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.
Mumbai elected to bat first after winning the toss in the Vijay Merchant U-16 tournament against Maharashtra.
Mumbai got off to a bad start, loosing Suved Parker and inform Arjun Tendulkar for less than 60 runs. But 2 down and 3 downs for Mumbai, Yashasvi and Satyalaksh respectively got together and played brilliantly carrying their team to safety.
Yashasvi scored 92 hitting 11 fours and 3 sixes while Satyalaksh scored 93 hitting 14 boundaries. Unfortunately none of them could convert their knocks to centuries. The first day ended with Mumbai at 297 for the loss of 7 wickets. For Maharashtra, Mohite took 3 wickets while Dongre and Aklujkar took 2 wickets each. At the end of first days play Atharv Ankolkar and Tanvish Vaze were at the crease and Mumbai would hope their tail can wag a little more to post at least 350.
Tournament : Ushatai S. Patil and Dnyanraj Sports Cricket Venue: Sonale Cricket Ground Bhiwandi
Match : KPCA A Vs. Kiran Salgaonkar SC
Result: KPCA A won by 194 runs
The first match of first season of the Ushatai S. Patil and Dnyanraj Sports Cricket Tournament saw emergence of 2 stars, one batsman and one bowler from the same team.
This tournament is being played at the newly developed Sonale Cricket Ground at Bhiwandi. Its organized by Kaustub Pawar Cricket Academy and sponsored by well known architect Sudhir Patil.
KPCA A chose to bat first in this opening match of this 40 over tournament. Highlight of KPCA batting was their opening batsman Shravan Jaiswar, who scored a brilliant nelson, 111 runs in just 90 balls, hitting 16 fours and 2 massive sixes. He was well supported by Ashok Yadav who scored 74 runs. Unfortunately KPCA A couldnt bat out their full quota of 40 overs and were all out for 294 runs in 38 overs. Sai and Vineet took 2 wickets each for Kiran SC.
In reply, the Salgaonkar club couldnt face another star of the day, Firoz Hasmi. They could manage only 100 runs and were all out in the 22nd over. Kunkesh Patil top scored with 36 runs but except him there was not much batting. Firoz took 5 wickets conceding only 21 runs in his 5 overs.
Stay tuned as we bring more match reports from this tournament.
Tournament : Corporate Cricket Bash season 2 Venue : Air India Kalina, Mumbai
Final match : Mumbai Police Vs. Arbuda Agro Chemicals
Result : Mumbai Police won by 22 runs
The much anticipated final between Mumbai Police and Arbuda Agro Chemicals was played on Sunday night at Air India ground, Mumbai. Along with stars from both teams the occasion was also graced by bollywood stars Suniel Shetty and Sohail Khan.
Mumbai Police batted first. Its always a good strategy to put runs on the board in the final match. Thats what Mumbai Police tried doing. They did not target a huge score but a decent score and batted accordingly. None of the batsman could reach a half century due to some tight bowling by Arbuda team. But Mumbai Police ensured scoreboard kept ticking all the time.
All Top order batsmen contributed scoring at least 20 runs. Mahesh of Mumbai Police top scored 37 off 23 balls while P Sunil scored patient 36 at run a ball. Mumbai Police managed a good score of 154 for 4 wickets. Arbuda captain Mukesh Patel was the star bowler for Arbuda picking up 2 wickets conceding only 24 runs off his 4 overs.
Lot of hope were dependent on batsman in form Ankit Shastri ( who recently hit massive 170+ in T20 match). But to disappointment of all, Ankit only managed a score of 16 before he got out to A. Prashant. Despite losing him early Arbuda gave a good fight but fell short by 22 runs. Yogesh took 3 wickets while pankaj took 2 wickets for Mumbai Police.
Congratulations to Mumbai Police on winning season 2 of CCB.
It was a memorable CCB season 2 and here are some pictures from the award ceremony!!!
