The match between Koli Combined XI Cricket Club and John Bright Cricket Club was held in Sachivalaya Gymkhana, Oval Maidan on 2nd October. John bright cricket club won the toss and chose to bowl first.
On a challenging wicket, opener Aditya Koli and Nihar Agre looked good and gave a decent start of 42 runs, but with poor performances of other batsmen they were all out for 123 runs. The star with the ball for John bright cricket club was right-arm off spinner Akshay Girap, who caused havoc on the pitch with his spinning deliveries and picked up 6 crucial wickets conceding a mere 25 runs. 34yr old Akshay was at one point hailed as a mystery spinner who went on to represent the Mumbai team in first Class cricket in 2015.
John Bright Cricket Club didn’t get good start with the bat, and the batting card reflected a string of low scores and at the end, the scored 97 runs losing 7 wickets.
For Koli Combined XI CC, right arm medium bowler Aditya Hareshwar Koli bowled an impressive spell of 3 for 17.
Result: The match ended in a draw.
The match between Maharashtra Young Cricketers and Dahisar Sports Club was held in Sachivalya gymkhana, Oval Maidan on 2nd October. Dahisar Sports Club won the toss and elected to bowl first.
After a dismal top order performance of Maharashtra Young Cricketers , the middle- order partnership between left-handed Sushil kumar kamble and right handed Prashant Mhamunkar helped them to put up a small but fighting score of 119 on an uneven wicket. Interestingly, Dahisar Sports Club used 9 bowlers but right arm medium pace bowler Sherwin lobo was the hit of the line-up, clinging impressive figures of 5 for 35.
In response, Dahisar Sports Club didn’t have a solid start but no.3 batsman
Kaushtubh Tathare played an impressive but waiting innings of 37 runs off 111 balls to save his team from being bowled out. Rest other batsmen had brief stays at the crease and somehow, at the end of the game Dahisar sports club were at a score of 94/7. For Maharashtra Young Cricketers, right–arm off spinner Sunil Sargar and slow left arm bowler Sushil Kumar Kamble picked up 3 wickets each.
Result: The match was drawn.
MIG batting first on their homeground at Bandra did get some early jitters with wickets falling at regular intervals. With scoreboard reading 3/37, 4/48 and 5/94 at various junctures, MIG needed someone who could take the team sailing towards a healthy total. Swapnil Salvi who came at no.5 played a rescuing knock of 89 runs in 98 balls. Salvi smashed 6 fours and 4 sixes as he was able to shift the momentum in his team’s favor. Swapnil also received good support from the lower middle order players like Ashay Palkar (22) & Balakrushna Shirke (46) as MIG declared their innings at 205/7 in 44.1 overs.
With the ball it was Ankush Jaiswal taking care of defending his team MIG’s total as he came up with a sensational spell of 5/18 in 7 overs alongwith 2 maidens. It has been no looking back for a man who took the 1st ever hat-trick in T20 Mumbai as he continues to bowl impressive spells of bowling across various formats of MCA Tournaments. Muslim United SC were all out for 92 runs as MIG clinched a win on 1st innings lead.
Swapnil Salvi speaking with Cricketgraph shared: “The wicket was really good, it had good assistance for the spinners, when I came to bat the team was around 4 down for 48 runs and hence this knock was quite valuable at the middle order. I was told about us declaring the innings only in the last over hence I started to accelerate and lost my wicket or else was quite close to a ton! ”
In what was probably a low scoring thriller where both the teams gave a tough fight to each other, there were some exciting moments and promising performances witnessed. New Hind SC batting first at Dadkar Maidan were all out for 112 runs courtesy to some tight bowling by left-arm spinner Sagar Mishra (4/25) and Pardeep Sahu (3/25).
Parkophene Cricketers in reply received an equally strong fight from the New Hind SC bowlers with Akshay Jambhekar (3/24) & Parikshit Valsangakar (3/19) taking wickets at crucial intervals. Opener Adeeb Usmani who scored a solid half century in his previous outing again came good scoring 60% of the team runs single handedly. Despite a lack of support from the other hand, Adeeb kept on playing his natural game scoring an impressive 61 off 82 balls (3 fours, 3 sixes).
New Hind SC restricted Parkophene Cricketers to winning the match on 1st innings lead while it was a game where bowlers from both the sides gave their best. Adeeb on the other hand looks really promising with the bat this season.
Islam Gymkhana after being put to bat first at DY Patil Ground in Nerul were all out for 171 runs in 59.2 overs. Despite a solid start by the Islam Gymkhana openers, they lacked someone who could construct a big innings. Leg-break bowler Pravin Tambe who is probably now one of the experienced leg break spinners of Mumbai continued to dazzle coming up with 5/50 in 18.3 overs (3 maidens). Tambe extracted the best from his home ground as he kept providing crucial breakthroughs at regular intervals.
DY Patil Sports Academy in reply scored 148/7 in 27 overs before the game ended in a draw. Middle order batsman Yogesh Pawar top scored with 61 off 64 while Subbu chipped in with 32 runs.
Pravin Tambe as always never fails to inspire you as he is always in the charts of top wicket takers across local tournaments of Mumbai. In his previous match, Pravin Tambe had taken a brilliant 6/52 in 16 overs with 4 maidens.
