It was the all important finals between VFCL & Chintamani at the Yashwant Nagar Cricket ground in Virar. Team Chintamani won the toss & elected to field first in order to restrict VFCL to a low total and put them under pressure.
The decision of fielding first did reap rewards for them as they managed to restrict VFCL for just 112/9 in 20 overs. Bhadresh (17 off 34), Virat Mishra (22 off 15) & Arun Shetty (22 off 15) were the only 3 who managed to score in two figures as rest of the batting line up crumbled. The bowlers did a good job in containing the batsman and also taking wickets at the right time. Vijay Singh was the pick of the bowlers with bowling figures of 3/17 in 4 overs followed by 2/18 & 2/14 by Ajay Singh & Amar Mehta. It was a good job by the bowlers & hardly did they give any loose deliveries for the batsman to score.
A target of 113 is not the biggest to chase and especially when it’s the finals of the tournament. Team Chintamani batsman chased the score in style & won the match by 7 wickets & 3.2 overs to spare. It was a shaky start by the top 3 batsman but Mandar Nalavade smashed an aggressive 38 ball 38* to finish the chase for his team in style. Right-handed Mandar remained unbeaten and finished the game in just 16.4 overs for Chintamani. He also got able support from Lokesh Patni who remained unbeaten with 22* off just 16 balls. Paras Shah was the pick of the bowlers taking 2/18 while quickie Virat Mishra also took a wicket.
Chintamani won the finals of the tournament and it was a great team performance & good batting by Mandar who was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his 38 ball 38* . Cricketgraph congratulates the entire team for their amazing win & wishes that their good form continues for a long long time.
It was the all important quarter-finals between two promising teams namely Yes Bank & Ernst and Young at the Sachivalay Ground, Oval Maidan in Mumbai. Yes Bank won the toss & elected to bat first in order to capitalize on the opportunity of batting first and score a decent target in the board. They also have a good bowling attack to defend the score hence they elected to bat first.
Batting first, Openers Kunal & Ashish gave a good start but Kunal was eventually out for 16. However, their right-hand handed skipper Ashish Fauzdar scored a superb 49 ball 65 (2 sixes) to help his team gain positive momentum. Ashish mixed composure with aggression & played a perfect captain’s knock on a big ground like Oval. Harshal coming at no.3 also chipped in scoring a 24 ball 28. Eventually, Yes Bank reached a total of 163/7 in 20 overs with Akshay Biyani being the pick of the bowlers with bowling figures of 2/24 followed by a wicket each for Vijay Shetty & Seshadhri.
Chasing 164, Ernst & Young almost won the match and fell short of mere 2 runs to win the match. It was definitely one of the closest and tight encounters of the tournament where both the teams gave their best & the winner was not predicted till the last ball of the game. Ernst managed to reach 161/9 in their 20 overs with their opener Abhishek scoring a 22 ball 36 followed by a great knock of 64 off just 35 balls by Anish. Anish almost made his team win the match but it was luck playing the role in the end. Medium pacer Kunal Negi bowled well & was the pick of the bowlers scalping 3/38 in his 4 overs followed by 2/23 by Vaibhav. Ashish Fauzdar who scored a brilliant 65 also took a wicket (1/22 in 3 overs) to make it a complete all-round performance.
Yes Bank won the match & skipper Ashish who led from the front was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his all-round contribution. Cricketgraph congratulates Ashish & his whole team for their win & also wishes them to continue their good form to go on & win the tournament.
It was the all important finals of the A division Thane Vaibhav Tournament at the Dadoji konddev Stadium, Thane. Intelenet who have a strong batting line up elected to bat first after winning the toss with an aim of capitalizing on the opportunity of batting first to post a big total.
Batting first, Intelenet were off to a decent start with opener Shashank Mistry scoring a solid 49 off 61 balls. What followed after Shashank was pure entertainment and a proper cricketing knock by their no.3 batsman Priyank Patel. Right-handed Priyank Patel scored a magnificent hundred (101) off just 82 balls to anchor his team to a great total. Priyank worked hard between the wickets and did good running apart from scoring 10 glorious boundaries in his 82 ball stay at the crease. Kalpesh Sawant chipped in with a quick 34(27) followed by Sunny patel who remained unbeaten on 30* off just 22 balls to push their team total to a respectable score of 237/3 in 35 overs. Manohar, Pravin & Ankit took a wicket each but the situation demanded more tight bowling to restrict them below 200.
