The final day of the A and B Div Kanga was on 30th September 2018, one of the biggest tournaments in Mumbai every year ended this Sunday and the top teams of A Division who were all sitting at 8points would now win on the basis of the net run rate. One such deciding match of A Div was between MIG CC and Parkophene Cricketers where in MIG CC won the toss and on their own home ground and elected to bowl first.
Parkophene Cricketers winning the toss were all out for 147runs as MIG bowlers did a wonderful job. MIG Bowlers did great teamwork with as many as 5bowlers of theirs bagging 2wkts each. In reply MIG CC managed to score 80/5 in 16overs before the end of the game’s play where the match ended in a draw.
Experienced leg-break googly bowler Pardeep Sahu who is not only a popular player of IPL but was also one of the bowlers specially called to UAE by the Australian cricket team to prepare the Aussies against the quality spin bowling of India gave a fantastic perfomance bagging 4out of 5wkts of MIG. Pardeep came up with bowling figures of 4/28 in 6overs removing the top order batsman with ease.
MIG CC won the A Div League of Kanga on the basis of Net run rate and it was overall a good team perfomance throughout the tournament which helped them lift the coveted title. It was also their skipper Kevin Almeida who led from the front with impressive leadership skills helping MIG Progress consistently.
Praful Dhule who played from Shardashram School was once Sachin’s classmate in Ruparel College. He was not only a cricket lover but an active player in Mumbai Cricket.
Praful Dhule was an attacking opening batsman and he played Kanga League “A” Div for various teams like MB Union CC, Karnatak Sporting Association, Cricket Club of India as well as National Cricket Club. Praful Dhule has also opened with the likes of Wasim Jaffer representing Mumbai Team in the under 14, Under 16 and Under 19 categories.
Praful Dhule was also in the Mumbai Ranji Trophy Squad while he played Times Shield from Future group, Route amongst other teams.
In the last 2years Praful joined DTDC Company as a captain and coach of their team while this year he played his last matches in Kanga League leading the KRP XI team as a skipper while also scoring 48runs in his last 2games.
Praful Dhule who played for almost 15years in A Div was once the highest run getter lost his life at an early age due to heart attack a few weeks ago and is going to be missed by his team mates a lot. Prolific All-Rounder Rakesh Naik who played with him in KRP XI this year in Kanga spoke exclusively with Cricketgraph & said “I dedicate my last weekend’s ton to my Captain Praful Dhule, will miss him a lot”
R.I.P PRAFUL DHULE
Played at the SRT Ground Kandivali, Vengsarkar XI after opting to bat first made a massive total of 385/9 in 83.3overs. Opening the innings, Sai Chavan changed the game single handedly dominating the opposition with a fiery 165 off 164balls. Sai kept the scoreboard ticking while dealt with the loose balls with authority smashing 27fours and 3sixes dealing mostly in boundaries. Apart from him, Nabijaan Ansari and Aman Tiwary smashed crucial half centuries.
Rohit Sharma XI were all out for 124runs in 1st innings receiving a follow on and 158all out in 2nd innings as Vengsarkar XI won the match by an innings. Aman who scored half century also took 4wkts in the 2nd innings making it an all-round perfomance.
In what turned out to be a low scoring match, U16 Sunil Gavaskar XI were bundled out for 146runs all out as their batting line up collapsed in an unexpected manner. Medium Pacer Aryan Joshi did a fantastic job with the ball taking 5/40 in a long spell of 23overs which included 8maidens.
However, Gavaskar XI gave a tough fight to the SRT XI boys at the SRT Ground Kandivali restricting them to 159all out. Yash Kripal and Musheer Ahmed were the pick of the bowlers taking 3wkts each in the 1st innings.
The game changed in the 2nd innings as Gavaskar XI this time posted a good total on the board declaring their innings at 203/5 on the back of Musheerahmed’s 79*off mere 73balls at no.5. Musheer along with Omkar Malekar who scored 64 ressurected the innings back for their team. SRT XI were 116/5 in 2nd innings before the end of the game’s play where they won the match on 1st innings lead.
Taking on Bengal at the Kholvad Gymkhana in Surat, Bengal team opting to bat first were reduced for mere 114runs in 32overs as Arjun Tendulkar with his left arm pace impressed one and all taking 3/28 alongwith good support from Athara Ankolekar who took 3/32.
Chasing 115, Mumbai team were off to a somewhat patchy start but their opener Divyansh Saxena who has played consistently across all formats this year including overseas continued to impress with a solid unbeaten 56* off 94 balls (8fours, 1six) anchoring Mumbai U19 to a comfortable win.
