Victorians CC took on Master Blasters in the Fair Play T20 White Ball Champions League. Master Basters won the game comfortably with a massive margin of 86 runs. After scoring 209/4 in the first innings, Victorians managed only 123 losing 9 wickets.
Opener Mukesh Lokhande hammered 44 off just 34 balls before getting retired hurt as Girijesh Singh faced 23 balls for his 42. Apart from them, Pratik Warang’s glamorous 58* off 25 provided the finishing touch his team required. Rahul Jadhav high scored with 29 for the Victorians but it wasn’t enough.
Sanjay Singh and Pradeep Singh claimed 3 wickets each in a supreme bowling effort.
Mumbai, April 13: A determined Dadar Union Sports Club put up a solid fighting performance and managed to overcome Islam Gymkhana recording a narrow 4-run win in a Group-B match of the MCA 2nd Under-19 Cricket Tournament organized by Bhama CC in association with Mumbai Cricket Club and played at the Islam Gymkhana ground.
Batting first Dadar Union were bowled out for 163 runs in 35 overs. Later, defending a low score Dadar Union bowlers Zaid Patankar 3 for 26, Ashley D’Souza 3 for 30 and Adit Deogaonkar 3 for 32 rose to the challenge and dismissed Islam Gymkhana for 159 runs in 33 overs to help their team snatch a tight win.
In another closely fought encounter, Parkophene Cricketers defeated Navroz Cricket Club by a close margin of just 11 runs. Batting first Parkophene Cricketers innings closed at 161 all out in 34.4 overs, but they came roaring back and restricted Navroz CC 150 for 8 wickets in 35 overs to clinch the win. Parkophene Cricketers bowlers Vedant Gadia 3 for 24, Rohit Yadav 2 for 14 and Vansh Akbari 2 for 39 ensured their success.
Brief scores – Group-A: Superstar SC 248 for 4, 35 overs (Aryan Punja 95, Tejas Chavan 46, Vilohit Desai 30, Krish Singh 26; Manas Mukadam 2/48) beat Karnatak SA 118 for 7, 35 overs (Sai Sanil 22*; Kartikey Shukla 2/18). Result: Superstar SC won by 130 runs.
Mangrol CC- Omni Global 51 all out, 20.1 overs (Musheer Khan 4/10, Jugraj Mehta 3/4, Ruchit Ahuja 2/15) lost to Payyade SC 52 for no loss, 5.2 overs (Musheer Khan 30*). Result: Payyade SC won by 10 wickets.
Group-B: Dadar Union SC 163 all out, 35 overs (Anuj Giri 38, Owais Shaikh 29; Aditya Lokhande 3/22, Ragib Ali 2/13) beat Islam Gymkhana 159 all out, 33 overs (Arpit Dhadve 43, Lakshya Tiwari 35; Zaid Patankar 3/26, Ashley D’Souza 3/30, Adit Deogaonkar 3/32). Result: Dadar Union SC won by 4 runs.
Group-C: Parkophene Cricketers 161 all out, 34.4 overs (Sumeet Singh 37, Vansh Akbari 35; Maurya Kumar 4/28, Nihar Magre 3/38, Soham Rane 2/18) beat Navroz CC 150 for 8, 35 overs (Maurya Kumar 61; Vedant Gadia 3/24, Rohit Yadav 2/14, Vansh Akbari 2/39). Result: Parkophene Cricketers won by 11 runs.
Group-D: P.J. Hindu Gymkhana 233 for 5, 35 overs (Jash Ganiga 60, Vasim Khan 56, Harsh Salunkhe 43, Yaseen Saudagar 31; Saad Khan 2/46) beat John Bright 66 all out, 21.4 overs (Meet Jain 29; Atharva Bhosale 5/6, Aryan Pawar 2/20). Result: P.J. Hindu Gymkhana won by 167 runs.
Group-E: Young Maharashtra CC 219 for 5, 35 overs (Ayan Pathan 89*, Tejas Chalke 77; Vishal Prasad 2/40) beat Shivaji Park Youngsters 105 all out, 26.4 overs (Shashwat Pathak 33; Aryan Chauhan 5/11, Umar Khan 2/21). Result: Young Maharashtra CC won by 114 runs.
