The post Christmas celebrations continued for pitchers team in the Friends premier league as they defeated transformers easily by 7 wickets and 5 overs to spare.
Rajesh Menon was the chief tormentor as he blazed to 97 off just 48 balls missing his century just by a whisker. Pitchers achieved their target of 156 in just the 16th over. Mr. Menon was awarded MoM award for continuing the celebrations!!!
In another closely contested match of the Milan T20 gymkhana special tournament, Rika beat Akumentis by shortest of margins, 1 run.
Batting first Rika scored 143 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Man of the Match Amit Rathore scored a brisk 13 ball 34 runs to impart a much needed momentum to Rika’s innings. Shubham scored 28. Tushar, Raju and Narayan each took 2 wickets.
Top order of Akumentis had a decent start and chased well but the middle and lower order failed to finish the job in the end. They ended up just a run short finishing at 142 for 9 loosing too many wickets toward the end. Akumentis innings had an unbelievable 6 run outs. Amit Rathore contributing with 2 run outs and a wicket, well deserving the Man of the match award.
A collective team effort by ICICI Securities saw them through in their encounter against Airtel. Airtel’s star opening batsman played a knock suited to his reputation.
Having invited to bat first, Airtel batsman Jitesh took a toll on ICICI’s bowlers. He carried his bat through scoring a magnificent 115 off just 69 balls, hitting 15 fours and 2 sixes. Airtel could have easily scored 200 had Jitesh got good support from the other end. Irrespective 177 was a decent score to chase for ICICI securities.
This match showed that cricket is a team game. ICICI Securities batsmen kept their nerves and used all of the 20 overs to achieve their target of 178 runs. Amod Bagwe scored a 41 ball 62 to see his team through. He was very well supported by Javed and Anil.
Jitesh’s valiant knock was in vain. Amod Bagwe was declared Man of the match in the winning cause.
MAN OF THE MATCH Sagar Pania ‘s all round performance of 6 wkts & 31 not out runs leads Team Omtex to 2nd successive win , to top the table with 8 points in the Omtex Cup 2015- 16
Team Omtex won the toss and put Terabyte Infosys in to bat .A Explosive opening batting partnership of 82 runs in 8.3 overs by openers Kapil Thakkar & Rahul Khicha got them off to flyer but unfortunately they could not build up on the good start and lost next 5 wkts in 34 runs by the 12.5th over of the innings because of some good spin bowling in tandem by Sagar Pania & Jayesh Shah & a disciplined fielding effort by Team Omtex.
Vimal & Kunal Patel of Terabyte Infosys steadied the innings towards the end but no one really got going and the team could not last 40 overs and were all out for 221 in 33 overs .
Chasing 222 to win Team Omtex got of to brisk start with 24 runs in 3.3 overs but lost two crucial wickets in quick succession in a span of 20 runs and were 44 for 2 in 6.5 overs Opening the innings Atit Shah played the perfect role by scoring 50 runs of 65 balls entrusted on him by the captain. Holding one end of the wicket, made crucial partnerships with Kalpesh Bhuta & Jayesh Shah, of 27 & 34 runs respectively which helped them get closer to the target .However due to some disciplined bowling by Terabyte infosys Team Omtex were 134 runs for 7 wickets at the end of 25.4 overs needing another 88 runs to win in 14.2 overs. Manav Pasad played a Cameo innings of 56 runs of 23 balls and in partnership of 88 runs with Sagar Pania who made a brisk 31 runs of 20 balls , reached the target of 222 in 32.1 overs .with 7.5 overs left …to lead Team Omtex to a fantastic victory. ..
Hansraj School could manage a below average score of 126 runs against St. Francis school in the Harris Shield tournament. But it proved enough for Hansraj as they bundled out opposition for 104 runs.
It was the Aarya and Aaryan show for Hansraj. Aarya Jadhav top scored with 34 while Aaryan Sen took 4 wickets.
Suryansh Shedge was the star of the day overshadowing other performances in the reputed school cricket tournament, the Harris Shield.
Playing for Gundecha school education Kandivali Suryansh’s knock was a treat to watch. He absolutely had no regards for any of the bowlers of SBS Shree Mumba Devi school. He hit the ball to all corners of the ground scoring 167 runs in just 98 balls hitting jaw dropping 27 boundaries. His knock took the game out of reach of the opposition. Dev Shah and Aryan Shetty too had a good outings with the bat, scoring 72 off 85 balls and 48 off 24 balls respectively. Nahush Patil too scored brisk 42 runs. Gundecha posted an unbelievable 408 runs in 45 overs.
It was time for Anurag Mishra of Gundecha to shine with the ball after batsmen s brilliant performance. Anurag bowled a magical spell in which he bowled 6 overs gave away 18 runs and claimed half of the SPS Shree MumbaDevi Vidya Niketan School side. His scalps included a hattrick as well. SPS were bundled for 49 giving a massive win of 359 runs to Gundecha.
There were many stars for Gundecha today but Suryansh’s knock would be remembered for many days to come.
In another one sided match in the ongoing Harris Shield tournament, Paranjpe Vidyalaya, Andheri defeated Vibgyor High School, Goregaon by 7 wickets.
Avinash Shinde was the star with the bat while Omkar Jadhav starred with the ball. Vibgyor could manage only 104 runs as Omkar ran through their innings picking up 5 wickets.
Avinash’s knock made an easy meal of the small chase. Paranjpe achieved the target in the 16th over losing only 3 wickets. Avinash scored 48 runs, missing his half century narrowly.
Janak Kangavkar was brilliant with the ball today picking up 4 wickets in his spell of 8 overs giving away only 31 runs. He bowled 2 maiden overs too.
Janak’s bowling helped St. Xavier’s school, Andheri bowl out Ryan High School, Goregaon for 90 runs in 27.1 overs. Xavier’s bowlers justified their captains faith in bowling first but Xavier’s batsmen made a mess of an easy chase. In the end they managed to achieve the target in the 23 rd over but cost them 7 wickets. Hardik more scored 36 runs not out and kept his nerve to ensure st.Xavier school reach shore safely.
Janak was declared Man of the Match in Xavier’s win by 3 wickets over Ryan School.
Samruddha Bharat Sangh organized SBS corporate Cricket tournament 2015. All league matches completed last weekend. Click here to view the journey so far.
Coming weekend would be various knock out games as displayed below. SBS cordially invites one and all cricket lovers to grace the occasion with your presence and cheer the cricketers as they look to win the finale.
Date : 27th December 2015
Venue : Purandare Stadium, Opposite Chitra Cinema, Dadar (East)
Tennis Cricket Tournament :
1st Semifinal : 10 AM: Boehringer Ingelheim Vs. Intelliswift
2nd Semifinal : 11 AM: Sodexho Vs. Onida
Final : 12 PM
Leather Cricket : 1:30 PM: Sodexho Vs. Hindustan Times.
Presentation Ceremony : 5 PM
Wishing good luck to all finalist!!!
Anjuman Islam Allana Public school, CST easily beat well known Shardashram school by 128 runs in their opening match of the Harris Shield Cup
