“Mumbai ka accurate bowler” contest organized by NATARAJ PENS in collaboration with Cricketgraph will be conducted on January 26th at Kharghar’s Pro King Sports Academy. The competition has already garnered tremendous response with over 250 students registering themselves to fight for the coveted title of Mumbai’s accurate bowler. The academies across Mumbai have shown keen interest in wanting to host the event.
DATE: 26TH January 2017, Friday
Venue: Pro King Sports Academy, Sachin Tendulkar Playground, Sector 21, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 410210, behind Apeejay School, Shilp Chowk lane.
Reporting Time: 10:30 AM
On the spot Registrations Closes at : 11: 00 AM
Here is the welcome message from Sagar Khandagale coach and founder at Pro King Sports Academy:
One of the chapter contest will be conducted in Kharghar’s Pro King Sports Academy. Unequivocally the atmosphere is going to be an electrifying one, courtesy the healthy participation of the young and budding cricketers of Mumbai.
Apart from this, the winner will be showered with cricket goodies from RM Sports and certificates.
RM Sports that has expertise in manufacturing and trading of cricket equipment, will be encouraging the winners with English willow cricket bats, cricket balls, cricket kit bags and many more cricket goodies. So, it is very much evident that there is everything for grabs for the players.
Played at the Central Maidan, thane, it was the all important finals between Century Rayon and BARC of the prestigious Thane Vaibhav Tournament. Century Rayon won the toss and elected to field first with an aim of restricting the opposition to a low total.
BARC batting first made a decent total of 193/9 in 35overs where in opener Ravi gave a good start with 38 while Shiva.B at no.8 played a crucial hand chipping with 41* off 48balls accelerating the team total. Fast bowlers Himanshu Patel and Pradeep Pandey bowled well taking 2 wickets each.
Even though 193 is not the biggest of totals to defend but not an easy one either. BARC bowled really tight as they restricted Century Rayon to just 136runs in 26overs. Right arm medium pacer J Jayachandran was the pick of the bowlers taking 4/26 in 5 overs which turned out to be a match winning spell. Left-arm spinner Vishnu Garje was also really good with the ball taking 3/20 in 5overs. BARC won the all important semis by 57runs where in Shiva and J.Jayachandran stood out with their individual performances.
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“Mumbai ka accurate bowler” contest organized by NATARAJ PENS in collaboration with Cricketgraph will be conducted on January 27 at Kandivali’s ithinksportz academy. The competition has already garnered tremendous response with over 250 students registering themselves to fight for the coveted title of Mumbai’s accurate bowler. The academies across Mumbai have shown keen interest in wanting to host the event.
DATE: 27TH January 2017, Saturday
Venue: ithink Sportz Academy, Kamla Vihar Sports Club Ground, Near Kapol Vidhyanidhi School, Mahavir Nagar, Kandivali (west), Mumbai 400067
Reporting Time: 8:00 AM
On the spot Registrations Closes at : 8: 30 AM
One of the chapter contest will be conducted in Kandivali’s ithinksportz academy itself. Unequivocally the atmosphere is going to be an electrifying one, courtesy the healthy participation of the young and budding cricketers of Mumbai. The bowlers will be under scrutiny as Umesh Patwal, ex-batting coach of Afghanistan team, has confirmed to be present to watch the contest. Patwal is known for introducing innovative cricket coaching techniques and has done a wonderful job with the Afghanistan team.
Umesh Patwal will be watching the bowlers closely as he has offered to absorb the bowlers with the X-factor in his academy and provide one-year free training to them.
Apart from this, the winner will be showered with cricket goodies from RM Sports and certificates.
RM Sports that has expertise in manufacturing and trading of cricket equipment, will be encouraging the winners with English willow cricket bats, cricket balls, cricket kit bags and many more cricket goodies. So, it is very much evident that there is everything for grabs for the players. 
NATARAJ PENS and Cricketgraph takes this opportunity to thank the enthusiastic cricketers for their overwhelming response and wishes all the very best to them.
