In another one sided match of the last league match of AT20, SSA Strikers defeated Collage sports by a huge 145 runs.
Batting first SSA scored a massive 214 runs. All top 6 batsmen except Bele, scored quickly helping SSA with 214. Shirke scored patient 52 off 50 balls while Koli scored brisk 59 off 24 balls. Awate was the only bright spot for Collage who took 2 wickets while conceding only 7 RPO in his spell.
Collage innings folded for mere 69 runs in 17 overs. Gujar took 3 wickets while Gawade and Surve took 2 wickets each. For Collage Design only one batsman, Lad, was able to reach double figures, scoring 25 runs.
Mahesh was at his usual best once again in the match between Edifice Consultant’s Private Limited and STUP Supersonics in the final league match of the AT20 tournament.
Edifice batting first scored a mammoth 216 runs in 20 overs. Mahesh was the top scorer scoring 54 off just 25 balls hitting 5 fours and 4 sixes. Jivani, Sarangan and Jadhav in the middle order played little cameos helping post a more than healthy total for Edifice.
In reply STUP could muster only 85 runs but surprisingly managed to play out their 20 overs. Mahesh was again the star with the ball taking 3 scalps in his 4 overs giving away only 17 runs.
There were no surprises as Mahesh was chosen Man of the Match for the second match in a row.
In the match between Zuentus and Cleartrip played at M. B. Union ground, Zuentus won the toss and chose to bat first. Zuentus opener, Chetan Khetan played a good knock scoring 54 off just 43 balls. He was well complemented by middle order batsman Makarand. They both help Zuentus put up a decent total 154 on board. Shakir of Cleartrip was exceptional with the ball picking up 4 wickets for 32 runs.
Cleartrip’s chase never got going due to some tight bowling by Zuentus bowling. Cleartrip could manage only 115 runs loosing all their wickets in the process. Makarand and Manish took 2 wickets each. For Cleartrip, Sohail Shaikh and Fayyaz Patwe scored 29 and 28 respectively.
Chetan was declared Man of the Match for his 54 off 43.
Tournament : Architects League AT20 Event Organizer : One World of Sports
The League stages of renowned AT20 (Architects Championship Trophy) is coming to an end. This weekend’s matches pose some interesting and pressure situations for teams to qualify for the knock out stage.
Based on various team’s current position, event organizer, One world of Sports has compiled a report detailing various scenarios for teams to progress. While 4 teams have already been eliminated, other 10 teams are in the race and would also look to line themselves up against weaker teams in knock out. Here is the analysis:
Tournament : DSC Challenge cup – 2
1st match: ICC vs UBMC Result : ICC won by 7 wickets
Batting first UBMC scored 166 runs losing just 5 wickets in 20 overs. It was a good total considering the opposition bowling. Vikas M. for ICC took 2 wickets in his 4 overs giving away only 11 runs.
ICC openers Suraj Sharma and Rohit Sahu gave a rollicking start of 130 runs in just 66 balls. Rohit scored 64 in 42 balls hitting 12 balls to the fence while Suraj scored 59 runs in 33 balls 6 boundaries and 2 maximums.
In the end ICC won by 7 wickets and Rohit Sahu was declared Man of the Match.
2nd match : CPCC vs Dindoshi sports club Result : Dindoshi Sports Club won by 42 runs
Dindoshi Sports club scored a massive 205 in their 20 overs but were all out on the last ball of their innings. There were 2 batting stars for Dindoshi, Vinayak Maske scoring 63 off 36 and ever reliable, Aniket Naiksatam scoring 71 off 33 balls that included 6 maximums.
CPCC gave a good chase and at one stage looked threatening. It took a fine spell by Jasbir Singh Mankoo to dash CPCC’s hopes. Jasbir took 3 wickets in his 2 overs conceding only 5 runs.
Jasbir’s spell earned him MoM and also helped his team win by 42 runs.
Tournament : Times Shield Venue : Sassanian, Azad Maidan
Match : Mafatlal Vs Standard Chartered
Result : Mafatlal won by 10 wickets
In a totally one sided match in Division ‘C’ of Times Shield Trophy, Mafatlal bundled out Standard Chartered for a paltry 70 runs. Only SC’s opener S. Kadri put up some resistance with his 42 ball 22 runs. Mafatlal had to use only 3 of their bowlers to do the job. All 3 bowlers took wickets. While Akbar Khan took 4 wickets in his 5 overs conceding only 8 runs, their opener duo, Mangesh Jadhav and Vishwanath Parmar took 3 wickets each. SC’s innings lasted only for 30 overs.
Mafatlal achieved the target without losing a wicket in less than 15 overs, registering a massive win.
