There are certain bowling spells which get etched in the minds of cricket lovers forever. Whether it’s a 10wkt haul by Kumble vs Pakistan in a test with a broken jaw, whether it’s Irfan taking a hat-trick in the 1st over vs Pakistan in Pakistan or 8wkts taken by Chaminda Vaas in an ODI match.
Every year, even at local level, we come across some brilliant spells of bowling which amazes every now and then & one such player who has registered his name in the MCA record books is Sushilkumar Kamble.
Regent CC after being put to bat first at Dadkar Maidan were all out for 48 runs in 29.3 overs. The bowler who inflicted maximum damage and proved to be too difficult to handle was off spinner Sushilkumar Kamble who came up with envious bowling figures of 6/3 in 7 overs. The entire top to middle order was eroded by this man as he bamboozled the batsman with his effective off spinners.
Maharashtra Young Cricketers in reply declared their innings at 72/5 in 15.1 overs winning the match on 1st innings lead. With this Kamble breaks the record of least number of runs conceeded by a bowler to reach a 5wkt haul in the history of Kanga League.
It was a match between two experienced clubs namely Parel SC and Parkophene Cricketers. Parel Sporting Club after being put to bat first were all out for 72 runs thanks to some quality bowling by Parkophene bowlers. Parel SC lost both their young openers Pragnesh Kanpillewar and Varun Lavande who have represented India U19 quickly which created a somewhat positive momentum for Parkophene Cricketers. Sagar Mishra was the pick of the bowlers coming up with a crucial spell of 5/25 in 11 overs. Sagar was spot on with his line and length as he provided some quick breakthroughs which resulted in Parel SC getting all out under 100 runs.
Parkophene team could have also faced the same fate as Parel SC batsman had it not been a brilliant half century from Prasad Pawar at no.4 (51* off 68 balls).
Over the years, Prasad has developed a reputation of scoring runs under crunch situations rescuing his teams on various occasions and this knock was a no exception either as it helped them take a 1st innings lead over Parel SC.
Parkophene Cricketers won the match on 1st innings lead while it was Sagar with the ball first and than Prasad rescuing with the bat ensuring a resounding win.
Young Men CC Vasai batting first on Oval Maidan were all out for 41 runs in mere 21 overs thanks to an impressive spell by medium pacer Mohm. Azeem who rattled the batting line up with a spell of 5/13 in 7 overs.
Souvenir CC in reply batted for 30 overs declaring their innings on 44/9 with Shubham Singh displaying his heroics with the ball. The left arm spinner came up with an effective spell of 7/20 in 14 overs taking wickets from top to bottom. Shubham who has played local matches said to Cricketgraph “this was my first ever MCA match, it was my debut in Kanga league and feels good to perform”
Souvenir CC won the match on 1st innings lead while It’s certainly a debut to remember for the young man Shubham as he will be a bowler to lookout for in the coming matches.
Young Friends CC after being put to bat first were not aware that their name will be etched into the record books but not the ones they would like to be a part of! It took just 19.1 overs for Dahisar SC to clean up Young Friends CC to a record low total of mere 14 runs all out. Left-arm spinner Paras Shah was bang on with the ball coming up with magical bowling figures of 6wkts for 7 runs in 9 overs.
Dahisar SC in reply declared their innings on 46/8 in 23 overs avoiding an all-out tag on themselves. Young Friends SC in reply did gave a fightback reaching 96/8 at the end of the game’s play after batting for 33 overs. In the 2nd innings, it was Kunj Vora who took an impressive 5/26 in 12 overs with his left arm spin.
Young Friends CC registered their names into the top 10 lowest kanga totals of all time while it was a spirited performance by Dahisar SC boys.
It must have been hard to fathom that the strong MIG team found it difficult to get going on their own ground against the quality bowling of PJ Hindu Gymkhana bowlers.
