Matunga gymkhana witnessed a wonderful perfomance by the talented Owais Khan, Winning the toss, Rizvi elected to bat first as they had complete faith in their batting line up & especially owais.
Opener Owais khan who was just a few weeks ago in the news for his solid 65 against Mulund Gymkhana is back in the news again with a blazing 139 coming of just 116 balls. As our Cricketgraph reporter observed the game “Owais did class batting and was hitting the ball really well, his pull shots were perfect & did clean hitting”
It was a graceful yet an aggressive knock by Owais. In his 116 ball stay, Owais smashed as many as 24 boundaries and 3 sixes & was full value for money knock for the spectators and his team. At a strike rate of almost 130 and 110 runs in boundaries, Owais stamped his authority against the bowlers. He was initially a little defensive but started taking on the bowlers once he got set. Owais also targeted spinners more than the fast bowlers and scored many boundaries against them at will. Owais was out on 139 trying to flick a pacer towards the covers & thus ended his carnage against the opposition.
It was because of Owais’s brisk 139, Rizvi reached and declared at 272/8. Trailing 272, Green Bombay high school are 72/8 at the end of 1st day’s play. Owais’s knock has surely put Rizvi into a commanding position and let’s wish that the seamless batting form of this talented boy Owais continues for the long run as he looks set for big things.
We are sure now this kid does not need any introduction as he is getting featured alone by Cricketgraph for the 3rd consecutive time in the last one month. Vedprakash is in the form of his life bringing up his third double century of the season.
After winning the toss, VN Sule elected to bat first since they are blessed with a solid batting line up & especially their skipper Ved. They were spot on with their decision to bat first as they comfortably scored and declared their innings at 328/3 in 44 overs. Skipper Ved was in a different zone altogether as no bowler looked tough for him and his innings of 214 was nothing short of magical and flawless. What’s more Ved hardly took any time as he scored all these runs in just 198 balls. Ved smashed 35 glorious boundaries en-route his double century (out of which mid-on & covers was his favorite area) and the opposition bowlers were nothing but clueless against his effortless batting. Ved was eventually bowled by a fast bowler on 214 while trying to play fast before declaring the innings. Harsh Salunkhe had also chipped in with a 56 in the team’s total.
Trailing 323, Shardashram were all out for just 54 runs in 22 overs. Atharva bhosle(4wkts) and Aman khan(3wkts) destroyed the opposition together. With a lead of 274 runs. Skipper Ved has again put his team in a very strong position giving a follow on to Shardashram school.
It will be Ved’s most memorable Giles Shield tournament as and when he grows up & realizes how well he performed in his growing up years. 3wins as the skipper along with 3 double centuries and one time being dismissed on 176, this little genius is giving us major batting goals. We certainly wish this boy is getting heard in the upper circles of the cricketing world and gets promoted to play higher levels of cricket soon.
Mukund Gawade, the boy from Kalachowkie Mumbai is making headlines for his noble cause & he certainly deserves all the appreciation coming his way!
72 hours of non-stop cricket practice at Shivaji Park, that takes a lot of fitness, hard work and dedication & this boy is having it all.
There are people who make millions but have no time for philanthropy and there are people who dedicate whatever comes in their way for social causes. Such is the story of this talented boy called Mukund Gawade.
Mukund who went to Penan village once saw kids there studying without lights and they would travel 4-5kms walking everyday to get basic education. Mukund decided that day itself that these kids deserve better facilities and so did the idea of this feat came into his noble mind. The two basic dedications which are keeping him steady to break this world record are;
- He is a huge fan of Sachin Tendulkar and he wants to dedicate this feat to him.
- He wants to build a library at Penan village and provide better facilities along with education to 100 kids of that village.
Mukund started this feat from 4th January and he has been strong like a horse. The Guiness world record allows him to take 5-10minutes of break every 3-5 hours. That is legally allowed. In that time he takes on refreshments and also gets freshened up if needed. Mukund has not slept since last 3 days and that is a huge feat in itself. Mukund is already on his way to create a new Guiness world record which will make all the Mumbaikar’s & the whole nation proud of him.
