The RTO ground at Azad Maidan witnessed an exciting encounter between Pidilite & Afternoon Dispatch Cricket Club (ADC) as both the teams entered the field with a zest to give their best. Winning the toss, ADC elected to bat first as the wickets was favorable towards the batsman.
Things took a complete U-turn as it was not the best day in the office for ADC. Batting first, ADC were all out for just 89 runs in 19 overs. Thanks to some wonderful bowling & a combined team perfomance which made things easier for Pidilite. Right-arm medium pacer Anthony Chettiar was the destroyer in chief as he scalped 4 wkts. Not only did he succeed in giving less runs but also kept on taking wickets which dented the confidence of Team ADC. The rest of the bowlers supported him well with Vikas & S.Singh taking 2 wkts each. While Vikas got rid of the openers, it was Anthony who cleaned up the lower order.
Chasing 90 runs, Pidilite won the match with ease as they won by 6wkts and12.1 overs to spare. Opener Sujit. D was the leading scorer with a solid 43 while the rest of the batsman chipped in as they finished the chase in just 7.5 overs with the loss of 4wkts.
Pidilite won the match & Anthony Chettiar was declared the ‘man of the match’ for his tight bowling spell. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for their win as well as Anthony & wishes him to continue troubling the batsman for a long long time.
Some players are made to make headlines & Aditya Dhumal is one of them as he displayed one of the best all-round performances of the tournament with a stunning 42 ball 80 & 7wkts all in the same match! As their senior player Rohan Bane shared with Cricketgraph ‘’That even if he would have played alone, our team would have won the match’
Tata Capital won the toss & elected to field first with an aim of restricting them to a low score. However, they were not aware what was in the store for them as Tata Power made a complete mayhem of the opposition bowlers. The openers failed to give a flying start but it was their middle order which did the job for Tata Power. Nikhil Patil chipped in with a solid 43 followed by Praful Waghela‘s 28 & a 8ball 24 by Wilkin Mota. However, the man who changed the tides was Tata Power’s southpaw Aditya Dhumal who scored a belligerent 80 off just 42balls which included 5fours & 4sixes to steer his team total to 206/7 in 20 overs. No bowler was spared from the opposition but Akbar Khan’s bowling spell was quite commendable with bowling figures of 3/33 in 4 overs. Tata Power reached a very healthy total thanks to Aditya and all the other batsman who contributed in their capacity with the bat.
Chasing 207 at more than 10runs per over, Tata Capital did felt the pressure of chasing in the finals as they succumbed to the good bowling of Tata Power & were all out for just 76 runs in 9 overs. Slow left arm bowler Aditya who already became a star with the bat was not done yet as he bowled a superb bowling spell of 7/8 in 3 overs. Wilkin Mota also chipped in with 2wkts followed by a wkt for Uday Kolambe.
It was a wonderful display of team perfomance as well as a ‘one side show’ by Aditya Dhumal who won the hearts with his all-round perfomance. Tata Power team won the finals in style while Aditya Dhumal was declared ‘man of the match’ while KP (Kaustubh Pawar) being adjudged ‘man of the series’
Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for their wonderful win & also congratulates Aditya Dhumal for his all-round perfomance. Cricketgraph also wishes them to continue playing this good brand of cricket & have a bright future ahead.
When a team performs together, you don’t need to rely on just one player or the captain to win the match. When all the players work together as a team, good results are bound to come & one such example was the semi-final match between BCC (Boys Cricket Club, Dombivali) & Salgaonkar Sports Club (SSC, Thane)
Winning the toss, BCC elected to field first because not only was the pitch helpful for the bowlers but also they had a good bowling line-up to restrict the oppsoiton to a low total. Their decision did reap them dividends as Salgaonkar Sports Club were all out for just 144 runs. Bhagya Sehgal was the only batman who crossed 30+ & looked good for his 36. Collectively it was a good bowling effort by the BCC boys as they contained the batsman and also took wickets. Vedant Patil & Soham Talekar were amazing with the ball as both the players scalped 4wkts each with bowling figures of 4/21(4) & 4/9(4.2) respectively. Soham Rane also chipped in with 2wkts & supported Vedant and Soham nicely.
Chasing 145 is not the toughest of tasks & BCC proved it as they won the match by 7wkts and chased it in just 30.3 overs. The openers did not gave best of the starts but Harsh Palande & Pratham Nambiar came up with good knocks of 37 & 46 respectively. Pratham looked particularly confident & it was a match winning knock from him.
Cricketgraph congratulates the team for their commendable win and also wishes all the boys & especially Soham, Vedant & Pratham for their brilliant individual perfomances. Looking at their current form, they certainly look a tough nut to crack for the finals.
The National Cross Maidan witnessed a wonderful match between Tata Power & Tata Steel Jamshedpur on Wednesday. It was the turn of Tata Power’s southpaw Praful Waghela who showed his mettle with the bat as he scored a unbeaten half-century to steer his team to a commendable win.
