Ritesh Palav has always been one utility all-rounder and he has been in great touch this season with the ball. The left arm spinner who scalped 26 wkts in Kanga League ’18 along with a 6 wkt haul now continues to impress in the shorter format of the game in the Thane Vaibhav Tournament’19.
Century Rayon after electing to bat first at Central Maidan Thane were little aware about the storm they were about to face in the form of Ritesh Palav’s bowling. The spinner ran through their batting line up as he came up with amazing bowling figures of 7 wkts for 7 runs in 6.1 overs with 3 maidens.
A target of 48 was a mere formality as Datamatics chased down the score in 12.1 overs winning the match by 7 wkts.
AESA-Pune, a team showing signs as one of the contenders for the ‘AT20 – season VII’ championship, played their second league match against Edifice Cricket Club at Oval in the afternoon session yesterday, 29th December 2018. AESA-Pune acting captain, Mangesh Hande won the toss and elected to field first on a track looking great for batting. ECC started off in style with their ever aggressive batsman Mahesh Hirpara and Shaheen Mistry, one of the most dominant players of the tournament, scoring runs at will and at a run rate of over 10, in the first ten overs. AESA bowlers were wayward barring Mangesh. Seamers and the lone left arm spinner in Abhishek Shah, could not contain Mahesh and Shaheen who went on hitting boundaries and the bowlers bowled to the batter’s strengths. It was finally in the 15th over, Abhishek bowled with some loop and got rewarded with both the openers’ wickets. The score after 15 overs read 151/2, still in a very good position for a big score. But, Vikrant from the other end got a wicket in the 16th and Abhishek struck again in the 17th. That put ECC on the back foot with no big hitter left to take advantage of the last overs & the main strike bowler Mangesh had finished his quota when he bowled his fourth in the 13th over itself and ECC were finally restricted to 177/5.
With the good batting track, AESA were to take that score and they started off well with Chaitanya Padhye, asked to open the innings, hit a big one and two fours in the first over itself, taking the score to 16/0. Venkatesh Wagh on the other side was looking good too, scoring at run a ball, saw AESA-Pune scoring at a pace matching ECC. It was a loose shot from Chaitanya, playing away from his body and a good catch at mid-off, got ECC their first break through. AESA continued to lose wickets but the track helping the batters, no more swing and no turn for spinners, was proving to be good enough. Mangesh Hands and Neeraj were cruising along nicely till the 15th over when another loose shot got Neeraj out, trying to use his power against a ball not quite hittable. AESA still got to 154 in 16 overs with 5 wickets in hand and 24 to get from 24 balls when Mangesh tried to flick a straight delivery in the blockhole by Shaheen and got himself bowled. It could have still been managed to score 15 off 18 or 10 off 12 but the lower order batsmen could just not take the pressure and saw their team falling short by 5 runs of winning.
AESA-Pune lost 3 wickets through run-outs, 3 caught on loose shots, 2 being bowled and 2 being leg before, have many a things to work on, I am sure they will do it & fast.
It’s generally said that the better team won, but yesterday it was Mahesh and Shaheen who won and the better team ended up losing the match.
Author: Hemant Sathye
MIG opting to bat first at Karnatak Cross Maidan dominated upfront amassing 198/6 in 20 overs. Left-handed Kevin Almeida at no.3 led from the front scoring a breezy 69 off 45 balls ( 9 fours, 2 sixes) while the rest of the batsman chipped in with cameos to steer MIG to a solid total.
Chasing 199, the pressure was definitely looming on the Apollo CC batsman as their batting line up collapsed despite their openers Abhinav (29) and Ajinkya Parte (53) giving a good start. Apollo CC were all out for 126 runs thanks to a match winning bowling spell from medium pacer Nikhil Date who came up with 4/29 in 4 overs. Not only he kept taking wickets he also bowled at tight line and length not allowing the batsman to swing their bat!
MIG CC clinch a win by 72 runs and with this win they qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament.
Vinayak Marine Servies were least affected after being made to bat first at the Vengsarkar Ground as they were in a different mood that day. The batsman attacked right from the word “Go”with openers stitching a 126 run stand in mere 69 balls. JP Pandya scored a flashy 53 while his equally aggressive partner Rakesh Trivedi went on to score a brilliant 110* off 65 balls batting till the very end. Not only Rakesh anchored the innings but also played quickly at the same time smashing 15 fours and 2 sixes at a healthy strike rate of 169.23.
Speaking exclusively to Cricketgraph- Rakesh Trivedi quipped “I thank my team owner who is also the skipper Mr.Ravi Kapoor for his passion and love towards the cricket that me and my team members got such a beautiful opportunity to play cricket”
Greensole Titans in reply managed to score 170/6 in 20 overs as Vinayak Marine Services won the match by 45 runs where in Rakesh Trivedi was declared ‘man of the match’
The third and last chapter event of second edition of Nataraj Pens, Mumbai ka Accurate Bowler contest will be held at Kandivali (West) on 05th Jan 2019 at 8:00 AM.
This contest is completely free of costs for school & college students. There would be 2 winners in this chapter, one in each school and college category.
Date:- 05 Jan 2019 | Saturday
Time:- 8 AM Reporting Time
Address:- iThink Sportz Academy, Kamala Vihar Sports Club Ground, Near Kapol Vidhyanidhi School, Mahavir Nagar, Kandivali (west)
White Tshirts will be preferred but not mandatory. Spike shoes are not allowed.
The 2 winners of this chapter would get an Nataraj Pens Trophy, Certificates, sasa shoes & kimati balls.
