Rohit Shirgaonkar’s untouched century helped S.S.Travels cruise to a 2-wicket victory over Reliable Milk Products Ltd.(RMPL) in the final match of Milan Memorial League T40-40, played at the Cross Maidan, Mumbai on 26th May.
After being put to bat first, RMPL lost one of their openers in the fourth over and were struggling at 25 for 1 in the powerplay. They kept on losing wickets at regular intervals which was quite evident from the fact that none of their batsmen were able to cross the 20 run mark except for one. They were at 77 for 7 after the completion of half of the innings with lone warrior Upendra Yadav smashing a hard fought 110 off 97 balls. Ajmal and Rasik struck twice for S.S.Travels while Sagar took four wickets.
After limiting RMPL to 189 all out, Rohit Shirgaonkar put on a solid partnership for the 1st wicket to usher the opponents. Bowling attack of RMPL was good till the 11-14 overs where it was a tough time to survive in the match. They lost 3 crucial wickets in between but it was Rohit fighting it out for his team hitting a match winning 82 off 89 balls.
Century of Upendra Yadav certainly went in vain despite his heroic efforts. Upendra who is a product of Coach Umesh Patwal’s ithink Sportz Academy wore gloves almost after 15 days and still managed to score an impressive century while Rohit Shirgaonkar who was named “Best Batsman” last year was declared “Player of the Match” for his 82 off 89 balls. It was a fleet-footed innings which included eleven fours and two sixes steering his team towards a title win.
Brief Stats:
RMPL vs SS Travels
Best Batting Figures from RMPL – Upendra Yadav (110)
Best Batting Figures from SS – Rohit Shirgaonkar (82)
Best Bowling Figures from RMPL – Prathamesh 3-23 and Darshan 3-25
Best Bowling Figures from SS – Sagar 4-38, Rasik 2-31 and Ajmal 2-32
Tournament sponsored by NATARAJ PENS (Hindustan Pencils Ltd)
Salgaonkar Sports Club opting to bat first at the SPCA Ground could only manage a modest total of 93/4 in 20 overs. Despite wicket in hand, the batters found it difficult to get going with opener top scoring with 24 runs. From the bowlers, all rounder Aryan Shejul came up with a stunning spell taking 1/9 in 4 overs while Raj Menda also chipped in with a wicket in his 3 overs.
Chasing 94 runs was a mere formality for the Rising Star team as they successfully chased it down in mere 12.1 overs winning the semi finals by 7 wkts. Opener Himansu Kumar took the onus of chasing on his shoulders hitting a match winning 52*off mere 32 balls laced with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Himanshu also got good support from his opening partner Manthan Patil who scored 32 runs off 30 balls as Rising Star Sports Foundation reach the finals in style.
Himanshu Kumar for his aggressive unbeaten 52* was declared ‘man of the match’
Abhimanyu Singh’s half-century helped L&T Group cruise to a 9-wicket victory over Bassein Catholic Cooperative Bank in the final match of Plate B division in Dreamz Champions Trophy Regular White Ball 2019 , organized by Dreamz Sports and played at the Sunder CC, Cross Maidan, Mumbai on 25th May.
After being put to bat first, Bassein Catholic Bank lost Rico and Santosh in the second over and scoreboard was reading to 33 for 3 at the end of the powerplay. Audrin (45) and Shakti (42) all moved into the broken half-centuries, but none could find a gear high enough to hurt L&T Group. Viral and Chavan struck twice for L&T Group being the pick of the bowlers.
After reducing Bassein Cathalic Bank to 118 for 8, Abhimanyu Singh put on an unbroken century stand for the second wicket to dent the opponents. Abhimanyu and Shiva produced unbeaten 99* partnership for the second wicket which played a crucial role in team’s win.
Abhimanyu Singh was named “Player of the Match” for smashing a quickfire 80 off 29 balls, including twelve fours and three sixes, a few more balls and he could have reached one of the fastest hundreds of the season.
Brief Stats :-
Bassein Catholic Corporative Bank vs L&T Group
Best Batting Figures from Bassein – Audrin (45)
Best Batting Figures from L&T – Abhimanyu Singh (80*) in 29 balls
Best Bowling Figures from L&T – Viral 2-22 and Siddhesh 2-26
Air India Kalina Center opting to bat first at the Sachin Tendulkar Ground (MCA Kandivali) were all out for 232/10 in 48 overs. Anish Chaudhary (70) and Ajit Pehlwan (47) were the top scorers for their team. Left arm spinner Shreyas Gurav was the most impressive of the lot coming up with excellent bowling figures of 6/79 as he kept on providing breakthroughs at regular intervals.
Dadaji Kondev Thane Center were all out for 103 runs in their 1st innings as left-arm spinner Shubham Pandey wrecked havoc coming up with 5/30 along with Vignesh Solanki who bagged 4wkts for 41 runs.
Air India Kalina Center were all out for 180 runs in their 2nd innings with opener Shoeb Khan top scoring with 88 runs. It was again some left arm magic by Shreyas Gurav who came up with 6/50 in 17 overs with 3 maidens. Shreyas was spot on in the finale as he overall took 12/129 in the match despite his team on the losing side. Prashant Solanki also chipped in well with 4/41 in 9 overs.