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The Cricketing talent in India never fails to amaze us, quadruple centuries, fastest tons, most sixes, fastest bowlers, best bowling figures, you name a record in Cricket and India will be right up there in the Top 10 list in every cricketing record starting from local to international cricket and one such boy who won the hearts and stunned the Mumbai cricket was this talented Aarush Patankar as he came up with one of the best bowling spells you can ever come across.
Played at the Kalyan Sports Academy between Billabong High School and Maharashtra Cricket Academy, Maharashtra CC won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of making a big total and putting the opposition under pressure. However, they were least aware about the zone left arm spinner Aarush was in as he was in sublime form bowling in the right areas accurately. In fact his bowling was lethal, he started off with a hat-trick and ended his dream bowling spell with bowling figures which read- 08 in 4 overs(4maidens) which eventually skittled out Maharashtra CC to just 21runs all out in 7 overs.
Billabong chased down the score with ease winning the match by 9wkts while Aarush was obviously adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his outstanding bowling.
For records-
- This is only the 2st time a bowler has succeeded in taking 8wkts in mere 4overs in any form of cricket (leather ball).
- A hat-trick and a 5wkt haul (8wkts) in 4 overs is also a first instance in Mumbai cricket(leather ball).
- O runs conceded with all the overs maiden in a bowling spell is also a first time record which is now created by Aarush.
- & this are by far the best bowling figures in the history of Mumbai cricket(leather ball) in a limited overs game at school level
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Played at the Cross Maidan, it was a match between two really talented teams of Mumbai at school level i.e Gokuldham High School and SVIS where in Gokuldham school won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of making a big total.
However, Gokuldham School were made to face a bowler unleashed by SVIS on the right time as Akash Mishra made the batsman struggle with his disciplined bowling. Akash not only kept on bowling in the right areas but also took wickets at regular intervals which restricted Gokuldham to just 76/all-out in 26.1 overs. Akash Mishra with 5/16 in 8.1overs (1maiden) bowled quite a commendable spell being the pick of the bowlers while Aryan badhe also took 2wkts.
In reply, SVIS chased down the score in a commanding fashion as their openers finished the game in style in mere 11.1 overs. Sourabh Singh scored an unbeaten 38* off 39balls while his partner Malhar Mane remained unbeaten on 25* off 39balls helping SVIS win the match by 10wkts. SVIS dominated this match right from the start and it was certainly Akash’s bowling which remained the highlight perfomance of the match.
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Played at the MIG Cricket Club, two promising teams of Mumbai namely Parkophene Cricketers and Payyade Cricket Club took on each other where in Parkophene boys won the toss and elected to field first with an aim of winning while chasing a low total.
However, Payyade boys did a fairly decent job with the bat notching up 308runs in 45 overs. Opener Usaid scored a timely 58 off 64balls while the experienced Vikrant Auti who came in at no.3 set the tone for the Payyade innings as he went on to score an attacking 127 off just 104balls. Vikrant who smashed 13fours and 3sixes looked really good and did good running between the wickets. He also scored a big ton recently in Times Shield, so he is certainly looking in good form. Parag K at the middle order also chipped in with 44 while Quickster Badree Alam and experienced Pardeep Sahu took 2wkts each.
Chasing a 300 plus score is not always easy, in fact it’s tough. However their openers- promising Suved Parkar and the experienced Tanmay Mishra gave a thumping 179run stand which completed more than half of the job. While the talented Suved smashed a brutal 100 off mere 75deliveries (12fours, 3sixes), Tanmay on the other hand fell just one run short of an elegant 100. Tanmay was dismissed on 99(104b, 13fours and a six) by Kalpesh Sawant but by the damage was already done. Salman Ahmed’s valiant 50 off 48balls at no.5 made sure they chased down the score successfully as Parkophene Cricketers won the match by 2wkts and an over to spare. It was a well fought match by both the teams where in Vikrant, Tanmay and Suved stood out with their individual performances.
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Mumbai’s favourite pen brand NATARAJ PENS is all set to woo the young cricketers of Mumbai soon. Just like food, clothing, and shelter are the necessities of a common man, NATRAJ PENS are the basic necessities of a student. To fight a battle, a warrior is well-equipped with weapons. Drawing parallels with cricket and education, a bat is the weapon of a batsman, a ball is the weapon of the bowler, and in school /college or any examination, NATARAJ PENS is the most crucial weapon of the students.
