Played at the SRT Gymkhana Kandivali between Amar CC and Mohan CC, Amar CC were put to bat first as the wicket was wet . Skipper Kawaldeep shared- “We did not let them score since I was doing a lot of bowling changes and did not allow the batsman to settle”
Their decision to bowl first seemed to have worked well as Amar CC were all out for 151 runs in 42.5 overs. Kavaldeep Singh was the pick of the bowlers coming up with 4/31 in 9.5 overs with 3 maidens.
Chasing 152, Mohan CC made the chase look quite easy with Lalkrishna Vishwakarma scoring a nifty 53* along with Moosa Syed scoring 41 off 43 balls as Mohan CC cruised to a 7 wkt win.
Rakesh Naik has been one consistent all-rounder for his team. From fifers to some brilliant hundreds in the last 2 years continues to impress in the Bombay Junior and Corporate tournaments too. In the Pulse T20 Tournament where he was leading the side in the absence of his skipper Kishor Waghela, he led from the front where he took a hat-trick in one match while bagged a ‘man of the match’ award in the other match out of the 3 games he played.
In the match between Bluestar CC and Worli CC, Worli CC managed to score 160/9 in 45 overs with Rakesh Naik taking 2/19, Prathamesh Golatkar who has taken some impressive fifers this season also took 2 wkts while Manas Mukadam was the pick of the bowlers with 3/27. Bluetstar chased down the score on the back of Aryan Patni (43), Tushar Tiwari (41) and Rakesh Naik remaining unbeaten on 49*
Played between New Era CC and Shantibha Seth Memorial CC at the MIG Ground, it was the all important finals of the prestigious Ghosh Tournament where in Shantibhai CC were put to bat first after losing the toss.
Shantibhai Seth Memorial CC was 243/all out in 76 overs with Kunal Vatari at no.7 scoring a very crucial 64* off 85 balls laced with 12 fours. From the bowlers-medium pacer Varun Rao was brilliant taking 4/63 in 19 overs. Off-Spinner Tejas Chalke took 2wkts while Ayush chipped in with a wicket too.
Chasing 244, New Era were off to a decent start with Abhinav Singh scoring 48 runs but the real game changer was Ayush Jethwa’s anchoring knock of 126*. Ayush coming at no.3 scored 126* off 144 balls which had 16 fours while Mayank Teotia who came at no.4 gave excellent support with a nifty 68 off 91 balls.
New Era CC won the match by 7 wkts and with this they become the winners of the prestigious Ghosh Tournament’18-19.
A 6wkt haul even in an ODI or a Test match is something difficult to achieve and is considered to be quite commendable but a 6 wkt haul in a T20 match where a bowler only gets 24 balls to ball and showcase his skills is an altogether different achievement.
Kotak Mahindra after being put to bat first at the Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul scored 138/6 in 20 overs with their opener Ajit Shinde (47) and no.3 batsman M Telge (58) being the top scorers. Defending a total of 139, the pressure is defiantly more on the bowlers as such targets are easily chased down in the T20 Format.
However, Ritin Ravindran from Kotak changed the script of the game with a magical bowling spell of 6/12 in 4 overs with one maiden. Ritin was simply unplayable at one point as he achieved one of the best T20 Spells of the tournament giving breakthroughs at an average of 1 wkt per 4 balls!
Kotak on the back of Ritin’s fabulous spell defended a low total successfully winning the match by 61 runs while Ritin being declared ‘man of the match.
IndiaFirst Life Insurance faced Hindustan Unilever Ltd. in their 3rd League Match of The Corporate T10 Cricket Shield 2018-19 on 05-Jan-2019.
IndiaFirst won the Toss and elected to Bat first at the Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana Cricket Ground, Matunga, Mumbai. Openers Babli Sharma (23 in 14 Balls; two 4s & one 6) & Pushkar Sharma got their Team to a quickfire start. No. 3 Kunal Bambardekar, promoted up the order, came in and started blasting away. One huge six off pacer Varun Sabharwal towards the Covers, who had castled Babli earlier, went out of the ground off the longest part of the field. He eventually remained unbeaten on 41 scored off just 21 Balls that comprised of 4 Fours & 3 Sixes. Pushkar at the other end was blazing away and carried his Bat through the Innings scoring 66* in just 27 Balls. The knock consisted of 3 Fours and 6 nicely times Sixes.
IndiaFirst ended up scoring a mammoth 137/1 in 10 Overs.
During the Chase, Opener Mario Fernandes (16 in 6 Balls) seemed in murderous mood after hitting 2 Sixes and a Four off the first 5 Balls that he faced from Pace Bowler Dharmendra Gupta. It was a sweet revenge when the Bowler had him, while going for the kill off the last ball of the over, brilliantly caught by Pushkar who covered huge ground running from the Deep Long Off fence. The other Opener Rajesh Jadhav seemed in no different mood either, having his Team at 51/1 after 3.5 Overs after carting Pushkar for 21 in the 4th Over. The Bowler had only conceded 2 in his first Over.