He is playing day & night to achieve this feat and he has already broken two Guiness world records on his way.
No.1 – He has faced the highest number of deliveries (He faced 13,000 deliveries continuously without quitting)
No.2- He broke a world record of a Pune boy who practiced 50 hours continuously.
(The earlier record holder (Viraj Mare from pune) called him up personally and congratulated Mukund)
Mukund Gawade who is an ardent fan of Sachin is also a social worker and this seems to be a great cause for sure. He is playing with a tennis ball and pads on to avoid any injuries. It is also known that he started practicing 3-4 months prior to achieve this feat. He kept on practicing at Azad Maidan, Cross maidan and even had a Yoga teacher by his side to mould on his fitness and flexibility.
Mukund used to play for St. George(his college) from Mumbai & also played local club cricket in Pune. While his father has retired, her mom works in a hospital. Mukund who does designing course in pune along with social work and cricket seems to be having a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. As Mukund shared with Cricketgraph- He even does a good job in theatres where he is in the NSS unit from Kirti college.
SASA sports brand along with St.George are majorly sponsoring his feat, his local nagarsevak has also helped him a lot. The head of the Kirti Sanjeevani trust also helped a lot to get him a proper pitch (Bengal club side at Shivaji Park).
Mukund who has not slept past 3 days is having doctors by his side where he is completing this feat to keep a tab on his health and blood pressure. The public is also gathering to see Mukund achieve this landmark. His friends are coming and bowling to him & even the local kids who come to practice at Shivaji Park are contributing in their capacity (kids coming and bowling to Mukund gawade) Many reporters and politicians have also paid a visit to him so far.
When Cricketgraph asked what urged him to do all this? Mukund simply replied it was the condition of the kids in the village which ignited the fire in him to do something for them & all the money and contributions which he will receive will go towards the betterment and education of the 100 kids in the Penan Village.
Mukund who had aimed to practice for 100 hours non-stop was advised to stop on the grounds of health being at stake. His health was at risk so he stopped at 2am in the Monday night practicing for 72 hours, 29minutes and 29seconds. Though he has broken the earlier world record of Viraj Mare of 50hours but they are yet to intimate Guiness about Viraj’s feat.
Mukund who works with Samanway Sanstha for his social causes (including this project of providing education to 100 kids) must be elated and proud of Mukund’s heroics.
Rajesh Mehta, the CEO of SASA Brand (which is known for cricketing equipments) also supported mukund extremely well. Be it bringing and arranging equipments or things which were quite a help to him. Rajesh Mehta who is a lover of cricket himself motivated mukund & supported this noble cause with full heart.
Cricketgraph truly appreciates Mukund’s efforts and we are sure the whole of India must be proud of what he is doing.
Pace, swing and bounce when combined creates a lethal potion and Rohan Raje seemed to have all these 3 ingredients mixed in the right proportion for his opponents – Fort Vijay. It was the much awaited finals for Purshottam shield played at Wankhade Stadium between the mighty Payyade Sports Club against Fort Vijay.
Payyade Sports club skipper, Onkar Khanvilkar won the toss and elected to bowl first. He threw the red cherry to his trusted bowler, Rohan Raje. Rohan took 3 overs to strike the first blow and from that point onwards it was all over for Fort Vijay.
Rohan single handedly tore apart the Fort Vijay line up picking up 7 wickets for 30 runs.
Most of these 7 wickets were either caught behind or lbw’s , which simply goes to show the immaculate line, length and consistency of his bowling. Sanket Bhaye, Pratik Prabhu and Rahul Laad were some of the established batsmen who were victim to Raje’s amazing spell.
