Playing on Wankhede is always special and this match was played on that venue itself where in Mumbai North East and Arcs Andheri took on each other for a crucial MPL clash. Mumbai North East who won the toss elected to bowl first on the back of their strong batting line up.
Batting first, Arcs Andheri were off to a decent start provided by their openers wherein the ever dependable and solid Subramanian Doraswamy scoring an anchoring knock of 49 off 39deliveries but the rest of the batting line up collapsed below them as Arcs Andheri were all out for 116 in 19.1 overs thanks to Iqbal Abdullah’s 27 down the order. Experienced left arm spinner Vinayak Bhoir once again ensured that he was the pick of the bowlers. Vinayak gave only 14runs while taking 3crucial wickets in 4 overs which played a big role in Arcs Andheri’s collapse. The rest of the bowlers also bowled well chipping in with wickets.
Chasing 117 is a mere formality when you have two of the most prolific batsman of Mumbai Cricket opening the innings. Sumit Ghadigaonkar(32 off 20) and Shashank Singh gave a flying start smashing 70runs in the first 8overs while the consistent Shashank who has amassed close to 2000runs this season in Mumbai Cricket at an amazing average scored a 49ball 63 laced with 5fours and 2sixes to register his presence in MPL.
Mumbai North East eventually clinched a win by 7wkts and 4.3 overs to spare and it was definitely Vinayak with the ball & Shashank’s solid 63 which did the job for Mumbai North East.
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Played between Sobo Supersonics and Namo Bandra Blasters at the Wankhede Stadium, Bandra boys won the toss and elected to bowl first with an aim of restricting Sobo Supersonics to a low total.
Sobo Supersonics did felt some early jitters with their openers not able to provide a flying start. However, Prasad Pawar who came at no.4 smashed a match winning 83 to bring his team back into the game. Prasad who is known for playing such knocks took only 53deliveries smashing 6fours and 3sixes to push his team’s total to 149/6 in 18overs. Prasad smashed some really elegant shots while also did good running between the wickets to take his team towards a respectable total. Medium pacer Azhar Ansari was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/21 in 4overs.
Chasing 150 is not the biggest of totals but surely competitive enough if bowled well. However, Namo Bandra Blasters were bundled out for 99/9 in 19 overs on the back of excellent bowling by the experienced warhorse Abhishek Nayar and the talented Rohan Raje. While Abhishek was economical coming up with 3/17 in 4 overs, Rohan was equally impressive taking 3/24.
Sobo Supersonics won the match by 50 runs and it was surely on the back of excellent innings by the talented Prasad Pawar.
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Played at the iconic Wankhede Stadium, North Mumbai Panthers and Sobo Supersonics took on each other where in SOBO Supersonics who have a solid batting line up to chase any sort of targets elected to field first with an aim of restricting the opposition to a low total.
However, North Mumbai Panthers did a fantastic job notching up 192/4 in 20 overs. North Mumbai Panthers did not look affected after made to bat first. Right handed opener Salman Ahmed anchored the innings till the very end smashing a solid 74* off 52deliveries. Salman who smashed 7fours and 4sixes co-ordinated with every batsman not only smashing some excellent shots but also rotating the strike nicely. Salman’s knock was one of controlled aggression while he also got good support from Sairaj Patil who smashed an enterprising knock of 54* coming of mere 26balls which also included 5big sixes. Sairaj was equally impressive as he and Salman stitched a 48ball 84run stand to take the team total to 192.
Chasing 193, it was a tough fight given by North Mumbai Panthers. They did not allow Sobo supersonics to win easily, not before taking away their 7wkts. Opener Jay Bista once again top scored with a 39ball 60 while Prasad Pawar(35 off 17), Prashant Naik(35 off 19) and Gaurav Jathar (20* off 9balls) at the middle order gave crucial contributions to push their team towards the victory line. What’s more Gaurav smashed the winning runs in Dhoni ‘esque’ style with a six to register a 3wkt win over North Mumbai Panthers for Sobo Supersonics.
While Salman Ahmed and Sairaj were simply impressive with the bat, but it was a combined and collective efforts from Sobo Supersonics which helped them win over them.
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The 10th year of Youth Cricket Club season ended with a nail biting finish in a T20 match of ‘ YCC ON TOES CUP 2018 between team A V LIVE EVENTS & GARDEN STUDIO at Payyade Sports Club Kandivali.
Winning the toss and batting first Team Garden Studio got off to a flying start with their opening batsman & captain Kunal Patel & Mitesh Mehta putting up a partnership of 81 runs in 9.0 overs . They were well on course for a big total before the purple cap holder & highest wicket taker in the tournament – Amit Sheth of A V LIVE EVENTS struck thrice in the 10th over of the innings sending back Mitesh Mehta , Vice captain Sagar Pania and all rounder Khalid Mulani reducing the score to 82-3 in 10 overs which proved to be a big dent in their innings. A decent partnership of 42 runs of 23 balls between Dipesh Goradia and Kunal Patel steadied the innings before Dipesh was out with the score on 124 in 13.5 overs.