Riding on a masterclass century from Rugved Chaudhari, Kotak Mahindra Bank posted a mammoth 185-4 in 20 overs against Indusind Bank on Sunday at MIG Bandra, Mumbai during the Plate Final Match for 7th-8th position in the Automotive Cricket League T20. Batting first, Kotak amassed a daunting total, thanks to a solid opening partnership of 104 runs in 11.1 overs between Sarvesh (45) and Rugved (104 not out). Rugved scored at a brisk pace, striking at a rate of 162.50. His innings was laced with as many as 15 boundaries and a six. Indusind had an ordinary day with the ball and could not restrict the free flowing batting of Kotak. Milind Bholanekar, Sumit Jaiswal, Guddu Shah, and Sabu picked up one wicket each.
In reply, Indusind was bundled out for a paltry 77 in 12.3 overs, losing the match by a huge margin of 108 runs. Apart from Jai Gaba (26) and Satish Singh (25), none of the Indusind batsmen looked in shape. In no time, Kotak closed the Indusind innings, courtesy a fantastic bowling and fielding effort. Sagar Khatri and Mayur Ghag bowled well in tandem accounting for three wickets each. Pankaj Yadav, Vinayak, and Anant managed to scalp one victim each. The Plate Final Match turned out to be a lopsided affair, with Kotak Mahindra Bank securing the 7th position and Indusind Bank settling with the 8th position.
Rugved Chaudhari was awarded as the Man of the Match for his rollicking performance with the bat. Rugved stated, “The wicket was good to bat on. The early morning start helped the bowlers a bit and I was determined to see off the first couple of overs. Once I got my eye in, I started playing my strokes and yielded good returns. I was timing the ball well and I enjoyed facing the medium pacers. Hitting a century in a winning cause for the team is always a great feeling. Though we did not have the best of the outings in the tournament, I am happy that we could end the competition on a winning note”.
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Payyade SC opting to bat first at Cross Maidan posted a very big total of 215/4 in 20 overs which is 9 out of 10 times a match winning total to defend. Experienced campaigner Praful Waghela opening the innings gave the bowlers a difficult time as he went on to score a fluent 90 in mere 44 balls laced with 12 fours and 2 sixes with a strike rate of 204.55. Praful’s aggressive batting changed the game while all-rounder Sagar Mishra gave the finishing touch with his 19 ball 41* cameo coming at no.5
Victrory CC in reply managed to give a tough fight but they eventually managed to score 193/8 in 20 overs. Quicksters-Atif came up with an economical spell of 2/27 in 4 overs while Vaibhav Singh was the pick of the bowlers with 4/41 in 4 overs.
Payyade Sports Club won the match by 22 runs and now qualify for the semi-finals of the Talim Shield Tournament.
Mumbai Division Sports Association batting first at the National CC ground managed to score 230/10 with Saeed Shaikh and Hitesh Parmar taking 3 wkts each.
Route Mobile chased down the score with superlative ease where in opener Vishal Dhagaokar scored more than half of the team runs batting till the end to score a fluent 147* off 149 balls. Vishal smashed 17 fours and 6 sixes as he dominated the bowlers upfront while also kept his calm throughout the innings to help Route Mobile cross the target in the most comfortable fashion.
Route Mobile won the match by 6 wkts and it was surely Vishal’s 147*being the highlight performance of the match.
In the pre-quarter match between New Horizon and Mahatma Gandhi School at the NMSA Ground, Vashi, New Horizon winning the toss elected to bat first scoring 179/10 in the 40 over match. Defending a total of 180 in 40 overs, the pressure was definitely more on the team defending than the one who was chasing as it was quite an achievable target. However, fast bowler Vihang Dighe ran through Mahata Gandhi School’s batting line up coming up with sensational bowling figures of 7/18 in 8 overs. Vihan was spot on with the ball maintaining good accuracy while also kept on providing breakthroughs as the opposition were bundled out for 25 runs.
After a commanding win vs Mahatma Gandhi, New Horizon were to lock horns with IES Navi Mumbai School where in New Horizon School after being made to bat first scored 199 runs on the board thanks to a late cameo by Pratham Shah down the order where he chipped in with a crucial 35 ball 55 while Vighnesh Narayan scoring 48 at no.3. IES in reply were bundled out for 150 runs thanks to some really tight bowling where in Aaryank Shetty and Tanuj Hemdev came up with 3 wkts each.
New Horizon School has been playing well consistently under the guidance of their Coach Ajay Bhagat as they will now play the Semis on 2nd of Jan, 2019.
Boom Boom is definitely the right word to describe Aman Khan as once he gets going he can hit those big sixes and score very quickly. Just fresh from a 33 ball 84 in his previous outing, Aman Khan came to the fore again hitting successive half centuries.
DY Patil after being made to bat first on their home ground were all out for 174/10 where in Aman opening the innings once again proved to be destructive. Aman now has 17 sixes in his last 2 innings as he continued his normal way of batting scoring a 35 ball 64 laced with 5 fours and 5 sixes. The rest of the batsman chipped in as DY Patil reached a decent total.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana gave DY Patil a tough fight in their own den and were even looking good to win but eventually fell short of just 3 runs with Anup Revandkar top scoring with 55 runs. The bowlers did an impressive job especially Pravin Tambe(0/28 in 4 overs) and Sairaj Patil (1/30 In 4 overs) coming up with economical spells.
DY Patil won the match by 3 runs and qualify for the Semi-finals of the Padmakar Talim Shield T20 Tournament.