Winning the toss, Tata Steel Jamshedpur were off to a tricky start with their no.2 & 3 falling cheaply. Opener Siddarth Neelam scored a solid 37 off just 42 balls (2fours, 1 six). Satyajit Gera (27) & Ranjit Bera (25) chipped in with 20’s but no one below them were able to fire. Hence Tata Steel managed to reach only 136/9 in 20 overs & were not able to cross the 150 run mark. Uday Kolambe was the pick of the bowlers scalping 3/29 followed by 2wkts for Aditya Dhumal.
Chasing 137, Tata Power did not have the best of the starts with their top 5 batsman not able to make much of a difference. However, their middle order batsman Praful Waghela did the job for his team. This is not first time Praful came with a brilliant perfomance & once again showed his worth as he scored a destructive 54* off just 24 balls. Playing at a strike-rate of more than 200, praful smashed 8 fours and a six to turn the tables in his team’s favor.
Tata Power won the match & Praful Waghela was the ‘man of the match’. Cricketgraph congratulates Praful & the whole team & wishes them to go on & win the tournament.
It was an interesting encounter between TCS & Tata Capital at the National C.C, Cross Maidan in Mumbai. Tata Capital won the toss & elected to field first as the wicket was good to bowl on. Also the big fish of Tata Capital Kaustubh Pawar made the right noises just before the IPL on what he is capable of as he scored a thunderous 65* off just 27 balls.
TCS failed to get a good start with their top order struggling to make runs. Pinkesh Tandel at no.4 was the only player who managed to score in 2 digits for TCS as he made a quick 24 off just 16 balls. However the tight bowling by the opposition did not allow them to score freely and they managed to make only 95/8 in 20 overs. Slow left arm bowler Vishal Dabholkar & Parikshit Valsangkar were the pick of the bowlers taking 3/13 & 2/20 respectively. The rest of the bowlers also did a good job around them to restrict TCS to a low score.
Chasing 96, right-handed opener Kaustub Pawar did not show any mercy to the opposition & finished the chase with Sachin Yadav in mere 4.5 overs. Yes you heard it right! in just 5 overs. Kaustubh smashed a blazing 65* off just 27 balls which included as many as 7 fours & 6 big sixes. Kaustubh was in no mood to take the game till the end as he played at a strike rate of above 225+ while Sachin Yadav from the other side was also equally destructive scoring an unbeaten 27* off just 10 balls.
Tata Capital won the match in a great fashion by 10wkts and 15.1 overs to spare. Kaustubh Pawar was declared ‘man of the match’ for his match winning half century. Cricketgraph congratulates KP & the whole team for their commendable win & wishes them to continue playing the good brand of cricket for a long long time.
It was a crucial quarter-finals encounter between Kandivali Cricket Association & Kansara C.C at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana. Kandivali C.A won the toss & elected to bat first on a good batting track to post a big total for Kansara.
Their decision to bat first did reaped them dividends as Kandivali C.A managed to reach 176/6 in 20 overs. Dinesh Bohnu & Umang Shah were the leading scorers scoring 51 & 40 respectively. Yogesj Pujari also chipped in with 27 followed by a quickfire 25 of just 9 balls by Aakash Bharadwaj which included 3 sixes to push their team total to 176. The batsman did a commendable job & everyone contributed in their capacity.
Chasing 177, Kansara CC felt the pressure of chasing and succumbed to the pressure of quarter-finals as they were reduced to only 133/10. Kansara CC got all out for 133 & Kandivali C.A won the quarter-finals by 44 runs. Right-arm off spinner Aakash Bharadwaj was the pick of the bowlers with great bowling figures of 4/17 in 4 overs.
Akash continued his good form in the Quarters & lets expect him to steer his team to a title win too. Cricketgraoh congratulates Aakash & the whole team for their win and wishes them to continue playing good cricket.
It was the A Division match between two talented teams namely Tata Power & TCS of the Tata Inter Company Tournament. On winning the toss, TCS elected to bat first as the pitch was favorable for batting.
However, it wasn’t the best day in the office for TCS batsman as they were bundled out for just 108/6 in 20 overs. The bowlers did a good job on a batting wicket like Fort Vijay & contained the batsman. Rohit Sharma & Amit Sonawane were the leading scorers with the scores of 40 & 30 respectively. Abul Kalam was the pick of the bowlers as he took 2/16 in 4 overs. The rest of the bowlers also succeeded in containing the batsman. There were as many as 3 run-outs in the TCS innings which proved the opposition was also doing tight fielding.
Chasing 109, Tata Power completed the chase in just 13.4 overs with openers Rohan Bane (20 off 11) & Nishit Shetty (28* off 29balls) giving a solid start. Right-handed Nikhil Patil scored a wonderful half century coming in at no.3 to finish the game in style. Nikhil scored 51* off 35 balls (7 fours) & played the role of finisher to perfection.
Tata Power won the match by 9wkts & Nikhil Patil was declared ‘man of the match’ for his brilliant half-century. Cricketgraph congratulates Nikhil & the whole team for their win & wishes them to continue their good form in the further rounds of the tournament.
