RBL opting to bat first at Oval Maidan scored a very healthy total of 174/2 in 20 overs. Ravi Parmar opening the innings laid the foundation for his team as he scored an anchoring knock of 102 runs in 77 balls. Ravi smashed 14 fours at a strike rate of 132.47 keeping the scoreboard ticking.
Lanxess on the other hand were bundled out for 118 runs as RBL bowlers did a fantastic job of restricting the batsman and not allowing them to score runs freely.
Sanjeevani Cricket Academy batting first at Oval Maidan notched up a healthy total of 153/3 in 20 overs. Omkar Patankar scored an impressive 59 while Captain Aditya Balivada also led from the front scoring a crucial 55 helping their team reach a defendable total.
Defending a total of 153 runs, Dilip Vengsarkar Academy were bundled out for 130 runs with off-spinner Arinjay Lokhande being the pick of the bowlers taking 3 wkts. Skipper Yaseen Saudagar with his fighting 43 managed to keep the hopes alive but lacked support from the other end.
Sanjeevani C.A won the match by 23 runs and they lift the prestigious title.
Speed Cricket Academy after opting to bat first scored a very healthy total of 126/5 in 15 overs. Opener Amanat hussain played a solid anchoring knock of 54 runs in 45 balls which had 9 fours in it while Mohank’s quick 30* at the middle order proved to be the finishing touch.
Titans Cricket Academy in reply managed to score only 82/6 in 15 overs failing to cope up with the run rate as SCA won the match by 44 runs where in Amanat was declared ‘man of the match’
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In the other match, SVIS after being made to bat first were 7/76 at one stage but Sanchit Kadam at no.8 scored a match saving knock of 47* (31 balls). What’s more he got great support from Arnav Rane who came at no.9 to score 27* as both the boys stitched a match winning 80 run stand taking the team total to 156/8 in 20 overs.
Mumbai Sporting Union Thane in reply were all out for 67 runs thanks to a terrific bowling spell by Daivik Save. Daivik came up with bowling figures of 6/17 in 4 overs as he made life difficult for the batsman handing over a 89 run win to his team-SVIS.
Smt. Sulochana Singhania School after being made to bat first at Central Maidan, Thane scored a very healthy total of 290/6 in 45 overs. Opening the innings, Aarush scored an aggressive hundred remaining unbeaten till the end scoring an impressive 131* off 118 balls which had 152 boundaries. Apart from him, Aayush Iyer scored a quickfire 68 off 54 balls as their team reached a defendable total.
SVEM Secondary School were bundled out for 71 runs thanks to some great bowling by Sulochana Singhania School bowlers. Medium Pacer Anuj Iyer bowled an envious spell of 5/18 in 6.2 overs running through the opposition’s line up.
Sulochana Singhania School won the match by 219 runs while Aarush’s 131* remained the highlight performance of the match.
CIPLA after being made to bat first at Matunga Gymkhana were all out for 167 runs in 35.2 overs. CIPLA’s dependable Bipin Waghela at no.3 scored a brilliant 77 off 81 balls (6 fours, 3 sixes). Bipin has been one of the highest scorers in E Div this season and has led from the front for CIPLA scoring more than half of the team runs in the finals to take his team towards a 3 digit total.
Chasing 168, DMCC chased down the score in 38.1 overs winning the match by 7 wkts. Opening the innings, Mayur Panhalkar scored a solid 57 while Ajinkya Kadam (51*) played the finishers role with Shaban (28*) as they chased down the total with ease.
DMCC with this win also win the finals of the E Div Times Shield’19
Gamdevi Cricketers electing to bat first at United Cricketers, Cross Maidan notched up a big total of 304/7 in 35 overs. Despite a few early wickets, Rudra Tank at no.4 and Aditya Naik (50 runs) at no.5 brought their team back into the game with a 144 run stand for the 4th wicket. Rudra went on to score a match winning 128 off mere 92 balls laced with 17 fours and 3 sixes. It was a knock of controlled aggression as he helped his team reach a big total.
Young National CC in reply were all out for 115 runs as Gamdevi CC bowlers did a brilliant job of defending their total.
Gamdevi CC won the match by 189 runs while Rudra Tank was declared “man of the match” for his solid 128.
Bharat CC after opting to bat first at Western Railways, Cross Maidan notched up a healthy total of 250/4 in 35 overs. Openers Pratik Yadav and Prem Lingre gave a flying start of 136 runs where in Prateek scored an aggressive 77 off 63 balls (12 fours) while Prem scored a solid 47 ball 54 to set up the positive momentum. Himanshu Kumar at no.4 scored a 49 ball 57* bringing in his 2nd half century of the tournament.
Payyade SC in reply managed to score only 130/9 in 35 overs as talented Saiprasad Mane bowled a fabulous spell running through the payyade batsman with envious bowling figures of 7/30 in 7 overs. Sai was spot on with the ball single handedly dominating the bowling department as Bharat CC went on to win the match by 120 runs.
Vasant Vihar High School after electing to bat first at Santosh Sports Cricket Academy Ground managed to score only 104/9 in 20 overs thanks to a brilliant bowling spell by Mann Koli. Mann came up with excellent bowling figures of 5/15 in 4 overs as he ran through the opposition’s batting line up maintaining good line & length.
Speed CA in reply chased down the score in just 18.5 overs winning the match by 5 wkts. It was a commanding win for SCA while Mann Koli was declared ‘man of the match’
Apollo CC after opting to bat first at Shivaji Park Dadar did not have a single batsman crossing 25 runs apart from their opener Sairaj Sangle scoring a valiant hundred. Sairaj despite lacking support from the other end batted till 68 overs scoring a brilliant 131 off 190 balls smashing 14 fours en-route his solid century taking the team total to 258/10 in 75.1 overs. Off-spinner Mairaj Khan came up with envious bowling figures taking 5/51 in 21.1 overs.
Shivaji Park Gymkhana on the other hand had a solid start from their openers with Vaidik Murkar scoring a anchoring knock of 90 runs in 103 balls (13 fours, 1 six). All-rounder Varun Joijode who came at no.8 scored a match winning 61* off 86 balls which helped his team cross the victory line by 2 wkts chasing down the score of 259 in 63.5 overs.
Boys CC D after being made to bat first at the Union Cricket Academy were bundled out for 97 runs where in Pranay Shinde with 4/12 was the pick of the bowlers. The rest of the bowlers also bowled tight restricting Boys CC to a low total.
PAB CC Bhiwandi who were 3 down for 9 runs at one stage got back into the game as in-form Raj Patil once again showed his skills scoring an impressive 56* off 45 balls laced with 9 fours & a six chasing down the target in just 15.5 overs.
PAB CC won the match by 6wkts while Raj’s 56 remained the highlight performance of the match.