“Mumbai ka accurate bowler” contest organized by NATARAJ PENS in collaboration with Cricketgraph will be conducted on Saturday, January 27th at Bhayendar’s Rising Star Cricket 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: Rising Star Sports Foundation, Sachin Tendulkar ground, Near Gurudwara Temple, Navghar Road, Bhayendar East.
Reporting Time: 2:00 PM
On the spot Registrations Closes at : 2: 30 PM
One of the chapter contest will be conducted in Bhayendar’s Rising Star Sports Foundation. 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.
Not so long ago, these boys were in the news for their individual performances and they again hit the news lines with exceptional performances. While Sharik is growing leaps and bounds as a bowler, Arpit who had recently scored a quick fifty in this tournament apart from a few blazing hundreds since last year continues his purple patch to stamp himself as one of the most attacking top-order batsman at the school level in Mumbai.
Played at the Chimaji Appa ground in Vasai, it was the all important semi-final match between National School and Mt. Caramel Convent where in National School won the toss and elected to bat first as they have a strong batting line up including the in-form Arpit Dhadve at the top of the order. National School made a decent total of 294/6 in 45 overs which is defendable. Even though the openers failed to give a flying start, right handed Arpit who came in at no.3 came and changed the script of the game as he went on to score an attacking 147 off mere 80 deliveries. Arpit smashed 18fours while also worked hard between the wickets engaging in good running. Parth Naik also contributed well chipping in with 47 taking the team total to a healthy 294. From Caramel Convent, Ruturaj & Rushant were the pick of the bowlers taking 3wkts each.
Defending a healthy total of 294, National School bundled out Caramel Convent for 145 runs where in Spinner Sharik was again at the forefront taking his 2nd consecutive 6wkt haul to maul the opposition. Sharik came up with match winning bowling figures of 6/44 in 12 overs which did the job for his team. National School win the semi-finals by 149runs and it was once again Arpit and Sharik who stood out in the match.
Also in the 5 matches Arpit has played, this is his 2nd hundred along with a fifty at an overall strike rate of 160+ and an average of 100.00+ so far.
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The man who has bamboozled the batsman with his wily spin since the time he was only 17, the man who took all ten wickets in an innings in the Kanga League in 2014 in an A Div match, the man who got selected by Rajasthan Royals in IPL purely on the basis of his merit and later on by Kings XI Punjab in 2016.
Yes Pardeep Sahu, from a school boy to a first class cricketer to being selected by the IPL teams, his journey has always been a special one. The right-arm leg break googly bowler is surely amongst the most quality spinners in India right now and it was certainly good to see him coming back to his old self where he was bowling in a nice zone with great line and length.
In the recently held Times Shield and Talim Shield matches in Dec ‘17-Jan 2018, there hasn’t been a single match where he went without taking wickets. Sahu is successfully foxing the batsman with his wily spin and add to it he is looking in really good shape as far as his fitness is concerned. All these are certainly positive indicators for a great cricketing season ahead if he manages to play in maximum matches. Seems like Pardeep is hitting the right patch of form and should be utilized properly by the skippers as he is in a zone where he is bowling consistenly well to trouble the batsman. In fact, he was also recently felicitated in the Padmakar Talim Shield Tournament 2018 as he was amongst the pick of the bowlers in the tournament.
Also if we go and look back at his perfomance in the matches he has played this season so far, it’s a clear indicator of the damage he can inflict and how handy he can be as a frontline spinner for any team he plays for.
Pardeep Sahu this season (Dec ‘17-Jan ’18)
Matches-6
Wkts- 20
Best- 6/84
Bowling Average- 17.05
Econ- 3.35
Brief-
In TALIM SHIELD 2018
Dadar Union Sporting Club- 169/10 in 38.3 overs(Dinesh Salunkhe 48, , Pardeep Sahu 3/46)
Against Palghar Dhanu 2/34
Again Payyade 2/45
In Times Shield 2017-18
Against income tax 6/84
2/45 against reliance
1/48 against Nirlon & 4/56
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The southpaw from Mumbai made headlines in the Mumbai club cricket sphere with some spectacular performances in the last few days. Rohan Tambe, who plays for several teams namely Mazgaon Cricket Club, PTCA Cricket Club, and JSW Steel Ltd. made useful contributions with both, bat and ball.
Playing for Mazgaon Cricket Club, Tambe scored a solid 62 off 90 balls, including four boundaries, against Star Cricket Club. Mazgaon Cricket Club went on to score 243-6 in 45 overs and won the match by 109 runs. Rohan was the highest scorer and played a pivotal role in his team’s victory.
In a T20 match of Ryder’s cup tournament that the opening batsman featured in, he muscled 31 off just 19 balls, hitting four boundaries and taking PTCA Cricket Club to an easy win against Royal Cricket Club. On the way he stitched a memorable partnership of 80 runs with his coach, Nitin Madhavi who himself scored a scintillating half century.
In yet another T20 match, the all-rounder made a statement with his fantastic performance for JSW Steel Ltd. He decorated the scorebook with a scintillating century. Tambe smashed 123 off just 63 deliveries striking at a rate of close to 200. His innings comprised of 18 boundaries and couple of sixes. After creating magic with the bat, Rohan pulled up his sleeves to contribute with the ball. He bowled his full quota of four overs, giving away 23 runs, and more importantly picked up three wickets.
Rohan Tambe has had a wonderful outing in the last few days. Cricketgraph wishes him all the very best in his future endeavours.
“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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