Played at the Navroz Cricket Ground in Mumbai, it was a match between two promising teams comprising of promising players namely IES VN Sule vs SIES where in IES won the toss and elected to bat first.
Their decision to bat first was spot on as they have a strong batting line up starting from their prolific run getter Vedprakash Jaiswal. IES scored a mammoth 151/4 in 15 overs which is anyday a match winning total. Right handed opener Vedprakash Jaiswal once again made his bat do the talking as he scored 73 off just 45balls (9fours, 1six) to change the script of the game. Ved also got a great support from his opening partner Shubham who also scored a gritty 44.
Chasing 152 runs in 90balls is always a pressure situation and SIES were bundled out for just 48runs. Left-arm spinner Ayush Zimare keeps on impressing everyone time and again as he again came up with match winning bowling figures of 4/6 in 3overs (2maidens) which dented the chase of SIES. IES VN Sule won the match comfortably by 102runs while Vedprakash and Ayush were the standout performers in the match. Cricketgraph congratulates the winning team while wishes luck to all the boys for a great season ahead.
Aditya Balivada and Jash Ganiga started with the ball and bat respectively for KSA in the first round match against KRP XI in the Late Ajit Memorial MCA under 14 selection tournament played at KSA Ground at Cross Maidan.
KRP XI won the toss and elected to bat. The openers put on just 14 runs in the first 10 overs before 11 year old Aditya struck the first blow. Opener Asif Khan batted with a lot of resolute and scored 46 runs of 165 deliveries before Aditya returned in his second spell to dismiss Asif with a sharp googly to catch the batsman plumb. Aditya finished with 4 wickets in 15 overs and conceded 32 runs. KRP XI finished their innings scoring 126 runs in 75.2 overs. Jugraj Mehta and Garv Jain picked 2 wickets each.
KSA began their innings losing both the openers quite early. It was left to the ever dependable Jash Ganiga to anchor the chase. Jash batted with grit and determination picking the gaps with ease and remaining unbeaten on 59*. Ganiga was supported ably by Manan Bhatt who scored 28 runs. Bowlers Yash Pandey and Tanush Hirlekar finished with 3 wickets each.
KRP XI concedes the match as KSA took the first innings lead while Jash once again impressed one and all with his ongoing form with the bat while Aditya looked impressive with the ball. Cricketgraph congratulates both the boys while wishes luck to all the players for a great cricketing season ahead.
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Played at the National CC. Cross Maidan, it was a match between two big teams namely Dilip Vengsarkar XI and National CC where in National CC won the toss and elected to bowl first as the wicket was good for supporting the bowlers.
Batting first, Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation made a fairly decent and a commendable total of 218/9 declare in 100.1 overs. Even though the team lost the top 4wkts quickly, it was right handed Arman Pathan at no.5 who once again showed his mettle with the bat. Arman displayed complete class, patience and maturity as he went on to face as many as 208balls to score his 100* which included 10 fours. It was his brazen yet sublime ton which helped his team cross the 200run mark. From the bowling side, Vedant Patil impressed one and all as he took a hat-trick to clean up the middle order. Vedant with 3/47 in 25overs and 4 maidens was the most impressive of the lot.
In reply, National CC were bundled out for just 69runs. National CC surprisingly faced 57.2 overs for their 69runs where in off-spinnner Khush Jain and slow left arm spinner Tirth Trivedi took 3/14 and 3/8 respectively. It was a collectively good team perfomance by the Vengsarkar Boys and Arman was the standout performer from the match. Cricketgraph congratulates the winning team while wishes luck to all the boys for a rocking season ahead!
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Sanjay Dogra, a former Ranji Trophy player and one of the State teams’ selection committee member, has written an honest and candid letter to the parents filled with tremendous expectations, who want to see their kids don the tri-colour someday and be a part of the most talked about sports team in India. Dogra, running a cricket academy himself, has come across many parents, who have certain inhibitions and biases when it comes to their child’s progress in the game of cricket. Some of them are plagued with unwanted but inevitable thoughts like ‘My child deserves to be a part of the State team but has become a victim of evil politics’ or ‘My child is competing against overage players’, to name a few.