Chasing 238 in 210 balls (35 overs) is a tough task and especially when there is the pressure of the finals. Lilavati hospital managed to reach 196/9 in 35 overs and lost the finals by 42 runs. It was some good bowling by the bowlers which restricted them from freeing their hands. The first 3 batsman were out for a duck & it couldn’t have been a better start for Intelenet but Lilavati did not gave up as Rupesh Kondalkar at no.5 gave his best to score a fighting 73 off 73 balls(10 fours.1six) to revive the hopes for his team. Sudhir and Parag also gave him support with their quick 20’s but it just did not proved to be enough at the end of the day as they lost the match. Right arm off spinner Kalpesh Sawant was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/23 followed by their fast bowler Arvind Patel taking 2/21 in 6 overs.
It was a good team performance by intelenet where the batsman and the bowlers both did their job to win the crucial finals of the tournament. Cricketgraph congratulates the entire team & wishes them to continue their good form in the future too.
It was the all important semi-finals of the Kalyan Premier League between Sulonia Cricket Academy & Boys Cricket Club at Santosh Sports Cricket Academy, Mumbai. BCC (Boys Cricket Club) won the toss & elected to bowl first with an aim of restricting Sulonia Academy to a low total.
Sulonia Cricket Academy batted first and it was a tricky start for them as none of the batsman from the top 4 were able to convert their 20’s and 30’s into a big score. Opener Jay Dhatrak scored an aggressive 34 off 27 (6 fours) at the top of the order, however he lost his wicket at 34 & so did the other batsman who lost their wickets in similar fashion. Aryan Dalal was the 2nd highest scorer at the middle order scoring 30 off 29 balls. Team Sulonia was all out for 202/10 in 34.5 overs with Archit Ghosalkar being the pick of the bowlers for BCC with bowling figures of 3/39 in 7 overs followed by Shlok Jadhav & Parth Wad.
Chasing 203 in 35 overs is not the toughest but it is not the easiest either as BCC succumbed to the pressure of the semi-finals and were all out for 109 runs in 29.3 overs. It was some good display of bowling where the bowlers succeeded in containing the batsman to some extent. Rohil Jadhav was the pick of the bowlers with 3/20 in his 7 overs followed by 2/21 by Anuj iyer. It was also a great bowling spell by Left Arm Spinner Aryan Dalal who gave only 7 runs with 2 maidens in his 6 overs & also took a wicket. The rest of the bowlers also did a good job as Vedant, Sushen & Aarush also picked up a wicket each.
Sulonia Cricket Academy won the crucial semi-finals & Aryan Dalal was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his all-round performance. Cricketgraph congratulates Aryan & his whole team for their promising performance & also wishes them to go on and win the tournament.
Finals are always nail-biting and so was the match between Prabhu jolly Cricketers & Khandala CC of the Kurla Bapat Tournament. Prabhu jolly won the toss & took the gamble of bowling first in order to restrict them to a low total.
The gamble of bowling first did go in their favor as Khandala CC managed to score only 134/8 in 20 overs. Opener Kashif Poryani batted well & tried to give a good start but the rest of the batsman couldn’t fire. Kashif scored a quick 41 off 38 at the top of the order followed by their no.3 batsman Arjun tendulkar scoring a 30 ball 23 where he smashed 2 sixes. Left-handed Arjun smashed 2 sixes & gave us a déjà vu of his father ‘Sachin Tendulkar” . Eventually he could not convert his 23 into a substantial score. Tejas Shetty and the lower order came in and chipped in with a crucial 20 ball 25* which helped their team reach a total of 134 which is at least respectable if not defendable. Left arm spinner Vijendra Yadav who had performed exceedingly well in the semis continued his good form and came up with bowling figures of 3/12 in 4 overs followed by 3/31 by Birendra Rawat.
Chasing 135, Prabhu Jolly batsman chased the score in just 19 overs and 5 wkts to spare to win all-important finals of the Tournament. Right-handed opener Ravindra Vishwakarma was the leading scorer smashing a quick fifty (58 off 45 balls) at the top of the order which sealed the game for them. Ravi smashed 6 boundaries & almost remained till the end to finish the chase in style. Arjun Tendulkar was smashed for 40 runs in his 4 overs & was given the same treatment which he gave to the bowlers with his bat while Sandeep, Vikas & Tejas took a wicket each.
