On 2nd June 2019, Deutsche Bank CIB and Deutsche Bank GM went head to head in the final of the Dreamz Champions Trophy – Elite White Ball 2018-19. The final was played at Sassanian , Azad Maidan. Deutsche Bank CIB had won 4 games to reach the final.
Deutsche Bank CIB won the toss and chose to bowl first. Put into bat first , Deutsche GM were all out for 107 runs. Akash Parmar was the only player fighter , as the Right handed batsman scored a fighting 45 runs of 40 balls which included 2 sixes and 2 fours. Mandar Chaudhary , the leg spinner , was brilliant with the ball for the Deutsche Bank CIB as he took 4/21 .
Deutsche CIB needed just 108 runs to win but on a spinner friendly wicket it was not going to be an easy chase. Akash Parmar was again brilliant with the ball as he took 2/16. The off spinner was getting the ball to spin and causing problems for the batsman. He was well supported by Abhishek who took 2/17. The Deutsche CIB innings was stabilised by Nikhil Wadekar and Vineet Angne who scored 33 and 40 runs respectively. The scores were tied and Deutsche CIB needed a run to win of the last ball. Ketan Gharge was stumped on the last ball and the game ended in a tie. Deutsche CIB were declared the winners as they lost less wickets than Deutsche GM.
Akash Parmar was the Man of the Match for his all round heroics ! Deutsche CIB were crowded the champions.
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With the growing craze for cricket, the varying formats, including T20 Cricket, the level of competition has forced every cricketer to perform consistently and constantly at his best which tends to take a toll on their health.
It is often said that “Prevention is better than cure”. Injuries and sports go hand in hand and are a part and parcel of an athlete’s life. So here are a few injury prevention strategies:
Warm-up
Warm-up prepares the body for exercise. The type of exercise to be performed determines the type of warm-up. The most effective warm-up consists of both general and specific exercises. General exercises may include jogging, general stretching and mobility, and activation exercises. Specific exercises include stretches and movements appropriate for the particular activity about to be undertaken.
The possible benefits of warm up prior to physical activity include:
1. Increased blood flow to muscles
2. Increased oxygen delivery to muscles
3. Decreased number of injuries due to increased range of motion in the joints
4. Decreased stiffness of the tissues leading to decreased likelihood of tears
5. Increased cardiovascular response to sudden strenuous exercise
6. Increased relaxation and concentration.
Taping and Bracing
Taping (or strapping) and bracing are used to restrict undesired, potentially harmful movements and allow desired motion. There are two main indications for the use of tape and braces:
1. Prevention- taping is used as a preventive measure in high-risk activities (e.g. ankle taping in fast bowlers).
2. Rehabilitation- taping is used as a protective mechanism during the healing and rehabilitation phase.
You must have seen the South African pace bowler Dale Steyn taping his elbow while bowling in recent times.
Bracing
Bracing has several advantages over taping. A sportsperson can put a brace on by himself or herself and, although the initial cost of a brace may be high, a good-quality, strong brace lasts a considerable time and may prove to be
cheaper than repeated taping. Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar regularly used an elbow brace during his tennis elbow injury.
Protective Equipment
Protective equipment has been designed to shield various parts of the body against injury without interfering with sporting activity. Remember Phil Hughes, the Aussie Batsman died during a match when the ball hit the back of his neck!
After that incidence the helmets have been modified and added with an extra protection at the back of the neck.
Other protective equipments include pads, elbow guard, gloves, groin guard, thigh and chest guard. Suitable equipment All the equipments used for playing must be suitable and comfortable for the player. Equipments of appropriate size and shape help the player to perform with minimal discomfort.
For Example: Running shoes or spikes
I have often encountered players wearing the same spikes for almost 4-5 years. Their spikes are almost worn out and flat which decreases the grip of the shoe with the ground surface leading to instability during running, causing injuries. The optimum shoe to prevent injuries is one that matches the player’s specific body and foot features.
Appropriate Surfaces
We as cricketers have to play on different grounds comprising of different soils. Some grounds are soft while, some are really hard. Hard surfaces can lead to increased ground reaction force (it is force that the ground exerts on foot after the foot landing) leading to pain in the shin bone. I have seen many players practicing on cement wickets and coming with shin pain. Whereas soft surfaces leads to loose landing of the foot which can cause serious ankle injuries.
A surface which feels easy to grip and run easily is considered to be an appropriate one.
Appropriate Training
Training to gain the optimum fitness is an important component. In an era where fitness has become the most prime factor in the cricketing world, appropriate training can help you achieve it. Be it overtraining or undertraining, both can cause injuries. Hence doing the right kind of training at the right time with good workload management can help you reduce the rate of injury in a better way.
Adequate Recovery
Adequate recovery is essential if the athlete is to benefit fully from training and prevent injuries from occurring. A number of methods are commonly used to fasten the recovery process. These include:
1. Warm-down (active recovery)
2. Cold water immersion (ice baths)
3. Massage
4. Lifestyle factors
5. Nutrition
6. Psychology
It is always better to do Prehabs (prevention rehab) and be injury free rather than sitting out and doing rehab which at times become frustrating as you have to be away from the sport. But do you actually think about it that much? If not, then its time to think about it! Hope this one will help you in prolonging your cricketing career! Cheers to many more years of injury free cricket.
