ESWA and SKN Cricket club took on each other at PDSA, Boisar where SKN team won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of putting a commanding total.
However their decision to bat first backfired as the first match witnessed a clinical performance from team ESWA to take a one up lead in the 7 match series. Spin wizards Saahil Bharat Purohit and Amol Torvi spun a web around team SKN and bundled them for a meagre 61runs in 19.2 overs. Both the bowlers were spot on not allowing the batsman to settle. Saahil who still studies in 10th std gave batsman senior to him a run for the money coming up with envious bowling figures of 5/11 in 5.2 overs while Amol also bagged 4 wkts for 23 runs. Team-mate as well as the owner of ESWA Pramod Nayak speaking exclusively to Cricketgraph shared “In first match Saahil and Amol Torvi stood out as ace spinners bundling SKN for 61 runs. Opposition had no answers to their spin web”
ESWA team chased the score in 9.5 overs but not before loosing 3 top order batsmen. However, they won the match by 7 wkts in a commanding manner and certainly look a strong side to lookout for in this tournament.
Summary
Team SKN won the toss and elected to bat first.
SKN – 61/10 in 19.2 over
ESWA – 63/3 in 9.5 overs
Man of the match – Saahil Purohit for his magical spell of 5 wickets haul giving just 11 runs in 5.2 overs.
Played at the Shivaji Park between Oxford School and Yashodham High School, Yashodham School after electing to bat first were bundled out for mere 61 runs as Viashvik simply made life miserable for the batsman bowling with accuracy and discipline.
Vaishwik from Oxford was the pick of the bowlers coming up with impressive bowling figures of 8/38 in 10.4 overs. Oxford School in reply chased down the score with ease winning the match by 5 wkts.
It was a clean win for Oxford team while Vaishvik was the highlight performer of the match.
Mumbai: Achievers Cricket Academy and Boys Cricket Club cruised with comfortable first round wins in their respective matches in the under-11 T-21 cricket tournament organized by Sanjeevani Cricket Academy (SCA) at the Saffire ground in Bhakti Park, Wadala. Achievers Cricket Academy comfortably beat Royal Cricket Club by six wickets, while Boys Cricket Club secured a convincing ten-wicket win over Dilip Vengsarkar Cricket Academy, Oval.
In the first match of the day, Royal CC, after electing to bat first, scored 116/5 as Priyansh Walkar scored a defiant unbeaten 49 off 49 balls. Achievers Cricket Academy chased the target in 19.3 overs with six wickets in hand. Soham Sali top scored with 27 and he was ably supported by Agneya Aadi who chipped in with a useful knock of 17.
In the other match of the day, Boys Cricket Club restricted Dilip Vengsarkar Cricket Academy’s (Oval) batsmen to just 103/4 as Jay Bhanushali scalped three wickets. In the chase, Boys Cricket Club’s batsmen Rohan Karandikar and Yuvraj Mali stitched together a match-winning unbroken partnership to ensure an easy win for their side after their opener, Vedant Singh had to retire on six. Rohan and Yuvraj remained unbeaten on 32 and 26 respectively to take their side to a thumping victory.
Brief Scores –
Match 1 – Royal Cricket Club 116/5 (Priyansh Walkar 49*, Jeet Bhaskar 1/11) lost to Achievers Cricket Academy 117/4 in 19.3 overs (Soham Sali 27, Agneya Aadi 17, Dhairashal Deshmukh 2/7) by six wickets.
Match 2 – Dilip Vengsarkar Cricket Academy, Oval 103/4 (Aayush Shirke 30, Jay Bhanushali 3/12) lost to Boys Cricket Club 104/0 in 18.5 overs (Rohan Karandikar 32*, Yuvraj Mali 26*) by ten wickets.
Matunga Gymkhana after electing to bowl first on their homeground restricted GSB Sports Club to just 133 runs in 35 overs with their budding all-rounder Ninad Borkar coming up with a match winning bowling spell of 6/19 in 9 overs. Ninad who had displayed his swashbuckling batting and power hitting in Kanga where he top scored his Division with a strike rate of 147.00 now catapulaes the cricketing community with the ball.
In reply, Matunga Gymkhana won the match by 8 wkts chasing it down in just 16.2 overs with opener Dhruv Jawhar remaining unbeaten on 50* (53 balls)
Matunga Gymkhna certainly dominated with Ninad’s 6wtks remaining the highlight performance of the match.
