Kishore Waghela has been in the field of cricket coaching for over five years and has been one of the reputed names in Mumbai cricket. He is associated with Advance Sports and Event Cricket Academy and has guided many players to higher levels like county cricket as well as MCA (Mumbai Cricket Association) summer camps.
“I not only work on technical skills but also try to improve their confidence while playing the sport. I ask the players to do various batting drills that help better their shot selection capabilities”, explains Kishore. Providing maximum practice matches to every player is the key to success and Waghela has been extremely proactive in doing this. The practice matches are not just restricted to Mumbai, but the UK cum Mumbai based coach emphasizes on the need to play matches outside of home; in different states and countries.
Kishore has been blessed with the opportunity to be a part of coaching team for Middlesex, United Kingdom. The players from U-15 team; Charanvir Singh and Kushal Patel have made their way to Middlesex County team and have been performing well for their team. Waghela, himself has played for Middlesex for the last four years and has been in UK for 15 years. He has played several leagues in Mumbai like Times Shield and Kanga League, just to name a few.
As a player, Waghela is a right arm medium pace bowler and a no.3 batsman. These attributes make him the perfect fit to squeeze in any team outfit. Kishore has been playing the sport for over 15 years and has been enjoying the game, both as a player as well as a coach. He is played for Breach Candy hospital for more than five years and for Route SMS for close to six years. “My best score for Breach Candy was 135 n.o. against Dalvi Motors and best bowling figures came against Nair hospital (seven wickets). Kishore scored a mind blowing century (101 not out off 33 balls) for Route SMS against Johnson and Johnson. “One of my best moments in life was playing for Bangkok International”, reminisces Kishore. Cricketing legends like Sanath Jayasuriya, Rangana Herath, MS Dhoni and Vijay Dahiya were a part of the tournament.
Kishore Waghela has been doing a wonderful job towards the development of the sport and let us hope that he continues to shine for India abroad.
In a high stake match like this, you either give your best or just leave it. There are no second options and Khalsa college chose the first option of giving their best. Though they lost the toss and BP Juniors made them bat first but they were not aware Khalsa college would not mind batting first as they posted a good total of 110 in 15 overs.
Aditya Suryavanshi and Sanket Yashwante gave good cameos of 22 & 25(9balls) respectively to help their team reach a decent total. Though the BP bowlers worked hard but they could never keep Khalsa below 7 runs per over which led them reach 110. Chasing 111 to win, Khalsa had a very good bowling line up and they did not allow a single batsman to score freely or give away easy runs.
Quite evident from the fact that BP Junior College were all out for 50 runs in 14 overs. Special mention must go to Neil Bhatkar who claimed 4 wickets and that too important 4 wickets cleaning the entire top order with his pace bowling. His personal favorite was his wicket where the batsman got out over the slips & one was a clean bowled too!
Khalsa college also played well before in their city final match against Kirti college where in Neil had taken 3 wickets there too. Neil has been the highlight of this tournament snapping 17 wickets in 8 matches making him one of the bright performers of the tournament. The right arm pacer known for his outswing is certainly a bowler to look out for! Khalsa would advance themselves to the grand finals with a lot of positive approach and confidence when they play their big match in Ahmednagar & the team would surely be in great spirits to life the trophy too!
The Edifice Consultants made full use of a great batting pitch after winning the toss and putting themselves to score a mammoth total batting first & putting the opposition under pressure. The edifice openers had come up with plans in their mind to score as much as they can and make full use of the powerplay. Their strategy was to play aggressive cricket and make a big total & they rightly succeeded as they managed to score a mammoth 219/4 in 20 overs.
The credit must go to the onslaught and the confidence provided by the openers who played some really aggressive cricket especially their attacking opener Mahesh Hirpara who scored a feisty 83 off just 38 balls to literally take the game away from the opposition. He got decent support from his partner Koli who supported him with a 25 ball 29. Hirpara’s 38-ball knock included 12 fours and 4 sixes out of which his six of long on was his personal favorite apart from 3 sixes in the square leg region!
