Dinesh Lad (coach of Rohit Sharma) visited Under-17 Boys Summer Camp organized by Cricket Club of Dombivli (CCD) on 7th May. During his visit he guided the young boys about the Fitness, Batting, Bowling, Fielding Fundamentals along-with the intake of necessary diet and importance of Study for the kids.
Dinesh Lad expressed his sincere thanks to CCD members mentioning that CCD has done a valuable work by arranging Summer Camp in Dombivli, which is of equal quality compared to Mumbai Summer Camps. Mr. Lad also mentioned that, for CCD also it will take few years to find a star like Rohit / Ajinkya / Zaheer from the Camp and Hard Work of CCD will pay them a good merit in terms of giving good Cricketers to Indian Cricket Team in near future.
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The atmosphere at PJ Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai was electrifying on 7th May, when Apollo Cricket Club took on Mumbai Police in the quarter final of Salar-e-Jung T20 Tournament. Ankit Shashtri who opened the batting for Apollo had an outstanding day at office as he cruised to a blistering 83 off just 60 balls. Shastri played some good looking cricketing shots and had a perfect blend of defence and aggression in his wonderful knock. Alongwith his opening partner Riyaz (46), Ankit provided a solid start to his team. His unbeaten knock was the star attraction of the day.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Global Connect posted a respectable 154-6 in 20 overs against Lintas India Pvt Ltd on 30th April at Karnataka Ground, Mumbai during the Milan Mega Corporate T20 Tournament. Coming in at no.4, Prashant was the star performer, scoring an unbeaten 63 off just 40 deliveries. Prashant exuded oodles of self-confidence and was the backbone of Global Connect’s batting. Jai was the pick of the bowlers for Lintas picking up 2-30 in his four overs.
It was a disappointing batting performance from Lintas as they were bundled out for a paltry 46 in 12.3 overs, thus losing the match by a huge margin of 108 runs. Rahul was the wrecker-in-chief grabbing 4-12 in 2.3 overs. He bowled consistent line and length and was duly rewarded for his efforts. Prashant who had earlier played his part with the bat, rolled his arm over to pick up 3-13 in his miserly spell of four overs.
For his fantastic all-round efforts, Prashant Yadav (63 not out off 40 balls and 3-13 in 4 overs) was announced as the Man of the Match.
Vikas Sharma of Idea had an amazing day with the bat when he scored a brisk 71 off 34 balls against Radio Mirchi on 30th April in Mumbai during the Milan Mega Corporate T20 Tournament. Sharma led from the front and helped his team amass a grand total of 188-7 in 20 overs. His innings was composed of 11 boundaries and three sixes. Sameer Karpe was the pick of the bowlers for radio Mirchi picking up 4-31 in his four overs.
Radio Mirchi fought well but in the end fell short of 30 runs as they were restricted to 158-6 in 20 overs. The openers Richard D’souza (33 runs off 28 balls) and Nikesh Gupta (33 runs off 40 balls) provided a steady but a solid start to their team. However the middle order could not capitalize on this and Radio Mirchi failed to achieve the target. Javed Gajiyani was the best bowler for Idea as he grabbed 3-23 in his economical four-over spell.
Vikas Sharma (71 runs off 34 balls) was bestowed with the Man of the Match award for his exceptional batting performance.
Ravi Parmar was the star performer with the bat for Ratnakar Bank against Star Sports on 30th April in Mumbai during the Plate A Quarter Final match of Dreamz T20 Cricket Tournament. Parmar cruised to a blistering 48 off 34 balls and was the anchor of his team’s batting. He remained unbeaten to see his team post a challenging 157-7 in 20 overs. Muddassar and Ajeet picked up two wickets apiece.
In reply, Star Sports was done and dusted for 136 in 19.4 overs, losing the match by 21 runs. Nitin top scored with 33 runs off 24 balls but failed to take his team home. Sandesh picked up a five wicket haul and finished off with brilliant figures of 5-25 in 4 overs. Mahesh grabbed 2-25 in his four and gave good company to Sandesh.