“It was a good wicket to bowl on and to be honest, wicket did support the pace bowlers. I would have been more pleased to get these wickets against some of the current ranji batsmen, but 7 wickets are 7 wickets and I had to work really hard for it. My previous best was picking up 8 wickets a while back in kanga tournament, so this achievement surely stands as one of the best performances”, said Raje while speaking to cricketgraph team.
When asked about this chances of playing in the upcoming IPL, he has his finger crossed. “I have been in the Mumbai Indians team in the past but injuries kept me away from competitive cricket. However now I m completely fit and raring to go, so I am hoping my recent performances are considered “ said Raje with a smile.
Payyade club won the finals on first innings. For vijay team was 59/10 in 21.3 overs and Payyade sports club scored 148/2 in 49 overs. Arman Jaffer remained not out on 46 and Onkar Khanvilkar scored 41)
It was expected to be an exciting encounter between Sacred heart and Anjuman Islam but things just did not fell into place the way Sacred Heart would have wished for. Winning the toss, Anjuman Islam elected to bat first as they have a deep and solid batting line up and were confident of putting up a big score on the scorecard.
Batting first did reaped them rewards as Anjuman Islam made a mammoth 389 in just 42 overs. Left handed Bablu scored an aggressive 84 at the top of the order & so did his opening partner Farhan Sheikh who gave a good support for his brazen 45. Both the kids were responsible to instill a positive momentum in the batting. Such was the positive momentum they were in, no.4 batsman Naseerudin Shaikh made the full use of it to score a match winning knock of 164. The right handed aggressive batsman toyed with the bowlers and smashed boundaries and sixes at will against spinners as well as fast bowlers. It was because of his 164, Anjuman Islam reached a huge score of 389 in just 42 overs. Even after getting out at 164 Naseerudin Shaikh was not content with his score as few overs were still left & he could have taken his team to cross the record 400 run mark and also cross his double century. But, that hardly takes away the fact that it was a splendid knock coming from just an 11 year old.
Chasing 390, Sacred Heart needed to play aggressive crickete to win the match & they succumbed to the pressure and some good bowling by the Anjuman Islam boys. Both bablu and Naseerudin again became the heroes with right arm leg spinner Bablu taking 4/25 in 5 overs while right arm medium fast Naseerudin chipping in with 2 wickets for just 25 runs. Sacred heart were all out for just 74 runs and Anjuman islam won by a very huge margin(in fact one of the record margins) by 315 runs. Anjuman Islam School Navi Mumbai has the winner of last year 2015-16 inter school winner Under 16 and Under 14 Tournament in the guidance of Coach Mr. Manoj B. Lokhande.
It was a wonderful all round display by both the kids and especially the talented Naseerudin who gave us glimpses of his exceptional batting talent at such a small age. Naseerudin was rightly adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his all round performance.
After a clean win against Sacred heart school, Anjuman Islam and Naseerudin specifically will progress ahead in the tournament with a lot of confidence.
Into their 2nd match(for Sunil Gavaskar’s XI) of the IDBI under 14 tournament, two strong teams entered in an exciting face off namely Sunil Gavaskar’s XI & Ravi Shastri’s XI. Sunil Gavaskar’s XI wanted to bat first and luckily even after losing the toss they got what they wanted as Ravi Shastri’s XI elected to field first.
Sunil Gavaskar’s XI played good cricket and made a partially competitive score of 282 on the board. OM Sai was the top scorer in the first innings with a fluent 86 off just 111 balls. The knock was laced with 11 boundaries & he was pleasing to the eyes while batting. Openers Aditya Warang and Shubham Girkar also gave a good start with both the batsman scoring 62(168b) and 40(77b) respectively. Spinner Aman Maniar from Ravi Shastri’s XI was the saving grace picking up 5/58.
