Fort Youngsters faced Sainath Sports Club in the Inaugural MCA Women’s League 2022-23. Batting first, Fort Youngsters scored a competitive total of 152 on board losing 5 wickets in the process. Leading the charge, Janhvi Kate smashed a 45-ball 55 as she opened the innings. She hit 8 fours and 1 six in a match-winning knock. Amisha Mhatre bowled an impressive spell of 2/5 in just 4 overs including a maiden to her name.
Sainath SC set out to chase but could manage only 85 as tight lines by the Fort Youngster bowler’s restricted the runflow. Zeal claimed 2 wickets as Kate managed to pick 1 wicket as well. A dominant performance by the Youngsters resulted in a 67-run victory.
In the Friendship Trophy 2023, Shiv Shakti CC locked horns with Rangers CC in an enticing game of cricket. Shiv Shakti CC managed to score just 152 in 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. Swapnil Chaudhari scored 37 off 25 for his team, forming minor partnerships along the way. Jayesh Sharma from Rangers claimed 4 wickets in 3 overs conceding just 23 runs in the process.
With a chaseable target, Rangers CC set out to chase but the Shiv Shakti bowler’s challenged the batter to the limit. Skipper Sarvesh Jain started off the innings with a 37-ball 39 as Krunal and Parikshit chipped in handy runs. Despite the runs, Rangers kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Prasad Bhosle entered the field with half of the team down for 109 in the 14th over. With anyone’s game at this point, Prasad played a crucial knock of 31 off just 22. Ultimately he was unbeaten at the end of the innings as Rangers CC managed to edge out with just 2 wickets in hand at the end of the 19th over.
For his bowling performance, Jayesh Sharma was named the Man of the Match.
In the Friendship Trophy 2023, Indiafirst Life convincingly won against FCC Mavericks by 86 runs. Indiafirst Life hammered 218 in 20 overs. Opener Vaibhav Sethi scored 42 off 35 to set the tone. Wicketkeeper Anil Ronanki smashed a 45-ball 75 through the middle stages of the game with 8 fours and 3 sixes. After him, Amit Singh Rathore finished off the innings with and unbeaten 79 off just 28 balls, With a strike rate of 282, Rathore hit 9 fours and 5 sixes. Despite the high score, Devendra Rane managed to bowl an impressive spell of 1/23 in 4 overs, claiming 1 of the 3 wickets.
Mavericks had a dismal start, losing a wicket in the first over itself but the misery didn’t end there as they were bowled out for just 132. NIkhil P scored 34 down the order but his effort came at the fag end of the innings. Dharmendra Gupta and Seshagiri Rao claimed 3 wickets each as Aman SHah’s 4/21 dismantled the Mavericks line up.
Amit Rathore was named as the Man of the Match.
In the ongoing Friendship Trophy 2023, Rangers CC dominated against the FCC Smashers as they won the game by 45 runs. Rangers posted a total of 185 runs onboard losing 9 wickets in the process. Skipper Sarvesh Jain started off the innings by scoring 34 and forming a brief partnership with Parikshit Tripathi who went on to score 66 off just 26 balls with 6 fours and 6 sixes. On the bowling side, Sagar Nehete claimed 2 wickets along with Saurabh Solanki.
With an intimidating total onboard, FCC’s captain Nimish Tandel hammered q quick-fire 32 but they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were ultimately restricted to just 140. Shakir Sheikh bowled 4 overs claiming 4 wickets with an economy rate of just 4 runs an over. Apart from him, Pratik Koli was also in the wickets, claiming 3 for himself.
Parikshit Tripathi was named the Man of the Match for his stellar batting performance.
In the ongoing Friendship Trophy 2023, FCC Mavericks faced the Cricket Club of Dombivli as the latter prevailed in a dominant fashion. Mavericks scored 155 in 20 overs for the loss of 9 wickets. Manoj scored a crucial 37 after losing 3 quick wickets. After him, it was skipper Hiren Lakhmani’s opportunity to contribute an unbeaten 59 of just 37 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes. The Mavericks batting was rattled by one man, Shrikant Balwan who claimed 7 wickets. In his 4 overs, he gave away just 24 runs.
With a competitive target onboard, CCD lost an initial wicket but what followed was an onslaught by the CCD. Deepak Acharya hammered 43 off just 23 with 7 fours and 1 six to his name. After his dismissal, Arvind Iyer and Aniket Desai finished off the innings quickly. Iyer scored 37 off just 16 as Desai amassed 47 in 20 balls chasing down the target in the 14th over itself with 7 wickets in hand.
