It was a match full of great individual performances as Datamatics & CCD clashed each other for a crucial encounter at the Asahi India Glass Ltd ground in Taloja. On a decent track, Datamatics elected to bat first after winning the toss & put the opposition under tenterhooks.
Batting first, their opener as well as their frontline batsman Rohidas Koyande scored a destructive 70 off merely 40 balls which laid the foundation for their innings. Opening the innings, it was the best start his team could ask for as he smashed 4fours & 6big sixes to lighten the ground with his blazing performance. His opening partner Pratik Chaudhary was the 2nd highest scorer with a 22ball 27 followed by a crucial 22 by Pratik Mahanwar at no.10 which helped them reach a big total of 194/7 in 20 overs. Vasudev Mhatre was the pick of the bowlers from CCD taking 3/31 in 4 overs followed by a wkt each for the rest of the bowlers.
First of all chasing 150+ itself is a task & when it is against a strong team like Datamatics it becomes all the more difficult for the batsmen to chase. Left-arm spinner Nehal Katakdhond who opened the bowling for Datamatics was the star destroyer for Datamatics as he scalped 5/7 in 4 overs which was nothing less than stunning bowling figures. Nehal completely puzzled the batsmen with his spin & 3 out of his 5wkts were clean bowleds. Right-arm medium pacer Premchand Rajbhor also did a wonderful job at the end as he took 3wkts in 4 balls & finished off the game in style.
CCD were all out for 97/10 in 18.4 overs & It was a perfect team work by the Datamatics players as they won the match comfortably by 98 runs. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for their win while also congratulating Rohidas Koyande, Nehal Katakdhond, Pratik Mahanwar, Pratik Chaudhary& PremchandRajbhor for their brilliant individual performances. Looking at the current form of the team, they certainly look favorites to win the tournament.
He is very young, with a small frame and an innocent smile, however he is a complete cricketing package wherein he opens the batting coupled with lighting-fast fielding skills and commendable leadership skills.
For a boy whose entire family has been related to cricket right from his 67yr old grandfather Jagdish Jaiswal being a ground-manager at the Dadar Parsee Colony to his father Jayprakash Jaiswal currently giving private cricket coaching at Matunga.The humble background of Ved is finally reaping rewards for his father and his grandfather when they see their grandson/son score as many as 4 back to back double hundreds in the Giles Shield Tournament.
Currently studying in 8thstd, Ved’s father started teaching him cricket when Ved was barely 7years of age. Vedprakash studies at IES VN Sule school & has performed exceptionally well for his school team too (Opener & skipper for his school team).
At the age of 15, Vedprakash has already participated in numerous cricketing tournaments including the prestigious Giles Shield Tournament, Under-14 West Zone Cricket Tournament, Under-14 Future star Tournament and a few more. Ved has also so far represented his school IES VN Sule as a skipper & as an opening batman apart from also representing Mahim Juveniles XI.
In last 8-10 months Ved must have played atleast 20 test matches (2-day test matches) out of which he has scored 9 hundreds which include 4 back to back double hundreds in the Giles Shield Tournament. Ved’s average has been always been in the higher 50’s & the icing on the cake is he is successful as a skipper too.
Below is a compiled list of Ved’s performance in the last year. The list is endless and remarkable for his age.
Notable performances of Vedprakash since last 12 months-
In May 2016– 135* not out of 102balls in Varrou Cup
In January 2017
Harris Shield Match -92 off 136 balls.
In February 2017.Giles shield Tournament
Match 1-172* in142 balls
Match 2- 209 off 117balls(32fours, 3sixes) vs Fatima School .
Match3- 214* in 198 balls (35fours) vs Shardashram High School
Match 4- 224*off 252 balls(24fours) vs Gokuldham High School
Match 5-236 out in 264 balls(27fours) vs Rizvi Springfield
In February 2017.
Selected for State match of Mumbai. Scored 104* in 156 balls.
In March 2017.
136out in 74 balls(19fours,6sixes) against Virar in the Future Star Tournament
Fireblaze recently awarded the Fireblaze Junior cricket award to Rutvik Sandore for scoring a mammoth 130 runs for his school Meridian in the finals of Under 16 Champions Trophy against Santosh Academy.
Rutvik was awarded a certificate of appreciation along with Fireblaze cricket kit bag for his excellent knock of 130 in 61 balls. His knock was laced with 20 fours and 4 massive sixes.
CricketGraph team selected Rutvik for this award since he delivered this knock in a high tension final match of the Under 16 Champions Trophy against the host team of Santosh Academy.
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Yet another promising knock from a player who is still playing in the U-16 tournament but batting like a pro. Fresh from a recent brutal hundred (130 off 61) against Santosh Sports Academy, Rutvik is still not done yet as he again came up with a solid & aggressive knock of 87 coming off just 58 balls.
