A T20 match and a team defends a score of 97, that too in the Quarter final match. Thats what took place in the match between Deutsche Bank and Vinayak Marines in the Masters Cup Edition 2 played at picturesque Mahul ground.
Batting first Deutsche were all out for just 97 runs in 19th over. It seemed like a bowlers paradise as only 3 batsmen reached double figures. Man of the Match Rahul Jain top scored with 34.
Vinayak Marines chase got off to a disastrous loosing first wicket on the first ball and 2 wickets in the first over. They never recovered from this start and were all out for just 25 runs in the 10th over. E Bacha of Deutsche was awesome picking up 4 wickets for 13 runs in his 4 overs. Other opening bowler Rahul Jain picked up 2 wickets in his 4 overs conceding only 4 runs. Their innings had 5 ducks.
It was one of the strangest quarterfinal in the corporate circuit that shows team winning by 72 runs with winning team scoring 97 runs.
Masters cup, another reputed corporate tourney in the city of Mumbai organized by well known One World, saw a close semifinal match between Multi screen media and Standard Chartered Bank.
It was team efforts of MSM that enabled them to win but Prathamesh chipped in nicely with both bat and ball. In this semifinal clash, SCB batted first, putting up 152 for the loss of 9 wickets. At least 4 top order batsmen got starts but couldn’t carry on. Arte and Siddiqui both scored 28. Opening bowler Gangan took 3 wickets while Prathamesh was economical in the dying stages and also picked up a wicket.
Prathamesh almost saw his team through with well compiled 43 but was out on the last ball of the 19th over still needing 5 runs to win. Surve ensured no further loss and took just 3 deliveries to hit winning run thus winning by 5 wickets.
Prathamesh was chosen MoM in this important encounter.
It was a high scoring semifinal thriller between team Diamond Brite and team Airtel in the Dreamz T20 Champions Division Cup.
Airtel’s star batsman Jitesh Purabia was in his element and a victory for Airtel seemed eminent. Needing 8 runs to off the last 2 deliveries, Jitesh went for a big one and was out caught. He missed his century by 2 runs and also missed the winning target by 5 runs.
Diamond Brite team batted first, posting a challenging 171 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Bhupen Lalwani top scored with 54 runs and was unfortunately run out. The flamboyant and aggressive Vishal Jain scored rapid 45 runs. Khalid too chipped in with 33 runs. Jitesh Purabia starred with ball to picking up 2 wickets.
It was the team effort of Diamond Brite that paid off in the end over the one-man heroics by Jitesh Purabia as Airtel scrambled home by 5 runs.
In one of the prestigious corporate tournaments in Mumbai, The Dreamz trophy, first quarterfinal of 40 overs was played between 2 of the best corporate teams, Reliance Money and LnT.
As is a norm these days, teams often bat first in a knock out tournament. LnT chose to bat first with intention of putting up a decent total on board. But they lost first 4 wickets quickly and the match threatened to be over quickly but Ajit Nayar (46) and Nishit (25) stitched a good partnership to stop the slide and earn runs. But it was strikes by lower order batsman Ameya Joshi that made a huge difference. Ameya scored a quickfire half century helping LnT put up 164 in 38 overs. Reliance money bowlers did a good job. While Munna picked up 4 wickets, Sunil struck with 3 blows.
Reliance Money’s openers Sunil Somrajan and in-form bat Amrut Shetye were right on the money. Both played a great knock without any pressure of the quarterfinal. While Sunil scored a sublime 64 not out, Amrut scored brisk 74 not out. The target was achieved in 28th overs, Reliance winning by massive 10 wickets and 12 overs to spare. LnT played well but it was Sunil’s day.
In the JD Sports Corporate Challenge trophy, Lupin played against ICICI Bank. ICICI Set up a below par target of 134 runs for Lupin. Lupin batsmen and extras conceded by ICICI Bank made the chase an easy meal for Lupin.
Lupin chased down the target in the 13th over. Akshay was the star for Lupin as he scored brisk 54 runs in just 34 deliveries. He hit 9 boundaries in the process. Lupin’s chase was also aided by 22 extras, a whopping 19 wides, given away by ICICI bowlers.
The Shiraz-E-Hind Trophy match between HUS Films and Syntel was played at Baronet pitch at Azad Maidan.
Bowling all rounder Avdesh Rajbhar of HUS Films gave brilliant performance with the ball. Syntel batting first were up against Avdesh. Avdesh bowled 7.3 overs giving away only 20 runs and taking 5 Syntel wickets. He was complemented pretty well by Nitin Kamble and Rehan Khan who took 2 wickets a piece. Top bowling performance ensured Syntel’s innings was wrapped up in just 21 overs for 103 runs.
HUS Films were in trouble early on as they lost 3 wickets for just 26 runs. But Sachin Vishwakara played a sensible knock of 37 runs and kept on chipping at the small target. HUS Films finally won by 4 wickets. Avdesh was named Man of the Match
Mumbai team qualified for the knock outs in woman’s t20 tournament.
