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.
Tournament : KSG YCC T20 tournament
Match : KSG Warriors Vs Giants
Result : Ksg warriors won by 5 wickets
In modern days it is not common to bowl first in a T20 match final. But that is what captain of Warriors did. He chose to field first in the final against Giants. Giants grabbed the opportunity with both hands scoring a seem-to-be a winning final score of 170 for 5 runs. Giant’s opener Manan Mehta top scored with 45 ball 65 runs and also carried his bat through. Harsh Parekh of Warriors took 2 valuable wickets.
The chase was amazing by warriors and justified their captains faith in chasing big totals.
Parth Mathuria was man of the moment. He scored quick fire 74 off just 32 balls taking the game away from the giants. The match went to the last over but Parth was there till the end and ensured Warriors win with 2 balls and 5 wickets to spare.
Parth was declared Man of the Match for a memorable final match performance.
Tournament : Dreamz 40 overs
Match : E Merck Sports Club Vs S S Travels
Result : E Merck won by 122 runs
In modern days when most of the matches are won by batsmen it s a good feeling when a bowler gets to be the Man of the Match.
Thats what happened in the Dreamz 40 overs match between E Merck Sports Club and SS Travels. E Merck Sports batting first scored 232 runs. Tushar Shinde top scored with 70 runs. Shekhar for SS Travels took 3 wickets.
SS Travels chase got off to a decent start. Once Varun was introduced in the bowling attack there was no stopping march of the SS Travels batsmen to the pavilion. During his spell of 6 overs, Varun took 6 wickets conceding just 24 runs.
Aptly Varun was declared Man of the Match for excellent bowling figures enabling his team Merck won by massive 122 runs against SS Travels.
Tournament : Dreamz Trophy T-20
Match : Diamond Brite Vs Ceat Tyres
Diamond brite batting first against Ceat tyres scored a massive 180 for the loss of 4 wickets. Diamond’s openers Vishal Jain and Bhupen Lalwani batted brilliantly posting a 100 + run partnership. Vishal scored 83 while Bhupen scored 68. Aniket for Ceat took 3 wickets for 22 runs.
Chasing 180 is never an easy task. But Ceat openers did a good job and showed ray of hope. The introduction of Kunal and true diamond, Bhupen changed the equation in Diamond’s favor as the pair accounted for 6 wickets, ending the Ceat innings well short by 65 runs.
Bhupen Lalwani was declared MoM for his all round show with the bat and the ball.
Tournament : Milan T-40 overs
Match : Ratnakar Bank Vs Bank Bazaar
Result: Ratnakar bank won by 66 runs
In another T-40 Milan match between Ratnakar bank and Bank Bazaar, Ratnakar Bank (RBL) chose bat first after winning the toss. RBL got off to a slow start, thanks to some tight bowling by Bank Bazaar bowlers. Abhishek Kadam changed the equation in batsman and RBLs favor with some hard hitting. He scored blazing 81 runs off just 43 balls posting a respectable 216 runs. Second top scorer in RBLs innings were the extras, amounting to a half century (52 to be precise).
In reply Bank bazaar innings never got going and they kept loosing wickets at regular intervals. Only bright spot in their innings was the opener batsman Mayank Desai’s knock of 49 runs off just 36 balls. Bank bazaar innings folded for 150 runs handing a good 66 runs victory to RBL. For RBL, Ronesh Raut was the star bowler plucking 5 wickets for just 25 runs. RBL bowlers conceded only 4 extras.
Abhishek Kadam was declared MoM.
Tournament : Milan 40 overs 2015-16 (click on link for tournament home)
Match : Automotive CC vs Lintas (click on link for match scorecard)
Result : Automotive won by 206 runs
Lintas’s decision to field first against Automotive was well rewarded by their opening bolwer Aniket Vaidya who got rid of both the openers for less than 20 runs on the board.
One down batsman Shivam Gharat had different plans in store. He came at a difficult time but batted patiently initially to put decent partnership with 2 down Kishan Ghosh. He was later joined by Chetan Dhingra who played some amazing strokes to propel Automotive’s inning. Towards the end of the innings Shivam too displayed his array of strokes completing his century in the process. Chetan was unlucky to miss out his century by just 10 runs. But his 64 balls 90 runs (6 X 4, 3 X 6) and Shivam’s 110 off 121 balls (11 X 4, 2 X 6) helped Automotive post 276 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in their allotted 40 overs.
For Lintas, Aniket took 2 wickets but went for plenty of runs. In reply, Lintas folded out for a mere 70 runs with Arun Kelaskar top scoring with 22 runs. All bowlers were among wickets for Automotive. Gokul Patel took 3 wickets while Dharmendra Yadav, Sachin Sanghvi and Laxman took 2 wickets each.
Gharat was declared Man of the Match for his centurion efforts with the bat.