In the island city that has produced batting legends like Rohit Sharma and Sachin Tendulkar, NATARAJ PENS in collaboration with CricketGraph, has come up with a novel idea in the form of “Mumbai ka Accurate Bowler” competition to hunt for an accurate bowler from schools & colleges. It is a well-designed competition consisting of three rounds.
The contest is broken in three rounds. In the first round, all the three stumps will be placed for the bowlers, who will be required to hit them at least once out of the three chances, to qualify for the second round. In the second round, the bowlers will again have three attempts to have a shy at the stumps, the only change being, one of the stumps (not the middle stump) will be taken away. This means that in the second round, bowlers will have to hit at least once at two stumps. In the third, only the middle stump will be standing its ground and the bowlers will have just one stump to aim at.
Like Arjuna who could see just the eye of the bird, the bowlers will be expected to emulate Arjuna’s concentration powers and hit the bull’s eye i.e. the middle stump. One of the most fascinating things about this competition is that the stumps that will be used will be no ordinary sticks but the NATARAJ PENS that will stand tall and face the bowlers.
CricketGraph has handpicked various cricket academies in Mumbai to conduct the trials for the school and college students. Bowlers who qualify for the third round at academy level will get a wild card entry directly to second round of the grand finale.
NATARAJ PENS will be generously showering the winners at academy level with loads of awards which includes English willow cricket bats, cricket shoes, cricket kit bags, along with loads of exciting goodies.
So, all the budding cricketers of schools and colleges, pull up your socks to not only participate in NATARAJ PENS “Mumbai ka accurate bowler” competition and win exciting cricket goodies.
Also the winner gets media coverage on our website as well as on social media by Cricketgraph giving him/her a lot of exposure which can make him/her star overnight.
CricketGraph and the entire cricket community appreciates this initiative by NATARAJ PENS.
For registering the contest, please fill the form by clicking here, alternatively please whtsapp your details like full name, school/college name, number and email id to 8097098366.
GRAND FINALE at Kandivali at 830 AM. Click here for details.
Two old and experienced teams of Mumbai namely PJ Hindu Gymkhana and Police Gymkhana clashed against each other at the Police Gymkhana ground where in PJ Hindu Gymkhana won the toss and elected to field first in order to restrict the opposition to a low total and put them under pressure.
Their decision to field first was not the most accurate as Police Gymkhana amassed 366/5 on the board in 45 overs. Opener Shahid Shaikh set the tone for the innings as he scored an entertaining knock of 147 coming off mere 92balls. Shahid did not spare a single bowler as he meted out the same treatment to all and i.e to attack. His knock included 12fours and as many as 9sixes much to the delight of the spectators and his team mates alike. Chirag Khurana(77 off 45balls) and Swapnil Kulaye(75 off 46balls) were equally impressive with the bat as they smashed wonderful half centuries. Both the players attacked with confidence at the middle order taking their team to a more than respectable total to defend.
In reply, PJ Hindu Gymkhana fought well but eventually fell short by 72runs. The openers fell early but Sujit Haravi(87 off 89b) and Sachin Wagh(68 off 50) at one point brought their team back into the game with their solid batting. Sujay Thakkar with 52 also chipped in but eventually the Police Gymkhana bowlers outwitted the batsman with Santosh, Yogesh and all-rounder Chirag Khurana bagging 2wkts each. Police Gymkhana won the match where in the whole team contributed well but it was opener Shahid who stood out with his counter attacking knock of 147.
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Maulik who as amassed 648runs this season, Maulik who also scored a scintillating 178 in KSG Tournament is again back with a bang and this time he adds another leaf to his records as he smashes a 32ball ton to stamp his authority as one of the most attacking batsman in Mumbai local cricket.