Chasing a target of 310, Dadaji Kondev Thane Center were again found to be struggling with 7wkts down for 125 runs in 39 overs at the end of the game’s play where Air India Kalina Center won the match on 1st innings lead. The match was heavily dominated by spinners and especially Shubham, Shreyas and Vighnesh who proved to be too difficult for the batsman to score runs!
Air India Kalina Center won the match and become the tournament winners of the prestigious Madhav Mantri Tournament’19
Top Run Getters-
- Ashay Sardesai (Dadaji Kondev Thane Center)-480 runs in 6 innings @80.00
- Utkarsh Raut (PDTSA Boisar)-372 runs in 5 innings @124.00
- Omkar Ghule (Air India Kalina Center)-357 runs in 7 innings @59.50
- Bhupen Lalwani (Dilip Vengsarkar Team)-300 runs in 5 innings @59.50
Top Wicket-takers
- Shreyas Gurav (Dadaji Kondev Thane Center)- 27 wkts in 6 innings @13.00 & econ of 3.14
- Shubham Pandey (Air India Kalina Center)-25 wkts in 8 innings @10.00 & econ of 2.22
- Vighnesh Solanki (Air India Kalina Center-22 wkts in 8 innings @11.00 & econ of 2.92
- Praful Devkate (DY Patil Nerul Center)-16 wkts in 6 innings @23.00 & econ of 3.65
-Shreyas Gurav taking a 12wkt haul in the finals
Shubham Pandey who took a 5wkt haul for Air India Kalina Center in the finals
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Sushant Kadam’s incomplete half-century and Rakesh Nair’s three-wicket haul helped DTDC cruise to a 25-run victory over WNS A in the finals of Champions division in Dreamz Champions Trophy Regural White Ball 2018-19 , organized by Dreamz Sports and played at the Sunder, Cross Maidan, Mumbai on 25th May.
Batting first, DTDC were at the score of 57 after the end of ten overs. But Sushant led from the front with fast 48* off 19 balls, laced with 2 fours and 5 sixes. Sharma (31) gave him the required support. DTDC didn’t have a great start as Openers were playing like a tortoise.
In response, starting was quite good and they were at 37 after 3 overs. Rakesh Nair’s 3 for 6 helped restrict the opponents to 128 for 8. Aditya Nikam was the only one to reach fifties figure, scoring 43, and when he became the third wicket to fall, WNS’s innings came to an end.
Sushant Kadam of DTDC won the ‘Man-of-the-Match’ title. He smashed lightening 48* off 19 balls, including two fours and five sixes. And Captain, left-arn spinner Rakesh Naik took 3 wickets in his spell of four overs and he also won the title of best bowler. Overall he took 20 wickets in his last five matches of the tournament.
Brief Stats:
DTDC vs WNS A
Best Batting Figures from DTDC – Sushant Kadam (48*)
Best Batting Figures from WNS A – Aditya Nikam (43*)
Best Bowling Figures from DTDC – Rakesh Naik 3-6
Best Bowling Figures from WNS A – Ajinkya 2-29
Arise Championship’19 held at Shirdi, Maharashtra and organized by Pro King Sports Academy was conducted successfully in the month of May and was played in franchise cricket format as per APL traditions. This tournament is not only for beginners as well as for fine club players too as it provides experiences as well as platform for budding cricketers to perform.
It was a successful tournament which witnessed some exciting matches and amazing individual performances. The finals of the tournament was conducted on 26th May between Green Range Seniors and Red Panthers Seniors at the Atma Malik Cricket Academy where in Green Range Seniors opting to bat first registered a total of 122/9 in 25 overs. The bowlers did an excellent job coming up with tight spells as none of their batsman could convert their 20’s into a substantial score apart from opener Sandip Burange who scored a hard fought 47 runs. Hasan Khan with 2/10 in 3 overs and Aymaan Shaikh with 2/15 in 4 overs were the pick of the bowlers for Red Panthers.
Chasing a modest total of 123, Red Panthers chased it down successfully in 22.3 overs winning the finale by 4 wkts while Jay Mondu who took 2wkts and scored 22 runs was declared “man of the match”
Best Batman of the Series
Sandip Burange
Yash Khanna
Best All Round Performance
Mohanish Beri
Vipul Patil
Best Bowler
Parth Mulye
Tier 1 winner – Rising Eagles
Tier 2 winners – Rising Eagles
Tier 3 winners – Red Panthers
Tier 4 winners – Green Ranger
Avinash Salvi Foundation opting to bat first posted a healthy total of 188/3 in 25 overs, Mann Bhanushali(61) & Aditya Khatka (55) top scored the innings with impressive half centuries. Mann played the anchors role hitting a solid 61 off 72 balls while Aditya played a quickfire knock of 55 in 50 balls.