Over the years every teams have been blessed with openers like Sehwag, Gilchrist, Gayle & Mccullum who give wonderful starts at the top of the order. Their sheer presence makes the bowlers get nervous & when they hit the ball, it stays hit. Such was the sort of innings displayed by Tushar More for Tata Steel Tarapur & by Kastubh Pawar for Tata Capital at the Fort Vijay Ground, Mumbai.
Tata Steel Wire Division Tarapur won the toss & elected to bat first as the wicket was good to bat on. It was an aggressive start right from the word go given by their opener Tushar More. Tushar scored 82 off just 44 balls & smashed 10 glorious boundaries & 2sixes at a strike rate of almost 200. No.3 batsman Sairaj Patil also looked good as he smashed 46 off just 32 balls. The rest of the batsman below Sairaj crumbled with Ketan Meher being the only one to cross 15 runs with a 16ball 31. Star player K.P(Kastubh Pawar) was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/41 followed by 2wkts for Parikshit. Tata Steel managed to score 192/7 in 20 overs which is a good score any day.
Chasing 193, it was a tough fight given by Tata Capital as they lost by just 6runs. Tata capital managed to reach 186/6 in 20 overs & almost sealed the match. Star opener Kastubh Pawar smashed a regal half century at the top of the order scoring 76 off just 43balls (7fours, 4 sixes). He was also supported well by Sachin Yadav who scored a brisk 35ball 42. However, the rest of the batsman could not capitalize on the start given by the openers and lost the match by 6runs. Slow left arm spinner Brijesh Gharat was the pick of the bowlers with bowling figures of 2/23 in 4 overs followed by a wicket each for Sairaj, Jayesh & Tushar Gharat.
It was a commendable victory for Tata Steel Tarapur & some great individual performances from K.P & Tushar More. Cricketgraph congratulates Tata Steel for their win while also wishes both the teams to continue playing such good cricket in the coming matches of the tournament.
Some players are made for the big stage & they perform at the right time when it’s needed for them. Remember Adam Gilchrist’s 149 in the semi-finals or Sachin’s century in the Finals? One such case was witnessed between Mafatlal & RBI (Reserve Bank of India) when two players completely took the game away from RBI in the finals at MCA Ground, BKC Mumbai.
Mafatlal C.C won the toss & elected to bat first as the conditions were favorable to score big on the MCA Ground. It was a tricky start as their opener Miten Shah & no.3 batsman Armaan Sheikh were out for 1 & 0 respectively but H Khadiwale from the other side scored a solid 52 off 72balls (5fours). What followed was a complete display of class & grace as their no.4 Sanket Jadhav took the bowlers by surprise with his effortless century. Sanket Jadhav scored a brilliant 100* off 151 balls which included 13 glorious fours to push his team to a respectable total of 235/9 in 70 overs. Sanket looked confident at the crease & kept on taking twos & singles apart from hitting boundaries at the right time.
Chasing 236 in 70 overs is not the toughest task but it was some wonderful bowling by Mafatlal bowlers which brought them back into the game. Vishwanath Parmar was the pick of the bowlers & acted as the villain for the opposition as he took 5/92 to trouble the batsman. Not only he bowled a marathon spell of 30.5 overs which requires a nice amount of fitness & stamina but also gave less runs and took wickets at regular intervals which reduced RBI to 205/10 in 62.5 overs.
Mafatlal C.C won the match by 30 runs & a large part of credit must go to Sanket Jadhav & Vishwanath Parmar. Cricketgraph congratulates both the players and the whole team & also wishes them for a great future ahead
It’s certainly the season of left arm spinners as they are taking the market by storm. Starting from Steve O’Keefe troubling India with 6 wkts in the 1st test to R Jadeja recently taking a 5 wkts haul against Australia to recent performances by Sumeet Sharma & Rahul Mishra at the local level getting featured by Cricketgraph for their effective left-arm spin bowling. Now it’s the turn of another left-arm off-spinner Harsh Mishra who bowled a mind-blowing spell of 5/15 in 4 overs.
Dream’s won the toss & elected to bowl first as the wicket was good to bowl on. Batting first, AIRPA (All India Registered Pharmacist Association) made 192/8 in 20 overs. Right-handed opener Rupesh Khadgi scored a confident half century at the top of the order to give a solid start. Rupesh Khadgi scored 51 off 35 balls followed by quick 30’s by Gaurav kurkute (35 off 21) & Krutik Hangawadi (35 off 20). Anil was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/27 for Dream’s.
Chasing 193, Dream’s were all-out for just 139/10 in 17.3 overs and lost the match by 54 runs. Left-arm off spinner Harsh Mishra wreaked havoc as he took 5 wkts (3 LBW’s & 2 bowled) for just 15 runs in his spell of 4 overs. The rest of the bowlers bowled well around him which helped them win the match comfortably.
It was a great victory by team AIRPA & thanks to some wonderful bowling by Harsh too which made things easier. Harsh Mishra was declared ‘man of the match’ & Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for their semi-final win. Looking at their current form, their finals against Nair Hospital will be a match to lookout for.