Here are the excerpts from the letter which are broken down into do’s and don’ts for the parents of budding cricketers.
Dont’s:
Let the coach train your child; avoid becoming a coach. Avoid giving technical tips to your child unless you have taken the permission from your coach.
Don’t compare your child with any other child; let him compete with himself. Let him work on his strengths and improve on his weaknesses and overall attitude.
Don’t pressurize your child to perform and achieve overnight success as this may lead him to nowhere.
Avoid doing personal coaching to the child during the nets or post nets or matches as this is the job of a teacher. The teacher is best equipped to handle the child technically.
Understand your child’s strengths and weaknesses and do not push him beyond a certain limit. Remember you cannot fill a one litre bottle of water with two litres of water.
Don’t blame the Cricket Coaching Academies, or Coaches if your child doesn’t perform well. Analyze the complete situation and try to see the level of commitment from your child’s side, his discipline, his performance, his attitude and approach towards the game. Remember coaching is a thankless job.
Remember there is no shortcut to success, so don’t go for shortcuts; let your child go the long way so that he learns better to become successful.
Don’t envy others’ success if your child is not selected. Instead encourage your child in such a way that he works harder the next time and makes the final cut.
Don’t dream of full time achievements with part time hard work.
Do’s:
Discipline: The parents should ensure that their child possesses the highest degree of core values like honesty, punctuality, dedication, determination and devotion, when it comes to playing cricket. It is important for your child to understand that he has to do it for himself and not to show it off to others. Respecting time is essential in any sport, so it is expected that the child is punctual all the time. Whatever your child excels in, be it batting, bowling or fielding, he should be 100% dedicated, determined and devoted not only during the matches but also during the practice. Sachin Tendulkar in one of the interviews said, “I have never thrown my cricket bat”. Taking cognizance of this, it is expected of every child to respect the sport irrespective of the fact whether he has a good or bad day. While playing the game, your child is required to concentrate on academics as well. Placing emphasis on both, sports and education, will help in the overall development of the child.
Fitness: Fitness is the only way forward; just batting and bowling is not cricket. One needs to be an athlete first. Watching the game on TV and seeing the glamour and then buying the branded kit and then hitting nets straightaway next day doesn’t serve the purpose. The effort behind this is tremendous and every child should be willing and determined to go that extra mile to achieve the highest level of fitness.
Patience: Once you have given your child to a coach, give your child and the coach some time for child’s game development unless something seriously goes wrong. No coach has a magic wand; it is the child’s initiative in the form of dedication, hard work, discipline, attitude, approach, and fitness that counts. The coach can then help the child in honing the player’s skills. Have faith in your coaches whom you have selected.
Academy/coaches are the best judges on child’s game development i.e. they are the best judges in which department your child can excel. Please don’t push your decisions and judgments to them which is not good for your child’s game. For example if your child is genuinely a good batsman and can go places because of his batting then don’t try and push him to become a bowler just simply because you like him to become a bowler as this may leave him nowhere ultimately.
Maintaining a balanced and healthy diet is essential in the development of good player.
The bottom line is make your child a disciplined athlete first. It needs to be ingrained in the child that just batting or bowling is not cricket. There are a lot many dimensions to the game which requires a good number of sacrifices to be made. ‘IT’S A JUNOON’. Let only score book speak for your child as ultimately only score book/sheet matters in the long run.
The above mentioned list of simple Do’s and Don’t’s speak volumes and it is necessary that the parents of the aspiring cricketers take cognizance of the same.
Cricketgraph team thanks Sanjay Dogra for sharing these valuable insights
Discipline, Devotion, and Determination are the three D’s that define Coach Sumeet Khanna. Since the last 17 years, Sumeet has been actively associated with cricket, both in terms of playing as well as coaching.
