Amit pandey in the Kanga match against New Amrit Cricket Club, had figures of 15 overs 7 Maidens 7 runs and 6 wickets under his belt. Am I surprised ? NOT AT All ! Here is a Sneak Peak into this Young Buddy of mine.
Amit Pandey started playing for Prabhu Jolly club since last year. He is Exceptional in all the KEY ATTRIBUTES that are required in a Young Fast Bowling Alrounder.
He has all the Technical Attributes of Fast Bowling Sorted out. His Command on the Line, Length, wrist position is exceptional. He hardly ever Bowls a Bad delivery which is Reflected in his Economy Rate. And he does this Match After Match. But what happens during the match is an Outcome of what he does OFF the Field.
He Trains very Hard. He Runs for an hour and half every morning. Then he runs for Half an hour with a Tyre around his waist. Then he Bowls for more than Couple of Hours a day. That is why he is able to bowl 15 overs at a stretch without any dip in pace or control. We lovingly call him COMMANDO KHANDAGLE ( A popular army name from the popular film Prahar). He is at the batsman all the time.
He has a Fantastic Attitude. He has a lot of Respect for all the Senior players in the team. U will always see him interacting pleasently with all the Gurus around all the Maidans. His Appetite for being ready to Learn about Quick Bowling and Fitness is insurmountable.
That is What MY AMIT PANDEY is. A Happy Soul, an always Smiling Fun loving boy who is CRAZY ENOUGH to chose Fast Bowling and be ready to go through the Tough Rigours of Training with Happiness.
I Love Everything about Amit. Just one thing I don’t like about him is that he finishes off the whole teams Liquid fluid and my Personal bottle as well. I guess i need to hide it in more safe Hideouts !
Article Contributed by Jayesh Kulkarni
Jayesh Kulkarni is an avid cricket fan and contributes regularly on local cricket. He also looks after few international cricketers brand associations.
It was a one sided affair in Mumbai between Gaud Saraswat and Ghatkopar Jolly Gymkhana on 21st August, when the two sides faced off in a C division Kanga League match. Winning the toss and electing to field first, Jolly Gymkhana bowled out Gaud Saraswat for 103 in 41.3 overs, thanks to bowling brilliance of Prashant Karia who picked up 4-12 in 8.3 overs. Karia was exceptional with the ball, and he caught the batsmen on the wrong foot for multiple times. Middle order bat Suraj Patil top scored with 37 runs and received good support from the opening bat Akshad Penthari, who made 25 runs.
In the second innings, Jolly Gymkhana was bundled out for a miserable 27 in 23.3 overs and was enforced follow-on. Akbar Khan and Bharat Solanki bowled well in tandem to grab three wickets apiece. Trailing by 96 runs, Jolly Gymkhana, again got off to a rocky start. The game closed at 27-2 in 20 overs. Akbar Khan and Bharat Solanki were again among the wickets picking up one wicket each. Khan and Solanki were the wreckers-in-chief and were pivotal in Gaud Saraswat’s success.
Though the match resulted in a draw, Gaud Saraswat got an edge with its first innings lead.
The official website of Mumbai Cricket Association (M.C.A) – www.mumbaicricket.com, has published the list of umpires to officiate the kanga matches on 28 Aug 2016. Click here to check the schedule of Kanga cricket matches to be played on 28 August 2016.
It has been pouring badly since Saturday morning and as per the weather forecasts, rain showers are expected on 28th August as well.
CricketGraph.com wishes luck to all the participating teams of Kanga cricket league.
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Finally, the wait was over and the romance of Kanga League cricket commenced. It was a refreshing site to see the grounds of Mumbai yet again clad with white color and the red cherry fizzing through.
