It was a match which was a low-scoring affair but still it remained exciting & there was hardly any dull moment in the match. MTNL & LTOSA clashed for a crucial encounter at the National Cross Maidan in Mumbai. On a batting track like cross maidan, LTOSA who have a good bowling attack elected to bowl first and put the opposition under pressure.
Batting first, MTNL could not extract the best from the pitch though they could have managed to score more than 150+ runs on this ground. Apart from their opener Kale hardly any player was able to make much of a difference to the scorecard. Kale scored a valiant 41 off 44 but lacked support from the other end. Luckily, Satya(17* off 7) at no.10 chipped in with a few boundaries & a six to push his team total to 127/9 in 20 overs. Fast bowler D.K(Deepak Kothiyal) gave a good start as he took 2wkts & a maiden in the 3rd over of the game itself which developed the positive momentum for LTOSA boys. Left-arm spinner Shiva Yadav was also quite effective with the ball as he took 4/14 in his 3overs(2 run-outs) while the rest of the bowlers also did a good job of containing the batsman.
Chasing 128 seemed to be a mere formality for the LTOSA boys as they chased down the score in just 13.2 overs where the openers almost completed 80% of the job. Right-handed Ajinkya Parte remained unbeaten on 41* off 38balls(2fours, 2sixes) playing the anchors role & stitching a 76run partnership while his opening partner Sagar Kamble scored a match-winning 46 off just 30balls. Left-handed sagar smashed 6fours & a six to steer his team towards the victory line.
LTOSA won the match comfortably by 8wkts & as many as 6.4overs to spare. It was a great bowling perfomance by the L&T bowlers while their openers did a terrific job. Sagar Kamble was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his quickfire 46 while Ajinkya’s knock was equally appreciation worthy. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for their win & wishes them luck for a great future ahead.
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It was the all important quarter-finals of the Milan T20 between two strong teams namely Travelex India & Idea Cellular at the Sunder CC Ground (plot no.5) in Mumbai. On a decent batting track like Sunder C.C, Idea Cellular won the toss & elected to bat first in order to put the strong Travelex team under pressure.
Batting first, Idea Cellular managed to score only 141/9 in 20 overs which is somewhat a defendable score in T20’s thought they could have got the psychological advantage had they crossed the 150+ run mark. The top 3 batsman of the top order failed to fire but Vikas Sharma(24 off 15) & Kiran Salve(23 off 26) chipped in with crucial 20”s at the middle order which helped them reach a decent target. Ravi S at no.7 also chipped in with a quick 21* off just 14balls which proved to be quite handy. Medium pacer Sachin Chaudhary was the pick of the bowlers scalping 3/25 in his 4 overs followed by 2wkts for Akshay Jadhav & 1 for all-rounder Omkar.
Chasing 142 in 20 overs is usually a cakewalk for most of the teams but Idea Cellular boys did not allow the opposition to win the quarter-finals before taking their 8wkts. It was a close game where both the teams gave their best & this how matches should be. Left-handed opener Pranav Shalaka(53 off 44) & Deepak Pasi(40off30) gave a wonderful start & it looked like they would win the match comfortably until the rest of the batsman below them crumbled like a pack of cards. Vikas Sharma from Idea bowled exceedingly well & succeeded in troubling the batsman taking 4/16 in his 4overs Thanks to Travelex openers & especially Pranav who played a very patient knock of 53 helping his side cross the victory line while Abhishek at no.9 hitting the winning runs with a six.
Travelex India won the match by 2wkts & qualify for the semi-finals while opener Pranav was declared ‘man of the match’ for his brilliant half-century which helped his side win the match. Cricketgraph congratualtes the whole team for their quarter-finals win & also wishes them luck for a great semi-finals.
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Aakarshit Gomel has certainly been the ‘akarshan’ i.e ‘attraction’ of the tournament with his flamboyant batting as he has consistently scored runs & helped his team win the prestigious 68th Salar Jung tournament. It was the all important finals between two very strong teams namely the very experienced ‘parsee gymkhana’ & the strong ‘Souvenir c.c’ at the Islam gymkhana Ground in Mumbai. Souvenir CC won the toss & elected to bowl first with an aim of restricting the opposition to a low total.