Following Teams qualified for the Elite Group League at Indore from 11-15 Jan 2016
ELITE A – GOA n ODISHA
ELITE B – RAILWAYS n MAHARASHTRA
Following teams qualified for the Plate GROUP Knock out at Ranchi from 11-15 Jan 2016
PLATE A – HIMACHAL n BARODA
PLATE B – MUMBAI n UPCA
PLATE C – ANDHRA n HARYANA
SENIOR WOMEN’S T20 LEAGUE 2015-16
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FINAL ROUND OF THE LEAGUE
ELITE GROUP – A
PUNJAB 106-3-20 ( Jasia 32(36) Rewa 38*(51) Bisht 21*(18) lost to KERALA 107-3-20 (Aswathymol 21(38) Asha S 27(32) Sanjana 31*(25) Jincy 25*(21)
KERALA WON BY 7 WKTS
MPCA 86-10-20 (Pooja 36(45) Nidhi 19(32) Santoshi 4-11-2 Shikha 4-14-2 Rupali 4-10-3) lost to GOA 88-4-17 (Sanjula 50(45) Shikha 10(11) Poona 4-15-2)
GOA WON BY 6 WKTS
ELITE GROUP – B
HYDERABAD 92-9-20 ( Shalini 15(13) Diana 16(27) Shravanthi 12(17) P Reddy 14*(13) Anuja 4-15-3 Devika 4-10-3) lost to MAHARASHTRA 93-8-19.3 (Anuja 37(39) Magre 20(20) Ananya 4-14-3)
MAHARASHTRA WON BY 2 WKTS
RAILWAYS 145-3-20 Thirush 61(57) 5 X 4 2X6, Mithali Raj 21(26) Harman 49*(31) 5X4 2X6 Saika 4-32-2 beat BENGAL 85-5-20 (Priyanka 38*(54) Jhulan 16(20) Rajeshwari 4-18-2)
RAILWAYS WON BY 60 RUNS
PLATE GROUP – A
Team RAJASTHAN 85-7-20 ( Bishnoi 12(22) Mathur 17(26) N Kumari 29*(33) Pathan 4-11-3 lost to BARODA 84-3-15.4 (Binaisha 41(50) P Patel 37(38) B N Meena 4-17-3)
BARODA WON BY 8 WKTS
J&K 92-5-20
(Rubia 57(53) Sarla 12(25) Ankita 11(16) lost to ASSAM 93-2-16.3(Kalpana 14(15) Rumeli 38*(47) Mamtha 29*(26)
ASSAM WON BY 8 WKTS
GUJARAT 72-7-20 Archana 31(50) Seema 10(19) lost to HIMACHAL 73-4-16.3 (Deol 12(15) V Rana 28*(36)
HIMACHAL WON BY 6 WKTS
PLATE GROUP – B
MUMBAI 96-8-20 (Sheral 38(49) Bhakti 37(31) Zanzad 4-12-3 Chawarkar 4-18-2) beat VIDARBHA 88-2-19.5 ( Mona 42*(65) Neha 14(27) Fulmani 28(26)
MUMBAI WON BY 7 RUNS
SAURASHTRA 102-5-20 (Shastri 43(44) Dabhi 18*(16) beat TRIPURA 89-7-20(Debnath 34(44) J Debnath 20(33) Saha 19(21) Neha 4-10-4 Dabhi 4-19-2)
SAURASHTRA WON BY 13 RUNS
PLATE GROUP – C
TAMIL NADU 108-4-20 (Hemalatha 69*(54) Shailaja 18(36) Rameshwari 4-11-2) lost to KARNATAKA 111-4-19.1 (Vanitha 23(18) Divya 36(36) Karuna 28*(44))
KARNATAKA WON BY 6 WKTS
JHARKHAND 62-7-20 ( Kavita 17(35) Niharika 11(18) Bose 4-8-4) lost to HARYANA 63-2-17.4(M Joshi 28(33) Ohlan 14(53) Gulia 10*(7)
HARYANA WON BY 8 WKTS
Sodexo opener Vishal Dandekar was on song in their match against Omni Marines in the Kurukshetra cup. This cup is organized by beyond-infiniti, a firm founded by Rai brothers- Piyush and Devashish.
Vishal scored a breezy 92 runs in just 54 balls and was unfortunate to get out just 6 short of a well deserving century. Vishal demonstrated how to farm strike and score briskly. When he got out it was just the 14th over and who knows if he would have stayed for all 20 overs how much he would have scored. Sodexo put up 162 in their quota of overs.
Chasing a decent target, Omni marine kept loosing wickets at regular intervals and could manage only 124 runs, thus loosing by 38 runs. Classy left handed opener, Akash Patil top-scored with 30 runs and Raj Choughule scored 29 were the only bright spots in other wise lackluster chase.
Undoubtedly Vishal Dandekar was the Man of the Match.
This week all matches of Kurukshetra Cup seem to be low scoring affairs. Seems like the New year mood is still up in the air. This is the first edition of the Kurukshetra Cup, which is organized by Rai brothers (Piyush and Devashis) who are the founders of firm beyond-infiniti.
In another such low scorer game, Mycroyance scored just 105 runs in their 20 overs and still managed to win by 21 runs against Kotak. Rases Changoiwala top scored with 37 for Mycroyance while Sandeep Sawant contributed with 21. Sagar Khatri took 3 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs.
The chase should have been a cake walk for Kotak but they scumbbled to some tight bowling by Kores. Both Hrishikesh and Mayuresh bowled beautifully to account for 5 wickets. Hrishekesh was more lethal picking up 3 top order wickets and hence was chosen as the Man of the match.
Digital broadcasting helped by some tight bowling at death by Himanshu Joshi, defeated strong Subsea pro team by 5 wickets in the kurushetra cup. This is the first edition of this tourney which is organized by beyond-infinity, a firm founded by Rai brothers – Devashish and Piyush.
Batting first, subsea pro scored 133 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Subsea could score only 20 runs in last 3 overs inspite of having 4 wickets in hand. Himanshu Joshi was the main bowler who took 3 critical wickets and been economical.
Digital chased down the target with Jatin Sharma top scored with 35.
Himanshu was adjudged Man of the Match.