Our’s Cricket Club 127 all out, 33.2 overs (Aryan Mandavkar 23, Aditya Parulkar 20; Naman Pushpak 3/15, Varun Malik 3/16, Manthan Korgaonkar 2/20, Shaunak Patil 2/34) beat Bharat CC 104 all out, 34.3 overs (Varun Malik 30*, Manthan Korgaonkar 27; Aryan Mandavkar 2/21, Shreyas Gurav 2/12, Aman Tiwari 2/18). Result: Our’s CC won by 23 runs.
Group-F: Crescent CC 110 all out, 29.4 overs (Malhar Mane 33; Nirek Gawande 4/11, Darsh Murkute 3/16) lost to Apollo C 113 for 1, 21.2 overs (Abhinab Saha 40*, Roshan Gupta 40*). Result: Apollo Cc won by 9 wickets.
Borivali CC 107 all out, 29.2 overs (Tanveer Chouhan 24; Khush Jain 3/22, Pratham Sahu 3/25, Ayan Khan 2/26) lost to Muslim United SC 109 for 4, 18.4 overs (Yuvraj Natalkar 28, Shashwat Jhunjhunwala 28; Tanveer Chouhan 2/18). Result: Muslim United SC won by 6 wickets.
Group-G: New Hind Sporting Club 157 all out, 34 overs (Tanay Khandeshi 48; Kaustubh Patil 4/20, Mihir Bhatkar 4/25) lost to Dadar Parsee Colony SC 161 for 2, 21.5 overs (Tushar Singh 83, Soham Dhumal 52). Result: Dadar Parsee Colony SC won by 8 wickets.
Group-H: Parsee Gymkhana 195 all out, 34.4 overs (Nutan Goel 73, Nishit Balla 32*, Dhanraj Gorej 23; Akshat Jain 3/27, Paras Gadhavi 2/39) beat Wellington CC 130 all out, 33.1 overs (Amit Jaiswal 42; Nishit Balla 3/31, Lavesh Medhankar 2/12, Advait Lotlikar 2/14). Result: Parsee Gymkhana won by 65 runs.
Shivaji Park Gymkhana 142 for 9, 35 overs (Parth Pathak 71*; Aryan Shejule 4/31) lost to K.R.P. XI 145 for 7, 33 overs (Sanskar Dahelkar 42, Roshan Kanojiya 31*; Omkar Karandikar 2/20, Likhit Kadam 2/22). Result: K.R.P. XI won by 3 wickets.
Ultra Edge Season 3 Super 7 Co-Powered by Cric Willowforu. The 4th league match played here in between Raging Bulls vs Spartans XI, played at – CBR Ground, Baliawas . Raging Bulls opted to bat and the decision turned out favourable as they put up a mammoth total of 209 for the loss of 5 wickets in the quota of 20 overs.
They got a partnership of 134 runs for 2nd wicket between Rachit Sanduja 72 of 41 balls (6×5,4×5) & Lokesh Sanduja scored 66 of 50 balls (4×9,6×2) also Kunal Raheja chipped in with quick fire 35 in balls (4×1,6×2). With this they scored 209/5 in 20 overs.
Spartans XI bowling figures: Ravinder Sehrawat 4-39-2wickets, Sunny bhatia, prashant garg, himanshu vohra took 1 each wicket.
Chasing Spartans XI Keep loosing wickets. Himanshu vohra played gritty knock of 42 in 30 balls (4×4,6×2), with him Vishal Sharma played a good handy knock of 39 in 29 balls (4×6) also Vipin Gautam played a quick knock of 28 runs in 10 balls (4×2,6×3) but couldn’t chase down the target as they fell short by 39 runs and lost the game as they bundled out in 19.5 overs on 170.
In the bowling department from Raging Bulls Lucky Ahuja took 3 wickets for 29 runs, Ranjit took 2 wickets & Lokesh Sanduja took 2 wickets..