Batting first, Parsee Gymkhana boys managed to post a very good total on the board as they scored 166/7 in 20 overs. Right-handed opener Aakarshit Gomel was once again the pick of the scorers smashing an aggressive 87* off just 55balls. Gomel started dominating the bowlers despite the fact that wickets kept on falling from the other end. Aakarshit smashed 12 fours & 2sixes in his 55ball 87* which propelled his team to cross the 150 run mark. Apart from him it was Raunaq Sharma (22 off 12balls) who managed to cross the 20 run mark. Sarfaraz Shaikh was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/33 in his 4 overs followed by a wicket each for Mohd. Azeem, Asif Querishi & Shoaib Sheikh.
Chasing 167 at more than 8runs per over in a finals of any tournament is a pressure situation & Souvenir succumbed to the pressure of chasing against a good bowling attack as they were all out for 126/10 in just 17.2 overs. Saddam Moinuddin Maulani was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/9 in his 3 overs followed by 2/23 by Raunak Sharma. All the bowlers succeeded in taking wickets at the right time while also remained quite economical which helped them restrict souvenir to just 126 runs.
Parsee Gymkhana won the finals of the tournament by 40runs & lift the trophy while Souvenir CC becomes the runner-up team in the tournament. Aakarshit Gomel was declared ‘man of the match’ while he was also declared ‘best batsman of the tournament’ with 231 runs & 3fifties in 3innings at an astounding average of 231.00 while left-arm spinner Asif Sheikh with 12wkts was declared the ‘best bowler of the tournament” Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for putting up such a good show & wishes all of them to continue playing this good brand of cricket in the coming future too.
Also special thanks to Hanif Sir (the respected manager of the Islam Gymkhana Ground) who would regularly help with the updates & the tournament information so that the good matches & perfomances gets highlighted on time.
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68th Salar Jung Tournament closing Ceremony
68th Salar Jung Tournament Closing Ceremony
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It was a big match between two big teams namely National Sports Club of India (NSCI) & Bombay Gymkhana at the Bombay Gymkhana ground in Mumbai. Bombay Gymkhana XI won the toss & elected to bat first in order to put some pressure on NSCI.
Batting first, Bombay Gymkhana managed to score a competitive total of 159/7 in 20 overs which is always defendable. 150+ scores are always defendable in T20’s. Opener A Jain scored a quick 26ball 35 while I Mulchandani at no.3 scored a fiery 21ball 33 followed by some late onslaught at the lower middle order. C Shetty chipped in with a 22ball 26 at no.6 while Jeejebhoy at no.8 smashed an unbeaten 26* off just 16balls. G sahani was the pick of the bowlers from NSCI as he took 3/24 in 4overs followed by 2wkts for Yash Thadeshwar.
Chasing 160 at exactly 8runs per over, NSCI choked out for just 67runs in 13overs. Spinners Vikrant Rambhia & Charan Shetty took 6wkts together and gave just 14runs in their 5 overs combined. Right-arm off-spinner Charan took 3/9 in his 3overs while right-arm leg spinner Vikrant Rambhia took 3/5 in his 2overs to destroy the NSCI batting line up.
Bombay Gymkhana won the match by 93 runs & the highlight of the match was surely the tight bowling by the spinners-Vikrant & Charan. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for putting up a great show & also wishes them all the luck for a great future.
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It was a match between two competitive teams namely Glenmark & WNS at the S.F Sassanion ground in Mumbai. On a good batting track like Sassanion, WNS elected to bat first & make the most of the pitch conditions to post a healthy total on the board & put Glenmark under pressure.
Their decision to bat first proved to be correct as they went on to score a very decent total of 167/4 in 20overs. Openers Aditya & Dnyansagar Patil gave a fantastic start at the top of the order. While Aditya scored a quick 26ball 39, it was Dnyansagar Patil who almost played the anchor’s role till the end scoring a solid yet aggressive 75 off 57balls. Right-handed Dnyansagar smashed 7fours & a six and also equally toiled hard between the wickets to help his team reach a good total. Apart from the openers, it was Chiranjeevi at no.3 who scored a 17ball 22. From Glenmark Amit was the pick of the bowlers taking 1/23(4) followed by 1/28(4) by Jayant.
Chasing168 at more than 8 runs per over, Glenmark succumbed to the pressure of chasing as they managed to reach only 131/6 in 20 overs. Opener Shrinivas(34) & Mandar at no.3 (33) did look good with their respective 30’s but they could not convert their 30’s into a big score. It was also a really good bowling perfomance where the bowlers attacked in tandem. Left-arm spinner Ajay was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/26 in 4overs followed by Rahul kirodian who also chipped in with 2/21 in his 3 overs.
