Cricket Club of India after being made to bat first at Sachin Tendulkar Ground, Kandivali replied with a perfect response smashing 214/7 in 20 overs which is a very good T20 total. T20 Specialist Paul Valthaty showed he still has lot of cricket left in him as he smashed a fiery 30 ball 66 opening the innings which had 6 biggies. It was also treat to watch the experienced Vinit Indulkar smashing a 14 ball 40 at a strike rate of 286! Watching Vinit who is a calm and classy batsman whom you usually associate with the classical format of the game playing in such fashion was a treat to watch.
New Hind SC despite some early setbacks were in the game throughout the innings thanks to their run machine Sachin Yadav. The left hander who has scored runs in every format this year tick marked one more format i.e T20 as he plonked the bowlers with absolute ease showing the form he is. Sachin scored 103 runs off 52 balls (10 fours, 3 sixes) while Avdhoot gave good support with 54 but eventually good death bowling by CCI bowlers made New Hind 14 runs short of the target.
CCI won the match while it was entertainment from both the sides!
Kadir Patel who smashed a solid 52 vs National CC last weekend continues to impress in the ongoing T20 tournament and this time against Mumbai Police Gymkhana. Young Mohmmedan electing to bat first posted a big total of 202/5 in 20 overs. Kadir Patel who came at no.3 was the highest scorer for his team smashing an elegant 86* off 58 balls batting till the end. Kadir smashed 11 fours and 3 sixes as he kept the scoreboard ticking helping his team reach a competitive total.
Mumbai Police Gymkhana on the other hand were off to a flyer with their top 3 givign quick cameos but they eventually managed to reach 182/9 in 20 overs as Young Mohmmedan team won the match by 20 runs where in Kadir’s 86* certainly remained the highlight performance of the match.
A caption has been going on that 5 sixes made a player go for 5 crores at IPL, if that would be the case what would be the auction price for this hard hitter Aman Khan who in his recent game smashed a 33 ball 84 which had as many as 12 big sixes! Aman who is a fast bowling all-rounder since last few years has consistently come up with some unbelievably quick knocks where he has displayed some brilliant power hitting. He has scored some of the fastest 50’s and 100’s in the last 2 years across various formats but he is yet to come in someone’s radar.
Aman’s blazing 84 helped DY Patil reach 219/10 in 19.5 overs which they successfully defended vs DPC Sports Club who managed to score 155/5 in 20 overs as DY Patil won the match by 47 runs.
Owens Corning India Pvt Ltd. faced IndiaFirst Life this Saturday (22-Dec-2018) in both Teams’ second outing in The Corporate T10 Cricket Shield 2018-19. After beating Group favourites Hindustan Unilever Ltd. easily in their first league Match, Owens looked like a formidable unit. Playing back-to-back matches, IndiaFirst Life was upbeat as well after defeating Mahindra Insurance Brokers Ltd. in a tight finish earlier in the day.
After winning the Toss, Owens decided to field first at Dadar Parsi Colony Sporting Club, Matunga Gymkhana, Mumbai. IndiaFirst got to a quick start with a quickfire Partnership of 49 in just 3.4 overs between Babli Sharma and Skipper Ajish Abdul Rehman for the Second Wicket. A regular Opening Batsman, Ajish decided to go in at No. 3 in order to give the other openers in the Team (Pushkar Sharma & Babli) a go. Particularly severe on the quicks all round the wicket, he raced to 33 off 14 Deliveries (5 Fours & a Six) before departing with the Score at 74/1 in 6.3 overs. Till then, a total of around 125 seemed to be on the cards. But soon, Babli (28 off 22; 2 4s & 1 Six) was caught at deep mid-wicket, the longest part of the ground. Anand Pawar easily judged the skier that seemed to be lost in the orbit for quite some time. Vice Captain Ramana Meesala’s late innings cameo of 22 off 12 balls helped his team finish at 98/4 in the stipulated 10 overs. A flat square-driven six in the last over thudded into the Dadar Parsi Pavilion, providing a perfect finish to the Innings. For Owens, Ganesh Shirke (2-0-12-0) bowled a tight Spell with Sachin Dongre taking 2 Wickets.
Set to chase down the Target of 99, Owens put up a great platform with an opening partnership of 49 in just 4.3 overs. Another 50 was required in 33 Balls with all the wickets intact. Wicket-keeper Santosh Revankar (17 off 10) was nicely caught by Dharmendra Gupta at long-off after covering good amount of ground. Dharmendra also went on to run the other opener Manish Patil out for 29 with his brilliant Fielding.
With 41 to win from 4 overs, with 9 wickets in hand, Owens seemed to be favorites. In the 7th over, Sanket Teli took a wicket and gave away just 7 Runs to take the equation to 34 from 3. Ajish, after taking it deep to ensure that he could bowl 2 of the last 3 Overs, generated some brisk pace. Maintaining a tight line and length, he gave away just a Single off the first 5 Balls. Now 33 off 13 seemed almost out of range for Owens. The last ball of the over, a Yorker, was squeezed out towards Deep Mid-Wicket for what seemed like a Single.