Under the guidance and leadership of coaches of Pro King Sports Academy- Mr.Sagar Khandagale and Mr.Raju Ambre. St.Francis Xaviers girls won the DSO Finals of Mumbai Suburb.
Now St. Francis has become the first school of Kanjurmarg to Win Girls DSO Finals under the captaincy of Pranjal Malekar. Apart from that, Arshati Nehalkar was the leading wicket taker for her Team while Shrushti Naik was the highest run scorer of the tournament.
St. Francis Xavier’s team looked very confident from the first knock out game of the tournament and on the back of collective team perfomance they won the tournament with dominance.
Recent Performances of the team were:
-Knock out Won by 34 runs
-Quarters Won by 43 runs
-Semi Won by 8 wickets
-Final Won by 30 runs
The Winning Team
Pranjal Malekar (Cpt)
Niviya Ambre
Shrushti Naik
Arshati Nehalkar
Tanvi Chavan
Vaishnavi Palav
Sakshi Salkar
Sachi Belose (wk)
Sefali Wakkar
Vaishnavi Narvekar
Samiksha Thorat
Apeksha Shinde
Adwita Gaokar
Tejaswi Ambre
Janhavi Sawant
Women’s cricket has been improving leaps and bounds since the last few years thanks to perfomances like this which keeps on inspiring other girls to take up the sport!
Ours CC batting first at Cross Maidan declared their innings on 184/7 with Roopkumar Yadav (63*) and Ranjit Gharat(54*) smashing crucial fifties when team was struggling at 7/95.
Defending their score of 184, left-arm spinner Atish Walinjkar once again changed the game coming up with envious bowling figures of 6/18 in 14overs with 5maidens and an economy of less than 1.5runs per over. Atish’s consistency with the ball has been the best across his division and the way he has taken wickets just shows the form he is in with the ball as Dahisar Youngsters were all out for 69runs helping his team Ours CC win the match on 1st innings lead.
Atish Walinjkar now has 23wkts in 4games with 3five wkt hauls making him the leading wicket taker in Kanga in his division.
Bhupen is turning out to be one of the most dependable openers in Mumbai cricket as he has learned the art of anchoring the innings through thick and thin. Just recently he had scored an unbeaten hundred batting till the end for Bombay Gymkhana in Police Shield when wickets kept on loosing from the other end and now he continues his magic in the Shalini Bhalekar Tournament ’18.
Played at the KSA, Cross Maidan, Jehangir Pithawala XI could have not reached a total of 291/10 had it been their opener Bhupen not hitting a fluent ton at the top of the order. Bhupen scored 130 off 271balls anchoring the innings laced with 14fours in an innings when the 2nd highest score was 39.
In reply, Dilip Vengsarkar XI were all out for 142/10 as Bhupen’s ton helped his team reach a strong position in the match.
Jitesh had bowled really well in his last match, he had taken a brilliant fifer which helped his team dominate and this time again in his next match for Goregaon SC vs Ghatkoper Jolly Gymkhana, he stole the show with his bowling.
Ghatkopar Jolly Gymkhana were reduced to mere 49runs all out at Shivaji Park as Jitesh ran through the entire batting line up of theirs coming up with stunning bowling figures of 6/15. Jitesh was spot on with the bowl with an economy of just 1.5runs inflicting maximum damage to the opposite team. What’s more! Jitesh also grabbed a brilliant hat-trick in his spell of 6/15 which changed the game upside down for Ghatkopar team. Sachin Khartade also gave good support bagging 4wkts.
In reply, Goregaon SC declared their innings at 99/3 winning the match on 1st innings lead.
Left-arm Medium Pacer Balakrushna Shirke has been in amazing form with the ball. After a brilliant Kanga outing for him where he took 5wkt hauls twice, now he carried over his good form into the Police Shield Tournament with a match winning fifer.
New Hind SC after being made to bat first were all out for 200runs in 68overs and medium pacer Balkrishna Shirke was the pick of the bowlers coming up with impressive bowling figures of 5/52 in 16overs. The consistency along with line and length has resulted a good yield for Balkrishna as he has now become the pace spearhead for his team.
Chasing 201, Sumit opening the innings gave a good start while it was the experienced Gaurav Jathar at the middle order coming good with a classy 75 off 106balls (7fours,1six). Gaurav looked very solid while Nikhil Patil remained unbeaten at 40* as MIG team won the match by 4wkts.