Advocates Premier League is now Advocates Cricket Championship. In its second edition ACC is back with more exciting features . 8 teams will be battling for the ACC trophy this year showcasing 120+ advocates from across Maharashtra:
- AAWI
- ACT BORIVALI
- BABA CHALLENGERS
- CMM CHAMPIONS
- DECREEKETERS
- THANE A
- MUMBAI LAWYERS ALLIANCE
- NBR ROYALS
The matches will be played at the Oval Maidan , Churchgate , Mumbai on the 7th and 8th of April. The league matches will be played on the 7th and the knockouts will be played on the 8th. This season ACC is working in association with Courtying Cricket Championship in loving memory of Founder member Advocate Prashant Patil . Sponsors Sportslex, Fast&Up , Malkist, Nirantar and Elemnt are working together to make this edition memorable . Sportslex is our Title sponsor this year, Fast&Up is nutrition partner , Malkist is break-time partner , Nirantar is our style sponsor and Elemnt brings us skincare for our players, MZMcare are our H20 partners.
Adv. Kaustubh Gupte, organizing member of the ACC, said, “Though there have been many cricket tournaments for advocates and lawyers since the last 10 years, we plan to make ACC different . For starters, we will be having live coverage of all the matches. Every match will be shot on camera which will definitely encourage the players in the tournament. ACC will have live coverage and review this time. Every team would have one review during their innings. ACC will follow the new IPL rules wherein the team can be selected after the toss. Apart from this, we are working on adding value to the ACC with more technology support as well as greater visibility for players and sponsors alike.Sportslex our title sponsor has facilitated organising this event smoothly and in making it grand. Style partner Nirantar has designed team jerseys keeping Team’s logos in mind and showcasing Sponsors’ names as well. The ACC league is focussed on creating a better sporting experience for all players and event associates and to create new benchmarks for participants and sponsors alike.
Alongwith Adv. Kaustubh Gupte, Adv. Suraj Gupte, Adv. Sudarshan Patankar, Adv. Ninad Muzumdar, Adv. Vinay Dali, Adv. Chinmay Gaonkar, Adv. Girish Gaikwad and Adv. Jating Jamkhandi are the other members in the organizing committee. Senior Adv. Ravi Hirani and Adv. Aleem Shaikh have also extended their support for the smooth conduct of the ACC.
Despite Rishi Shah’s tremendous efforts, Sangam Sports Club were defeated by Islam Gymkhana. Sangam SC were bowled out for just 179. Rishi slammed 45 off 67 balls to help his team reach a respectable total. Apart from him, Vinayak Chougule score an unbeaten 45 down the order. Rishi bowled his heart out as well by claiming 6 wickets in 9 overs but as his overs ran out, Islam Gymkhana chased down the target with 2 wickets in hand. Openers Ishaque and Arpit scoring half centuries.
Skipper Samarth Seth had a tremendous outing for DDCA President XI against the Mayank Goswami CA (Jammu) in a T20 game. After electing to bat first, Mayank Goswami CA managed to pose a total of 148 in the first innings. Arya Suvansh playing an incredible knock of 67* off just 40 deliveries. Bhagwan Singh was the pick of the bowlers picking 2 wickets in his 4-over-spell for just 22 runs. Bhagwan Singh and Daurav Dagar claimed 2 wickets as well.
As the runchase began, Samarth lit the innings. Facing 56, the southpaw hammered an unbeaten 91 with a bombarding strike rate of 162.50. His comprised of 8 fours and 5 sixes. Seth played a captain’s knock by chasing down the target in the 19th over of the game.
Mumbai, March 30: Sports Promotion Group bowlers were a determined lot and confidently rose to the challenge to defend a low target. They picked up crucial wickets to snatch a tight 5-run win against Navaroz Cricket Club in a third round Group-B match of the 1st MCA Women’s Cricket League, played at the MCA BKC ground on Wednesday.
Sent in to bat, Sports Promotion’s innings was restricted to a meager 115 runs for four wickets from their stipulated 20 overs. The top run scorer was opener Rashi Trivedi who made 25 runs, while Navaroz CC’s medium pacer Ruhee Pandekar took 2 wickets for 22 runs.