But what followed was complete drama. Fielder Ramana running in to field the Ball, pulled a muscle. Pravin Malik covered huge ground from Long-on to pick up and throw the ball to the Bowler, who it turn threw it towards the striker’s end. The ball ricocheted off the batsman towards the third man boundary. By this time the Batsmen had already run 5. While attempting the 6th, a brilliantly direct-hit from wicket-keeper Babli ensured another Run-out.
Left Arm Spinner Wasim Sayyed restricted them to just 9 off the penultimate over while bowling from the end with the shorter boundary on the on side. 19 was required off the last over bowled by Ajish. 2 more run outs later, the equation read 13 needed off the last 2. A brilliantly struck six on the short off-side boundary by Vishal Jitekar ensured that this match too went down till the last ball, with 7 more to win. Another quick yorker from Ajish ensured that Vishal could only muster a single off the last ball, finishing unbeaten on 20 off 12 (2 Fours, 1 Six). It was a brave effort from him though. Thus, IndiaFirst Life Insurance won by 5 runs by restricting Owens to 93/6.
It was again an exceptional performance in the field for IndiaFirst, which also saw as many as 4 run-outs. Other notable contributors were Sandeep Shetty, Pushkar Sharma, Waseem Sayyed and Sanket Teli. Sanket was the pick of the bowlers too, with bowling figures of 2-0-14-2.
Ajish was named Man of the Match for his all-round performace. He commended Positiveleap for the way they were professionally managing such a fast-paced Tournament, keeping up the enthusiasm and excitement throughout. A sizeable Team of Organizers were present at the Ground managing each aspect.
IndiaFirst Life now leads the Table with 2 wins from 2 matches, with their last match slotted against Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
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Rizvi Springfield after being made to bat first at Bombay Gymkhana Fort notched up 209/9 in 96 overs. Opening the innings, Rizvi’s consistent opener Abhinav Singh top scored for his team with a gritty 94 off 234 balls saving his team from a low total. Al-Barkat in reply were 186/7 in 80 overs with Prem Naik (53) and Saumil Malandkar (55) hitting half centuries. Even though the match ended in a draw but Al Barkar were adjudged winners on the basis of net run rate
In the 2nd semis between IES New English School Bandra and VN Sule Guruji High School, VN Sule opting to bat first were bundled out for 118 runs thanks to a wonderful bowling spell by Shubham Kharat who came up with bowling figures of 6/29 in 18.5 overs. IES New English School in reply made 197/5 with Anurag Nair hitting a half century as they won the match on 1st innings lead.
The finals between Al-barkat and IES English School will be between January 8 to January 10 at the Bombay Gymkhana Ground.
Played at the Mahim Juvenile, Dadar, IES VN Sule winning the toss elected to bat first making a healthy total of 331/5. Opening the innings, Raj Desmukh plonked the bowlers in every corner of the ground as he continues to impress the cricketing community. Raj scored a brilliant 175 coming off mere 124 balls laced with 25 boundaries. He also got a great support from Tanay Khandeshi who scored a solid 114 opening the innings with Raj. Both the boys stitched a memorable 289 run stand for the 1st wicket which set the tone for their innings.
Defending a total of 300+, Hansraj Morarji School were all out for 96 runs thanks to their star all-rounder Raj Desmukh who came good with the ball too. Raj came up with match winning bowling figures of 5/35 with his leg spinners as IES won in a dominating fashion.
In the 1st Match where PTCA elected to bat first, they made 104/8 in 20 overs with Rivansh chipping in with 24 runs. Titans in reply recieved a tough fight but eventually crossed the victory line winning the match by just 1 wicket thanks to Rushikesh Chavan’s crucial cameo of 22 runs and a wicket which not only helped Titans win but also helped him earn ‘man of the match’ award.
In the 2nd Match, Pro King Sports Academy were all out for 83 runs after electing to bat first with Yogesh’s 14 ball 20 being the highest score. Vijay Indap Cricket Academy in reply chased it down with ease winning the match by 5 wkts. Prasad Gangurde from VICA who scored 26* off 28 balls and also took 2 wkts was declared man of the match.
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Match 1:
Titans Cricket Academy vs Pravin Tambe Cricket Academy
Toss won by Pravin Tambe Cricket Academy. Elected to Bat first.
Pravin Tambe Cricket Academy made 104/8 in 20 overs.
Riyansh Shah 24(29).
Titans Cricket Academy 105/9 in 18.1 overs.
Titans Cricket Academy won the match by 1 Wicket.
Man of the Match
Rushikesh Chavan of Titans Cricket Academy scored 22(22) and took 1 wicket for 10 runs in 4 overs.
