateur players who have moved on in life to pursue their professional and corporate goals but share a common passion for playing the game. Zooter has already organised 25+ tours and are set for many more !
After a successful first tour of Jaipur , the Anonymous Knights thoroughly enjoyed the tour and are looking forward for more tours.
After taking a brilliant hat-trick in his previous outing, the young spinner has not looked back giving solid performances at the local level.
After putting Goregaon SC to bat first at the Parsee Gymkhana, it was a good start with openers putting on 75 runs with Rohit Rudra scoring a blazing 52 off 44 balls. However, despite a brilliant start, they could not capitalize as the team was all out for 149 runs in 31.2 overs. The architect of Goregaon SC’s collapse was leg-break bowler Abhimanyu Vasishtha coming up with excellent bowling figures of 6/26 in 7.2 overs. Abhimanyu broke partnerships while he was supported well by Aditya Dhumal who also chipped in with 3 wickets.
Parsee Gymkhana won the match on 1st innings thanks to a brilliant 96* run stand for the 4th wicket between Aditya Dhumal and Nikhil Patil. Nikhil scored a solid 35* off 54 balls while Aditya Dhumal took on the bowlers enroute his 54* in 53 balls (6 fours, 1 six).
Fort Vijay CC after being put to bat first at DPC, Dadkar Maidan managed to put up a total of 119/10 in 34.1 overs. Despite a top order collapse with half of the team back to pavilion with just 32 runs on the board, it was left handed Nikhil Patil Sr at no .7 scoring a match winning 50 off 44 balls (1 four, 3 sixes). DPC bowlers did a good job with almost every bowler chipping in with wickets.
Dadar Parsi Colony team were beaten up on their own ground as left arm spinners consisting of in form Madhusadan Acharya (4/27) and Kunal Thorat (4/30) running their batting line up. Medium pacer Rohit Yadav with 3/21 was also quite effective restricting DPC to 97 all out in 30 overs.
Result: Fort Vijay CC clinched a memorable win over the opposition on their homeground.
Like every year, the U14 Trials were held at Oval Maidan on October 9 and October 10, 2019 at Dilip Vengsarkar Cricket Academy. The selection trials were for boys born after September 1, 2005 & before September 1, 2008.
The trials were conducted between 10am to 3pm where boys were instructed to come in cricket uniforms i.e white shirt, trouser and cricket shoes alongwith their birth certificates. Because of rains the trials were delayed by one week but still it invited a very good response with people coming from faraway places like Palghar, Dahanu, Panvel, Kalyan and Vashi to attend the trials.
Talking with Kamat sir who was part of the selection trials- “Every year 700-800 boys come from various parts of Mumbai and this year too the response has been good. The selection will be conducted for U12, U13 and U14 groups where 15 to 20 boys for each age group will be selected”
Once selected their coaching would start from 15th of October, 2019 while they can stay here upto U19 where Total Vengsarkar Academy will provide proper high quality cricket coaching, cricket attire and fitness camps to the students.
The league match of C.D Cup (Under 17) organised by Mahi and R.S Sports Management was played at the Mahi Sports Park Bhondsi , Gurugram. The 30 over game was played between Mahi Cricket Club (B team) and C.D International School. C.D school won the toss and decided to have a bowl first.
Put into bat, Mahi C.C got off to a brilliant start with opener Noorain scoring an unbeaten 131. Noorain’s knock came of just 88 balls as he thrashed the bowlers all around the park. The captain of the Mahi C.C, Sahil Rajput ,came into bat at number 4 and piled on the runs. Sahil scored a 55 balls 105 and formed a brilliant partnership with Noorain. At the end of 30 overs , Mahi C.C scored a formidable 362/2. Deepak took 2 wickets for C.D school but he was hit for 82 runs in just 5 overs !
Chasing 363 runs for the victory was an improbable task for C.D School but it soon turned out to be impossible. C.D International school were bowled out for just 33 runs ! No batsman for the C.D School got into double figures in what was a lacklustre batting display. The star with the ball for Mahi C.C was Kunal , as he took 3/9 .
Mahi C.C won by a mammoth 336 runs and Nourain was the Man of the Match for his unbeaten knock of 131.
Batting first at Sunder CC, Cross Maidan, Shashvat Jhunjhunwala who came at no.3 for Sunder CC single handedly scored more than half of the team runs at a time when wickets were falling from the other end. Shashvat scored a solid 87 off 133 balls which had 7 fours and 1 six. It was an innings full of substance as Sunder CC declared their innings at 169/8 dec in 52 overs.
However, the match could not obtain any results as Dahisar Youngstars somehow escaped a narrow defeat with 2wkts in hand at the end of the game’s play with their score reading 93/8 in 34 overs. From the bowlers, it was Sandeep Bhandari being the pick of the lot coming up with excellent bowling figures of 5/26 in 11 overs with 2 maidens. Sandeep proved to be a difficult customer to handle with his tight line and length as he kept on providing breakthroughs bringing his team almost close to a win! This was also back to back fifer for Sandeep in Kanga League’19, in his previous match he had taken 5/26 vs Mazgaon CC as he continues to rattle opposition with his fiery bowling.