Vishal Dadgaonkar’s blistering knock of 82 balls off just 66 balls was the standout performance of the day during the match between Route SMS and Syntel in Shiraz-e-Hind tournament on 20th Feb in Mumbai. Vishal helped Route SMS post a formidable 254-8 in 38 overs. He had an amazing day with the bat as he smacked the Syntel bowlers all-round the park. He pierced the gaps at regular intervals and hit the odd boundaries at his will. Pranay (42) and Rishkesh (46) chipped in as well. Ganesh Pawar was the pick of the bowlers for Syntel as he picked up 3-36 in seven overs.
In reply, Syntel was bundled out for a paltry 130 in just 26.3 overs. Bhushan Tandel rattled the Syntel batting line-up grabbing 3-28 in eight overs. Bhavik Patil and Vishal Dadgaonar were among wickets, accounting for two wickets apiece. Opening bat Ashish Gupta top scored with 34 runs but received no support from the other end. Route SMS registered a comprehensive victory as they defeated Syntel by 124 runs.
Vishal Dadgaonkar was awarded with the Man of the Match prize for his fantastic all-round performance (82 runs and 2-23 in 3.3 overs).
Royal Scotts locked horns against Sultan Sports in the all important final match of the Inter-Zonal T20 Tournament organized by Delhi Cricket League in Delhi. Batting first, Royal Scott put up a decent batting performance scoring 135-9 in 20 overs. The target was not too steep but was enough to keep Sultan Sports in control. Puneet Yadav top scored with 46 runs and was well-supported by Ajay Chouhan (38) and Rahul (24). All the three players played some fantastic cricketing shots and helped their team to cross the crucial 120-run mark. Ovesh Saifi was simply brilliant with the ball as he grabbed 4-10 in his four overs. Ubed Khan and Brij Bhushan were the other bowlers among wickets, picking up two apiece.
Chasing 136 runs in a final can always be tricky. Sultan Sports played well but fell short of 20 runs as they were restricted at 115-9 in 20 overs. Had they calmed their nerves, the trophy would have been theirs. Vimal was at his very best as he scored 39 runs, but failed to capitalize. Nishant Singh was the pick of the bowlers as he finished off with 3-17 in four overs. After his batting heroics, Ajay Chouhan accounted for two wickets and so did Hitesh Kumar.
It was an emphatic victory for Royal Scott as they clinched the Inter-Zonal T20 Trophy organized by Delhi Cricket League. Ajay Chouhan was declared as the Man of the Match for his match winning all-round performance (38 runs and 2-19 in 4 overs). Some of the other awards that were announced were; Man of the Series Ovesh Saifi (4 matches, 12 wickets and 65 runs), Best Bowler Nishant Singh (5 matches, 9 wickets), Best Batsman Ajay Chauhan (5 matches, 125 runs), Best Wicket-Keeper Puneet Yadav (5 matches, 7 dismissals), Best Fielder Ubed Khan (4 matches, 2 amazing catches), Best Emerging Player Anil Sharma (6 wickets in 1 match), Best Fair play award Brij Bhushan and Best Six award Kartik Kain.
It a season for big hitting, big scores and breaking of records. In the ongoing Thosar Tournament played at Central Maidan, Thane, between Prime Group CC against Royal CC Thane, it was another huge total put by the side batting first.
Prime Group CC batting first, posted 306 runs in 45 overs. The right handed batsman , Premchand Rajbhar who came down at the 5th position to bat scored 106* . He came in at a stage when the left handed spinner from Royal CC was bowling really well and already picked up 4 wickets. Prem watchfully played his over resulting in a maiden however that was only before Prem let himself loose.
Prem hit 7 fours and 7 sixes to reach 106 in 66 balls!
Prem was recently awarded the Man of the Series in Inter College Thane District Tournament , where he scored 176 runs and picked up 6 wickets in 3 matches. Prem coaches under Ajay kadam, the head coach of Mulund Gymkhana.