Later, a tremendous collective performance from the Sports Promotion bowlers triggered the collapse of the Navaroz batting which finished five runs short, as they were dismissed for 110 runs in 20 overs. Medium pacers Aarnavi Krishnan (3/21), Janhavi Murthy (2/15) and Vidisha Naik (2/21) and left-spinner Ruksha Patel (2/27) were responsible to ensure Sports Promotion clinched a narrow victory.
In a totally one-sided encounter, Dashing Sports Club inspired by the mesmerizing bowling spells from off-spinner Neelakshi Talati who claimed 5 wickets without conceding a run and left-arm medium pacer Vedhasi Patil who picked 4 wickets for just 8 runs defeated Vijay Cricket Club by 10 wickets.
Batting first, Vijay CC were bowled out for a measly 25 runs and Dashing SC quickly scored 29 runs without losing a wicket to complete the win.
Meanwhile, in an interesting match, Sporting Union Club prevailed over Shivaji Park Youngsters SC by a comfortable 40 runs. Sporting Union Club scored 135 for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Juili Bhekare 30 runs, Vaibhavi Jadhav 24 runs and Rishita Chaugule 20 runs contributed to the total, while Shivaji Park bowler Manasvi Ajgaonkar claimed 4 wickets for 26 runs. Later, Shivaji Park Youngsters SC were bundled out for 95 runs in 20 overs. Vaidai Tanavade 34 top-scored with 34 runs while Riya Patel took 2 wickets for 8 runs to help Sporting Union finishing on a winning note.
In other matches, Regal CC defeated Indian Dynamite CC by a close 11 runs, Bharat CC registered a thumping 137-run win against B.V. Kamath Memorial CC and Prime Group CC romped to a fluent 8-wicket win against Apollo CC.
Brief scores: Vijay CC 25 all out, 8.2 overs (Neelakshi Talati 5/0, Vedhasi Patil 4/8) lost to Dashing SC 29 for no loss, 3.6 overs. Result: Dashing SC won by 10 wickets.
Sporting Union Club 135 for 7, 20 overs ((Juili Bhekare 30, Vaibhavi Jadhav 24, Rishita Chaugule 20; Manasvi Ajgaonkar 4/26) beat Shivaji Park Youngsters SC 95 all out, 20 overs (Vaidai Tanavade 3; Riya Patel 2/8). Result: Sporting Union Club won by 40 runs.
Regal CC 105 for 8, 20 overs (Janvi Nandrajog 22; Priyadarshini Singh 2/7, Mugdha Manesh Parte 2/18) beat Indian Dynamite CC 94 all out, 18.4 overs (Jetsun Chee 26; Gauri Manjarekar 3/13, Savita Pal 3/18). Result: Regal CC won by 11 runs.
Bharat CC 220 for 2, 20 overs (Sulakshana Naik 81, Diksha Manjrekar 37) beat B.V. Kamath Memorial CC 83 for 7, 20 ((Chaitali Gurav 32; Mansi Kedar 2/9). Result: Bharat CC won by 137 runs.
Apollo CC 75 for 9, 20 overs (Aarti Yadav 3/11, Purti Jain 3/17) lost to Prime Group CC 76 for 2, 12 overs (Gauri Bajiraj 39). Result: Prime Group CC won by 8 wickets.
Sporting Club Committee Thane 85 for 5, 20 overs lost to Payyade Sports Club 86 for 1, 9.4 overs (Ayushi Singh 34*, Hurley Gala 22). Result: Payyade Sports Club won by 9 wickets.
Dombivili CC 79 for 7 wickets, 20 overs (Sanika Khairnar 23, Rhehi Rane 21) lost to Sportsfield CC 83 for 3, 8.1 overs (Shaheen Razak 68*; Sanika Khairnar). Result: Sportsfield CC won by 7 wickets.
Sports Promotion Group 115 for 4, 20 overs (Rashi Trivedi 25; Ruhee Pandekar 2/22) beat Navroz CC 110 all out, 20 overs (Prena More 26; Aarnavi Krishnan 3/21, Janhavi Murthy 2/15, Vidisha Naik 2/21, Ruksha Patel 2/27). Result: Sports Promotion Group won by 5 runs.
Mumbai, March 29: A solid century knock from Riya Chaudhari, who scored an unbeaten 113 runs, and the testing medium pace bowling effort from Swarali Kudtarkar, who picked 6 wickets for 16 runs inspired Fort Youngsters to register a massive 251-run victory against Shantibhai Sheth Memorial CC in the third round Group-A match of the 1st MCA Women’s Cricket League, played at the MCA BKC ground on Wednesday.