WNS won the match by 36runs & opener Dnyansagar Patil was declared ‘man of the match’ for his solid 75 at the top of the order. Cricketgraph congratulates Dnyansgar and the whole team for putting up a good show & wishes them to continue playing this good brand of cricket in the future too.
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JSW & Nomura clashed for a crucial encounter at the Youth Union Ground in Mumbai. JSW won the toss & smartly elected to bowl first as the pitch was looking supportive for the bowlers to restrict the opposition to a low total.
Batting first, Nomura managed to score 133/9 in 20 overs which was not the biggest of scores to defend. JSW’s decision to bowl first did reap rewards as they managed to restrict Nomura to a low total. Even though their no.3 batsman Nilesh k scored a fighting 56 off just 49balls but he lacked support from the other end as none of the batsman managed to score runs like he did. Left-arm spinner Darshan Vange was the pick of the bowlers troubling batsman & coming up with good bowling figures of 3/21 in his 3 overs. Rasik & Omkar also bowled well as they chipped in with 2wkts each.
Chasing 134 was a mere formality and a cakewalk for most of the teams in the T20 format as WNS won the match by 8wkts and 4overs to spare. Even though the openers failed to give a blazing start, Dinesh Patil at no.3 scored a match-winning 52* off 41balls (7fours,1six) to steer his team towards the victory line. Mitunjay also gave good support scoring an unbeaten 38* off 26balls.
WNS won the match comfortably & Dinesh Patil was declared ‘man of the match’. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for their win while also wishes them luck for their coming matches in the tournament.
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It was a crucial encounter between two strong teams namely Rika Global & All india C.A premier league (AICPL) at the Elf Vengsarkar Academy in Oval. ICAI won the toss and elected to bat first even though it was a pitch which was providing good turn to the bowlers.
Batting first, the pitch showed its colors as AICPA were all-out for just 119/10 in 18.2 overs, Left arm pacer Vishnu gave the perfect start any team can ask for as he took 2wkts(clean-bowleds) in the very 1st over of the match. The entire top & middle order failed to fire but it was their no.8 batsman who brought back some life into the innings as H Dave scored a quick 38 off just 26balls to take his team total to a little respectable one of 119. M Mansoori was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/20 in his 4overs followed by 2wkts each for Vishnu & Shubham.
Chasing 120 should not be a daunting task but AICPA(ICAI) gave a really tough fight to the opposition and did not allow them to win before taking their 7wkts. In fact Rika Global were not off to the best of the starts where they were struggling at one point at 20/3 until their southpaw batsman Yasin Salmani entered the crease and changed the script of the game. Yasin went on to score a fearless 65 off just 34balls smashing 8fours & 3 big sixes at a strike rate of almost 200. It was Yasin’s innings which pushed the team towards the victory line. From AICPA, AK bowled really well taking 4/15 in his 4overs but lacked support from the other end.
RIKA global won the match by 3wkts & 4.4 overs to spare & Yasin Salmani was declared ‘man of the match’ for his match winning 65. Cricketgraph congratulates Yasin & the whole team for their good win & also wishes them luck for their coming matches.
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It was a match between two good teams namely JSW Steel & Deutsche Bank group at the Chereshwar Club ground in Trombay. Deutsche Bank who won the toss elected to bowl first as the pitch was slightly in favor of the bowlers.
Batting first, it wasn’t the best of the starts with JSW’s top 4 batsman out under 35 runs. However the lower middle order infused back life into their innings as R chaudhary & Chirag Kini stitched a match-winning partnership to take their team to a very healthy total. While R Chaudhary scored a 42ball 46 playing the anchors role it was their right-handed Chirag Kini who took on the bowlers & counter attacked the opposition with a 35ball 60 which included 7fours & 2sixes. Chirag came at a time when the wickets were down & stitched a match winning partnership with R Chaudhary to reach 190/6 in 20 overs. P Sethi, Dorkar & Sabariya chipped in with 2wkts each while many of the bowlers proved to be expensive too.
Chasing 191 at almost 9.5runs per over, Deutsche Bank group were outwitted by the bowling of JSW boys as they managed to score only 100/8 in their quota of 20overs. Right-arm spinner Ranjit Pillai was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/19 in his 4 overs followed by 2wkts each for Koli & Rathi. Ranjit was particularly quite effective with the ball & took wickets at regular intervals.