Corporate Cricket despite going on in huge numbers is one of the less popular categories of Mumbai Cricket. There are exciting matches, brilliant individual performances as well as sparkling talents witnessed in the corporate cricket tournaments. Pulse White Ball T20 League for corporates is one such tournament which has been quite successful in providing some thriller matches and impressive individual performances, let’s take a look at the top performers-
Top Run Getters-
- Pratik Gharat (Inditrade)– 325 runs in 5 innings at an average of 81.25 & Strike Rate of 193.45
- Ashish D (Jack & Jones)-146 runs in 3 innings @48.67 & Strike Rate of 131.45
- Nirbhay Gharat (Inditrade)-112 runs in 3 innings @56.00 & Strike Rate of 153.42
Top Wicket-Takers-
- Yogesh Shinde (IDBI Federal Team)-8 wkts in 3 innings @6.13 & Econ of 4.08, Best-4/11
- Vijendra Yadav (Inditrade)-7 wkts in 4 innings @8.43 & Econ of 4.92, Best-4/13
- Vikash (Vodafone)-7 wkts in 4 innings @13.29 & Econ of 5.81, Best-4/14
The Manohar Savant Trophy has been conducted since many years by MCA and it has been a platform for the young budding cricketers to showcase their skills. This year was no exception as we got to see some promising performances, let’s take a look at the top performers from the latest edition of Manohar Savant Trophy’19.
Highest Run-Getters
- Vedant Murkar (RHB) from Bengal Center-153 runs in 3 innings @76.50 & strike rate of 69.86
- Sahil Jadhav (LHB) from Dilip Vengsarkar Center-146 runs in 3 innings @73.00 & strike rate of 60.58
- Manal Kawle (RHB) from Bengal Center-109 runs in 3 innings @36.33 & strike rate of 55.61
Highest Wicket-Takers
- Aakash Sharma (SLA) from Bengal Center-10wkts in 3 innings @4.00 & econ of 2.21
- Rithik Sharma (OB) from Dilip Vengsarkar Center- 8 wkts in3 innings @9.00 & econ of 2.81
- Aaradhya Shinde (SLA) from Bengal Center-8 wkts in 3 innings @7.00 & econ of 3.05
The final of the T20 Challengers Trophy Gold Cup organised by Maria Sports Academy was played on 1st June 2019 at the Parsee Cyclists Ground , Azad Maidan. Abbott Health Private Limited (AHPL) were facing Omni Global in the final. Both the teams had won 3 games to reach the final.
Omni Global won toss and elected to bowl first. Abbott Healthcare Pvt Ltd. managed an underwhelming 119/8 at the end of 20 overs. The batsmen never got going as Ishan Mithbhavkar was the top run scorer with 16 runs from 20 balls. Sunil Lakka scored 15 runs in the end to take AHPL to their total of 119. Omni Global were excellent with the bowl in their hand ! Karan Chavan took early wickets as the left arm fast bowler ended up with 2 wickets for 8 runs. He was well supported by Pranit Shelar who took 2/17. On a spin friendly wicket Pranit , the left arm spinner , bowled the balls in the right areas and was rewarded.
Omni Global needed 120 runs to win the final and got off to the worst possible start. Omni Global lost the first 4 wickets for just 8 runs and were 22/5 at one stage. Karan Chavan steadied the innings with the bat as the right handed batsman scored an impressive 57 of 39 balls on a tough wicket. Akash Patil scored 22 runs as both the players eased the pressure. Karan Chavan got out when Omni Global still needed 16 runs but they got there eventually with 3 wickets in hand. Amol Dixit was good with the ball for AHPL as he took 4 wickets for 16 runs , while Harendra Singh took 3 for 26 but to no avail as Omni Global were the winners in the final.
Omni Global won the final with 3 wickets in hand. Karan Chavan was given the Man of the Match award for his impressive all round performance. He was also awarded the Best Batsman. Amol Dixit of AHPL won the Best bowler award while Chandrashekhar Karmalkar of AHPL won the best coach award.
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Mumbai : – OSM and Johnson & Johnson faced of in the final of the Jolly Friends Sports Matunga League 2018/19 on 1st June 2019 Which is Organised by Jolly Friends Sports Club Mumbai. The match was played at the Kamath Cricket Club Ground , Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai.
OSM were fresh from a sensational win in the semi finals when they beat IDBI by 144 runs ! OSM scored 210 runs batting first, with Santosh Palve scoring 86 of 40 balls and Patrick Allen scored 32. OSM bowlers then restricted IDBI for just 66 runs. Left arm spinner Hashim Sayyed picked up 4 wickets in an over which included a fantastic hat trick. Sandeep Gadiyar took 2 for 12 as OSM cruised to a victory.
In the final , OSM won the toss and decided to bat first. They scored a mammoth 212 for the loss of 6 wickets. Charles Sam scored 62 of the 39 balls. The right handed opener was well supported by Patrick Allen who scored 42. Johnson & Johnson bowlers had a tiring day in the field as OSM piled on the runs. Shreyash took 2/31 and Sumit Tare took 2/24.