Prabhu Jolly Cricketers won the finals of the tournament & it was a collective team perfomance which led them to a victory. Virendra, Birendra & Ravindra especially played good cricket for their team. Ravi Vishwakarma was adjudged man of the match for his brilliant batting & fielding behind the stumps as he took 3catches and did 2 stumpings too.The winning team was also given a cash prize of 10,000 & the awards were distributed by esteemed guests like MCA member Shirkant Tigadi, Kurla Sports Club doctor Vibhakar Koparde, Naresh Khandelwal, G.S Vaidya, M.V Katti, Ulhas Babrekar & Santosh pednekar. Cricketgraph congratulates the team for their wonderful perfomance & wishes them that their good form continues for a long long time.
It was yet another thrilling quarter-finals of the young comrade shield tournament where players from both the sides played exceedingly well & gave a tough fight to each other. D.Y Patil which is known for its strong batting line-up elected to bat first after winning the toss in order to post a big total on the board.
Batting first, D.Y Patil did their job perfectly & managed to live up to their own expectations as they managed to score 359/10 in 70 overs. It was a good display of batting which took their team total to a defendable one. Right-handed Shubham Ranjane coming at no.4 played a calm & composed knock of 115 off just 140 balls & played the anchors role to perfection. Shubham was playing with patience & smashed 11 glorious boundaries & a six in his 140 ball stay at the crease. Yogesh Takawale was the 2nd highest scorer in the side with a brisk 75 followed by Awam Khan’s 46 which eventually pushed their team total to 359. From the bowling side, left-arm spinner Hemant Buchade gave whatever he had in the do or die encounter against D.Y as he scalped 6/94 to trouble the batsman. Buchade lacked support from the other end or else D.Y Patil could have been restricted to a low total for sure. Hemant was simply outstanding with the ball & kept on taking wickets consistently.
Chasing 360 in 70 overs is going to be a daunting task anyday, Sind Sports Club fought well but they were eventually all out for just 260 runs in 57.4 overs. Had they survived till the total quota of overs, the results could have been different for sure. It wasn’t an easy win for D.Y for sure, as Puneet Tripathi fought hard & scored a wonderful century scoring 115 followed by 44 & 32 by Parthiv Mehta & Harsh Tank. Azhar Qureshi & Karsh Kothari did a good job with the ball taking 8 wkts together with bowling figures of 4/47 & 4/83 respectively.
Eventually, DY Patil won the quarter finals by 99 runs & the match witnessed some terrific individual performances from both the sides right from Hemant’s 6 wkts, centuries by Shubham & Puneet, a solid 75 by Yogesh to 8 wkts combined by Karsh & Azhar. Cricketgraph congratulates DY Patil for their quarter final win & also wishes both the teams to continue playing good cricket like this match.
It was one of the better quarter-final matches of the Comrade Shield Tournament at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. Fort Vijay Club who have a good batting line-up elected to bat first & make a big score on the board to put the opposition under pressure.
Batting first reaped good dividends for Fort Vijay as they managed to score a decent target of 297 for CCI to chase. CCI got all out for 296/10 in 69.2 overs and left-handed Divyansh Saxena was the leading scorer with a gutsy 75. Divyansh looked confident for his stay at the crease & was looking poised to score a century. Right-handed Rahul Lad & lefty Pankaj Jaiswal also made crucial contributions of 67 & 58 which played an equally crucial role for their team to reach a total of 296. Shashikant Kadam looked positive in his bowling spell & came up with bowling figures of 3/56. Other bowlers bowled well around him but it was kadam who looked confident in troubling the batsman to some extent.