National CC were 246 all out in 42.1 overs after being made to bat first at Cross Maidan. Sumeet Dhekale at no.4 scored a crucial 92 off mere 54 balls and had he reached his hundred it could have been this year’s fastest ton. The bowlers from CCI did an excellent job with with almost everyone chipping in with wickets.
CCI did felt some early jitters with 2 wkts down for 14 runs while chasing but Ajinkya (36)and Aniket(45) steadied the ship while the experienced Sujit Nayak at no.5 rescued his team out of the trouble scoring a suave 107* off 75 deliveries. Sujit who is a naturally aggressive batsman kept playing his natural game and came good smashing 14 fours and 4 sixes. Not only Sujit brought up a stylish ton but he also helped Cricket Club of India to win by 5 wkts in mere 37.3 overs.
After being made to bat first at the DPC ground, Kotak Mahindra appeared to be least affected posting a massive team total of 214/2 in 20 overs. Despite the openers failing to give a good start, it was Upendra and Subharaman with a record 184 run stand in a T20 match which saved the ship for Kotak Team.
Subharaman played the anchors role to perfection scoring an unbeaten 47* (47 balls) while all eyes were on Upendra’z blazing batting as he demolished the bowlers with his power hitting smashing as many as 11 sixes and 7 fours en-route his 122* which took mere 52 balls at a strike rate of close to 235.00.
CITCO Spartans in reply were bundled out for 101 runs as Kotak Mahindra won by a big margin of 113 runs where in Upendra was declared ‘man of the match’ for his swashbuckling batting.
Punjab after electing to bat first at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC Ground posted a healthy total of 345 runs for their 1st innings with Krutik Hangewadi being the pick of the bowlers taking 5/102 in 22.3 overs. Mumbai in reply suffered a collapse getting all out for 136 runs in their 1st innings.
However, Mumbai bowlers gave a comeback in the 2nd innings reducing Punjab to just 163 runs with Krutik taking another fifer making it a 10 wkt haul with overall bowling figures of 10/151.
Mumbai in their 2nd innings rose to the occasion with Bhupen Lalwani opening the innings and scoring his maiden U23 ton and overall 5th ton of this season enroute a big chase of 373 in the 4th innings. Bhupen teamed up with nightwatchman Krutik Hangewadi who came at no.4 on day 4 with 245 runs needed to win. Bhupen scored a match winning 127 (357 balls) while Krutik scored a crucial 73 while the match which was evenly poised with Mumbai 335 for 5 at one point finished without any damage as Siddarth Akre (16*) and Vijay Gohil (19*) helped Mumbai cross the victory line.
Mumbai Successfully chased down the target of 373 on the back of their terrific comeback both with the bat as well as with the ball in the 2nd innings while Bhupen continues to stamp his position as a dependable opener.
Parkophene Cricketers after electing to bat first at PJ Hindu Gymkhana did felt some jitters with half of the team in the pavilion for 155 runs despite opener Sandeep kunchikhor’s brilliant 93. It was at that time left-handed Sagar Mishra arrived at no.6 and went on to score a brilliant 103 off 114 balls. The all-rounder batted with the lower order smashing 4 fours and 5 sixes while toiling hard between the wickets to help his team reach a defendable total.
In reply, Victory CC were all out for 167 runs with Sagar who was the star attraction with the bat coming good with the ball too. Sagar took 6 wkts with his left arm spin for 47 runs as he almost single handedly led Parkophene Cricketrs to a big win by 143 runs. Pardeep Sahu also gave good support chipping in with 4 wkts.
Sagar has finished his cooling period after getting NOC from Railways and is now eligible to serve the Mumbai team too. The first class cricketer surely signaled his arrival in a grand fashion!
Karnatak SA after being made to bat first at DY’s home ground batted really well posting a total of 303/10 in 70 overs with the help of Akash Parkar’s solid 92 at no.4. Medium Fast Bowler Prashant Bhoir was spot on taking 4/74 being the pick of the bowlers for DY Patil.
DY Patil though had a shaky start to the chase but Shubham Ranjane coming at no.4 ensured that the chase was taken care of. Shubham smashed a sparkling 121* (119 balls) hitting 11 fours and 5 sixes. Shubham seems to be back to what he does best as he took on the bowlers with confidence while also stitching a 156 run stand with Yogesh Takawale who scored an 84 ball 70 at no.5 as he once again came to the rescue.
DY Patil on the back of Shubham’s ton and a great partnership with Yogesh won the match with commanding ease by 5 wkts and 11.2 overs to spare.
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