Victory Cricket Club batting first at Dadkar Maidan managed to reach a respectable total of 201 thanks to their opener Jiniv Joshi who scored a solid 89 off 105 balls or else the team could have collapsed for a low total with medium pacer John Abraham leading with the ball taking 4/41 in 15 overs.
Chasing 202, New Hind SC openers made it a cakewalk as they thrashed the bowlers with a match winning 165 run stand for the 1st wicket. Left-handed Karan Shah fell just 4 short of a very deserving ton smashing 96 runs in mere 55 balls (10 fours, 5 sixes) and Parikshit scoring a 44 ball 67 (5 fours , 4 sixes). Both the openers took less than 20 overs to cross 160 runs and they were looking all set to finish the game in style.
New Hind SC eventually won the match by 8 wkts and all credit to their openers for making the chase so entertaining smashing 15 fours and 9 sixes in their opening stand.
Troubling DY Patil team batting first on their home ground in Nerul is very difficult as they have a very strong batting line up but MIG’s fast bowler Pratik Dabholkar ensured that he ripped through their powerful batting line up taking 4 crucial wickets eliminating their top and middle order batsman. Pratik came up with bowling figures of 4/51 as DY Patil were all out for 233 runs with Sarfaraz scoring a crucial 63.
Chasing 234 vs DY on their home ground is another task but MIG team which is in excellent form continued their winning streak as skipper Kevin Almeida and Gaurav Jathar anchored the chase to ensure a dominating win. Kevin scored 72 off 93 balls while Gaurav who is good nick continued his form scoring a match winning 91* off 88 balls as MIG CC won the match by 6 wkts and almost 17 overs to spare.
Batting first at their own ground, Mumbai Police Gymkhana were off to a shaky start as openers were out early but their middle order consisting of Mayur, Shrikant and Swapnil took care of helping their team to be in the game. Mayur at no.3 scored a crucial 50 while Shrikant Limbole who came at no.6 scored a match winning 96 off 110 balls (11 fours, 2 sixes ).
Shrikant also got brilliant support from Swapnil Kulaye who scored a solid 85 runs while also stitched a 160 run stand with Shrikant as they brought their team into a very strong position reaching a total of 327/8 in 70 overs.
MCA Colts gave a good fight with Chinmay Sutar’s 87 being the top score but they fell short of 31 runs as Mumbai Police Gymkhana won the match and also qualified for the semi-finals. From Mumbai Police Gymkhana, Prasad Patil took 3 crucial wickets while Nitish also bagged 3 wkts.
We always knew scoring in Kanga is difficult and especially those hundreds which are a daunting task. Then comes players who amaze you by not only scoring hundreds but smashing them in style with pure dominance. Dhanraj Shinde just broke this year’s fastest Kanga ton record which was earlier held by Rakesh Naik who scored in 57 balls.
Amar CC batting first declared their innings on 167/8 with Harshad Rawle top scoring with a gritty 76. New Amrit CC on the other hand were off to a good start with Dhanraj who come at no.5 continuing the good start left by the openers. Right handed Dhanraj was in the acceleration mode from ball 1 as he thrashed the bowlers everywhere in every corner of the ground smashing as many as 11 sixes and 5 fours dealing only in boundaries. Dhanraj not only smashed the fastest ton but also achieved one more record of most sixes in an innings in Kanga ’18.
New Amrit CC were 203/5 as they won the match on 1st innings on the back of Dhanraj’s blazing ton.
Some All-Rounders are truly special and this 26 yr old chap from Mumbai seems to be on a roll. The 6ft 5 in tall Risabh Singh has been in amazing form with the ball taking wickets consistently this season in Kanga. In the last 3 matches he has played, he has taken a 5wkt haul in every game and in his 4th game, he came up with his best bowling figures this season bagging a stunning 7wkt haul.
Chembur Gymkhana batting first at Oval Maidan declared their innings on 159/5 with Rajiv Mehra top scoring with a half century. Diamond Star SC in reply were bundled out for 86 runs, thanks to Chembur Gymkhana’s premier left arm spinner Risabh Singh coming up with fantastic bowling figures of 7/28 in 11.3 overs. Risabh has been able to bowl at good line and length not allowing the batsman to settle as he has turned the game upside down for the opposition many a times this season.
Chembur Gymkhana won the match on 1st innings lead and Risabh now has 25 wkts in mere 4 games with 4 Five wkt hauls!
Bhupen seems to have become a specialist opener playing such fighting innings now and then. This is not the 1st time Bhupen has scored a ton and batted till the end at a time when his team was struggling from the other end.
Payyade SC batting first scored 208/10 with Harsh Tank continuing his good form scoring a fluent 90 missing out by mere 10 runs on what could have been a back to back ton. Off-spinner Abhishek Srivastav was the pick of the bowlers taking 5/37 in 11 overs bowling a very impressive spell.