For us (Shantibhai Sheth Memorial CC), the tournament started with some positive performance. We kicked of our tournament against a formidable opponent Navi Mumbai Sports Club going in as the underdog in the game. We went in this match with mixture of some promising youngsters and some seasoned senior pros to lend the experience. Although the wicket was covered with plenty of grass, it was a typical Kanga League wicket with spongy uneven bounce. We lost the toss and were put in to bat. We started of cautiously ensuring not to lose too many wickets in first 15 overs. By lunch, we were 88-2 which by Kanga standards is a brilliant score. Post lunch we lost couple of few wickets, but therein laid the advantage of having season pros in the team. What came to fore was the typical Mumbai cricket “Khadoos” mentality. They again fought through the tough situation and in the end we declared our innings on 165/7, leaving our bowlers a minimum of 40 overs to bowl the opponent out. We managed to put the opponent under pressure right from the first over and made vital breakthroughs at regular interval. Our bowlers toiled hard, but as the day progressed the wicket slowed down considerably with no pace, no bounce or turn in it. As the clock moved over to 5.20 PM and the umpires called time to lift the bails, the opponents closed the day on 64/8. The end result was a draw with 1 point shared among us.
There were some positives and throughout the day we outplayed our opponent in every department. But then, championships are won by grabbing those 50-50 moments in the game. In this game we could not, but we will improve as tournament moves into its later stage.
Article Contributed by Amit Patade
Amit Patade is a software engineer by profession.Past accolades – Associated with Mumbai cricket now for almost 25 years. He has Played ‘A’ divison cricket for Shantibhai Sheth Memorial CC, Rajasthan CC, MCA Certified O level coach and actively plays and contributes on local cricket.
Rajendra Ambhire has been a coach for 18 years and has been associated with one of the finest cricketing bodies of India; Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA). He has been the coach for summer camps conducted under the aegis of MCA. Rajendra has been a certified coach and has completed various levels of cricket coaching. Ambhire has rendered his services to Payyade Sports Club, Kandivali, Mumbai. The 51 year old has trained umpteen young and budding cricketers across Mumbai.
Under his guidance lot of players have scaled great heights; Shardul Thakur, Punam Raut, Bhakti Tamore, Hardik Tamore, Sairaj Patil and Shubham Pandya. Kandivali Cricket Association won Govardhandas championship in 2016, thanks to the splendid coaching of Ambhire. “I enjoy coaching and I hope to see my students play for India someday”, exclaims Ambhire.
As a player, Rajendra was a right hand batsman and a right arm medium pace bowler. He was a good all-rounder and played many match winning roles during his playing days. He represented Palghar-Dahanu Sports Association and raised the bar of his team by promoting it from division C to B in Kanga League. He also played for Kandivali Cricket Association from 1988 for 22 long years. He captained the side for a decade.
Ambhire has won three prizes for his brilliant bowling in Kanga League C division. He has also played Times Shield for Krushi Udyog company team for nearly two decades. Just like the way, Anil Kumble picked up 10 wickets in a Test match innings, Rajendra is known to have picked up all ten wickets in Times Shield E division for Government Press team in 1990.
Ramchandra Pol known for his immaculate bowling within local cricket circle stayed true to his reputation by picking up 6 wickets against Mangrol Sprots Club. The comm on thing with all his wickets was that all the wickets were caught out. Interestingly 3 of these wickets were caught at short leg, which goes to prove his tight bowling, cramping the batsmen. “My favorite wicket was that off an outswinger of good length, taking the willow’s outside edge and resulting in an easy first catch slip. I don’t recollect the exact runs off my bowling but I am sure it’s around 15 runs off 16 overs” said Ram while talking to crickegraph.com
“We are into this tournament with a strong and clear intention of winning the championship. In this match we were very close to winning it outright, nevertheless it was also important to win the match”. Ram also commended his keeper captain, Ajay Kadam who leads the team from front with timely instructions.
Ram seemed to be satisfied with his performance however the ultimate joy for him would be to see his team, Mazagaon CC win the championship. Mazagon CC team won the match on first innings against Mangrol Sports club.
Mumbai Cricket Association (M.C.A) seemed to have speed up the process of updating the scores on their website, which is seen as a good initiative by the cricket community in Mumbai.
Monsoon Gods kept their promise and didn’t disturb the competitive cricket tournament resulting in a full match on most of the venues.
Click here to check all the scores of first leg of Kanga Cricket Tournament.
CricketGraph.com team & entire Mumbai cricket community commends M.C.A for the speedy score updates.
The official website of Mumbai Cricket Association M.C.A has published the list of umpires and observers for matches scheduled to play on 21st August 2016.
Click here to check the teams playing kanga tournament tomorrow.
We hope the rain gods stay out of mumbai tomorrow for a full day game in Kanga Tournament. CricketGraph.com team wishes all the very best to participating teams.