Johnson & Johnson needed a miraculous effort with the bat to win the game and their hopes were ended early into their innings. The right arm fast bowler Dhanraj Shetty took early wickets along with fellow fast bowlers Sandeep Gadiyar and Mahesh Kanojia. Sandeep Gadiyar , the left arm pace bowler took 2/5 , while Dhanraj took 3 wickets for 23 runs and Mahesh Kanojia finished with 2 for 20.
Johnson & Johnson were all out for a mere 63 as OSM won by 149 runs to win the Jolly Friends Sport Matunga League
Charles Sam was the Man of the Match in the final. Sandeep Gadiyar was awarded the Man of the series
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VJCA Khalsa winning the toss opted to bat first scoring a healthy total of 180/3 in 30 overs. The batters did a good job as they stitched some good partnerships without losing too many wickets at regular intervals.
Chasing at 6 runs per over, the pressure was definitely more on the chasing side as Lions Cricket Club GZB were bundled out for mere 80 runs/all out. The bowler who came up with a match winning spell was Soumel Agarwal who simply ran through the batting line up of Lions CC with his impressive line and length. Saumil came up with envious bowling figures of 7/14 in 6 overs not only becoming the pick of the bowlers but helping his team win the match by a big margin of 100 runs.
Soumil Aggarwal was declared “man of the match” for his outstanding bowling performance while Himanshu collected “The Choice of the players” award.
Yuvraj Salvi seems to be making progress in the field of cricket with leaps and bounds. After being qualified as the ICC (International Cricket Council) level 1 cricket coach and also recieving ASCA-Australian Strength & Conditioning Association (ASCA) level 1 certification, he has added another success story in his cap as BCCI roped him for the U16 South Zone Camp as the Strength & Conditioning coach.
In 2018, Yuvraj was signed by the Mumbai Cricket Association for the U16 Girl’s team as the strength & conditioning coach, he was also called for the Strength & Conditioning workshop at NCA in February 2019 becoming the youngest trainer at the age of 22 to be appointed by the National Cricket Academy for the Under 23 Camp in May 2019.
Yuvraj was also recently appointed by the Zonal Cricket Academy and he aims for a Ranji Trophy Team this season as a Strength & Conditioning Coach. At a young age, he has developed a rich experience in the field of fitness working on cricketers from different parts of the world like New Zealand, Canada, Oman, Australia and UAE.
Yuvraj is at present one of the most qualified Strength & Conditioning coaches in India by international certification bodies such as (ACSM, ASCA, ESA, CSCS, ICC).
Cricketgraph wishes Yuvraj to keep progressing in cricket like the way he has been growing over the years.
Jhunjhunwala College batting first at the Worli Sports Club ground managed to post a decent total of 217/10 in 45 overs. Akshat Jhunjhunwala top scored for his team hitting an impressive 89 off 104 balls laced with 10 fours and a six. Apart from him, Sahil Jadhav scored a handy 42 runs while the rest of the batsman found it difficult to get going. It was an anchoring knock which pushed his team towards a respectable total.
Thakur College in reply were crushed for mere 41 runs all out thanks to some brilliant bowling by Saud Mansoori who took 4 wkts for just 10 runs. Ved Kharade with 3/16 was the 2nd best of the lot as Jhunjhunwala College won by a big margin of 176 runs.
The final of the Dreamz Challenger trophy T20 Pink Ball 2018-19 was played on 1st June 2019, at the M.B Union ground in Cross Maidan. WNS A and JP Morgan Chase A were the two teams going against each other in the final.
WNS A were unbeaten in the competition winning 5 matches in a row to reach the finals. They won the toss in the final and elected to bowl first. Battling first JP Morgan Chase managed 152/4 at the end of 20 overs. WNS A gave the new ball to Ketan Kharat and the move paid off. The left arm orthodox , took 2 wickets in the first 3 balls to give WNS A a dream start ! For JP Morgan Chase , Shreyas Tandel scored an unbeaten innings of 66 of 54 balls , while Nikhil Jadhav scored 49 of 44 balls. In the bowling for WNS A, Ketan Kharat took 2 for 22 and he was well supported by Aditya Nikam who bowled an economical spell and took a wicket.
WNS A needed 153 runs to win the Dreamz Challenger Trophy 2019-19. Opener Aditya Nikam got WNS A to a flying start as he scored 20 runs of 6 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. Ketan Kharat continued his good performance in the match , this time with his bat. The left handed batsman scored 40 runs of 28 balls and made a match winning partnership with Dnyansagar Patil, who scored 31 of 26 balls. WNS A needed 12 runs of 12 balls and chased down the target with 3 wickets in hand. For JP Morgan Chase A , Umesh Panchal was excellent with the ball taking 3 wickets for 19 runs and Bhavik took 2 wickets for 12.
Ketan Kharat was adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant overall contribution. WNS A won the Dreamz Challenger Trophy Pink Ball 2018-19. Nikhil Jadhav was given the award for the Best Batsman in the tournament , while Dnyansagar Patil was the Man of the Tournament.
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