Opening batsmen of ICICI Bank Bhavik Patel & Skipper Jitesh Purbia put on a match winning 155 run stand for the first wicket against IDBI in the premier T20 Inter Bank Shield Tournament’19. Bhavik Patel was the star of the match as he scored a brilliant 80 runs in just 52 balls with 11 fours & his effective spell of left arm spin (4 overs 2 maiden 4 runs 1 wicket) was just mesmerizing. Bhavik was well supported by skipper Jitesh Purbia (66runs in 52 balls) and off spinner Amit Rathore who claimed 4 wickets giving away just 12 runs in 4 overs.
It was a shock defeat for a formidable IDBI side as in the first league match they had beaten Bank of India which is a strong team by 5 wickets chasing 168 runs.
Now the next league matches will be interesting to watch.
ICICI Bank 176 for 2 in 20 overs ( Bhavik Patel 80,Jitesh Purbia 66 ) beat IDBI Bank 99 for 8 ( Aaraf Shaikh 2 for 14 ,Amit Rathore 4 for 12)
A five-wicket win chasing 148 might seem a comfortable victory but IndiaFirst made hard work of their success at the Asahi Glass Cricket Ground (Navi Mumbai), grinding out their first triumph of the Friendship Trophy 19 with less than one over to spare. Their youngest warrior Ajish Rehman put their batting on track, but it was left to Ramana and their wicket keeper Babli Sharma to complete the task.
After losing the toss and, Warriors C.C suffered a top-order slump as they lost three wickets for 44 runs. They were flying at 80 for 4 in the 8th over. Warriors C.C, led by Rohit’s 44, were dismissed for 147 as the IndiaFirst bowlers shared the wickets around.
IndiaFirst’s top-order batsmen gave them a immense start. Ajish Rehman scored 35 off 19 balls, but none of his team-mates could cross 30. Sanket Teli was the best of IndiaFirst’s bowlers, taking 2 for 15 from his four overs. Ajish Rehman was the next best, claiming 1 for 16.
“We won the toss and choose to field. It was a great Pitch to Bat on. We had a very good start and the ball was swinging a lot,so I planned to bowl with good Pace to curb the runs. I also took a wicket and I gave 16 runs in 4 overs. Sanket also gave 15 runs. It was a great wicket to bat on, but we were professional in getting the job done. We also have a good long batting line-up. While chasing we got good start,then it become easy for us to chase. It was a wonderful match for me.” – Ajish said to Cricketgraph.
“We’ve still got a long way to go. One match doesn’t make a summer.” – Ajish added.
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Into the all important finale at the Air India Sports Club, Kalina, two of the powerhouse teams at school level-SVIS Borivali which is known to churn out IPL and Indian Cricket Stars and Rizvi which is considered the strongest team in the school level took on each other with SVIS skipper Ayush opting to bat first with an aim of posting a big total on the board.
SVIS who have a formidable batting line up suffered a collapse with the whole team getting all out for 148 runs in 38.5 overs. Off-spinner Tejas Chalke’s spell of 4/23 in 4.5 overs proved to be too costly for the opposite team.
SVIS Team who are not known to give up easily ensured they gave a tough fight fighting it out till the end. Rizvi were on the brink of losing the finals had it not been Owaish Shaikh’s 39*at no.8 along with 24 crucial runs by Ravi Gupta at no.10. Medium pacers Adwait and Varad gave SVIS breakthroughs but it was Owais taking that winning run for Rizvi in a nerve-wrenching thriller of a finals which made them the winners of the Mumbai Indians U14 Inter School Tournament winning the match by just 1 wkt in 38 overs.
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Navroz CC opting to bat first at Karnatak Sporting Assn. Cross Maidan notched up a total of 129/4 in 23 overs. Opener Varad with 42 runs was the highest scorer while off-spinner Jeet Bhaskar with 2/24 was the pick of the bowlers from United CC.
United CC on the other hand chased down the score with superlative ease thanks to a solid half century by their opener Vedant. Vedant Mayekar scored an aggressive 71 off 54 balls creating a positive momentum right from the very 1st over while he was assisted well by his opening partner Soham (33runs) as United CC chased down the score in just 21.1 overs winning the match by 9 wkts.
With this win, United CC also qualify for the finals of the tournament.