Requiring almost 11 runs per over, the pressure was quite visible on Punaesa XI & they lost early wickets because of which they could never settle themselves. Rohit Verma was unfortunate to get run out enroute his 29 ball 43 while Yogesh Dandawate & Shantanu joshi tried their best stitching an unbeaten partnership of over 70 runs. But that wasn’t enough as damage was already done by the Edifice bowlers and they won the match by 61 runs restricting Punaesa to 158/5.
Mahesh Hirpara who also chipped in with his handy medium pace took a wicket apart from his brilliant show with the bat which earned him man of the match award. As Mahesh himself stated, they won the AT20 Tournament last time and they are playing with the same fire & zest to win it this time too!
Ajay Maruti Kadam is a BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) certified coach, having completed his Level 1 in 2004 under the aegis of MCA (Mumbai Cricket Association) and has attended the Level A Refresher (MCA recognized) course in 2010. Kadam is one of the lucky few who have got the opportunity to attend fielding sessions conducted by the fielding maestro Jonty Rhodes.
Ajay is a right hand opening batsman and a wicket-keeper. He has been playing cricket since 1992 for Times Shield representing various corporates like Orient Shipping, DY Patil and Future Group. He plays for Kanga league in A & B divisions, and represents New Mumbai Sports Association (NMSA) and Parsee Cyclist. Kadam has won several laurels like Man of the Series in the All India Arlem Tournament in Goa (2002), Best Batsman in the Young Comrade tournament (2002) while representing Young Maharashtra club, Fastest century and Highest runs prize in the Kanga League A division (2003) while representing New Hind Club Matunga, Best Batsman in Kanga League B division (2007) while representing Apollo Cricket Club.
Apart from being a player, Kadam is a coach as well. He specializes in training wicket-keepers and opening batsmen. He has been coaching for over 10 years and has been associated with cricket academies in Thane Airoli and Mulund. He is one of the most reputed coaches in Mumbai. Currently, he is the head coach at Mulund Gymkhana, Mulund East, Mumbai. He has also worked as an intern, wherein he was associated with Mumbai’s Ranji team and U-23 team. Players like Arjun Shetty and Arun Yadav have been successful at Kanga League ‘ A ‘ division matches, courtesy Ajay Kadam’s wonderful coaching.
For him cricket is passion, profession, hobby and his life.
It was a match which had kept everybody’s nerves high. It was the finals of the police shield tournament between Karnataka and M.I.G Cricket club who fought their way to the finals after playing some really good cricket!
Winning the toss first, it was expected that Karnataka would put themselves to bat first as they have a strong batting line up. Their decision reaped dividends as they managed a mammoth 502/7 in the first innings which included a 123 from Eknath Kerkar & a fantastic double century from the talented Shivam Dubey who scored 211*. Shivam played a gem of an innings and it came at the right time when it was needed in the high staked finals! Though he was initially reluctant to play shots since the ball was seaming and the bowlers were really bowling good. Dubey stayed calm for the first hour but started scoring freely once he crossed his century. M.I.G managed to put a good show scoring 276/4 in 40 overs.
Karnataka again posted a big total in 2nd innings declaring at 400/8. In reply, M.I.G again managed to work hard but it wasn’t enough as they lost by 86 runs. Eknath Kerkar’s performance cannot be sidelined as he again scored a back to back hundred in the 2nd innings too for Karnataka where in his team eventually won the match and Shivam Dubey was awarded “man of the match” for his 211.
THE TOP PERFORMERS OF POLICE SHIELD TOURNAMENT
The tournament was quite a success and a lot of players came out emerging from the tournament right from the likes of Harsh Tank who was awarded “man of the tournament” for his great batting in the tournament which included a huge 182 and 94. Tank also took 6 wickets along with a string of good knocks.
Right arm off spinner Akshay Ghirap was awarded “bowler of the tournament” for taking 15 wickets in 4 matches for Karnataka with his fifer against Jain Irrigation being his personal favorite in terms of performance.