Man of the Match : Lokesh Sanduja
Fighter of the Match : Himanshu Vohra
Outperformer : Rachit Sanduj
Milton CC emerged victorious against New Amrut CC in an enticing game of cricket. Batting first, Milton scored a total of 160 in 20 overs. Opener Shashvat Pathak gave a steady start as Sumit Mishra hammered a 36-ball 59 to help his team reach a competitive total. Down the order, Shreenesh Shah contributed a quick-fire 34 to finish off the innings. Pavan Rajbhar was the pick of the bowlers, with 4/14 to his name in 4 overs.
New Amrit lost early wickets in the runchase but Mayur Tarade’s innings (40 off 30) kept them in the game. Ultimately, Milton managed to restrict them to just 139 as they were bowled out in the 19th over. Ayush Kashyap, Shreenesh Shah and Shashvat Pathak managed to claim two wickets each.
Forestian CC locked horns with Rangers CC in the Friendship Trophy 2023. Scoring 143/4 in 20 overs, Forestian posed a competitive total, thanks to Mahindra Singh’s 47-ball 71. His innings comprised of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Despite the fight, Rangers CC made a light work as they chased down the total in just 17 overs for the loss of 5 wickets.
Sarvesh Jain scoring run-a-ball 35 and Parikshit Tripathi hammering 65 of 31 balls helped Rangers seal the game comfortably.
Indifirst Life took on the Cricket Club of Dombivali in the Friendhsip Trophy 2023 as the latter cam on top in an enticing game. Posting 152, IndiaFirst Life’s Babli Sharma scored the bulk of the runs (82 off 46) with 5 sixes and 8 fours. Pankaj chipped in handy 30 runs down the order but this effort wasn’t enough as CCD chased down the target in just 19 overs. Prasad Sawant kicking things off with a 26-ball 47. There were a few contributions down the order as CCD completed the runchase with 4 wickets in hand.
Shrikant Balwan’s 3/24 put CCD in a commanding position in the first innings.
Indiafirst Life dominated the game against Mulund Knockers in the ongoing Friendship Trophy 2023. Indiafirst scored 183 in the first innings. Wicketkeeper Anil Ronanki played a brilliant knock of 96* off just 47 balls with 9 fours and 6 sixes to his name. He was supported by Babli Sharma, scoring 46 off just 29. Dilip, Ankit and Suryaprasad managed to pick 2 wickets each as well.
After a subpar bowling performance, Mulund Knockers seemed to struggle with the bat as well as they were bowled out for just 123 in the final over. Rohan Chavan (56 off 33) gave his all but it was in vain as Indiafirst sealed the game with 60 runs in hand. Amit Rathode picked 3 wickets in a splendid spell as Seshagiri and Anil claimed 2 each.
Anil was rightfully adjudged as the Man of the Match.
Friendship Trophy 2023 witnessed a nail-biting battle between Shiv Sakti CC and SHM as the latter prevailed with a slight margin. Shiv Shakti put up a total of 146 for the loss of 8 wickets as opener Swapnil Chaudhari scored a blistering knock of 47. He was aided by Ninad Labre down the order, scoring an unbeaten 35 off just 18 balls. On the bowling side, Sanjay Dinani was the pick of the bowlers, who claimed 3 wickets in 4 overs conceding just 13 runs. Hitesh and Kishore claimed 2 wickets a piece.
Chasing down the total, SHM’s Hitesh started off things by scoring a steady 34. As his wicket fell, Yogesh Rorha took the reigns and played a match-winning knock of 44 off just 31 balls. SHM narrowly won the game by just 3 wickets in the final over of the game.
Hitesh was named as the man of the match for his match-winning performance.
MIG CC took on Dadar Parsee CSC in the LNCC tournament as the former prevailed comfortably. Batting first, MIG amassed a total of 260 in just 35 overs. Opener Aditya Balivada scored 83 off just 78 runs. His innings comprised of 7 fours and 4 sixes. He formed a partnership with Arjun Dani who went on to score an immaculate ton. Dani scored 103 off mere 67 balls. Out of those 67 balls, Dani dispatched 7 of them for fours and 8 for sixes.