Khanna’s journey started in the year 2000, when he first started practicing at Shiv Seva Cricket Academy in Borivali, Mumbai. In search of better opportunities, he joined Payyade Sports Club (Kandivali, Mumbai) as a wicket-keeper batsman, under the able aegis of Sanjay Gaitonde. Since then there was no looking back. Soon he found himself playing the Kanga league and various other renowned tournaments. Sumeet represented one of the most reputed clubs of Mumbai; Dadar Parsee Zoroastrian Cricket Club (B division) for a period of five years. My talent was recognized as I played some good knocks and displayed my safe wicket-keeping abilities against some of the veteran Mumbai players.
Playing cricket looks glamorous from outside but when you are inside it, the harsh reality hits you. Sumeet Khanna was doing well as a player for his team but not enough financially for his larger team i.e. his family. To make a living from cricket, Sumeet started with cricket coaching and it was again his former coach Sanjay Gaitonde played a pivotal role in offering him coaching opportunities. Gaitonde sent Khanna to CPCC (Chandrakant Pandit Cricket Clinic) in Andheri, Mumbai. There he a lot about the basics of cricket coaching and the essential pre-requisites to coach and train the young cricketers. After seeking useful guidance from Chandrakant Pandit Sumeet’s journey as a cricket coach commenced in 2006. He was doing well as a coach which was evident from the fact that few of his players got selected for MCA (Mumbai Cricket Association) camps.
Apart from his regular coaching, Sumeet was blessed to work under Monty Desai. Monty Desai who has worked with IPL teams like Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Lions, helped Sumeet in various ways. Monty was also instrumental in bringing Sumeet to Venus Sports Academy where he trained the young and budding U-14 boys.
In the year 2015, Sumeet successfully cleared the Level 0 coaching exam and since then he is associated as a coach with MCA (U-16 team). Recently he became the coach of Ritambhara College, Juhu, Mumbai. Under his coaching, the team is performing well.
Sumeet averred, “I am totally into cricket. In all this years, I have never been late to practice or for coaching. I am always on the ground on time. I think one has to be disciplined and punctual in life to achieve success. Coaching young and talented players and helping them to get ready for the next level of cricket has got the better of me”.
Currently Sumeet is playing for Islam Gymkhana and is also the coach at Payyade Sports Club. Cricketgraph wishes Sumeet Khanna all the very best for his future endeavours and may he achieve success, both, as a player and as a coach.
IES School has been on a roll and they are certainly looking promising this year in both age group Under 14 and 17 Tournament. From Om Vadher and Jash Ganiga in under 17 now it is this 12yr old prodigy Manan Bhatt who has displayed a lot of maturity and temperament for his age. IES under 14 team rocking in the DSO under 14 tournament, Manan Bhatt is a 12 year old kid who is in Mumbai under 14 probables who is playing really well. The 2nd match against Gokuldham was a nail biting finish as the opponent (Gokuldham)had some big names in their team, real heavyweights of Mumbai under 14 probables. IES Batsman Manan & Nikhil made the difference at this tender age and they have shown solid maturity”
IES played 2matches on Tuesday, one vs Thakkur Vidya Mandir & the second one vs Gokuldham School at the MB Union Ground. Against Thakkur Vidya Mandir, IES were made to field first but they did a good job with the ball as they restricted the Thakkur boys to just 72/10 in 15 overs. Nikhil and Manan were the pick of the bowlers conceding just 11 runs between them while taking 2wkts each. In reply IES chased down the score in style in just 10.3 overs as their right handed opener Manan Bhatt single handedly took the game away with his swashbuckling 57* off 38balls(6fours, 3sixes). IES won that match by 7wkts and Manan was definitely the best performer of the match.
Their other match was against the promising Gokuldham School where IES won the toss and elected to bowl first. Batting first, Gokukdham was restricted to 87/7 in 15 overs where in opener Ronit scored a fighting 46(34b). From the bowling side, off spinner Manan was again the best bowler with 3/15 in 3 overs. IES again chased down the score comfortably and it was all-rounder Manan who again top scored for his team with a solid 48ball 36. IES won both the matches in a single day and top the table while Manan was the most impressive performer in both the matches with 93runs and 5wkts. Cricketgraph congratulates Manan while wishes all the boys luck for a great season ahead.