Pacer Sanket Teli then came up with a superb spell of 2-0-5-1 that effectively sealed the fate of the Match, a period where he completely neutralised Rajesh, beating him completely on several occasions. The nail in the coffin was when Skipper Ajish Abdul Rehman (1-0-1-1) eventually got Rajesh (43 in 25 Balls; 4 Sixes) Caught Behind with his sheer pace. IndiaFirst Won the match by 53 Runs. Pushkar was named Man of the Match for his brilliant Innings.
With this, IndiaFirst Life Insurance tops the Pool that consisted of strong Teams (the other two being Mahindra Insurance Brokers Ltd. & Owens Corning India Pvt Ltd.) with all 3 Wins. They would be playing the Semis once the other League Matches are over.
Keep watching this space for more updates.
Anjuman Islam School batting first posted a 1st innings total of 249 runs at the Elg Vengsarkar Ground where in Ayush Samant was the pick of the bowlers taking 7/61. Don Bosco in reply were all out for 135 runs thanks to a magical spell of spin bowling by Abdullah Sani.
Abdullah came up with envious bowling figures of 8/41 with his wily off-spin as he kept on giving breakthroughs without allowing any batsman to settle down at the crease. Anjuman were 18/4 in their 2nd innings at the end of the game’s play where Ayush Samant took 4/4 taking his tally of wickets to 11 in the match. Anjuman Islam School the match on 1st innings lead as they qualified for the crucial semi finals.
VK Krishna Menon Academy batting first notched up 231 runs in their 1st innings where in Kavya Gori bowled a stunning spell of 6/42 in the 1st innings being the pick of the bowlers. Al-Barkaat in reply declared their innings at 352/1 thanks to their run machine Tushar Singh who slammed his 3rd consecutive hundred. Tushar scored a match winning 202* in mere 170 balls laced with 36 fours as he set the ground on fire with his attacking display of batting.
Tushar also stitched a brilliant 336 run stand with Yasin Saudagar who scored an equally impressive 120*off 181 balls. Yasin was solid giving support from the other end as Tushar tore apart the bowlers.
Vk Krishna Menon in their 2nd innings collapsed badly for just 43 runs all out in 28.2 overs as Kavya Gori came up with one of the best spells of the tournament taking 7 wkts for mere 6 runs. Kavya took a total of 13 wkts in the match as Al-Barkaat won the match outright by an innings qualifying for the semi-finals.
Rizvi after batting first at the Matunga Gymkhana Ground scored a defendable 294 runs in their 1st innings while Bombay Scottish School in reply were bundled out for 88 runs in 36.3 overs. Left-arm Spinner Nishit came up with a brilliant spell running through Bombay Scottish’s line up taking 6/16 being the pick of the bowlers for his team. It was on the back of his match winning bowling performance Bombay Scottish received a follow on where they were again 89/9 in 62.2 overs before the end of the game’s play. Nishit took another 3/25 in 2nd innings taking his tally in the match to 9/41 as Rizvi won the match in a commanding manner on 1st innings lead.
With this win, Rizvi has qualified for the semi finals of the Giles Shield where in they will clash with Anjuman Islam at the Matunga Gymkhana Ground while Al Barkaat will take on IES VN Sule at Cross Maidan for two interesting semi-finals on January 17-18 2019.
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Into the all important finals of the Masters Cup Tournament, SVIS and Santosh Sports Cricket Academy took on each other with SPCA A winning the toss and electing to bat first notching up 199/5 in 20 overs. Shardul Khanolkar opening the innings scored a brilliant 82* off 83 balls while Abhigyan Kundu went on to score a swashbuckling 62 ball 99*(12 fours, 3 sixes). Abhgyan batted till the end keeping the scoreboard ticking falling just one run short of a very deserving ton.
SVIS in reply managed only 162/6 in 25 overs with SPCA bowlers doing an impressive job. Santosh Sports Cricket Academy A won the finals and win the U10 Masters Tournament with dominance. Borivali Chief Guest Commissioner of Income Tax Mr.Bharat Nayak, Mr.Dinesh Lad Coach of Indian Cricketer Rohit Sharma, Mrs.Geeta Dutt Madam along with Director of Verna group of industries Mr.Gurucharan Verma and Vinay Verma were the Guest of Honors for the finals.
Played between Tarapur Vidyamandir Dahisar and Dr. MG Parulekar School at the Sainath Ground, Virar, Tarapur Vidyamandir won the toss and elected to bat first.
However, their decision to bat 1st seemed to have fallen flat as they suffered a batting collapse getting all out for 132 runs in 28.1 overs. Off-Spinner Adwait Palsule who had taken 6/33 in his previous outing vs Holy Cross School continued to impress with the ball taking 4/31 in 8 overs while Aryan Sharma bagging 3 wkts.
Tarapur Vidyamandir could have been all out under 100 runs had it not been their in-form opener Prateek Yadav doing the rescue act. Prateek scored a match winning 85 off 134 balls (11 fours) at a time when no player from his team managed to score in double digits. Tarapur Vidyamandir eventually crossed the victory line winning the match by 2 wkts in a thriller of a match.
Prateek on the other hand has displayed amazing form scoring 76, 88, 51, 42, 54 in semis while chasing & a memorable 85 in the finals amassing 396 runs in 6 matches.