Aryan Kumar from Dadar Parsee claimed 3/28 in 65 overs.
Dadar Parsee’s opener Tushar Singh’s fighting innings was a blistering one. Singh scored 107 off just 82 balls. But apart from him, no other batsman crossed the 20 run mark. MIG restricted the batters for just 177 in 35 overs.
A complete bowling effort meant MIG CC sealed the game by 83 runs.
Mumbai, April 11: The collective efforts of middle order batsmen Vishwajit Jagdale 78 runs and Utkarsh Raut 70 runs and Juned Khan’s brilliant spell of 5 wickets for 11 runs were the highlights of P.J. Hindu Gymkhana’s convincing 59-run victory against Mumbai Police Gymkhana in a first round match of the John Bright CC organised MCA Rathod Trophy Under-25 Invitation T20 knockout cricket tournament 2022-2023, played at the Police Gymkhana ground on Tuesday.
In another match, hosts John Bright CC overcame a solid fight from Bombay Gymkhana and managed to snatch a tight 13-run win at the latter’s ground. Batting first John Bright scored 201 runs for 5 wickets from their 20 overs. Openers Meer Rizvi 55 runs and Arman Jaffer 46 runs and later Omkar Malekar 51 runs lifted the John Bright innings. Later, Bombay Gymkhana was restricted to 188 for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Only the two opening batsmen Bhupen Lalwani who smashed an unbeaten 84 runs and Akash Savla 66 runs kept them in the chase, but the other batsmen failed to support the top two batters.
Meanwhile, Hindu Gymkhana after losing three quick wickets initially recovered well with Jagdale and Raut putting the inning back on track and taking them to mammoth total of 223 for 5 wickets from their stipulated 20 overs. Mumbai Police Gymkhana batsmen struggled to get going as found Juned Khan’s pace too hot to handle and lost wickets at regular intervals and their innings closed at 164 all out in 19.2 overs. Akash Parmar 34 runs, Aradhya Shinde 30 runs and Akash Kharvi 29 runs were Mumbai Police best scorers. Juned Khan received good support from Amanullah Manihar 2 for 23 and Yogesh Dongre 2 for 35 which helped clinch the big win.
In other matches, Parsee Gymkhana defeated Bharat CC by 5 wickets and Shivaji Park Gymkhana recorded a 7-wicket win against Dr. D.Y. Patil SA.
Brief scores: Bharat CC 148 for 6, 20 overs (Rupesh Borate 37; Sylvester D’Souza 2 for 25) lost to Parsee Gymkhana 151 for 5, 19.5 overs (Rushikesh More 51*, Saksham Parashar 33*, Yash Singh 33; Vighnesh Solanki 3 for 15). Result: Parsee Gymkhana won by 5 wickets.
P.J. Hindu Gymkhana 223 for 5, 20 overs (Vishwajit Jagdale 78, Utkarsh Raut 70, Akash Malbari 37; Akash Sharma 2 for 32) beat Mumbai Police Gymkhana 164 all out, 19.2 overs (Akash Parmar 34, Aradhya Shinde 30, Akash Kharvi 29; Juned Khan 5 for 11, Amanullah Manihar 2 for 23, Yogesh Dongre 2 for 35). Result: Hindu Gymkhana won by 59 runs.
John Bright CC 201 for 5, 20 overs (Meer Rizvi 55, Omkar Malekar 51, Arman Jaffer 46; Bhushan Kastur 2 for 24, Mayur Barade 2 for 26) beat Bombay Gymkhana 188 for 5, 20 overs (Bhupen Lalwani 84*, Akash Savla 66). Result: John Bright CC won by 13 runs.
Dr. D.Y. Patil SA 161 for 9, 20 overs (Hitesh Chauhan 69; Satyam Chaudhary 3 for 31, Sumit Markali 2 for 35) lost to Shivaji Park Gymkhana 166 for 3, 20 overs (Jayesh Pokhare 72*, Manal Kawle 34*; Himanshu Choudhary 2 for 16). Result: Shivaji Park Gymkhana won by 7 wickets.