Trailing 282, Ravi Shastri’s XI was bundled out for just 109 runs. Left arm spinner and also their skipper Aayush Zimare bowled amazingly well and took a fifer with the ball. Zimare’s match winning efforts of 5/24 dented the hopes of Ravi Shastri’s XI to win the match. Out of the 5 wickets, he clean bowled 3 times which was quite amazing. Aayush considers stock ball (the type of ball (such as an off break) that a particular bowler most frequently bowls) as his weapon to deceive the batsman.
Sunil Gavaskar were 100 for no loss with their openers Aditya (37*) and Shubham(52*) again putting up a good show before the match ended in a draw. The match was drawn but Sunil Gavaskar’s XI were anyday the better performers in the match & looked like worthy winners. Sunil Gavaskar XI’s coach Javed sir was happy with his team’s performance & skipper Aayush also played the role of captain to perfection.
Their next match is against Dilip Vengsarkar’s XI and they will surely give a good time to the opponents as the whole team is looking in a good form.
It was the 2nd league match between two competitive sides namely DY Patil vs BPCL. Both the teams are strong & an exciting encounter was bound to happen between the two sides. Both the teams have big names too out of which many were also national level & IPL players.
BPCL had won the toss & elected to bat first. Right handed Eknath Kerkar gave a blazing start right from the first ball but unluckily he did not get much of a support from the rest of the batsman. Manish Pandey played well and got off to a start but could not convert his 26 ball 30 to a big one. BPCL managed to score 148/9 in 20 overs due to some fantastic bowling by the D.Y Patil bowlers. Shashank Singh & Gaurav Jathar contained the batsman while picking up a wicket each. Sarfaraz khan’s leg spin also bagged him two wickets in two overs.
Chasing 149, DY Patil were off to a shaky start but Kevin Almeida completely dominated the innings. DY patil lost 3 quick wickets until Kevin got a stable support from Rinku Singh whose cameo of 36 off just 31 balls played a very important role in scripting a win for DY. As Kevin’s team mate Subramaniam D shared with CricketGraph ‘Kevin is not only talented but he is a 360 degree batsman who has a wide range of shots, he plays aggressive cricket & at the same time knows when to take singles and two’s & he completely dominated in this game”
Left-handed Kevin Almeida who smashed the first ball he faced for a sixer scored 53 off just 29 balls which included 7 fours and 2 sixes at a strike rate of above 180. DY Patil won the match by just one wicket and they must be thankful to Almeida’s efforts at the top of the order. This knock of Kevin is all though more special since he scored aggressively against top-notch IPL bowlers like Sandeep Sharma,Kuldeep Yadav and Pragyan Ojha.
The victory wouldn’t have been possible without the midas touch of leggie Pravin Tambe who scored a six and 2 fours in a huge pressure situation . The entire DY Patil team acknowledged and saluted the cameo by Pravin Tambe.
Their next match is against Western railways and they will be aiming for a 3rd consecutive win in the 13th D.Y Patil tournament.
It was the 2nd league match in the B group of Giles Shield between Balmohan Vidyamandir and Al Barkat school. Both the teams were strong and had good players to play competitive cricket. Al Barkat elected to field first after winning the toss as they have a deep batting line up. (till number 8)
Balmohan Vidyamandir were castled out for 33 because of some fantastic bowling by Anurag Singh in the 1st innings. His 5/12 made Balmohan all out for just 33 runs and his bowling spell set the tone of the match. Left arm spinner Anurag who was the 1st change completely destroyed the entire batting line up of Balmohan team. Himanshu Singh also took 3 wickets along with Adil taking one. In reply, Al Barkat batted exceptionally well and declared themselves at 295/6 with openers Harsh Mogaveera(140) & Ankit Yadav (95) scoring almost 70 percent of the runs. Left-handed harsh did clean batting and was flawless in his 165 ball stay at the crease while right handed Ankit was aggressive & was equally pleasing to the eyes. Both the openers indulged in a match winning 185 run partnership.
