Played between Matunga Gymkhana and Shapur Spencer Cricket Club at the Matunga Gymkhana Ground, it was a match where Matunga boys once again dominated after being made to bat first on their home ground.
Matunga Gymkhana notched up a total of 332/6 in 45 overs thanks to the flying start by the openers Dhruv Jawhar and Ishaan Amin. Both the openers gave a 134 run stand in 24.3 overs where in Dhruv scored a solid 74 off 90 balls (12 fours) while Ishaan Amin went on to score an aggressive 101 off 92 balls laced with 13 fours and a six. Hard hitting all-rounder Ninad Borkar chipped in with a quick 31 ball 66 (6fours, 5sixes) staying true to his reputation while Omkar was equally destructive with a 21 ball 40 which gave the finishing touch to Matunga Gymkhana’s innings.
Shapur Spencer CC in reply were all out for 154 runs thanks to some tight bowling by the Matunga Gymkhana bowlers. All-rounder Ninad Borkar was the pick of the bowler taking 4/20 in 7 overs with his wily off spinners as Matunga Gymkhana won by 178 runs.
Played at the Karnatak Sporting Association, Cross Maidan, it was an exciting class between RIKA Global and Greensole Titans XI where in RIKA Global won the toss and elected to field first.
Greensole Titans XI batting first notched up a total of 148/5 in 20 overs with Manan Shah top scoring with 58 runs off 47 balls. Chasing 149 in 20 overs, Akash Patil simply changed the game in a matter of few overs as he thrashed the bowlers in every corner of the ground. Akash Patil scored 108* off mere 40 balls while he reached his 100 in a record 38 balls making it the fastest Masters Cup hundred for this year. Akash’s hurricane knock consisted 18 bounadries and 4 sixes as Rika Global chased it down in mere 11.2 overs.
RIKA Global won the match by 8 wkts and Akash was declared ‘man of the match’ for his blazing hundred.
In the second match of Zooter International School Dad’s Tournament that was played on Super Sunday, DAIS Aces posted a competitive 161-6 in 20 overs against OIS Tigers at RCF Sports Club, Chembur, Mumbai. Opening bat Kalp Parikh scored more than half of the total runs scored by his team and remained unbeaten on 83 off 65 balls. Parikh smashed seven boundaries and four sixes in his splendid knock. With the ball, Siddharth Sood and Mark Manchanda grabbed couple of wickets apiece, and received good support from right arm off-spinner Ajit Virwani who accounted for one dismissal.
In reply, OIS Tigers got off to a steady start, courtesy a 69-run partnership stitched by the opening pair of Vicky Sujan (48) and Anuj Gupta (13). After the ball of Gupta, Virwani came in to bat and took the game away from the opposition with his delightful 46 that came off just 34 balls. His innings was laced with five boundaries that were a treat to watch. The right hand bat partnered with multiple batsmen and was determined to take his side home. In the end, OIS Tigers achieved target in 18 overs, winning the match by four wickets. Nishant Fadia and Sarang Jhaveri bowled well in tandem to scalp two wickets each.
Scoring a match winning 46 and picking up one crucial wicket, Ajit Virwani bagged the Man of the Match award for his stellar all-round performance. Virwani elucidated, “Zooter International School Dad’s Tournament is very well-organized. Our matches are covered on YouTube and we can see our game and improve ourselves. Today’s wicket was a sporting one; good for batting as well as bowling. I enjoyed playing here and I am happy that I could contribute with both; bat and ball for my team. When I came in to batting, we were under a bit of pressure. However we decided to take it one over at a time and slowly and steadily go about chasing the target. In the end, our strategy worked and we won the match comfortably”.
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In the first match of Zooter International School Dad’s Tournament that was played on Super Sunday, BD Smashers set a challenging of 156-8 in 20 overs against Utpal Warriors at RCF Sports Club, Chembur, Mumbai. Opening bat Suchit Shah (31 off 31) and middle order bat Ambish Shah (38 off 23) looked solid at the crease, however did not receive good support from the rest of the batsmen in the team. Utpal Warriors struck at regular intervals not allowing BD Smashers to form a solid partnership. Kunaal Lakhani was the wrecker-in-chief as he struck with 3-27 in his four overs. Right arm off break bowler Asgar Khan bowled well alongside Lakhani and picked up 2-22 in his four overs.