Choosing to bat first, Fort Youngsters batted aggressively and piled up a mammoth total of 274 for 1 wicket from their 20 overs. Besides Riya’s stupendous innings, Mansi Patil struck and unbeaten 75 runs after Janhvi Kate was dismissed for 51 runs. Later, Shantibhai Sheth batswomen were unable to negotiate the disciplined bowling of Swarali and were dismissed cheaply for a measly 23 runs in just 10 overs.
In a closely fought match, Bhiwandi Taluka CA defeated Yogi CC by a narrow 23-run margin. Batting first Bhiwandi Taluka reached a modest total of 120 for 4 wickets from the quota of 20 overs. The main batters who lifted the total were Pranjal Malekar 38 runs, Manasvi Jadhav 21 runs and Shefali Wakkar 20 runs. Later, Yogi CC was restricted to just 97 runs in 18.3 overs. Naivedya Bangera was unbeaten on 30 runs, while Bhiwandi Taluka bowlers Abigail Naik 4 for 6, Sameeksha Thorat 2 for 12 and Tanvi Chavan 2 for 19 claimed the wickets.
In one-sided encounters, Glorious CC defeated MIG Cricket Club by a convincing 10 wickets in a Group-H match and Matunga Gymkhana recorded a convincing 10-wicket win against Dadar Parsee Colony SC in a Group-G match.
Brief scores: United Cricketers 99 for 4, 20 overs (Roshni Singh 33, Kaveri Ghuge 23) lost to Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation 100 for 1, 8.5 overs (Nidhi Dawda 47*, Sanika Chalke 46*). Result: Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation won by 9 wickets
Parkophene Cricketers 72 for 6, 20 (Dhruvi Trivedi 33) lost to J. Bhatia SC 73 for 1,10 overs (Snehal Singh 33, Radhika Thakkar 22). Result: J. Bhatia SC won by 9 wickets.
Duru Cricket & Sports Association 71 for 7, 20 overs (Juhi Rawat 28; Krittika Yadav 2/12, Sarika Milind Koli 2/9, Nidhi Buley 2/12) lost to Victory CC 72 for 1, 4.1 overs (Sarika Koli 31, Saima Thakor 20). Result: Victory CC won by 9 wickets.
S.K.P. Athletics Club 52 all out 11 over (Sudiksha Gaikar 3/2) lost to Oriental CC 54 for no loss, 4.2 overs (Yashvi Dedhia 31*, Gitika Sumit Gawand 14*). Result: Oriental CC won by 10 wickets.
Worli CC 62 for 4, 20 overs (Praganya Koli 19*) lost to Dr D.Y. Patil SA 65 for 2, 5.2 overs (Khushi Thakkar 43*). Result: Dr D.Y. Patil SA won by 8 wickets.
Fort Youngsters 274 for 1, 20.0 overs (Riya Chaudhari 113*, Mansi Patil 75*, Janhvi Kate 51) beat Shantibhai Sheth Memorial CC 23 all out, 10 (Swarali KudtarKar 6/16). Result: Fort Youngsters won by 251 runs
Bhiwandi Taluka CA 120 for 4, 20 overs (Pranjal Malekar 38, Manasvi Jadhav 21, Shefali Wakkar 20) beat Yogi CC 97 all out, 18.3 overs (Naivedya Bangera 30*; Abigail Naik 4/6, Sameeksha Thorat 2/12, Tanvi Chavan 2/19). Result: Bhiwandi Taluka CA won by 23 runs.
MIG CC 109 for 9, 20 overs (Mehek Mistri 70; Samruddhi Ghare 4/16, Karuna Sakpal 2/5, Jaya Negi 2/16) lost to Glorious CC 110 for no loss, 15.4 overs (Sai Sadhavi 47*, Ira Jadhav 46*). Result: Glorious CC won by 10 wickets.
Mandavi Muslims SC 122 for 3, 20 overs (Kashvi Hosalkar 35*, Sharvari More 34) beat Rocket CC 86 for 4, 20 overs (Jagruti Bhoi 32). Result: Mandavi Muslims won by 36 runs.
Dadar Parsee Colony SC 126 for 3, 20vers (Riya Pawar 52*, Kasturi Govilkar 27*, Riya Doshi 21) lost to Matunga Gymkhana 128 for no loss13.5 overs (Vaibhavi Raja 49*, Gargi Bandekar 46*). Result: Mayunga Gymkhana won by 10 wickets.