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Vishal has been one of the most destructive openers in the T20 Format in Mumbai coming out from Sony Team in the recent past. Just few months ago he was in the limelight for a record breaking knock of 154* in 63 balls in the T20 Masters Cup and now again he shows his immense capabilities in the Dreamz T20 Trophy.
Sony Pictures opting to bat first at Sydenham Ground were off to a flying start with openers Pratik Patil and Vishal Pandey stitching an aggressive 177 run stand in 103 balls. Both the openers are known for their firebrand batting as Pratik scored a gritty 54 ball 74 (8 fours) while Vishal batted till the end scoring a swashbuckling 111* off 61 balls (18 fours) anchoring the team to 213/1 in 20 overs.
Trafigura in reply did manage to give a tough fight with Sabin’s hard fought 82* but eventually the team fell short of 39 runs ending their chase at 174/7 in 20 overs.
Sony Pictures won the match by 39 runs while openers Pratik and Vishal’s 177 run stand remain the highlight performance of the match.
After defeating Star India in semi-finals by 109 runs, Viva Supermarkets steered their way into the finals. Viva Supermarket’s top order batsman Akshay Mhapankar who has scored runs consistently this season including a brilliant 179 off 164 balls (26 fours, 1 six) vs Bank of Baroda on 3rd march will be a batsman to watch out for in the finals.
On the other hand, Mahindra team clinched a narrow win over Datamatics by one wicket in what was basically a low scoring game. Datamatics who have been a powerful team and favorites in F Div were disturbed by a promising Mahindra Team. Narayan Sawant from Mahindra who took 5wkts for just 17 runs in the semis will be a bowler who can ruffle the feathers in the finals and it will be an interesting battle between these two teams as both the teams have worked their way hard to reach at the top of their division.
The finals are to be conducted on Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana on 23rd of March 2019.
GN Khalsa College Team batting first scored a healthy total of 271/9 in 42.1 overs. Khalsa.s dependable opener Japjeet Singh Randhawa once again displayed solid batting as he top scored the innings with 102 runs which had 10 fours in it. Sanath Vagal at no.3 gave good support to Japjeet scoring a strokeful 55 (7 fours).
Defending a total of 271, Khalsa’s promising leg spinner Aditya Khanvilkar came up with a match winning bowling spell running through VG Vaze’s batting line up bundling them out for just 58 runs. Aditya came up with envious bowling figures of 6/11 in 4.1 overs with a maiden as he helped Khalsa College win by 213 runs.
Team Wronguns batting first were already off to a good start with opener Pavan Singh scoring an aggressive 62 off 34 balls. Tushar More coming at no.4 pounced on the positive momentum not only stitching a partnership but also going on to score a match winning 116 runs in mere 42 deliveries.
Tushar covered every corner of the ground hitting 12 fours and 10 sixes at a humungous strike rate of 276.19 taking his team to a big total of 217/4 in 15 overs.
UTI Champions chasing 218 in 90 balls failed to keep up with the run rate managing 145/9 in 15 overs as Wronguns clinched a win by 72 runs with Tushar More’s 116 being the highlight performance of the match.
Played at the Fatima Ground, JLT team batting first managed to score only 95/10 in 17.2 overs. IDBI’s spinner Kedar H came up with a sensational spell taking a stunning 6/18 in 4 overs. What’s more his spell also included 2 maidens which are some amazing numbers for a t20 match. A wicket every 4th ball and a dot every 2nd ball makes it one of the most impressive T20 spells in the tournament.
IDBI Federal Life Insurance chased down the score with ease winning the match by 7 wkts and 8.2 overs to spare. Opener Arvind Sharma (23 off 11) who took a wicket with the ball also gave a quick start while Vicky Patil remained unbeaten scoring 38* off 30 balls which had 5 fours and 2 sixes.
Deutsche Bank opting to bat first at Elg Vengsarkar Oval were all out for 105 runs in 17.1 overs. The bowler in chief who destroyed the batting line up of Deutsche was Saajan Kanan coming up with match winning bowling figures of 5/18 in 4 overs. Taking a fifer in T20 is always commendable as well as rare feat which medium pacer Saajan managed to achieve for his team.
Chasing 106, ICICI chased it down in just in 15.2 over winning the match by 5 wkts and 4.4 overs to spare. Javeed Siddiqui at no.3 top scored with 44 runs in 30 balls while the rest of the batters chipped in for a dominating win for ICICI securities.