Ravi Parmar (48 not out off 34 balls) was announced as the Man of the Match for his match winning knock.
Batting first GEP Solutions posted a respectable 145 in 19.2 overs against CEX on 30th April in Mumbai during the Plate B match of Dreamz T20 Cricket Tournament. No.3 batsman Ameya top scored with 32 runs off 30 balls and received good support from Bisman (22 runs off 16 balls) and Sumit (20 runs off 13 balls). Ravindra was the wrecker-in-chief who finished off with brilliant bowling figures of 5-25 in his four overs. He bowled a disciplined line and length and was duly rewarded for his efforts. Batsmen found it difficult to score off him and fell prey to his consistency. Nikhil and Mahesh chipped in couple of wickets each.
CEX batted well as a team to chase down the target in 19.5 overs, winning the match by five wickets. After losing the opening bat Sandesh cheaply for a duck, Nikhil (32 runs off 37 balls) and Nitish (47 runs) came together to their team’s rescue. Umesh scored a quick-fire 27 off 17 balls and was there till the end to see his team through. Shriyank accounted for 2-38 in his four overs.
Ravindra (5-25 in 4 overs) was awarded with the Man of the Match prize for his excellent bowling display.
Batting first Aditya Birla posted a mammoth 204-4 in 20 overs against ICICI Prudential on 1st May at Venus Sports Academy, Mumbai during the Woods T20 Bowled Out Corporate Tournament. Opening bat Aditya top scored with 67 runs and received good support from Mayank who made 39 off just 27 balls, striking at a strike rate of over 140. Mayank smacked seven boundaries and a six in his wonderful knock. In the end Daniel (36 not out off 14 balls) and Kedar (27 not out off 10 balls) played some special cricket to take their team over 200-run mark. Abhinav picked up 2-38 in his four overs.
It was a disappointing batting performance from ICICI as they were bundled out for a paltry 89 in 18.1 overs, losing the match by a huge margin of 115 runs. Aditya Birla bowlers bowled well in tandem with Ajit, Daniel and Priyal accounting for two scalps each. Mayank who had shined with the bat earlier, rolled his arm over to pick up 1-23 in his four overs.
Mayank (39 runs off 27 balls and 1-23 in 4 overs) was announced as the Man of the Match for his outstanding all-round efforts.
Over 450 runs were scored in the match between Mumbai Police City Riders and Shivaji Park Warriors on 3rd May at Police Gymkhana during the Mitsui Shoji T20 Tournament. Batting first, the Warriors posted a magnanimous 223-6 in 20 overs, thanks to a brilliant unbeaten century from Shashank Singh (107 not out off 52 balls) right at the top of the order. Shashank was brutal with the bat, smacking nine boundaries and seven sixes. He had an unbelievable strike rate of over 200. Mangesh Jadhav picked up 2-36 in his four overs.
Chasing 224 runs seemed to be a daunting task but the City Riders came out all guns blazing. Jay Bista (33 runs off 16 balls) provided a flying start to his team, which was followed by twin half centuries from Sunil Patil (67 runs off 34 balls) and Rohan Bhosle (53 runs off 35 balls). In the end Swapnil Kulaye finished off the game in style hitting a quick-fire 37 off just 14 cherries. It was a batting treat for the spectators. Singh who had earlier shined with the bat rolled his arm over to account for 3-44 in his four overs. The target was chased down in 19 overs, keeping five wickets in hand.
Though his team failed to win, Shashank Singh (107 not out off 52 balls and 3-44 in 4 overs) was awarded with the Man of the Match prize for his outstanding all-round efforts.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Datamatics posted a challenging 161-9 in 20 overs against Friends Cricket Club (FCC) in the final match of Friendship T20 Tournament that was played on 1st May in Mumbai. Nikhil (26 runs off 23 balls) and Sudhir (32 runs off 37 balls) provided a solid start to their team. Mangesh played a cameo lower down the order scoring a brisk 29 off 13 balls smacking two boundaries and as many sixes in his entertaining knock. Ajay was the pick of the bowlers for FCC picking up 3-25 in his four overs.