Bombay Gymkhana while chasing-Half of the team was back into the pavilion at around 100 runs but opener Bhupen fought it out and kept his nerve playing a knock which will be remembered for a long time. Right-handed Bhupen scored 102* off 201 balls smashing 7 fours and 2 sixes as he escaped his team from the jaws of a narrow defeat winning the match by 1 wkt.
Left-handed Pushkar has been a consistent player always giving good starts in whichever tournaments he has played this year. Pushkar has not only displayed his aggression but he also showed that he is one of the reliable openers to have at the top of the order.
John Bright team batting first were reduced to 184 all out with every bowler from Shivaji Park team doing a good job chipping with wickets. In reply, Shivaji Park Youngsters won the match on 1st innings lead by 7 wkts as Pushkar went on to score an unbeaten 116* off 90 balls smashing 8 boundaries and 6 sixes. Pushkar thrashed almost every bowler as he helped his team win the match. Pushkar also becomes the highest scorer with 227 runs at an average of 38.00 for C Div.
Pushkar Sharma apart from playing cricket, works full time as a phone manager with IndiaFirst Life Insurance in Mumbai and also plays for the recently formed IndiaFirst Life Insurance cricket team.
Mumbai team once again dominates the domestic circuit proving since years that Mumbai team is the best when it comes to cricket. Mumbai taking on Gambhir led Delhi team won the toss and fielded first restricting Delhi to a mediocre total of 177/all out in 45.4 overs. From the bowlers, Shivam Dubey and Dhaval Kulkarni were the pick of the bowlers taking 3 wkts each while Tushar, Shams and Royston also did a good job with the ball.
Chasing 178, Mumbai team which was struggling at 3/25 and 4/40 got back into the game as Siddhesh Lad and Aditya Tare stitched a match winning stand of 115 runs. Aditya scored 71 off 89 balls while Lad tried to finish the game in the end getting out for 48. It was their big hitting all-rounder Shivam Dubey finishing the match with his quick 12 ball 19* which had 2 sixes as Mumbai lifted the Vijay Hazare Trophy with pride.
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In a country where cricket is a religion, and there are millions of cricket deities, these two gentlemen, who are passionate about cricket decided to traverse the untraversed in the field of cricket bat designing. Coming from diverse backgrounds, Mr. Aayush Tapuriah and Mr. Kunal Joshi, always had one thing in common and that was their intimate love affair with cricket. Having known each other for 11 years, both of them always wanted to do something that will benefit not only the sport but also the players playing the game.
“To start off, we decided to understand the pain points of cricketers. We gave bats with different shapes of handle to college players, club players, as well as random players playing at Oval ground in Mumbai. Some handles were oval-like, whereas some were square-like, round etc. People open to change accepted these differently designed bats gleefully”, explained Mr. Kunal. Through their research that lasted for good six months, Mr. Joshi and Mr. Tapuriah, came to certain conclusions. Comprehending these pain points, they endeavoured to make bat in such a way that will take care of the identified problems.
“During our research we studied the physics of designing a bat handle and also compared the conventional cricket bat handle with tennis rackets, baseball bats etc., which are good absorbers of shock”, averred Mr. Aayush. With the help of a cricket bat manufacturing expert panoply of cricket bat handle moulds were developed and the ones that perfectly suited the Elevar design were selected. To give respite to the millions of Guly cricketers, Elevar has come up with specially designed bats. The bat handle is like a handle of a sword or a knife, which can be played with comfortably and can generate enough power to hit big shots.
In India, where you find gully cricketers in almost every nook and corner, such an Elevar bat is likely to be welcomed in the different Gullies of the country. In addition to this, for the players who play with gloves in hands, Kashmir and English willows are designed in such a way that the handle minimizes the shock generated by the impact of ball on bat and also provides good feedback to the batsman. These innovative bats are manufactured in Meerut and Jalandhar, and are sold online on the Elevar website. A product guy from Elevar team visits these manufacturing units and selects clefts based on various parameters like moisture, texture, grains, age of the wood and other closely guarded parameters to ensure that best top grade willows are made available under Elevar brand. Going forward, Elevar could introduce variations based on palm sizes and other customizations.
“The feeling of holding a cricket bat in your hands is magical, and we, through Elevar bats would want to make the batting experience memorable for the players”, exclaimed Mr. Tapuriah. To sum up the revolutionary work undertaken in the cricket bat handle space, we can say Elevar offers Ergonomic handles, superior grip technology, and aerodynamic bat profile.
These bats are available to order on www.elevarsports.com
Cricketgraph team wishes Elevar team success in their endeavours.