JSW Steel won the match by 91runs & Chirag Kini was declared ‘man of the match’ for his brilliant batting. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team & wishes them to continue playing this good brand of cricket in the future too.
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One of the most celebrated & exciting tournaments conducted by MCC is about to kickstart from 2nd of May 2017 & ends on 20th of May.
Entertainment, good individual perfomances, exciting matches & appreciation for your perfomance are some of the pointers which are always covered in the Mitsui Shoji T20 League.
The defending champions Ghatkopar Jets, Bandra Heroes, Mumbai Police, Cityriders, Shivaji Park Warriors and Thane Marathas will play for the glittering trophy and a cash prize of Rs 2 lakhs is offered in the seventh edition of the Mitsui Shoji T-20 Cricket League. Presented by Morgen and Steven organised by MCC- Jwala sports foundation. The league gets underway at Police Gymkhana, Marine Lines from Monday, May 2. To add glitter to the already celebrated tournament like Mitsui, some of the current and past international cricketers, most of the Top Ranji and top junior and top division players will be part of this league. In past years international players like legendary Sri lankan bowler Chaminda vaas, Jehan Mubarak have been part of this league and some of the international cricketers are expected to participate this year as well. What’s more Bandra boy, Domestic cricket’s Sachin tendulkar & one of the most elegant test batsman- Wasim Jaffer will be representing the team Bandra Heroes this year.
The selection trails got completed on 27th of April & 5teams will fight & give their best for the prestigious trophy.
The 5-team league is to be played on double leg basis and the team finishing on the bottom of the table will be eliminated. This has been made possible because of Mr. Lal Bharwany, CEO, Mitsui Shoji, who continued to be the main sponsor of the Tournament. He has been supporting this event to promote the players those are playing at grassroots level and we are committed to continue the same for upcoming years. Mr. Jwala Singh, the chief organizer and Director of Jwala Sports Foundation is also the one person who should be thanked for this wonderful initiative.
Apart from Mitsui ShojI, Morgan and Steven, Fashion brand Enrobe, PG Jewellers, outdoor partner Global Advertisers and Brain4Sports is sponsoring this event. Ground support has been given by Mumbai police gymkhana.
Cricketgraph wishes this tournament as always turns out to be a great success & we are eagerly waiting for the tournament to kickstart from 2nd of May.
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There are players & then there is Suryansh Shedge, that’s the level & classification he has achieved over the past 1.5-2 years as he has emerged to be one of the most rising talents from Mumbai in the cricketing circles. One such example of his recent exploits was against the Olympia Sports team in the Lashkaria Little Champs league where he went on to score one of the fastest hundreds of the tournament at the Karnataka Cricket Association(KCA Ground) in Mumbai.
Sanjeevani Cricket Academy won the toss & elected to bat first to put Olympia sports under pressure & post a big total on the board. Their decision to bat first turned out to be beneficial as they managed to score a mammoth 268/3 in 30 overs which is a very good score to defend. Once again the star of the innings was their local hero Suryansh Shedge who scored 136 off 73balls to up the stakes for his team. Right handed Suryansh who came in at no.4 went on to reach his hundred in just 53balls while his 136 came off mere 73 playing at a strike of almost 190+. Surya also smashed 17 boundaries & 2sixes & was finally relieved that he could convert his starts into a big one after a string of few matches where he said he was not able to convert his good starts into big knocks. Anurag Nair also played very well scoring 72 off just 74balls thus helping their team reach a more than respectable target of 269 in 30 overs to defend. Gnyanshankar Singh was the pick of the bowlers from Olympia taking 2/28 followed by a wicket for Aryan Joshi.
Chasing 269 at almost 9 runs per over is a very daunting task & Olympia Sports could not manage to chase it down successfully as they managed to score just 126/11 in their 30 overs. Shashwat Jhunjhunwala(27 off 44) was the highest scorer and the only one who managed to cross the 20runs mark. The bowlers did a good job with Ayush Zimare, Aryan Desai & Shubham kharat taking 2wkts each while also containing the batsman at the same time as none of them leaked more 3.5runs per over in their bowling spells.
Sanjeevani Cricket Academy won the match by 142 runs & champ of the match was surely Suryansh Shedge for obvious reasons. The Sanjeevani bowlers also did a commendable job. Cricketgraph congratulates Suryansh for his hundred & also wishes him to continue his good form in the long run while also wishes the entire team to keep playing good cricket.
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