Neralkar Cricket Academy in reply were bundled out for mere 52 runs thanks to some impressive bowling by the ASF Bowlers. All-rounder Aditya Khatka bowled a stunning spell of 4 wkts for mere 3 runs in 3 overs making it an all-round show while Mann who top scored with the bat also chipped in with an impressive spell of 2/15 in 5 overs. Vedant Gore with 3/13 also appeared quite impressive as Avinash Salvi Foundation won the match by a handsome margin of 137 runs.
In the finals of Vijay Hazare Inter Tournament where Avinash Salvi Foundation won the finals, Mann had came up with an impressive spell 3/15 in 5 overs while overall he scored 114 runs with the bat @29.00 and a strike rate of almost 90.00 alongwith 9wkts at an impressive economy of 3.17 & average of 15.37 in 5 matches. In the recently concluded U14 ASF Premier League, Mann was amongst the Best Bowlers bagging 14 wkts in 6 matches at a stunning average of 3.5, econ of 1.63. It was on the back of his promising performance in the ASF Premier league, Mann was also declared the “Most Valuable player” amongst the Juniors.
PAB Cricket Academy opting to bat first posted a total of 162/10 in 34 overs which is certainly not a threatening total. Sanket Jadhav top scored with 43 runs while the rest of the batsman could not convert their 10’s and 20’s. From the bowlers, Prashant Bhoir was the most effective of the lot coming up with bowling figures of 4/21 in 7 overs. Al- rounder Maxwell Swaminathan was also impressive taking 3/18 in 6 overs with 2 maidens while Shashant chipped in with 2/20.
Chasing a modest total of 163, Sporting CC chased down the total in just 31 overs winning the match by 3 wkts. Siddhesh Gavande remained unbeaten on 43* while all-rounder Maxwell Swaminathan scored crucial 40 runs bagging man of the match award for his all-round performance. Prajyot Sakpal with 3/27 was the pick of the bowlers from PAB Cricket Academy while Sporting CC batters eventually emerged victorious.
With this win, Sporting CC Qualify in Dnyanraj Sports tournament final.
The stage was set on the 26th of May at the ELF Vengsarkar Oval Ground in Mumbai , for the final of the T20 Masters Cup final. RIKA GLOBAL and Kotak Mahendra Bank went head to head for the title of champions.
RIKA GLOBAL won 3 matches to reach the final. The first was against Vinayak Marine Service , the second against Greensole Titans. They won the semi finals against Super Strikers to earn their place in the finals
Kotak Mahendra Bank won the toss and asked RIKA GLOBAL to bat first. Amit Rathore was the star with the bat as he scored a 33 ball 42 and he was well supported by P Akash , who scored 35 and C Monu who played a blistering knock of 39 of 24 balls. These contributions helped RIKA GLOBAL to reach a respectable 178 for the loss of 4 wickets at the end of their quota of 20 overs. Khatri took 2 wickets for 32 runs while Pawar took 1 for 26 for the Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Chasing 179 to win the final , Kotak Mahindra Bank got of to a fast start with Amar Gosavi scoring a 17 ball 31. R chaudhary scored a run a ball 33 while Anant Kambli scored 37 of 33 balls. Loss of quick wickets got RIKA GLOBAL back in the game. The match was into the last ball with Kotak Mahindra needing 3 runs to win with the last ball to go. C Monu had the ball in the hand. Upenandra Bhawalkar was run out on the last ball taking a second run and RIKA GLOBAL won the match in a scintillating fashion by 1 run and were crowned the champions. Amit Rathore , the captain , was star with the ball just like he was with the bat, as he took 3 wickets for 34 runs , while Akash took 2 for 16.
Amit Rathore was the man of the match in the all important final for his all round performance. RIKA GLOBAL won the final in a thrilling fashion to be crowned the champions of the T20 Masters Cup (Orange) .
Click here for Rika Global VS Kotak Mahindra Bank Match Full Scorecard ….
Deepak Bandgar’s century and Sanket’s four-wicket haul helped MTM Management cruise to a 99-run victory over Pidilite in the league match of Plate A division in Dreamz Champions Trophy Regural White Ball 2018-19 , organized by Dreamz Sports and played at the MB Union, Cross Maidan, Mumbai on 25th May.
Batting first, Deepak led from the front with 101 off 66 balls, laced with 6 fours and 5 sixes. Rohit (46) gave Deepak the required support. MTM didn’t have a great start as Openers were out for ducks in the second over of the match. But Deepak and Rohit produced a 116 run partnership for the fourth wicket.
In response, Pidilite were bundled for 92 in 14.2 overs as Sanket and Rohit shared seven wickets. Anthony was the only one to reach double figures, scoring 23, and when he became the fifth wicket to fall, Pidilite’s innings came to an end.
Deepak Bandgar of MTM won the ‘Man-of-the-Match’ title. He smashed sensible 101 off 66 balls, including six fours and five sixes.
Brief Stats :-
MTM Ship Management vs Pidilite Full Scorecard ….
Best Batting Figures from MTM – Deepak Bandgar (101)
Best Batting Figures from Pidilite – Anthony (23)
Best Bowling Figures from MTM – Sanket 4-14 and Rohit 3-17
Best Bowling Figures from Pidilite – Sujit 2-30