If Prithvi Shaw is touted to be the next big thing in Men’s Cricket for India, Jemimah is the next big thing for the Women’s Cricket. She has already given many glimpses with her effortless batting, big hitting capabilities along with consistency at the national as well as International Level.
In the recently concluded matches of U23 Women’s One Day Tournament, Jemimah opening the innings and Mumbai chasing 150 runs came up with a sparkling knock of 100* in 104 balls. Not only she took control of the chase smashing 16 boundaries at a healthy strike rate, she enjoyed taking on the bowlers with absolute ease and smoothness. It was her unbeaten ton which helped Mumbai defeat Madhya Pradesh by 7 wkts.
In the next match vs Maharashtra on 26th March, Mumbai team after putting up a gritty total of 220 runs on board, it was again Mumbai’s opener Jemimah leading from the front with a effervescent 69 off 71 balls. Jemimah smashed 8 fours and a six keeping the scoreboard ticking while Manali Dakshini’s 49 down the order also came in handy in that match. Maharashtra in reply were bundled out for 142 runs with one of the promising bowlers Saniya Raut picking up 4 wkts for 24 runs in 9.1 overs as Mumbai won the match by 78 runs.
In the knock-out game of the DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR CUP at RCF Sport Club , the Mafatlal appeared to be struggling to mount a defendable total in the first 5 overs of their innings, before Karan Nande did nothing short of detonating as 77 runs were piled up in the final fifteen. Karan Nande’s innings, as captain of the Mafatlal, not only pushed the Teleperformance to a total unimaginable with almost nine overs remaining, but appeared also to knock the stuffing out of the Teleperformance.
Player of the Match Karan Nande’s tournament’s-best knock of 77 off 49 balls, including thirteen fours and strike rate of 157.00. As captain he had witnessed Siddhartha depart after building a similar platform (massive partnership of 99 runs), and could not afford to do likewise. The cogs of Karan Nande’s brain could be seen almost visibly to be ticking over as he pondered ways of lifting the Mafatlal to higher ground.
Teleperformance captain sent the Mafatlal in to bat. Merely 2 for 44 from 4.4 overs, 3 for 143 from 13.4 overs and 4 for 162 from 15.4 overs, the Mafatlal were battling to put up a score that looked capable of being defended even if the surface offered some encouragement to spin. At the end of a summer of some frustrations for Karan Nande, he had delivered the kind of innings to underline the rare nature of his talent.
At 5 for 58 inside seven overs the Teleperformances’ chances of winning the game were all but gone. Prasad and Puneet struck twice as the Teleperformances’ collapsed from 58 for 5 to 75 all out in pursuit of 212. In the end, Mafatlal won by 136 runs.
“The other team won the toss and decided to field. It was a damp and soft wicket. Our opening batsman Armaan was runout in the third over. Then it was my turn, the 3rd down. And soon after, while we were scoring at a good rate, another opening batsman Harshad was out in the fifth over. Then Siddhartha was there, and we had a good partnership of 99 runs together. I was very focused, I was hitting the ball towards the boundary through the gaps. Run rate was good and we touched around 162 runs in 15-16 overs. After me, Onkar was also playing aggressively. In the second innings, opponents were at 3 for 58 and then Prasad Patil took 2 wickets in a same over. And it went well for us.” – Karan Nande said to Cricketgraph.
Axis Bank electing to bat first at Venus Sports Academy, Goregaon posted a competitive total of 150/5 in 20 overs. Amar Padhye’s 71 off 48 balls at no.4 helped his team reach a respectable total. From the bowlers, it was Rahul Kulkarni impressing one and all with a commendable feat of 5 wkt haul in a T20 match. Rahul was the pick of the bowlers taking a brilliant 5/22 in 4 overs which also consisted a maiden.
Chasing a total of 147 in 20 overs, it was again all-rounder Rahul lending the much needed finishing touch with the bat smashing a brilliant came of 49* off just 23 balls laced with 3 fours and 5 biggies as Piramal boys chased down the score in just 18.4 overs winning the match by 5 wkts where in Rahul’s all-round heroics remained the highlight performance of the match.
Ishaque Shaikh who has played some splendid knocks in T20 format and has been one of the dependable openers of JSW continues to impress with his swashbuckling batting. JSW opting to bat first at Vengsarkar Academy Mahul notched up a massive total of 240/1 in 20 overs. Opener Ishaque batted till the very end scoring a handsome 100* off just 59 balls which had 15 fours in it. What’s more he got excellent support from no.3 bat Arjun Thapa as both the batters stitched a record breaking 196* run stand for the 2nd wicket in just 92 balls. Arjun scored an unbeaten 92* off 49 balls which had 6fours and 6 sixes as JSW were off to unbeatable total.
Star India in reply were bundled out for 139 runs with Vikas Kumar at the middle order fighting it out with 71 runs. Ishaque Shaikh who scored a ton also bagged 2 wkts making it an all round show as JSW won the match by 101 runs.