Apollo CC after being put to bat first at Western Railways, Cross Maidan were reduced for a low total of 86 runs all out in 40 overs. Young Comrade CC skipper Shamit Shetty who also leads the team was the pick of the bowlers taking 5/36 in 13 overs with 3 maidens. Shamit who took a 5wkt haul even in his previous outing looks in really good shape coming up with crucial breakthroughs taking timely middle order wickets.
Young Comrade CC received a tough fight from the Apollo CC bowlers with scoreboard reading 63/7 and 72/8 at one stage. However, Shamit under pressure chipped in with a crucial knock of 17* (21 balls) when only two wickets were in hand and he smashed a six to seal a win for his team on 1st innings lead.
Apollo CC batted for 16 overs in 2nd innings with middle order batsman Kushal Kakkad scoring a whirlwind knock of 61*in just 33 balls (8 fours, 2 sixes) probably making it the fastest 50 so far in this season across all divisions.
Shamit Speaking with Cricketgraph said: “I lost my maternal grandfather last month who was a very special person in my life, I want to dedicate my performance and win in my maternal grandfather’s memory”
For a teen who smashed 4 double hundreds in Giles Shield a few years back, a lot of pressure and expectations were put on him at an early age. That sudden pressure on him certainly affected his game, he went through some niggles, scored some runs in between then again lost form but now coming back to 2019, he looks a matured and solid version of his earlier self. Though he looked quite mature this time, he took on the bowlers with the same elegance he showed in 2016-17.
Jolly Cricketers after being put to bat first at Islam Gymkhana Ground were all out for 118/10 in 34.3 overs. Leg-break bowler Bharat Solanki with 4/33 and Suraj Singh with 3/31 were the pick of the lot for New Hind CC.
New Hind CC in reply displayed their batting power with openers Vedprakash Jaiswal hitting 102* off 59 balls (11 fours & 4 sixes) while he got excellent support from Pratik Patil who scored an equally thrilling knock of 87 runs in 55 balls (9 fours, 5 sixes). Not only did Vedprakash scored the fastest ton across all divisions so far this year, it was also the highest opening stand for 2019 Kanga League across all divisions.
After failing in F Division Kanga last year while missing out on a place in the U19 Mumbai Squad for Vinood Mankad, Vedprakash certainly had a lot to prove and with this ton, he has certainly signaled his arrival for the upcoming season in style.
Result-New Hind CC won the match on 1st innings lead.
The match between Young Mohammedan Cricket Club and Bhatnagar Sports & Cultural Foundation was held in Khar Gymkhana on Wednesday, 2nd October.Bhatnagar sports won the toss and elected to bowl first.
On a decent pitch, The right handed opening duo of Musheerahmed khan and Nikhil Madas, laid a decent foundation for the Young Mohammedan club, Musheer Khan scored a well nurtured innings of 56 runs off 99 balls.
The middle order also displayed their prowess but the highlight of the whole innings was the blitzkrieg innings of 73 off just 49 balls by right hand lower middle order batsman, Kadir Patel. With his efforts, they reached a formidable score of 250/7 giving themselves an opportunity to fetch a win.
For the Bhatnagar foundation, right arm pace bowler Vishwajit Thakur registered 4 dismissals under his name giving away 53 runs. Opening for Bhatnagar Foundation, left handed Harsh Rane and right handed Aditya
Dev had a solid opening stand of 74 runs, the former scored a solid 68 runs off 102 holding one end strong.
They lost only 3 wickets. For Mohammedan Cricket Club, Slow-left arm bowler Musheer Khan picked up couple of wickets.
Result- The match ended in a draw.
The match between Parel Sporting Club and Regal Cricket Club was held in Oct, Karnataka sporting association, Cross maidan on 2nd october. Regal Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field first.
With both the openers dismissed for duck, right-handed batsman No.3 batsman Karan Sonavale played a sensible knock of 78 off 130 deliveries and constructed the innings. With some light efforts from the middle and lower order Parel Sporting Club declared at the score of 181 losing 9 wickets, they were eying for a win.
With the ball, slow left-arm bowler Bharat Meher picked 4 crucial wickets. For Regal, their opening partnership with the bat looked promising but after the dismissal of the openers, there wasn’t much to highlight. They lost 5 wickets in 34 overs and were at 67/5 at the end of the play. Slow left-arm bowler Vijaykumar Gohil successfully picked up 3 wickets and Karan Sonavale picked up couple of wickets too. To focus on cricket, Karan recently left his job at ICICI while in last one year he has scored 80+ six times across different tournaments.
Result-The match ended up in a draw.
Div-A
United Cricketers team opting to bat first on their homeground at Cross Maidan rattled the Ghatkoper Jolly Gymkhana’s batting line up restricting them to 126 runs all out in 40.1 overs. Left arm spinner Sandeep Pawar was the pick of the bowlers extracting the best from the cross maidan track to come up with amazing bowling figures of 8/49 in 16.1 overs. Sandeep proved to be effective right from the beginning not only generating decent amount of turn but also maintaining a tight line and length.
United Cricketers in reply declared their innings on 128/5 in 41 overs with Darshan Kamthe (40) and Amey Lad (30) lending some support at the middle order helping their team win on 1st innings lead.