In reply FCC was done and dusted for a paltry 83 in 14.4 overs, losing the match by a big margin of 78 runs. Left arm medium pace bowler Sagar was the wrecker-in-chief grabbing 4-15 in his four overs. He bowled a disciplined line and length and was duly rewarded for his outstanding bowling efforts. FCC got off to a horrendous start as they lost both their openers for a duck. Hiren Lakmani from FCC top scored with 31 runs but could not play a long innings to see his team through.
Sagar (4-15 in 4 overs) was declared as the Man of the Match for his wonderful bowling figures. Rohidas (Datamatics) was announced as the Best Bowler and Parikshit (Reliance) was awarded with the Best Batsman prize.
To watch the cricketing legends on television is a common thing but to get the opportunity to coach them is something extraordinary. Sandeep Dahad a former Mumbai left arm Pacer grabbed the opportunity when he was presented with a bowling coach assignment for one of the teams of MCL – Leo Lions. MCL is a star studded T20 cricket tournament played by retired cricketers. The likes of Virender Sehwag, Kumar Sangakkara, Bret Lee ,Grame Smith ,Saqlen Mushtaq ,Murlitharan , Brian Lara, Darren Gough just to name a few have been a part of MCL.
While interacting with cricketgraph.com, Dahad expressed that it was a fantastic experience to be offered a job to coach cricketing greats like Brian Lara Harshell Gibbs and Darren Gough, were in the team, whom Dahad coached. “Though these players have retired, they still look to play with the same intent and intensity as if they were playing for their country”, added Sandeep. Mr.Dahad, who is also one of the coaches of MCA- IDBI FL pace academy and a former Tripura ,Goa state team coach, was completely floored by the modesty and simplicity of the cricketing legends. During the tournament, these great players were totally involved while making decisions, studying the opponents’ batting line-up, bowling attack and understanding every player’s game.
The former captain of the island country West Indies; Brian Charles Lara was the skipper of Sandeep’s team(Leo Lions). “Though the southpaw was not in best of the forms, he did not let this affect his captaincy”, averred Mr. Dahad. Lara led with supreme confidence, which is evident from the fact that his team reached the finals of MCL.
The coach reminisced,” The final match was played on a wicket that was on a slower side making it difficult to chase. Everybody in the team expected that Lara would elect to bat first if he wins the toss. To everybody’s surprise, Brian’s brain had some other plans. He won the toss and chose to field first. Many eyebrows were raised and without any further ado, Lara justified his decision. He said that his team’s bowling had bowled most no. Of dot balls and given least number of boundaries in the tournament so team was far superior to batting that is why he did not want to put his bowlers under pressure again, because somewhere he knew that the team’s batting had not clicked”. In the final match, bowling worked according to the plan and Lara’s team was able to restrict the opponents for a humble 129. However a few injuries and a brilliant bowling spell from Rana did not allow Brian’s team to clinch the MCL Cup.
Sandeep Dahad has achieved a lot in the field of cricket. He has been one of the best Level-C BCCI qualified coaches with specializations in Fast bowling ,Batting and Fielding. The Former Bowling all rounder was also India’s Youngest Ranji Coach Guiding his State Team – Tripura to their historic Semi-Final appearance in Plate group Ranji Trophy which is evident from the fact that he was associated with MCL, where the retired international cricketers came together to play the game. Despite rubbing shoulders with the cricketing legends and sharing dressing room with them, Mr.Dahad is still amazingly passionate about coaching and as humble , grounded as anybody else. We at cricketgraph.com wish this great personality all the very best for all his future endeavors.