Chasing 297 is never that easy & especially when it is a high pressure quarter-finals. CCI did appear to succumb to that pressure and good bowling of Fort Vijay bowlers until Shashikant Kadam arrived. CCI were at one point struggling at 140/8 before Shashikant came in & almost tried to change the script of the game in his team’s favor. From 140/8, CCI reached 276 falling short of just 20 runs. Thanks to one of the finest tons of the tournament by Shashikant where he smashed a blazing 112 which also included 10 big sixes to enthrall his team & the spectators alike. Nikhil Patil also scored a valiant 53 but it was just not enough at the end of the day as Fort Vijay won the match by 20 runs. The spin duo of Farhan Kazi & Sagar Udeshi destroyed the opposition in tandem and took 8 wkts together. Particularly left arm-spinner Sagar Udeshi did an amazing job taking 5/129 followed by 3/51 by Farhan Kazi.
All in all it was a great quarter-finals encounter where both the teams gave their best to win but eventually Fort Vijay won the match & qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament. Cricketgraph congratulates the whole CCI team for their fabulous performance & also appreciates the all-round efforts of Shashikant Kadam where he almost took his team to one of the most memorable chases of the tournament.
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It was the all important finals of the prestigious Thane Vaibhav Tournament at the Dadoji Konddev Stadium, Mumbai. Finals are always exciting and so was this match where both the teams who played hard to reach the finals had one last shot to give their best. Akumentis won the toss and elected to make Material Organisation bat first & put them under pressure.
Material Organisation were off to a tricky start with their opener Niranjan out for 1. However, their other opener Vishnu bhaidkar(Right-handed) scored a solid 46 off just 62b alls which included 6 boundaries. Vinayak Joshi, Gautam Wankhede & Roshal Patel also gave crucial contributions scoring 46, 38 & 35 respectively. Rahul Ghodke was the pick of the bowlers for Akumentis with bowling figures of 2/16 in 4 overs followed by 2/43 by Avi Marke. Eventually Material Organisation managed to score 238/8 in 35 overs which is anyday a good score to defend in the finals.
Chasing 239, thanks to the collective good performance by the Material bowlers, Akumentis were all out for just 112 runs in 22.1 overs. A total of 4 bowlers chipped in together with 2 wickets each and destroyed the batting unit of Akumentis & winning the match by 126 runs. Medium pacer Vivek Malgundkar, Vinayak Joshi, Premdeep & Mangesh Jadhav all bowled really well not allowing any batsman to settle & helping their team lift the prestigious Thane Vaibhav Tournament.
It was surely a performance by Material Organisation which the final matches demand & Cricketgraph congratulates the whole team for their fabulous performance & winning the tournament in style.
It was a nail biting semi-final between two good sides namely ICICI & MET Sports club at the New Hind Cricket Ground, Matunga, Mumbai. ICICI who have been performing well in this tournament elected to bowl first after winning the toss and restrict them to a low total and put them under pressure.
Their decision to bowl first went in their favor as both the openers of MET succumbed for just 6 & 10 runs respectively. No.3 Batsman Prathamesh acted as the savior for their side as he scored a rock solid 76 runs off 97 balls (5 fours, 2 sixes). The rest of the players could not score much and eventually the whole innings was restricted to a total of 209 in 42.2 overs. It was also some good bowling by the ICICI bowlers which made the damage to their batting. Off-spinner Ajay Shinde bowled fantastic with bowling figures of 4/43 supported nicely by Kiran Bobade who also chipped in with 3/39 to trouble the opposition. The spin duo together scalped 7 wickets giving away only 82 runs & that played a major role in MET’s low total.
Chasing 210, ICICI did their job in style as they chased the score in just 42 overs and won the match by 4 wickets. But it wasn’t easy as it sounds because at one stage ICICI was struggling at 83 for 6 before Kiran Bobade & Harshad stitched the partnership of the tournament. Left-handed Kiran & Right handed Harshad stitched a 135+ partnership to take their team to the finals. While Harhad appeared as if he was on a mission to finish the game as he scored his 63* off just 31 balls which included 4big sixes while Kiran at the other side played the anchors role scoring a 66 ball 67 (7 fours, 3 sixes) to help their team qualify for the all important finals for the first time.
ICICI who has participated for the 1st time in this tournament has already qualified for the finals which is quite commendable. The team’s hard work and practice at Sports Promotion Group (SPG) under the guidance of their main coach Sangam lad sir & Karan Nandey (Ex-Maharashtra ranji player)has reaped rewards for sure. Their finals will be against the powerful DTDC team & Cricketgraph wishes all the luck to all the players to go on & win the tournament.