Chasing 157 required a good start from Warriors and their opening pair of Krishna Rana (18 off 18) and Ravi Kapoor (29 off 24) did what the doctor had ordered for with a scintillating half century partnership. Coming in at no. 4 Asgar Khan smashed the bowlers all around the part, peppering the boundary rope with six boundaries and four sixes. Khan’s 35 ball 65 turned out to be a match defining performance as he gave no chance to BD Smashers to make a comeback in the match. The right hand bat remained unbeaten at the end of the chase and helped his team thrash the opposition by seven wickets and 14 balls to spare. With the ball, Vijay Gala was the pick of the bowlers for Smashers accounting for 2-32 in his four overs.
For his rollicking all-round effort, Asgar Khan was presented with the Man of the Match award. Asgar averred, “My experience in the Zooter International School Dad’s Tournament has been amazing. Our win today is a big boost to the team, as we were short of a few key players in our line-up. I had to shoulder the batting responsibility and I am glad that I could do it successfully today. With the ball, my first two overs were not up to the mark. However, once the left hand batsmen came in to bat, I could exploit the opportunity with my off breaks to get rid of them”.
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Ashay who had scored a solid hundred in his previous match continues to impress one and all in the ongoing Harris Shield’18.
Gokuldham School batting first at young Zoroastrian, Azad Maidan scored a total of 275/9 in 45 overs. Nayan Bajaj with 4/80 and Nishant Singh with 3 wkts were the pick of the bowlers. Gyan Kendra in reply suffered a batting collapse with only one batsman managing to fire. Ashay scored 97 runs fighting it out single handedly at a time when wickets kept on losing from the other end.
Even though, Gyan Kendra School lost the match, Ashay’s 97 was something which got noticed by everyone.
Tata Sports Club have a bunch of some amazingly talented cricketers and when such players unite together to play in the same team, it becomes difficult to defeat a team like Tata SC.
In the match between CAG and Tata Sports Club at the MB Union Ground, Tata opted to bat first after winning the toss notching up 309 runs on the board for their 1st innings. The experienced Praful Waghela and Arjun Shetty were the highest scorers scoring 90 & 47 respectively. CAG in reply were all out for 192 runs where in all rounder Arjun spun the web and changed the game with his impressive off-spin. Arjun came up with envious bowling figures of 7/20 in 15.4 overs with 9 maidens as CAG’s batting line up collapsed in a matter of few sessions.
Tata Sports Club in the 2nd innings declared their innings at 269/5 with KP scoring 91 runs while Sairaj Sangle coming up with an impressive 101 (131 balls). CAG were 128/5 at the end of the game’s play where Tatas won the match on 1st innings lead.
Played at the Dadkar Maidan, New Hind SC after being made to bat first were not deterred as they posted an extremely competitive total of 360/8 in 70 overs which is quite defendable. Bhavin Thakkar opening the innings scored an elegant hundred against the quality bowlers of MIG. Bhavik Thakkar who is a veteran of 52 First Class Games known for his solid batting did gave a glimpse of his early days as he scored 138 (177 balls) laced with 22 boundaries. Siddhant Adhatrao who had scored a crucial 80 last week while chasing 400 against Mumbai Police once again came goof with a solid 79 and in-form Sachin Yadav also chipped in with 51 runs.
MIG in reply were 274/9 in 66 overs with skipper Kevin waging a lone battle scoring 88 runs at no.3 while the match ended in a draw. Left-arm spinner Nehal Katakdhond bowled a crucial spell of 4/28 in 13 overs taking some crucial wickets at the right time. The finals between New Hind and DY Patil will be one interesting competition to watchout for.
In my last article I wrote about how fat is good for you. Similarly, in this article we will look at the
benefits of sugar (carbohydrates). If you haven’t read my last article I would recommend you to do so.