While Eknath Kerkar of Karnataka was the “batsman of the series” with his twin centuries in the finals being the highlights of his performance in the tournament while Sahil Madgaonkar of M.I.G was awarded the best fielder of the tournament.
Not only was the tournament a success but it also gave many players the wings to perform. It won’t be a surprise if we get to see a few names like Shivam Dubey, Akshay Ghirap amongst others come in the reckoning for the IPL.
Winning the toss first Abbott had some clear things in mind before coming to the crease. As their coach also mentioned they wanted to bat first and give a good target. Plus the pitch was good to bat on, Abbott managed a good start with their players chipping in with important cameos.
Abbotts performance was mainly highlighted by two brilliant knocks from Shantanu Chaudhary and Nilesh Gadekar. While Shantanu did not spared a single bowler covering all parts of the ground with his 33 ball 60 laced with 8 fours and a six, it was also good to see Nilesh playing the anchors role to perfection scoring a well timed and a classy half century (59) off 50 balls to help their side reach a decent total of 158/4 in 20 overs.
Chasing 158 is not a big thing but always tricky & the same thing happened with Hindustan Unilever team. Though they had a good start and they did not lose too many wickets but they managed for reach only 152 with the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Mario fernandes’s heroics went in vain as he scored a gutsy 69 runs off just 59 balls which also had 2 sixes!
It was a match which remained exciting till the last over but eventually Abbott won the match by 6 runs. Rightfully, Shantanu’s brilliant 33 ball 60 made him earn man of the match award too! The team as a whole and Shantanu will be in good state of mind in the coming matches considering their wonderful win against the equally competitive Hindustan Unilever!
It was the 3rd match of Group C league of the AT20 Championship Trophy, Hellbenders skipper did had a few things in mind like they wanted to bat first, make a big target & put opposition under pressure, but it did not went that way as Hellbenders lost the toss and they were made to bowl. But as they say, whatever happens, happens for good, and this applied to the Hellbenders team too as they restricted the Talathy team to just 102 in 16.3 overs.
Though Talathy team went off to a good start with just one wicket lost for 69 runs in the first ten overs. It was their skipper Bhudev Yadav who turned the match around with a blazing 4-wicket haul. Bhudev took two wickets twice in two overs taking crucial breakthroughs and cleaning up the entire middle and lower order. His bowling spell was actually the turning point of the match & a major reason that Talathy & Panthaky got restricted to just 102.
As the skipper himself stated, the third and the fourth match were really crucial for them to advance ahead in the league, hence winning this was important. Hellbenders lived up to their name actually acting like hell to the opposition bowlers finishing off the match in just 13.2 overs. Fahad’s 28 ball 49 which included 8 fours played an important knock for his side
Eventually hellbenders managed an easy win over Talathy & Panthaky with their skipper Bhudev Yadav being adjudged man of the match! No doubt, Hellbenders will move ahead for the next match with a lot of confidence and a positive approach towards the game.
5th Contest of FPL Season VIII was set to roar at Beautiful Venue of Virar at Narangi Ground between 2 tough competitors who had memorable history of playing the game of cricket with each other and had always nail biting games in past 7 years and same was expected to transpire on 19th Nov’16.
The day began with National Anthem by both the teams and wishes to each other for the contest followed by toss winning by HI fliers and elected to bat first lead to another nail biting contest for teams and audience to witnessed concluded with entertaining win during last over of the game 2 balls & 3 wickets to spare.
Opener Ganesh Patil , Nilesh and Prateek has laid foundation of exciting game followed by super entertaining cameos by ShriNath Daange 4-4-1-4-6 =19 with strike rate of 380% and match winning notch by Roger 1-1-1-6-1-2-4- 4 = 20 with strike rate 0f 250% has seized the exceptional win for TCC which placed TCC on top of the table on that very day. Though it was batting led performances but can’t rule out the importance of fielding and TCC also done exceeding well started with Excellent Catch at short mid-off by Palu Gadvi and 2 brilliant runs outs by Ganesh and Nilesh brought TCC back to the game helped to restrict opponent at 165 runs at the end of 20overs
Ganesh Patil was adjudged Man of the Match for his entertaining notch of the day 45runs runs with strike rate of 150% with sky rocket three 6s and bullet alike five 4s.