Dr.Prakash Vaze Sports Foundation
7th Open Medico Double Wickets Cricket Tournament
Seventh Open Medico Double wickets Cricket Tournament was held on Sunday 6th December 2015 at Dadoji Konddeo Stadium, Thane. Malad Medico’s well known Dentists, Dr.Hitesh Pawar and Dr.Sudeep Baxi after winning toss put Goregaon Medico’s General Medical Practitioners , Dr. Jaswinder Singh and Dr. Waqar into bat . They scored 23 runs in four overs of four balls over but due to 4 times dismissals, their corrected total was 11 only. In reply, Malad Medicos Dr.Hitesh Pawar was dismised on very first ball. Still they went for big shots thus scoring 44 runs but in that process they lost one wickets. Hence corrected score was 44-6= 39 so they won by wide margin of 28 runs and lifted 7th Medico Double Wickets Trophy, a symbol of supremacy in Medico Double Wickets version.
Earlier in one Semi-final Dr.Hitesh Pawar and Dr. Sudeep Baxi defeated 4 years back winners, Dr. D.Y.Patil Sports Academy’s Dr. Unmesh Khanvilkar and Dr. Rajesh Sadaphule by 36-17 while other Semi-final Dr. Jaswinder Singh and Dr. Waqar took into their stride Vikhroli Medicos Father and Son Dr. Virendra and Dr. Amit Upadhyaya by 21-17.
Wicket Keeper Siddhesh Gawas & Fielder Sai Phondekar were adjudicated The Best Fielders. Fielders from Mr.. Kiran Salgaonkar Academy presented a Good Fielding Show.
Mr. Vishwanath K. R. ,a well known former cricket Umpire from Thane and former Regional Manager of Hitachi Power Tools was The Chief Guest and gave away the prizes. Cricket Umpires, Mr. Ashish Bist,, Mr. Mahesh Inamdar, Mr, Rajendra Khare, Scorer Gautam Tambe ,and Mr. Vijay Vaze, Trustee of The Sports Foundation, were present on The dias.
It is learnt from Dr. Prakash Vaze, Managing Trustee of The sports Foundation.
Results in Brief:
Winners: Malad Medico’s Dr.Hitesh Pawar and Dr.Sudeep Baxi
Runners Up: Dr.Jaswindr Singh and Dr.Waqar from Goregaon Medico ( (11-39)
Best Fielders: Wicket Keeper Siddhesh Gawas & Fielder Sai Phondekar from Kiran Salgaonkar Academy,Thane
Tournament : At20 2015-16
Match : Edifice Consultants Private Limited Vs. DSP
Result: Edifice won by 62 runs
In modern day cricket, there are very few all rounders who open the innings for their team with both bat and ball. Mahesh Hirpara of Edifice is one of them. He could find a place in any Architects T20 team just as a batsman or as a bowler.
Mahesh showed his class in their teams win against DSP in Architects T20 cricket tournament. Batting first Edifice scored 161 runs, mainly due to top score of 76 by Mahesh. He was in top gear right from the word go scoring at will, hitting 8 boundaries and 4 sixes, taking only 40 balls. He was well supported by A. Jiwani who scored 54 runs before getting run out.
Mahesh was back at DSP again when they came to bat, this time with the ball though. Mahesh picked up 4 wickets in his spell of 4 overs conceding only 16 runs. Sarangan complimented Mahesh pretty well with 3 wicket haul. DSP folded out for 99, handing a 62 runs victory to Edifice.
Tournament : Masters Cup Edition 3 2015-16 Venue : Elf Vengsarkar, Oval
Match: Multiscreen Media Vs Kotak Mahindra Bank
Result: Multiscreen Media won by 31 runs
Pratik Patil of Multiscreen Media continued his brilliant run with the bat in match against Kotak Mahindra. Batting against quality opposition, Pratik scored 84 runs at a strike rate of 200. He hit more sixes than fours in this blazing innings. Thanks to his knock Multiscreen posted imposing total of 180 runs.
In response Kotak lasted all 20 overs but could only manage 149 runs for the loss of 8 wickets and thus loosing by 31 runs. For them, Chandrashekhar was the top scorer scoring 44 off 34 balls but none of the other batsmen could play a substantial innings. For Multiscreen Shubham and Prathamesh both took 3 wickets each. Pratik too tried his arm on his day and accounted for one wicket.
Pratik was declared Man of the Match.
Tournament : Masters Cup Edition 2 2015-16
Match : Star TV vs McKinsey
Result : Star TV won by 7 wickets
Nitin Kukreja was the STAR for Star TV in their match against consulting giants McKinsey.
Opting to bat first, McKinsey could muster 118 for 8 wickets in their 20 overs. Nitin was the chief tormentor picking up 3 crucial wickets and contributing to 2 run outs. Upendra was top scorer with 26 runs.
Star Tv lost 2 early wickets but once Nitin Kukreja came on to bat things stabilized. Nitin along with the opener Hari Shankar build a solid partnership. While Hari got out towards the fag end of the innings Nitin remained unbeaten ensuring his team win without any further damage. Both Hari and Nitin scored 40+. Star won with 7 wickets and 14 balls to spare. Nitin was declared Man of the Match for an excellent all round display of cricket.