New Era school won the toss & elected to bat first in order to capitalize on the batting conditions & post a big total on the board. However things turned out to be quite different as New Era school totally crumbled & none of their batsman were able to trouble the opposition. New Era school was all out for just 156 runs & it was really some tight bowling perfomance by the Meridian bowlers. Right-arm medium pacer Manas Shah was the pick of the bowlers scalping 3wkts in his 5 overs & he was nicely supported by the other bowlers too who succeeded in taking regular wickets & containing the batsman.
Chasing 156, it was a tough fight given by the New Era bowlers as they fought till the very end taking as many as 7wkts of the opposition but it was their in-form Rutvik Sangdore who once again acted as the savior for his side scoring a match winning 87 off just 58balls. Left-handed Rutvik smashed 10 fours & 2sixes to rattle the opposition & help his team win the match by 3wkts.
Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team & rutvik for their win. Looking at Rutvik’s current form, he is certainly the batsman to look out for in the coming matches of the tournament.
The Raymonds ground in Mumbai witnessed an exciting clash between Arunoday Public School & New Horizon School. Winning the toss, New Horizon elected to bat first with an aim of putting Arunoday boys under pressure by posting a big total on the board.
New Horizon could have done a better job with the bat as they were all out for just 137/10 in 27.4 overs. Hardly any batsman could make a big difference apart from Pratham Kamli who scored a fighting 36 off just 34balls (5fours) coming in at no.4. Right-arm off spinner Harsh Patil was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/36 in his 5 overs & also took 2 crucial wickets of set batsman from the opposition. Harsh even took 2wkts in one over which played a turning point in the match. Left-arm spinner Shreyas gharge was another bowler who also did a good job with the ball taking 2/21 in 5 overs followed by 2/22 by Amogh Ambekar.
Chasing 138, the bowling was equally disappointing by the New Horizon bowlers as they leaked as many as 46 extras in the game. Arunoday school won the match by 9wkts with opener Arnav & Harsh Patil remaining unbeaten on 33*(35) & 30*(28) to seal the game comfortably.
New Horizon school won the match by 9wkts & Harsh Patil was declared ‘man of the match’ for his all-round contribution. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for their win & also wishes Harsh all the luck for a great future ahead.
Travel Ex & Tata Capital limited clashed each other for a crucial encounter at the Western Railway Ground (plot no.3) in Mumbai. Travel Ex won the toss on a good bowling track where the boundaries are long to restrict Tata Capital to a low score.
Batting first Tata Capital was successfully restricted to 110/10 in 19.1 overs. Thanks to some wonderful bowling by the Travel Ex bowlers, Tata Capital were not able to post a big total on the board. Apart from their opener Maharudra Sawant who scored a solid 44 off just 37balls, hardly any other batsman were able to cross even 15+ runs which acted as a dent in their innings. Medium pacer Sachin Chaudhary was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/9 in his 2 overs. Sachin bowled really well & was nicely supported by Omkar Maldikar who chipped in with 2/12 with his right arm off-spin.
Chasing 111 was not the toughest of tasks for the opposition as they won the match by 7wkts. Opener Deepak Pari batted well for his 40ball45 while Omkar at no.3 chipped in with the bat too scoring a quick 30 off just 19balls while Pramod & Karan finished off the chase remaining unbeaten on 23* & 4*.
Travel Ex won the match comfortably & Omkar won the 3rd consecutive ‘man of the match award’ which shows how good form he is in. With 142runs & 7wkts so far in the last three matches, Omkar certainly seems to be a player to watch out for in the coming matches of the tournament.
The Raymond cricket ground witnessed an exciting encounter between two promising teams namely Billabong International School & VPM school. VPM won the toss & elected to bat first to put the opposition under pressure.
However, Billabong boys had some different plans in store for them as the entire batting line up of VPM crumbled in no time. In fact VPM should thank those 23 extras which Billlabong conceded which made them cross the 50 run mark. The star bowler of the match turned out to be their left-arm spinner Aarush Patankar as he scalped 4/5 in 2.5 overs. These are some stunning bowling figures for a U-16 boy like Aarush as he bowled in the right areas & kept on confusing the batsman with his effective spin. Aarush was firmly supported by Anirudh Iyer as he also bowled well taking 3/11 in his 3 overs with his pace bowling.
Billabong chased down the score in just 10.4 overs & won the match comfortably by 6wkts though Sanath pawar looked promising with the ball taking 3wkts where all of them were clean bowleds.
Billabong won the match & spinner Aarush Patankar was declared ‘man of the match’. The award was presented by Mr. Rajan Iyer secretary of Sri Maa Vidyalaya for his brilliant bowling which also included a stunning hat-trick. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for their win & also wishes young Aarush to keep playing such good cricket in the future too.