Prime Group CC easily won the match by getting the opponent all out for paltry 90 runs.
With this win, Prime Group CC moves on to the next level of Thosar Tournament .
Article courtesy – Jayesh Kulkarni
Shankar Natekar of Sanofi had an amazing outing against HAV Solutions on 20th Feb at Cross Maidan in the on-going Milan Mega Corporate T20 tournament. Batting first, Sanofi put on board a defendable 145-6 in 20 overs, courtesy an unbeaten knock of 48 runs off 47 balls from Mihir Angne. Coming in at no.3 Mihir played a patient knock considering the T20 standard. He read the bowling well and punished the bad balls, scoring seven boundaries in his innings. Harmeet was the best bowler as he finished off with the figures of 3-16 in his four overs.
In response, HAV Solutions were restricted at 135-9 in 20 overs, thanks to a brilliant bowling performance from Shankar Natekar (4-21 in 4 overs). He was accurate and bowled a disciplined line and length, not allowing the HAV Solutions’ batsmen to go after him. Sushant Satam was the other bowler who made the life of HAV batsmen difficult as he picked up 3-32 in his four overs.
For his match winning bowling effort, Shankar Natekar of Sanofi was awarded with the Man of the Match prize.
Airtel One locked horns against Global Connect on 20th Feb at Cross Maidan during the Milan Mega Corporate T20 tournament. Global Connect perhaps made a blunder when they put Airtel One to bat first. Mayur More was at his very best when he scored a wonderful 78 off just 37 balls, striking at a blistering rate of over 200. Top three batsmen of Airtel One scored half centuries and smacked the Global Connect bowlers all-round the park. Airtel One posted a daunting 220-1 in 20 overs. Bharat Rathod was the lone wicket-taker for Global Connect.
Chasing a mammoth target of 221 runs was always going to be a Herculean task and it did them no good when the batting collapsed like a pack of cards. Varun Chopra top scored with 30 runs but failed to take his team home. After shining with the bat, Mayur More rolled his arm to pick a couple of wickets and had Prakash Aswani for company, who also grabbed two wickets. Gobal Connect was restricted at 137-8 in 20 overs, thus losing the match by a big margin of 83 runs.
Mayur More was honoured with the Man of the Match award for his fabulous all-round performance (78 not out and 2-10 in 2 overs).
HUS easily beat World Sports XI on 20th Feb at Prabhu Jolly Young Cricket ground, Mumbai, during Shiraz-e-Hind tournament match, courtesy Irfan Ansari’s brilliant bowling performance of 4-18 in his four overs. He was accurate and almost unplayable as he rattled the World Sports’ top order. World Sports was restricted to 112-8 in 20 overs, with middle order bat Pravin Singh top scoring with 32 runs.
In reply, it was a cake walk chase for HUS as they accomplished the target in 15.2 overs, keeping five wickets in hand. Arjun (31) and Suyog (29) anchored the HUS innings well and ensured that their team was safe. Varun was the pick of the bowlers for World Sports as he finished off with the figures of 2-20 in his two overs.
Irfan Ansari of HUS was announced as the Man of the Match for his fantastic bowling figures of 4-18 in 4 overs.
Sai Patil’s unbeaten knock of 79 runs off just 55 balls was the standout performance of the day as TASC comprehensively defeated Transformers in the Friends Premier League (FPL) match on 21st Feb in Mumbai. Batting first, Transformers were restricted for a paltry 131-6 in 25 overs, thanks to Ketan (2-31) and Sai’s (2-19) splendid bowling efforts. Apart from the top three batsmen, none of the other Transformers’ batsmen managed a double digit score. Opening bat Ajinkya played well for his 47 and found able allies in Hardik (24) and Gaurav (32).
