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.
In one of the rare decisions in Kanga, Navroz CC skipper Karan Suriaya elected to bat first at Oval Maidan with an aim to break the jynx that the team which bats first often struggles or loses. However, the history and records of Kanga are so strong, his brave decision fell flat on him as Navroz CC were all out on mere 48 runs in 22.1 overs. Left arm spinner Santosh Dhande bowled an excellent spell of 5/19 in 11 overs with 4 maidens while off-spinner Vishal Addagtala was equally impressive bagging 4 wkts conceding mere 7 runs in 6.1 overs with 2 maidens. Both the spinners teamed up really well while the difference in angles also played a big role as one was left arm spinner while the other one being the right arm spinner.
Taki Team in reply scored 99/9 declaring at 25.4 overs winning the match on 1st innings lead. Navroz CC batted again in the 2nd innings getting all out for 76 runs in 35.2 overs.
Vishal Addagatla again chipped in with 4 wkts taking 4/27 while Santosh Dhande took 2/22. Rupesh Naik also came in chipping with 3 wkts as Taki team dominated Navroz CC with quite some force.
Shivaji Park Gymkhana after being put to bat first at National CC, Cross Maidan made a 1st innings total of 150/10 in 50.3 overs. Even though it was a top order collapse with scoreboard reading 4/23, the middle order consisting of Siddhesh Kinalekar (41), Jayesh Pokhare (27) and Sanket Bhaye (24) somehow pushed their team to a respectable total. Medium Pacer Ravinder Solanki was quite crucial with the ball running through SPG’s top order as he came up with wonderful bowling figures of 5/30 in 11.3 overs with a maiden.
Despite a great bowling performance, National CC could not replicate their good performance in batting as they were bundled out for 103 runs in 26.4 overs. It was a collective performance by the SPG bowlers as they kept it tight taking wickets at regular intervals to help their team win on 1st innings lead.
After an over-whelming response and success in Season 1, the International School Dad’s tournament is back with Season 2 with the title brand partner as PokerStars India and it will begin soon! A tournament which is specially created for dads who are often busy with their worklife and stress.
The last year witnessed some really neck to neck matches while it also tapped the talent of many dads who came up with stunning performances. The season 2 is about to get bigger and better with more teams participating this year. Last year it was 12 teams taking on each other while this year it will be 16 teams for the coveted Zooter Trophy 2019!
The main objective for ZOOTER is to provide a top class cricket experience to all the dads (players) who are busy achieving their corporate & professional goals but share a same love and passion for the game of cricket. With this initiative, not only a new segment of cricket has been created but it has proved to be a great stress-buster for dads while bringing families together to share quality time together.
The tournament will be played in T20 format & it will feature fathers of students from different International Schools of Mumbai. As a part of this partnership, Cricketgraph will provide full digital coverage to Zooter International Schools Dad’s cricket tournament.
With season 1 being quite a success, the Tournament this time have got multiple sponsors on board.
List of sponsors/brands on board this year for Zooter International School Dad’s Tournament’19
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Team Names Participating in Season 2-
- AIS Sparks
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- Dias Aces
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- Fazlani United
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- Mount Litera Mustangs
- All dads will be representing their respective school children.
- Minimum age criteria-33
- Tournament duration-2 months
- Finals to be held outside Mumbai.
Tall, well-built left arm fast bowlers are always difficult to face and that was exactly the case between Regent CC and SKP Athletics where left arm medium pacer Kunal Bhavsar dominated upfront with the ball. After putting Regent CC to bat first at Oval Maidan, SKP Athletics restricted them to 152 runs all out in 62.2 overs. The wrecker in chief was SKP’s Kunal Bhavsar who came up with an excellent spell of 6/36 in 18.2 overs with 5 maidens. Kunal was spot on with the ball penetrating into Regent CC’s top and middle order with his consistent line and length.
From Regent CC, it was Patrick Allen scoring a gritty 62 off 115 balls while Badal Shaikh at no.7 scored 49 off 87 balls.
SKP Athletics in reply scored 105/6 in 29 overs with Kunal top scoring with the bat too scoring an aggressive 43 off 32 balls which had 5 lusty blows over the ropes. Coming at no.5, Kunal simply enjoyed his stay at the crease as the match ended in a draw with no results being obtained at the end of the game’s play.
Young Comrade CC batting first at Azad Maidan could muster a total of 171/10 in 63 overs. Opening the innings Suraj Singh batted from start to end staying at the crease for as many as 63 overs. Suraj scored a solid 79* off 178 balls (3 fours) in what was an innings full of resistance, determination and solid technique. Suraj kept on rotating the strike despite wickets falling from the other end. From the bowlers, it was Mumbai Police Gymkhana’s young gun Aman Sheoran impressing one and all with his pace, line and length. The youngster came up with 5/29 in 13 overs which included 7 maidens. What’s more his spell also included a hat-trick where he took 2 wkts in the last two balls of the 2nd over of the game followed by a wicket in the 1st ball of the 3rd over of his spell. With his hat-trick he ran through the top 3 batman of Young Comrade CC. Apart from him, left arm spinner Yogesh Sawant took 4/34 in 16 overs.
20yr old quickster Aman Sheoran speaking with Cricketgraph said: Suraj was batting really well, he was surviving when most of the batters found it difficult. We had an interesting battle, he was dropped in my bowling when he was around 50 runs, next over i hit him on the helmet & he was basically playing me out after that. But overall, it was a good innings & an interesting sort of battle!
Mumbai Police Gymkhana for the loss of 2 wkts batted for 19 overs at the end of the game’s play where the match ended in a draw.
In what was a proper red ball contest, Suraj’s innings in many aspects reminded of England’s Mike Atherton who was known to survive & frustrate the feared pace attacks of South Africa & Australia. Mike in his prime used to be one difficult customer to get out! Suraj now has 3 back to back fifties in Kanga League sitting at no.2 in the top run-getters list. With 221 runs in 4 innings at an average of 73.67, he is certainly one batsman the opposition teams need to prepare for!
Payyade after putting MIG to bat first on their homeground were least affected as they notched up a strong 1st innings total on the board declaring at 220/8 in 50.3 overs. MIG Skipper Kevin who is playing for MIG since many years now continues to show consistency at the top order as he scored a back to back kanga half century. Kevin opening the innings scored a graceful 74 off 121 balls (6 fours, 2 sixes) while Gaurav Jathar who is MIG’s middle order mainstay who often chips in with crucial innings once again showed that middle order slot belongs to him hitting a timely 54 off 63 balls (5 fours, 1 six).
Payyade SC in reply found it difficult to dominate MIG bowlers on their hometrack as they were 6 down for 71 runs before the end of the game’s play where they batted for 29 overs.
Result: The match ended in a draw with no results being obtained.