Jay is just 14 years old but the way he is playing cricket gives a big statement about the level of composure & maturity he is developing day by day. It was the 3rd match for Singhania vs VPM (Vidya Prasarak Mandal) at Raymond cricket ground in Mumbai.
Winning the toss, VPM elected to bat first with aim of making a big target and putting singhania boys under pressure. However, VPM were all-out for mere 130/10 in 30 overs. The bowlers really did a commendable job & bowled well in the right areas troubling most of the batsman. Right-arm off spinner Anuj Iyer was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/12 in his 4overs followed by Jay Dhatrak taking 2/20 with his spin bowling. The rest of the bowlers also did a fine job of containing the batsman but it was Anuj & Jay who looked promising enough to trouble the opposition.
Chasing 131, it was a mere formality for the strong batting line-up of Singhania School. The in-form Jay Jain scored a blistering 100* at the top of the order coming off just 65 balls. Left-handed Jay smashed 19fours & showed his mettle at the crease dealing maximum runs in boundaries. 11yr old Vishnu who opened the innings with Jay also looked promising for his knock of 20.
Singhania School chased down the score in just 22 overs & won the match comfortably by a big margin of 9wkts. Opener Jay Jain was declared ‘man of the match’ for his stunning hundred while bowling of Anuj & jay Dhatrak was also appreciation worthy. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team while again wishes Jay Jain for his wonderful century. With scores of 43, 72 & 100* so far, jay certainly seems to be a dangerous prospect for the future opponents.
The Islam Gymkhana Ground at Marine Lines witnessed a great perfomance by the Payyade Sports Club Boys as they whitewashed the opposition with their fearless bowling and batting. Winning the toss, Payyade elected to bowl on a neutral track which was favoring both turn for the bowlers & bounce for the batsman to score runs.
Made to bat first, Apollo Cricket Club did a fairly good job of posting 159/5 in 20 overs on the board which is always a competitive if not a big score to defend. The Payyade bowlers conceded 26 extras which helped Apollo cross 150+ or they could have been restricted to 125-130. Shubham Kamat at no.7 played an aggressive 41* off 26 along with Sairaj Sangle who remained unbeaten on 27* off 24balls to push their team total to a respectable 159. The top order crumbled but it was their middle-order batsman who did the job. Spinner Badree Alam & Atif Attarwala took a wicket each while there were 3 run-outs in their fall of 5wkts
Chasing 160 at exact 8 runs per over was not the easiest of jobs for Payyade but their left-handed opener Akhil Herwadkar smashed a 54 ball 101*to steer his team to a comfortable win. Left-handed Akhil did what Warner usually does for Australia on regular basis as he smashed 12 fours & 5big sixes to enthrall his team mates & the spectators. His opening partner Eknath Kerkar also did a great job smashing an unbeaten half century (53* off 31balls) & stitching a match winning partnership with Akhil.
Payyade Sports Club won the match by 10wkts & Akhil ‘s knock was the highlight of the match. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team as well as both the openers for putting up a great show. Looking at their current form, dangerous opener Akhil & the whole team are certainly to look out for in the coming matches of the tournament.
It’s certainly the season as well as the trend of all-rounders, be it Maxwell, chris lynn, jadeja or pollard. The local matches and tournaments are not deprived of quality all-rounders either as we got to witness a great all-round perfomance by Mayank Gala against the quality side of Tata Motors in the ongoing Masters cup at the Elf Vengsarkar Academy ground, Oval.
Tata Motors won the toss & elected to bat first with an aim of making it a big 1st innings target to defend. The match could have been a lot easier but the sloppy bowling of Birla bowlers took Tata Motor’s total to 150/10 in 19.5 overs. The bowlers conceded 30 extras or else they would have been all-out for a mere 120 runs on the board. Opener Maharudra batted really well & scored a solid 30 but the entire batting line-up crumbled below him as hardly any batsman were able to convert their starts into big scores. Even though the bowlers did conceded extras but they bowled really well & particularly their right arm off spinner Mayank gala who scalped a stunning 5/30 in his 4 overs. Mayank made the batsman completely clueless with his efficient spin & kept on taking crucial wickets including maharudra’s. C Gohil also bowled well scalping 2/10 in 1.5 overs.
Chasing 151, Birla Sunlife openers were out early and they did experience some early jitters but Punit & Mayank at no.3 & 4 sailed their team towards victory after stitching a match-winning partnership. Punit smashed 45 off just 30 balls while it was Mayank who remained till the end smashing a 60* off mere 38balls which included 8fours & a big six.
Mayank completely owned the match with his all-round perfomance & proved how big an asset he can be for any team he plays for. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team & Mayank for a great win and wishes them luck for their upcoming encounters.