Trailing 262, left arm leg spinner Adil Sayyed showed what he is capable of with the ball picking up 7/7 in 6 overs. His bowling spell proved that small age (11 years old) is nothing against immense talent. His 7/7 at this age is nothing but a revelation in the cricketing circles & a big achievement. Anurag also chipped in with 2 wickets in the 2nd innings and both the bowlers took 15 wickets together. Balmohan were all out for 54 and Al Barkat School comfortably won the match by 218 runs & an innings.
It was an excellent performance by the Al-barkat boys and the runner ups since the last two years are looking strong contenders for winning the tournament this year.
Even their coach Nafees Khan believes Adil Sayyed and his boys will go a long way. Nafees khan also mentioned to Cricketgraph “that we are a team of 4 coaches working for Al-barkat since 2008, the school supports the sport of cricket with full heart & neither charges any student for cricket coaching. Al Barkat school who has 4 cricket coaches must be proud of their boys. It is their hard work and dedication towards training and grooming the kids that they have been responsible to nurture & send 24 players from Al-Barkat to represent at the state level while 2 players at India Under 19 level. Their focus is always to take the kids who have passion towards cricket to take them to the highest level in professional cricket.
Payyade sports club along with Naman Group will be conducting selection trials for under 14 and under 16 boys on 09 & 10 Jan 2017 at Club Aquaria, Devidas Lane, Borivali (west)
This selection trials is for boys residing between Dahisar & Malad. Interested boys need to be present at the
ground by 2.30 pm on 09 Jan 2017.
20 boys will be selected from each age group and will be provided free training at the academy in Borivali.
“Our intention is to give specialized training to these boys and prepare them for upcoming MCA tournaments played during summer season” said Gaurav Payyade while speaking to cricketgraph.
This is an excellent opportunity for boys from that zone to train under best coaches completely free of costs. Boys are required to be dressed in whites and carry their own kit. Names of coaches will be declared shortly.
Cricketgraph welcomes this initiative by one of the prominent clubs in mumbai cricket circles.
It was a very crucial match for VN Sule as a win would propel them in the semi finals. After winning the toss, VN Sule elected to bat first as they have a solid batting line up.
Their frontline skipper and opener Vedprakash Jaiswal notched up 2nd double century of the season and he is looking all set for the big things. Skipper Ved scored 224 off just 252 balls at a strike rate of above 80 which included 24 silken boundaries (sweepshot boundary was his favorite) which showed his immense class and talent with the bat. While he targeted spinners with ease, he did not take much risk against the pace bowlers. It was once again Ved becoming the anchor for the team scoring more than half of the runs for his side. Aman khan also batted well for his 66 and gave decent support to his skipper Jaiswal.
As Ved told to Cricketgraph ‘his aim was to score big and make team win” as simple as that. He knew if he manages to score well, his team will be in a safe haven and that was what he did with class and grace. Ved also did a lot of running between the wickets with 128 runs coming though pure running between the wickets Trailing 367, Gokuldham were all out for 77 in the first innings which made them to follow on. Gokuldham’s sloppy batting again came on display as they were all out 120 in the 2nd innings. A major credit in the bowling department must go to the left arm spinner Atharva Bhosle who bagged 12 wickets in the match (4/7 & 8/34) to dismantle the opposition. His 12/41 was equally crucial as Ved’s double century.
The cross maidan (Karnataka cricket association) witnessed two splendid and exquisite individual performances which helped VN Sule fetch a win by 170 runs and an innings. Skipper Vedprakash Jaiswal again added a ‘man of the match award’ in his cabinet and he will take his team ahead in the semi finals with a renewed zest.
Their legendary 77yr old coach Mr. Gopal Koli sir who has trained numerous kids to make them reach the highest levels of cricket must be elated to see his young kids performing so well. Mr Gopal Koli sir who has been a excellent coach past may years has had numerous students under his wings who are doing really good in professional cricket(some of them include IPL and INDIA player Dhaval Kulkarni, Ranji player Vikin Mota, bhavin thakkar, tanush kotian, Harsh Salukhe & many more)