But captain Kunal Patel smashed a brutal 95 runs of 56 balls giving his best while taking the bowlers apart along with all rounder Maulik Doshi who scored 58 runs in 23 balls engaging in 74 runs stand in 5.2 overs taking the score to 217 in 20 overs inspite of good bowling by Ambrish Mehta who took a 5wkt haul for 39 runs in his 4 overs.
Chasing the score of 217 team A V LIVE EVENTS were struggling at 81 for 4 in 8.3 overs as the batsman got starts but were not able to capitalize. Match winner Naynesh Shetty who walked in & smashed a quick fire 38 runs of 17 balls before getting leg before wicket to captain Kunal Patel with score reaching 131 runs in 12.5 overs. Next batsman Jay Rawal walked in to join Ambrish Mehta with A V LIVE EVENTS required to score an impossible target of 86 runs in 43 balls. Jay started cautiously playing on the merit and soon got into the groove and smashed Sagar Pania 3 boundaries in the 14th over which shifted the momentum in favor of A V LIVE EVENTS. With still 52 runs needed 24 balls Jay decided to shift the gears in the 17th over as he scored 26 runs in that over (4 ,W, 6,4,4,6,1 ) which was the final nail in the coffin for Team Garden studio .Jay scored a match-winning 54runs off mere 22 balls to take his team to victory and lift the ON TOES CUP 2018 which also won him the Man of the Match award.
You can watch the finals on YOU TUBE courtesy A V LIVE EVENTS
YCC – SYMBOL OF UNITY!!
Man of the Match – Jay Rawal
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Played at the National CC Cross Maidan between Brothers Cricket Club and the Daiwadnya Cricket Club, Brothers CC won the toss and elected to bat first as the wicket looked good to bat first and post a decent total to defend.
Even though Brothers CC were off to a shaky start losing a few quick wickets, the talented Akash Suryavanshi who came at no.4 scored a match saving knock of 76runs off mere 89balls to bring back the momentum back in his team’s favor. Akash smashed some really good shots as he looked confident smashing 8fours and 3sixes to take his team’s total to 220/10 in 42.5 overs. Had Akash not scored 76, it would have been difficult for Brothers CC to cross the 200 run mark. From the bowling side, Sachin Kanvinde and Nitin Bavishkar took 3wkts each.
Defending 221 which is a fairly good score but not a big one, left-arm spinner of Brothers CC Ratnadeep Chavan came up with amazing bowling figures of 4/7 in 6overs(maidens) to restrict Dauwandya CC to just 74runs all out. Fast bowler Rohit Mohite also bowled well taking 4/31. Both the bowlers were really impressive and especially Ratnadeep who bowled really tight and some unplayable deliveries.
Brothers CC won the match by 147runs and it was surely on the back of solid 76 by Akash along with great bowling by Ratandeep and Rohit.
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Remember the times of Hayden and Langer or Sehwag and Sachin opening the innings? Some opening pairs are so made for each other and are so dangerous that they sometimes snatch the game single-handedly away from the opposition. We witnessed a similar sort of batting by two talented openers in the Summer Shield between Oriental CC and Bombay Wanderers at Cross Maidan.
Oriental CC who batted first were off to a flying start as both their attacking openers Jay Davane and Hitesh Arolkar stitched a match winning 202runs stand in mere 149balls. Jay Davane who is a attacking batsman went on to score a brilliant stroke filled 130 off 102 which included 13fours and 1six. What’s more he had a equally destructive partner attacking in tanden as Hitesh Arolkar also smashed an aggressive 104 off just 79balls which included 15fours in total. Both the batsman took on the bowlers with will while also rotated the strike nicely keeping the scoreboard ticking. On the back of their thumping tons, Oriental CC reached a healthy total of 361/3 in 44 overs which included 17 penalty runs.
Chasing a mammoth 362 in 45 overs is very difficult and Bombay Wanderers must have felt the pressure of chasing such a big total. Bombay Wanderers were skittled out for 95runs all out as fast bowler Ranjit Patil spearheaded the attack with a match winning bowling spell of 4/18 in 8overs (3maidens) bowling at really good line and length. The rest of the bowlers also supported him well bowling tight and not allowing the batsman to score runs freely.
Oriental CC won the match by 266runs and the openers definitely played a major role in this cleansweep victory for their team.
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Shivam Dubey- he has been one player who has been consistently performing at the local and domestic level both with the bat as well as with the ball. He believes in letting his perfomance do the talking and calmly proves everyone time and again how valuable an all-rounder he is. One of the most utility cricketers of Mumbai cricket is not only a wily spinner who can bowl full time and give you crucial break throughs, he is also a one potent middle order hitter who can change the script of the game single handedly if he gets going. Just recently he displayed his abilities in the Mumbai premier league in a match between Mumbai North East Triumph Knights and Shivaji Park Lions.
Shivaji Park Lions who won the toss elected to field first and restricted Mumbai North East to 152/all out in 20 overs. The top order consisting of Praful Waghela (42), Sumit Ghadigaonkar (36) and Suryakumar Yadav (35) gave good starts but the batting line up below them collapsed as medium pacer Shivam Dubey ran through the batting line up of Mumbai North East with a fantastic bowling spell of 5/24 in 4overs. Shivam ‘s line and length was simply impressive as kept on giving breakthroughs not allowing the batsman to settle. Shivam was terrific with the ball while Shams also did a good job bagging 2wkts.