With just two batsmen managing to score in two figures and a highest individual score of 17, MIG were bundled out for 55 runs in 31.1 overs. The wrecker in chief who came up with a sensational opening spell was PJ Hindu Gymkhana’s fast bowler Mohit Awasthi. Mohit was the pick of the bowlers coming up with 5/16 in 14 overs. It was a hostile spell of fast bowling where he dismissed 4 of the top 5 batsman including twin blows of skipper Gaurav Jathar (0) and V Dhulap (0) without letting them open their accounts.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana in reply declared their innings on 88/6 in 33.4 overs winning the match on 1st innings lead.
It was quite a dominating win for PJ HINDU GYMKHANA while MIG who is known to be a strong side will definitely try to make a strong comeback post their whitewash in the opening match of the season.
New Hind Sporting Club after being made to bat first at Dadkar Maidan were cleaned up for just 86 runs in 40.1 overs. Just two batsmen managed to score in double figures with Sachin Yadav top scoring with 30 runs at the middle order. The bowler who created serious trouble was Sind SC’s fast bowler Nitish Salekar who ran through the middle and lower order of New Hind. It was a spell of pure fast bowling as he came up with envious bowling figures of 6/15 in 14.1 overs. Nitish kept on providing breakthroughs not allowing any batsman to settle easily,
Sind Sports Club in reply scored 91/4 dec in 16.1 overs with Jaideep Pardeshi scoring 47 runs at no.5. Sind Sports Club won the match on 1st innings lead and it was surely Nitish grabbing all the attention with his brilliant spell.
In international cricket, over the years players like Kaif, Yuvi, Dhoni, Bevan, Ranatunga, Robin Singh, Ravindra Jadeja have played some match winning knocks despite the top order collapsing. Each of these players have left behind memories by pulling of a great performance at a time when their team was about to get all out for a low total! One such knock at the local level which we witnessed was by Manoj Yadav in the ongoing Kanga League
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Worli Sports Club after being put to bat first on their homeground were 5/35 and 6/57 at one stage before Manoj who came at no.8 turned the game single handedly with his brilliant innings of 104* in 101 balls. It was a knock full of substance and fearless approach as he played at a strike rate of 100+ on a tough wicket hitting as many as 10 big sixes and 3 boundaries. Manoj was nicely supported by Rehanahmed Shaikh at no.9 who played the 2nd fiddle scoring 30* off 62 balls as Worli declared their innings at 188/6 in 43.3 overs.
Islam Gymkhana in reply were 87/2 in 23 overs before the match ended in a draw with no results obtained. Opener Mohammad Ishaque Shaikh scored an impressive 57 at the top of the order.
It was an exciting match where Manoj rescued his team from a low total which could have made them lose the match.
It was in 2006 when his coaches spotted the talent in a 10yr old kid and insisted his father to send him to VN Sule School did his journey start in Cricket. Cut down to 2019, he has represented Senior Mumbai Team in Zonal T20’s, Mushtaq Ali Trophy and is also playing in T20 Mumbai League.
Speaking with Cricketgraph, “Parikshit said-My dad used to be very fond of cricket. He took me to the summer coaching at Nirmal Cricket Academy in Mulund West. While practicing there, the coaches Raju Shirke and Ravi Thakker spotted me and told my dad that i can play better cricket for which i need to take admission in V N Sule Guruji School at dadar and that’s how my journey started from 6th standard”
The spark was quite evident in him when he scored a scintilating 367 for IES VN Sule vs St. Mary’s in the 2009 Giles Shield, a marathon knock which he and his school may cherish forever.
Born in Kalyan and brought up in Mulund, Parikshit who was born on 24th February 1995 did not had the easiest of journeys. Parikshit was in probables almost every year since he was 13 but could not make it any of the young age group level teams of Mumbai. However, Parikshit without blaming anyone himself admitted “i was not an up to the mark cricketer then”, the kind of confessions not many cricketers like to do or accept!