TASC batsmen made a mockery of Transformers’ bowling as they achieved the target in just 15.5 overs, keeping eight wickets in hand. Parag Pokle (21*) complimented Sai Patil’s heroics as they finished off the game in style.
Sai Patil was declared as the Man of the Match for his match winning all-round performance (79 not out and 2-19 in 3 overs).
Tausif Khan scores a brilliant 84 runs off 43 balls in a pressure match Tausif Khan was back with what he does best, creating terror in bowlers! After a long gap of few months recovering from slip disc injury, Tausif took few delivers to get in to the groove and started with a back foot flick on the leg side dismissing the ball for boundary. That classic leg side flick was a sign of things to come for the 47 year old khan Chasing a decent total of 161 was never going to be easy however the two top order batsman from Mulund Knockers, Tausif Khan (84runs-43balls) and Manoj Sonavane (46runs -28 balls) made it seem like a walk in the park scoring fours and sixes at will.Together they stitched a partnership of 124 runs and chased down the target in 15.3 overs.
Hilltop Cricket Club team won the toss and elected to bat first against Mulund Knockers. Hilltop club never seemed to slow down their aggressive batting and continued with power hitting despite loosing wickets at regular intervals. Sandeep scored a quickfire 53 and the stage looked set for 200 plus target. However the brakes were applied by the off spinner Manoj S who surprisingly delivered a crucial maiden over.
Mulund Knockers bowlers restricted the total to 160 in 20 overs. Tausif Khan innings was laced with 13 fours and 2 sixes. Tausif Khan’s batting performance earned him accolades from opponents and umpires who thoroughly enjoyed his batting. With this win, Mulund Knockers move on to the semi-finals of JFCL tournament.
Yashasvi is in the news again ! This time for his double ton in the finals of Varroc Cup playing for Payyade SC against Poona Club. Opener batsman Jaiswal scored 203 off 126 balls. Though the scoresheet failed to capture the exact number of fours and sixes, as per Yashasvi, it was around 16 fours and 7 sixes. We are sure he too must have lost a count of the exact fours and sixes!
Courtesy Jaiswals knock, Payyade SC posted a mammoth target of 471/6 in allotted 45 overs. Other noteable performance was that of Aryan Bangar 90(57) , son of Indian cricket team batting coach – Sanjay Bangar. Poona club team must have been in awe of Jaiswals batting that it took a while for them to come out of this shock. Poona club were bowled out for 117 in 33.4 overs.
While talking to cricketgraph.com team, the mentor of 15 year Jaiswal, Mr. Jwala Singh said ” This was the fist double hundred in last two years.. And fist in limited over match so he was very happy. Also in vijay merchant trophy for Mumbai he came close to hundreds two times. 98 against Madhya pradesh in very important quarter final and 92 against Maharashtra so he was very much hungry for any big knock and delivered at the right time”.
Cricketgraph team has attached the official scoresheet for all the cricket lovers to do the mathematics of this enigmatic performer.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Ratnakar Bank failed to put up a decent show with the bat against Nomura on 13th Feb at Cross Maidan, Mumbai in the on-going Mega Corporate T20 match. Ratnakar Bank was bundled out for 126 in 19 overs, courtesy Pratik Ahluwalia’s magical bowling spell. Pratik picked up a fifer as he finished off with the envious figures of 5-14 in his four overs. He was almost unplayable and kept on asking questions to Ratnakar Bank’s batsmen. Opening the batting for his team, Sandesh Rumde scored 41 runs off 38 balls and received good support from Mandar Devaskar (26 runs off 22 balls).
Nomura had a dream start to the chase, as the opening batsman Rupesh Tiwari (54 not out off 52 balls) got off to a flyer scoring a wonderful half century. Nomura achieved the target in 18.5 overs, keeping seven wickets in hand and registering a comprehensive win. Mandar Devaskar picked up 2-26 in his four overs.
Pratik Ahluwalia was declared as the Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling performance (5-14 in 4 overs).