Shivaji Park Lions chasing 161 were off to a flying start on the back of Bravish Shetty’s solid 60* off 51balls. As always, Bravish keeps on proving his point as one of the most dependable and solid openers of Mumbai Cricket while left-handed big hitter Shivam Dubey contributed with the bat too smashing a blazing 47* off 23balls(2fours, 4sixes) to seal the chase in style.
Shivam completely owned the match with his breath-taking all-round show as he was surely the ‘man of the moment’ in this match.
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There are some things which improves with age. They don’t detoriate but their value and presence just keeps on improving as the time passes. Only a real car lover will know the value of an old Mercedes, only a royal smoker will know the value of a fine cigar and only the finely bred intellectuals who are connoisseurs of drinking will know the value of a 47yr old bottle of wine compared to the newly made. A 47year old bottle of english wine gets sold for lakhs while a new freshly made bottle of wine gets sold for nothing more than a thousand bucks.
Such is the case of Pravin Tambe-a bowler who has been improving leaps and bounds with age. He just gets better and better with age. You stand besides him and you will not realize that he is a 47yr old practicing besides you. Infact one may get complex looking at his fitness levels, his passion, dedication and enthusiaism towards the game. Tambe just recently showed how potent he can be in T20’s when he came up with record bowling figures in the match between Arcs Andheri and Namo Bandra Blasters at the Wankhede Stadium where in Bandra Blasters won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Arcs Andheri were bundled out for 107runs and a major reason for that was their leg-break bowler Pravin Tambe who came up with amazing bowling figures of 3/8 in 4overs. Conceding just 8runs at an economy of 2runs per over is a very rare feat in a hig-profile T20 game and not everyone can attain such bowling figures. Tambe took crucial wickets while also kept the batsman in check. Apart from him, medium pacers Aiswarya Surve and Azhar Ansari bagged 2wkts each. Chasing 108 was a mere formality for Bandra Blasters and why not when you have Shreyas Iyer opening the innings & as always indulging in regal batting. Shreyas smashed an unbeaten 53* while he got good support from no.3 Nikhil Patil who scored 39* off 35deliveries to seal the chase in just 13.2overs.
NaMo Bandra Blasters won the match by 9wkts and 6.4 overs to spare & it was definitely Pravin Tambe with the ball who silently proved how priceless he is with the ball while Shreyas and Nikhil doing the job perfectly with the bat.
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Played between Mahindra Logistics and WNS Global services at the Sydenham Ground in Oval, WNS won the toss and elected to bat first on the back of their promising batting line up to post a decent 1st innings total.
Batting first, WNS notched up 214/7 in 20 overs where in most of the batsman found it difficult to convert their starts but it was their promising opener Dnyansagar Patil who scored an elegant 102 off 125balls which saved his team from getting all out under a low total. Dnyansagar smashed 10fours and did equally good running between the wickets to ensure he kept the scoreboard ticking despite wickets being lost from the other end. From the bowlers, it was Nikhil Atgaonkar who was the pick of the bowlers with 4/47 in 8 overs.
Defending 215 which is not the biggest of totals, WNS had their trump card in medium pacer Kiran Desai who bowled a mesmerizing spell of 5/47 in 8 overs which inflicted the maximum damage on Mahindra’s batting line up. Kiran who is an experienced medium pacer made sure he bowled in the right areas and kept on taking wickets at regular intervals which reaped rewards for him as well as his team. Apart from him, Aditya and Shivam also bowled well bagging two wickets each.
Mahindra Logistics were all out for 135runs and WNS won the match by 79 on the back of Dnyansagar’s thumping ton and Kiran’s excellent 5wkt haul.
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Over the years we have seen Kumble-Harbhajan, Macgill-Warne and more recently Ashwin-Jadeja or even more recent than that Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav troubling the best of the batting line ups with their effortless spin. One such example was witnessed at the local level where the spin duo of Prathamesh and Sanket both destroyed the opposition to mere 40runs taking 5wkt hauls each.
Played between KRP XI C.C and Dadar C.C at MB Union Cross Maidan, it was the all important clash of the Summer shield where in KRP XI elected to field first after winning the toss. Their decision to bowl first was completely spot on as they restricted Dadar CC to mere 40 runs all out in 16.3 overs. Two bowlers who attacked like a team and wrecked havoc over opposition were Prathamesh Golatkar and Sanket Yashwante. Left arm spinner Prathamesh came up with 5/16 in 6.3 overs while right arm off-spinner Sanket came up with 5/18 in 7 overs out which 5 were maidens. Both the bowlers bowled really tight not allowing a single batsman to settle or score runs freely.
KRP XI chased down the total in mere 4.5 overs with Jatin Shelke smashing a quick 29* off 17balls opening the innings. KRP XI won the match by 9wkts and it was surely these two spinners who amazed one and all with their excellent spin bowling.
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