Ishaque Shaikh for his thumping all-round display was declared ‘man of the match’
Sainath Sports Club opting to bat first at Chinchani Cricket Ground managed to post a total of 197/10 in 42.1 overs in which Sunny (44), Ayush Vartak (33) & Pratham (40*) were the highest scorers. From Chinchani CC, Yash Tamore’s brilliant bowling performance which kept the opposition troubled. Yash came up with envious bowling figures of 5/27 becoming the pick of the bowlers for his team.
Chasing a total of 198 in 270 balls is achievable but it was some really tight bowling by the Sainath CC bowlers which restricted Chinchani to just 95 runs all out. It was a collectively good bowling performance by Sainath CC as 6 bowlers chipped in with wickets with 4 bowlers taking 2 wkts each.
Sainath CC won the match by 102 runs and with this they qualify for the semi finals with position 1 while Yash Tamore was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his heroic bowling spell.
Mumbai Customs after being made to bat first at the RCF Sports Club managed to post a decent total of 164/8 in 20overs. Not a single batsman crossed the 30 run mark but they had everyone chipping in with 20’s.
Chasing 165, Future Group on the back of their opener Harsh Tank were off to a decent start. Harsh smashed a composed half century scoring 50 off 40 balls while crucial 30’s by Sachin Yadav (34 off 21) and Alpesh Ramjani (31 off 18) helped Future Group chase down the score with ease in 18.3 overs winning the match by 4 wkts. Atif Attarwala with 3/29 in 4 overs was impressive even though his team lost the match.
Man of the match-Harsh Tank
In the other match between MBPT and Space SC, Space after being made to bat first were bundled out for a low total of 110 runs in which Ravindra Jadhav at lower down the order scored a crucial 33. Experienced Spinner Yogesh Dicholkar who was amongst the top wicket takers in Kanga last year again proved his mettle taking a brilliant 4/15 in 3.4 overs while Yash Chavan’s 3/11 in 4 overs was equally impressive. However, Space bowlers successfully defended a low total restricting MBPT to just 97 runs all out. Geet Sharma’s spell of 4/27 in 4 overs proved to be too costly for MBPT as Space SC won the match by 13 runs.
Man of the match- Ravindra Jadhav
Despite some quick fall of wickets by the openers, Inditrade were back into the game thanks to some aggressive batting witnessed at the Oval Maidan. Pratik Gharat coming at no.3 went on to score a swashbuckling 93 runs taking mere 47 balls at a healthy strike rate of almost 200.00. Pratik smashed 11 fours and 3 sixes while the rest of the batsman chipped around him as INDITRADE reached a decent total of 194/4 in 20 overs.
CSPL in reply managed to score only 143/8 in 20 overs failing to keep up with the run rate against the tight bowling of INDITRADE bowlers.
Rising Vision won the toss and elected to bat. Rising Vision’s top-order batsmen gave them a immense start. Strong hands from Jitesh Raut with the bat set up a comprehensive 97-run win for Rising Vision in the first T20 match of Friendship Trophy 19 against FCC Sunrisers in Asahi Glass Cricket Ground,Navi Mumbai on Sunday.
Player of the match, Jitesh Raut produced a sustained assault, hitting 116 not out off 58 balls in an innings that featured thirteen fours and four sixes (including strike rate of 200). It was the first century for this tournament. As Rising Vision defended their mammoth 213 for 6 in style.
FCC Sunrisers suffered a top-order slump as they lost three wickets for 32 runs. Imran and Deepak struck twice as the Sunrisers’ collapsed from 32 for 3 to 116 for 8 in pursuit of 214 in 20 overs. The middle-order ensured FCC Sunrisers survived their 20 overs, with Vishal and Teli adding 31 runs for the fifth wicket, but that didn’t change the fact that Rising Vision were the better team by far, on all counts, on the day.
In the match between Chinchani Coaching Center and Ashirwad Cricket Club, Nallasopara, Chinchani CC winning the toss opted to bat first scoring a decent total of 211/all out in 43.3 overs. All-rounder Yash Gupta played a handy knock of 44 runs while the rest of the batsman chipped in with starts. Aashirwad CC in reply were bundled out for 139 runs thanks to a match winning bowling spell by Yash who came up with 5 wkts for with the ball too. Yash was simply brilliant in the match as he led from the front helping his team Chinchani CC win the match by 73 runs.
In the 2nd match between ACC and Sainath Sports Club, ACC batting first scored a total of 138/10 for the 1st innings. Sainath Sports Club chased down the score successfully thanks to a match winning half century by Kshitij who scored a brilliant 58* anchoring the chase successfully for his team.
Navroz CC and United CC took on each other at the Cross Maidan with Navroz opting to bat first scoring 129/4 in 23 overs. United CC on the chased down the score with superlative ease as Vedant Mayekar opening the innings went on to score a match winning 71 runs. Vedant faced 54 balls with 7 fours scoring a swashbuckling 71 runs. His opening partner Soham Sali also chipped in with 33 runs as United CC won the match by 9 wkts.
What’s more Vedant also affected two run outs and gave just 14 runs in 5 overs making it an all-round performance.