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Played at the Sabhapur Complex in a 40over game, it was once again in this southpaw from Delhi who came up with an impressive ton. The match was played on 16th October 2017 between Raj Cricket Academy and Delhi Warriors where in Raj Cricket Academy won the toss and elected to bat first.
Batting first, they did a fairly decent job as they managed to score a very competitive score of 291/9 in 40 overs. Saurav, Diwakar and Anil Sharma took 2wkts each while the rest of the bowlers also chipped in with a wicket each. Chasing 292runs in 240 balls is always difficult but their openers Anil Sharma and Diwakar gave an excellent start. At no.3 came Saurav who carried on the positive momentum left behind by the openers and took the onus of finishing the match on his shoulders as he went on to score a memorable and an entertaining 152* off mere 79balls. Left-handed Saurav Nautiyal started attacking the bowlers from the very beginning as he reached his 100 in just 51balls to take the game away from the opposition.
Eventually Delhi Warriors won the match by 5wkts in just 37 overs while Saurav Nautiyal’s 152(9fours, 6sixes) remained the highlight perfomance of the match. Also Anil Sharma also gave an excellent all-round contribution. Cricketgraph congratulates both the players while wishes both the teams luck for their future encounters.
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Played at 17.10.17 at Azad Maidan, it was a match between two young and promising teams namely Swadhyay Bhavan High School and St. Teresa High School where in SBHS won the toss and elected to bat first.
Batting first, SBHS did a decent job with the bat as they scored a competitive total of 102/1 in 15 overs. The openers Saumya Kandor and Shubh Chauhan gave a excellent start with their aggressive batting. What’s more Saumya scored a fantastic 51 at a nice pace covering almost every corner of the ground with his matured and solid cricketing shots. It was these two openers which helped their team cross the 100run mark in 15 overs.
Chasing 102, the opposition team, St. Theresa were bundled out for just 20 runs in 14 overs where in not a single batsman was able to score in two figures. It was a fantastic bowling perfomance where in every bowler chipped in with wickets while Saumya’s batting along with his opening partner remained the highlight perfomance of the match. Cricketgraph congratulates the winning team while wishes luck to all the boys for a great season ahead.
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Played at the Skyline Cricket Ground at Gurgaon, it was a match between Adib and Spartans 1 where in Spartans won the toss and elected to bowl first in order to restrict the opposition to a low total and put them under pressure.
Batting first, Adib scored 168/5 in 20 overs which is a fairly decent score to defend in a T20 game. Opener Saurabh Malik gave a good start with a 19ball 31 but it was Mehar Malik down the order who changed the script of the game with his 43* off just 23balls. Mehar smashed 5fours and 2sixes at a strike rate of 187 to take his team to a very competitive total. From the bowling side, it was Amit who was the pick of the bowlers with 3/36 in 4 overs.
In reply, Spartans gave a tough fight but eventually fell short of just 8runs to win a thriller of a match. Spartans were all out for 161 and Adib won the match by 8runs. Jitender Kumar from Adib came up with a match winning & a economic spell of 3/24 in 4 overs which also earned him a ‘man of the match award”
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This was a match where the batsman completely did the job for their teams. Played between RDX1 and KingsXI, it was not the first time that the experienced Bharat Bhushan played a great knock to help his team win the match.
After electing to bat first, Kings XI scored a very competitive total of 188/6 in 20 overs. Even though the opener fell early, it was Ravin Kadian at no.3 who scored a solid 49 while also stitched a strong partnership with Arun who scored a wonderful half century of just 29balls.
Chasing 180+ score in a T20 match is always a tough task but the experienced RDX boys chased down the score successfully and won the match by 4wkts. Right handed opener Bharat Bhushan scored a scintillating 82 off mere 45balls (6fours, 7sixes) which took the game away from the opposition. Bharat was smashing sixes with ease and dominated the bowlers outright while Gaurav Dhankar at no.3 also gave a great support scoring 56 off 46 creating a match winning partnership. RDX won the match and Bharat Bhushan was declared ‘man of the match” Cricketgraph congratulates Bharat while wishes luck to all the players for a great season ahead.
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