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
It was great carnival atmosphere at the Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana, Matunga, Mumbai this Sunday (22-Dec-2018). The prestigious Corporate T10 Cricket Shield 2018-19 organised by Positiveleap Management just got started with a bang. 16 competent Teams across 4 Groups would battle it out to reach the Semi-finals by topping their respective Pools.
IndiaFirst Life Insurance took on the mighty Mahindra Insurance Brokers Ltd. in their first League Match of the Tournament. After winning the Toss, they elected to bat on one of the best Pitches at the Matunga Gymkhana Ground.
They got to a good start with 32/1 in 3.4 Overs before Babli Sharma was run out after scoring a quick 22 off 14 Balls that included 1 Four & 2 Sixes. At 50/2 in 5.3 Overs, they looked poised for a total in excess of 100. But with 3 quick wickets falling at the same score, they found themselves reeling at 50/5 in 6.1 Overs. Only a late order lusty hitting by Waseem Sayyed (28 off 15) with 3 huge Sixes ensured that they reached a respectable 84/7 in the allotted 10 Overs.
Pacer Siddhesh More was the pick of the Bowlers with excellent Figures of 2-1-4-2. Medium pacer Gaurav Suryavanshi (11 in 2 Overs) and off-spinner Kapildev Sardesai with 2 wickets provided good support.
While Bowling, IndiaFirst kept it tight from the start with a brilliant Spell from Medium Pacer Pushkar Sharma, who ended with Figures of 2-0-10-2.
Needing 49 in 30 Balls with 8 wickets in hand, it was anybody’s game after the 6th Over. 29 Runs in the next 2 Overs really turned the tide in favour of Mahindra, with just 20 needed in 18 Balls with 8 Wickets to spare. Left Arm Spinner Waseem Sayyed took a crucial Wicket and gave away just 7 Runs.
With 13 needed off the last 2 Overs, with 7 wickets still remaining, Skipper Ajish Abdul Rehman decided to take upon himself and have another go at the opposition (despite conceding 14 Runs and a leg bye in his previous over that included 8 wides). A brave decision at such a crucial juncture, it turned out to be Match-turning one. 6 Balls of sheer quick Bowling saw 2 Wickets for just 2 Runs.
With 11 needed in the last Over, he trusted his deputy Ramana Meesala to do the job for the Team in the tense moments with his great experience. Ramana had represented his State AP in the Under-16 to Under-23 Categories till 2005. He didn’t disappoint though, with a measured first 5 Balls that saw just 3 Runs and a Wicket. With 8 required off 2 Balls, 4 Byes ensured that it went till the wire. 4 needed off 1, and a dot ball ensured that IndiaFirst Life Insurance Won by 3 Runs. Waseem was awarded the Man of the Match Award for his All-round performace.
It was a great start to a professionally organised Tournament.
Rising Phoenix after electing to bat first at Oval Maidan made a score of 178/6 in 20 overs with openers V Madlani (60 off 50b) and J Mulchandani (39 off 24b) giving the platform for their team with a flying start. P PARIMI with 3/34 was the pick of the bowlers from Star India while the rest of the bowlers chipped in with decent spells.
Chasing 179 in at T20 is not a cakewalk but Star India made it look easy thanks to their aggressive opener Mandar Tondkar who scored 79runs off 46 balls laced with 5 fours and 6 sixes at a healthy strike rate of 171.40. Mandar smashed the bowlers and displayed some brute hitting as Star India won the match by 4 wkts and 2 balls to spare while Mandar getting the ‘man of the match’ award.
Team Edifice played it’s first league match in this season against AHC ( Architect Hafeez Contractor ) at 1.00 noon today at Dilip Vengsarkar Academy at Mahul
Tushar Koli called the toss wrong and AHC elected to bat . A tad sloppy fielding from Edifice wherein four catches were dropped . AHC were 100/7 in their 18th and finished with 122/7 in their 20 overs setting Edifice a target of 123. As the tournament rules allowed ; Edifice had in the playing XI two external players and Bhudev was an ex Edifician and bowled his 4 allotted overs pretty tightly. Swapnil was brought one a little late however bowled with a plan . Mahesh got hit in his second spell . Ravi should have bagged at least one more wicket and the catch got dropped. Aditya and Shadab were the bowlers from Edifice who picked up a wicket each . Must admit ; Aditya is a good find and I presume he shall continue with his form .
Mahesh and Sumeet opened for Edifice and we were 43/2 at 3.4 overs when Mahesh perished to a non existent wallop and earlier Sumeet got bowled. Ravi and Tushar played real sensible cricket . Ravi played a good knock of 26 runs and perished in the fifth ball of 13th over when the score was 121/3 . Tushar remained unbeaten with a well compiled 47 runs and was declared the Man of the Match. Edifice ended the game at 125/3 in 13.1 overs and Tushar ended it in style with a sweetly hit 4 to the square leg boundary
Had the catches offered by AHC been accepted by Team Edifice; the score would have been much different
Well done Team Edifice
Team Edifice now plays it’s second league match on Saturday 29th December at 12.00 noon with AESA , Pune at Elf Grounds , Churchgate.
-Ramji Sarangan (Author)
Played between Chandrakant Patkar Vidyalaya and Srima Vidyalaya,, Srima Vidyalaya after being made to bat first at Santosh Sports Academy Ground managed to score 105/4 in 20overs. The bowlers did a good job coming up with economical spells.
Chasing 106 in a T20 match is a mere formality most of the times and Prabhajan who opened the innings for CPVD smashed a quick 60 off 47 balls laced with 10 boundaries as he steered his team towards the victory line in mere 14.4 overs.
CPVD won the match by 5 wkts and 5.2 overs to spare while Prabhajan was the highlight performer of the match.