Parikshit sat out for 4 consecutive years for several clubs where he did not got a single game to play. At the age of 19, he got a call from New Hind Club where he said “ I warmed the benches there too” before finally getting a chance to play for Bank of India. Parikshit believes it was his stint with the Bank of India Team which improved him a lot as a cricketer. It was after his good performance with Bank of India, he got two games to play for New Hind & that’s how he became a regular fixture of New Hind’s team.
Soon the tides turned, he finally started getting opportunities, so did the performances came along. He started performing consistently at the local level across various MCA Tournaments. Parikshit from being a dropped player mostly warming the benches represented Mumbai U23 in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he won Col CK Nayadu Trophy playing for Mumbai side while he also emerged to be the highest wicket taker in A Division playing for Tata Sports.
As we saw, the journey was’nt that glamorous but the fact that he did not quit, he did not gave up, kept patience, did the hardwork and performed whenever he got an opportunity helped him progress in the sport which he and his father loved.
Parikshit shared: “I am very thankful to the committee of New Hind Club-Ramesh Vajge, Shailesh Manjrekar, Yogesh dicholkar. They picked me when i was a very ordinary cricketer. I also want to thank Bhavin Thakkar who supported me a lot and still supports me, he is my go to man. Then playing with Surya Kumar Yadav in T20 Mumbai and a few T20 matches for Senior Mumbai team helped me learn a lot from a senior player like him”
“I also thank Vinayak Samant(Coach) and the selection committee under whom i made my U23 debut. I thank my Captain Mr. Eknath kerkar who supported me throughout the Ck Nayudu and made sure i do well. I will always be thankful for that”
“And above all my guru Gopal Koli sir who is next to God for me. I started playing School Cricket under him and without his support I would have been nothing. Last but not the least, I also thank my father for my entire cricketing journey, he has always supported me selflessly. His dream is to see me play at higher levels of cricket and he is the reason I started playing cricket”
When we asked him about his goals-Parikshit said “i want to make it into the Ranji Trophy Team this year” We at Cricketgraph wish the budding all-rounder all the luck for a great career ahead.
It’s always commendable when a cricketer takes a 7 wkt haul in a cricket match, obviously it’s a difficult feat and you can’t take fifers every now and then but when a full-time policemen enters the ground and cleans up the batting line up of the opposition, it’s definitely one impressive thing!
Mohan CC after being put to bat first at Sassanian, Azad Maidan were bundled out for 64 runs all out in 36.3 overs. The wicket was difficult to score and medium pacer Rohit Bhere took full advantage of it. In a hostile spell of 16 overs, Rohit conceded mere 15 runs while went on to take 7 wkts of Mohan CC’s team.
Mangrol Sports Club in reply also found it difficult to bat on this wicket with 7wkts down for 43 runs but luckily the game ended after them batting for 36 overs with no results obtained.
Rohit who played his 1st Kanga match and just the 2nd professional match this year shared with Cricketgraph “The wicket was initially wet so had to grind hard but as the sunlight came out, it got easier to bowl fast and dominate. I started my police duty from 7th October 2017 and now on the basis of merit, I am selected as a Police Player for Mumbai Police Gymkhana”
Played at Islam Gymkhana, Marine Lines, DY Patil after being put to bat first declared their innings at a decent total of 174/4 in 34.1 overs. Even though, none of their batsman could score big but they had everyone chipping in with cameos while all-rounder Arun Yadav remaining unbeaten on 33* off 21 balls at no.8. Left arm spinner Shamit Shetty who is the skipper of Young Comrade team was the pick of the bowlers with 4/41 in 11 overs.
Young Comrade CC in reply were all out for 89 runs with opener Anish Choudhary scoring half of the team runs with a 47 ball 45. It was an exhibition of high class spin bowling on display as 47yr old leg break bowler Pravin Tambe who is a seasoned campaigner ran through the Young Comrade’s batting line up taking 5wkts for mere 10 runs in his spell of 9 overs. Tambe cleaned up the middle order with some deceiving leg breaks as DY Patil won the match on 1st innings lead with domination. Karsh Kothari with 3/10 in 5 overs was also impressive providing good support to Pravin Tambe.