IT WAS RETURN BIRTHDAY GIFT to TCC BY A SUPER ENTERTAINING OPENER. HAPPY BRITHDAY TO GANESH PATIL
no doubt they batted well and posted a good 166 on the board in 20 overs which also included a splendid knock of 76 off just 43 balls. Though TC’S skipper had a target of restricting them to 140 but it was because of this aggressive knock from Jigar which included 8 fours and 5 sixes that pushed his team’s total to 166, at one point they even looked good to score 180-190 but as wickets kept on falling from the other end, it became a little tough.
Jigar who was finally castled of a good ball from spinner Naresh Gadvi getting stumped by the keeper! But his job was not done yet as he even took two wickets with the ball. While Ganesh Patil was adjudged man of the match for giving a great start, it was also good to see Jigar Shah of Highflyers stating that ‘this knock of mine is dedicated to my best friend”
All in all it was an entertaining match which ended in good spirits & we wish that FPL may witness much more exciting games in times to come and keep entertaining viewers and participants.
ALL THE BEST TO BOTH THE TEAM FOR ALL FORTHCOMING GAMES .
HAPPY CRICKET & LET THE ENTERTAINMENT CONTINUE
Hailing from a cricketing family, Ankit is one of the talented cricketers we can one across at local level. Cricket runs in his blood and so is the hunger to score and prove. Playing against Central Railways, Nirlon won the toss and elected to field first since the pitch was moist and tricky to bat on. In fact the first day of this 3 day game of the Times B Division of the Times Cricket Shield Tournament was washed off because of bad pitch.
Putting the opposition to bat first, Central Railways did put up a good show making 381 Runs including a good 150 from Pravin Shetty. Nirlon had a huge task for sure after a good performance from Central Railways & in came Ankit Shastri who played a gem of an innings. As he himself said, the pitch was tough to bat on and the ball was moving on a moist wicket, hence all Ankit was looking for was to spend time at the crease and stitch good partnerships.
Not only did he created good partnerships and spent adequate time at the crease, he also scored a fighting century scoring 108 off 153 balls which surprisingly had as many as 18 boundaries. Left Hander Ankit who is known to be dashing and a penchant to score big runs played a perfect match winning knock to draw the match from a situation where his team could have also lost the game. Though he did faced some initial trouble from pacers like Kushal Kakkad & Vinit Dhulap but he eventually faced them & scored runs at the right time.
Fresh from a century against Central Railways, Ankit will be certainly into the spying eyes of the bowlers for his upcoming match against Intelenet!
The third round of Harris Shield match between Cathedral & John Cannon vs IES was a good competition where in Cathedral school won the toss and put themselves to bat first. The team reached a fighting total of 181/8 in 45 overs out of which No.3 batsman Shreyas Saraf scored a splendid 75*.
Shreyas was cool and batted like a pro remaining unbeaten till the end, just exactly what his coach and team needed from him. Shreyas who is known for his calm temperament at the crease and building the innings did exactly what his role was.
IES were put through some grueling bowling sessions and their Batsman were consistently kept troubled by Krish and Sumir. Left arm off spinner Krish Shah was the man of the hour putting strong performance with the ball taking a five wicket haul for his 5/24. He got adequate support from medium pacer Sumir Zhaveri too who grabbed important breakthroughs with his 3/37.
Bundling the IES school for 132 & winning the match by 49 runs, no one from their side apart from Yash’s 35 looked solid enough to face their bowling. Cathedral & John Connon who has a lot of support from their school management and principal to nurture the talents surely has an in form set of players in their arsenal to prepare themselves for the next round of matches!