Played between KSG Challengers and KSGRO at the old Payyade Ground, the strong KSG Challengers won the toss and elected to bat first. Even though they were 26/4 at one stage, their middle order simply took the game away from the opposition. Vinit Parekh scored a scintillating 101 off 79balls(14foours, 3sixes) and resurrected the innings back while in came Maulik at no.6 as he completely mauled the bowlers and entertained his team mates and spectators once again with his firebrand batting. Maulik went on to score110 off mere 38deliveries where in he reached his hundred in a record breaking 31deliveries making it one of the all time fastest tons in Mumbai Cricket. It was fireworks everywhere as he smashed 16fours and 6sixes in his brutal batting. Vinit and Maulik also stitched a crucial 128run stand between them. However, the entertainment was not over yet as Ashok Sheth continued the carnage as he stitched a partnership of 152runs with Maulik and scoring a superb ton smashing 113 off mere 62deliveries(20fours, 2sixes) to take their team total to a mammoth 380/10 in 40overs.
In reply, KSG Royals only managed to score 243/11in 40 overs where in talented middle order bat Parth Mathuria scored 113 off 64balls (19fours, 1six). However, he lacked support from the other end as KSG Royals lost the match by 137runs. Jwalant Dalal with 4/37 was the pick of the bowlers as he bowled really well while Vinit Parekh was declared ‘man of the match’ (101 and 1wkt). It was overall a great match where we got to see 4centuries which also included the Mumbai’s fastest from the bat of Maulik.
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Cricket is a long game with various requirements: explosive power, speed, agility, endurance, strength, stamina and recovery speed. High levels of concentration and zero mental fatigue are essential in a game of cricket. All of these factors are heavily influenced by what you eat.
Combined with a well planned fitness and skills based programme, eating right for your game is vital if you want to be stronger, have more endurance and play a better game. The last thing you want to do is waste all that great training by not eating right.
Food is fuel and if you fuel your body right it will keep you at the optimum level for playing cricket. Cricketers need to base their intake on nutrient- dense foods. Food intake needs to be well-timed to help with recovery between sessions. Intake may need to be adjusted to match the activity level of each day with extra snacks being included on heavier days.
Cricket often gets ignored as a potential beneficiary of correct nutrition strategies. The training for these athletes varies greatly in terms of intensity and much is based on skill work although a strong focus must exist for strength, fitness and flexibility workouts.
- Eating is just as much a part of training as lifting, running and learning plays. Whether you’re a batsmen or a bowler, you need to fuel adequately to train well, recover quickly and increase endurance.
- Specific nutrient requirements are based on your body size and position. What works for one player may not be the best strategy for someone else. Analyzing the individual’s needs and working on them should be of utmost importance.
Why is Training Nutrition important ?
Cricketers need to ensure that their training diet is well planned to coincide with their training goals and their schedule. As with most sports, training nutrition needs to focus on eating nutrient dense meals and snacks that include wholegrain cereals, fruit and vegetables, low-fat dairy products, lean meat, poultry/fish or vegetarian alternatives. In addition the timing of meals also needs to be well planned to aid rapid recovery between sessions. When players expend more energy (i.e. heavier training days) they should be encouraged to include extra snacks to fuel the extra training load.
Basic guidelines for “Hydration”
During training and playing, the body controls its temperature by losing fluids, and failing to replace those fluids is a major problem. Excessive fluid loss reduces your endurance capacity, power, and concentration and increases reaction time. Losing more than 2 percent of your body weight in sweat is detrimental to performance and health.
Hydration – raises your body’s fluid level above the normal rate counteracts and reduces the negative effects of fluid loss during games and training.
A practical way to monitor sweat loss is to weigh yourself before and after exercise. Each pound of weight lost equals one pint of fluid, and each kilogram equals one and a half liters. These losses should be replaced as soon as possible by drinking water and sports drinks.
Practice your fluid plan during the week, particularly for heavy training sessions, and get used to drinking during training. Fluid intake should happen at regular intervals during training and as well as the match day. These players should make the most of opportunities such as warm ups, breaks during over changes, fall of wickets and during fielding. Drinking at least 250 – 500ml of fluid during each break replaces fluid sweat losses. It is advisable to avoid caffeine and alcohol as they can increase fluid loss.