Coach :
Titans Cricket Academy : Ajay Kadam
Pravin Tambe Cricket Academy : Vinod Mhaskar
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Match 2:
Pro King Sports Academy vs Vijay Indap Cricket Academy
Toss won by Pro King Sports Academy. Elected to Bat first.
Pro King Sports Academy were all out for 83 in 19.3 overs.
Yogesh 20(14).
Vijay Indap Cricket Academy made 84/5 in 11.5 overs.
Vijay Indap Cricket Academy won the match by 5 Wickets.
Man of the Match
Prasad Gangurde of Vijay Indap Cricket Academy scored 26*(28) and took 2 wickets for 22 runs in 3.3 overs.
Coach :
Pro King Sports Academy : Sagar Khandagale
Vijay Indap Cricket Academy : Vijay Indap
Pushkar Sharma, Skipper of Shivaji Park Youngsters (SPY) has made the Cosmopolitan Shield 2018-19 his own – either Batting, or Bowling, or most of the times, performing in both. It is his good form in this competitive Tournament which features the top 128 Teams from across the City, that his Team has stormed into the Top 4. Not to mention his Captaincy which has been impressive too, even during all the adversities faced.
SPY won the Toss against John Bright Cricket Club at Cross Maidan, CST & elected to field first in the Quarter Final Match played today.
John Bright CC got off to a very good start with the scorecard reading 125/1 after 27 Overs. They were looking good for a score in the range of 250 in the allotted 45 Overs. Divendu Shekhar and Prateek Patle scored 57 and 45 respectively.
That they were finally restricted to 199 in 42.1 Overs, credit goes to exceptional bowling by Yash Singh who took 4 wickets for 33 runs in 8.1 overs (2 Maidens). He had good company in Rahul Ratnaparkhi (9-0-33-3) and Pushkar (9-0-42-1). Anand Kumbhar also sent down 4 economical overs at 3.75 apiece.
Opening the Innings during the Chase, Pushkar cruised to 87*off 78 Balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. At number 3, Rupen Chaurasiya turned out to be the ideal ally for him by scoring 45 Runs off 55 balls in a partnership of 89. Dashrat Chavan (34 off 39) also added 71 with Pushkar as SPY won the match with dominance.
Vedant Patil with figures of 7-0-26-2 tried to provide some resistance, but SPY scored 202 with 12.1 overs to spare, thus winning easily by 8 wickets.
Earlier, in the Pre-quater match against Superstar SC, Pushkar, who is employed at IndiaFirst Life Insurance and is an integral part of their Corporate Cricket Team, had shone with the ball taking 3 wickets while sending down 9 economical overs at a rate of 2.89 Runs. Along with him, Pacer Anand Kumbhar (3/25) and Chandan Gaud (4-0-8-1) ensured that they restricted the strong Batting line-up to a modest 137 in 31.3 overs. Chasing the target in the allotted 45 Overs, SPY were down and out at 20/6, before a magnificent rearguard action from Vignesh Kharge with a great Innings of 65 n.o., ably supported by Rupen Chaurasiya (25) took them home. Pushkar’s captaincy in the Match was also hailed for the various crucial decision makings.
SPY is slated to play the Semi-final on 30th of December.
Pushkar Sharma so far has 218 runs in 4 matches with 2 fifties at an average of 109.00
Played between JFS Smashers and Digital Broadcast, JFS Smashers electing to bat first notched up 172/10 in 19.4 overs. Opener Jatin gave a good start with 44 runs but it was Abhishek changing the game with his quickfire 70 off 42 balls (4 fours, 5 sixes). Abhishek smashed the bowlers with will as he helped his team reach a competitive total.
Digital Broadcast in reply fought well but eventually fell short of 3 runs in a nail biting thriller. Digital Broadcast were 169/7 at the end of the 20 overs where in every batsman chipped in with 20’s and 30’s.
JFS Smashers won the match by 3 runs while Abhishek Nagwekar was declared ‘man of the match’
Match played at – Tarapur Vidyamandir Ground, Boisar
In final match SKN win toss and asked ESWA bat on damp and pitch with moisture. ESWA batting line up struggled against discipline attack of SKN with Sanket nene and Shailam leading the attack. ESWA collapsed for 128 which included late counter attack from Gauran Bengre who scored 35(19) with 3 towering sixes for last wicket.
Chasing a small target SKN start was shaky who were one struggling at 22/3 when Captain Rohan Vaidya and Shailam Borkar steadied the scoring with matured batting display against fast bowling attack of ESWA.
SKN grit ensured they won the decider of the series by 5 wickets and chased the score in 27 overs.
Shailam Borkar was awarded Man of the match for his all round performance with bat scoring 33 and bagging 2 wickets.
Series Award winners
Best Batsman – Gaurang Namjoshi – 175 (6 innings)
Best Bowler – Sanket Vaidya -12 wickets (5 matches, economy – 4.1)
Man of Series – Amol Torvi – Scored 162 (5 innings) and bagged 12 wickets in 6 matches with economy of 6.1