There are many misconceptions about sugar that are spread through or available on the internet.
Especially a myth that sugar makes you fat (there are many other reasons and sugar can’t be blamed
completely).
But there are some reasons why sugar can be a bit manipulative you with you. Firstly, after cocaine & caffeine the most additive substance is sugar. Secondly, sugar is everywhere these days therefore, you don’t need to find foods that contain sugar like in case of protein rich foods for which you actually have to look out for whenever you eat out or go to buy groceries .
These are my 5 picks for you:-
1) Gives you energy:-
For a living being sugar is the primary source of energy. It is important to consume sugar to perform day to day activity in a efficient way. Without enough sugar weakness & dizziness throughout the day may be felt. Therefore, 6 to 8 grams of sugar (includes fruits, starch & breads per kg of bodyweight is recommended. Around 65% of your caloric intake should come from carbohydrate throughout the day in small frequent quantities.
2) Helps in muscle building:-
As read earlier being the primary source of energy for the body sugar also helps other nutrients such as protein & fats to do their own functions. Low carbohydrates are known to burn fat & protein rapidly for energy. This is the reason why elite professionals don’t recommend such diets just because they are a temporary fix and not an overall solution to fat loss. Sugar is also stored in muscle in the form of glycogen which is then used for all kinds of physical activity throughout the day. It also helps to make your muscles look fuller.
3) Helps in burning Fat:-
It is said that “fat is burned in the flames of carbs”. The body starts using fat as a source of energy when an aerobic activity is performed for a prolonged duration (20 to 40 minutes low to moderate intensity steady state cardio). Fat loss done this way may take 2-3 months but it has more long lasting effects compared to something like low carbohydrate/keto diet.
4) Your organs love sugar:-
Brain requires sugar to function normally. The brain has a lot of work to do throughout the day even when a person is sleeping the brain is still working if not more than at the same speed as it works when we are awake. In sports especially the brain plays an important role while making decisions in just a short span of time. Athletes who have a well programmed brain through training are more likely to perform well in a match. Other organs such as liver need sugar for digesting food that we eat.
5) Good for the Skin:-
The glycolic acid present in sugar is very helpful in maintaining the health & look of your skin. It
helps in elimination of blemishes and restoring the balance of skin’s oils.
Other benefits of sugar are:-
*) Calorie content- Sugar has a high calorie content that will give your body the energy that you
lack. However, all the energy is short lived and it can only give you short burst of increased
productivity.
*) Diabetes- Scientists have proven that diabetes is a genetic condition that is created from the
moment we are born
*) Less processed- Many people use high fructose corn syrup as means of sweetening their food,
but that product is highly processed and can cause problems to their digestion. Sugar consists
only from natural ingredients that can be processed easily by our metabolism.
I hope this article was helpful & guide you in the right way. If you have any further questions or
topic recommendations you can write me on my email address which is available in my profile
on www.cricketgraph.com . Have a good day
-Yuvraj Salvi
Left-arm spinner Vijendra Yadav who took 29 wkts in 8 innings at an average of 11.00 for MV Sports Club has not stopped since then. The experienced spinner has performed consistently and he even became the highest wicket taker for E Division this year too with 39 scalps in 10 innings at a bowling average of 11.00 and an economy of 2.31.
He has been a silent performer for the past 2 years and it was because of his performance his team even got promoted from E to D Division this year. Vijendra Yadav has 4 fiv- wkt hauls this year and seems to be one really tough spinner to bat against.
ESWA after electing to bat first at the PDTSA Ground, Boisar notched up a total of 150 all out in 34.5 overs. From being 80/3 at one stage, ESWA suffered a batting collapse thanks to Sanket Vaidya’s 3 wickets in 2 overs which changed the game. Sanket overall took 5 wkts in the game coming up with match winning bowling figures of 5/23 in 8 overs.
SKN chased down the score with ease in mere 18.4 overs as they won the match by 6 wkts while Sanket Vaidya was declared ‘man of the match’ for his stellar bowling performance. The series now is lead by them 3-1 with 3 more matches to go.