Tournament : Woods T-20 Mega corporate challenge 2015-16
Match between : Hindustand Unilever and Piramal Enterprises
Result: Hindustan Unilever won by 10 wickets
In what turned out to be absolute one sided contest between 2 corporate, Hindustan Unilever and Piramal Enterprises, Sachin Kawade impressed one and all with his master strokeplay.
Piramal chose to bat first. Due to fine knocks by Amol and Gaurang they put up a decent total of 132 for 7 in their 20 overs. Gaurang remained unbeaten on 53. Ashwath took 3 wickets for Hindustan.
Hindustan made an easy lunch of this total and chased down the target in the 14th over. They did not loose a wicket in the process. Sachin Kawade was the dominant partner. He scored 98 runs in 54 balls while his partner faced 32 balls for his 21 runs. Sachin missed his century but gave an easy win to his team.
Final of 15th D.R.A.C.T. 2015-2016 (Dronacharya Ramakant Achrekar Cricket Tournament) which is now also renowned as Mumbai Under-14 Selection Tournament in alliance with Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) organized by CPCC (Chandrakant Pandit Cricket Clinic) was played between Payyade SC & Amar CC on 17th & 18th November at Venus Sports Academy Goregaon West.
After winning the Toss, Amar CC elected to bat first and they set a total of 281 for Payyade SC with the help of 3rd wkt. Partnership of 74 runs (between Suryansh S. 70 (4×8) & Abhishek W. 46 (4×7)) and 10th wkt. Partnership of 94 runs (between Vatsal S. 57* (4×7) & Soham S. 33 (4×4)). At one stage, Amar CC collapsed to 186/9 from 124/3 after the effective bowling performance from Payyade SC Captain Left Arm Spinner Musheer Khan 5/68 and Right Arm Leg Spinner Siddhesh Jadhav (2/31). Chasing a Target of 281, Payyade SC ended the score with 183/4 on final day of the game. From Payyade SC star batsmen in Final game were Ayush J. (51 (4×8), Siddhesh Jadhav 62* (4×11). Since Payyade SC had better Quotient compared to Amar CC, Payyade SC were declared as Winners. Siddhesh Jadhav was declared Player of the finals considering his all round performance in the game.
Prize Distribution Ceremony was conducted on 28th November’2015 at CPCC, Hansraj Morarji Public School Ground, Andheri West in presence of Guest of Honour Dr. P. V. Shetty (Jt. Hon. Secretary M.C.A.), Chief Guest Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai Ranji Player & IPL DD team Member), Arvind Kadam (Secretary – MCA Tournament Committee), Rajesh Sutar (Chairman – MCA U-14 Selection Committee)
Mani Iyer (Chairman Tournament & Organising Committee (DRACT) – CPCC) expressed his sincere gratitude towards all the Guests, MCA Members, Selectors, Coaches, Players of Participating Teams, Sponsors, Media on the successful conclusion of the tournament as this tournament gives U-14 Cricketers a Platform to Show Case their talent and during the same time, a base for MCA to look at Young Cricketers they can groom for future.
Special Awards:
Shri. Dilip Vengsarkar Trophy – Best Batsman of the Tournament
Late Shri. Ramakant Desai Trophy – Best Bowler of the Tournament
Late Shri. Ramnath Parkar Trophy – Best Fielder of the Tournament
Late Shri. Naren Tamhane Trophy – Best Wicket Keeper of the Tournament
Sunil Gavaskar Trophy – Man of the Series Award
Videos of the prize distribution Ceremony
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Article by Sachin Rajput, Sr. Business Associate – Cricketgraph.com
Tournament : DSC Challenge Cup
Matches : Dindoshi sports club vs ICC and CPCC vs UBMC
Results: ICC won by 5 wickets and UBMC won by 9 wickets
In what turned out to be batsmen’s day out in both the matches of DSC challenge cup, Amol and Amogh scored excellent half centuries in their teams wins. One knock was brutal while the other was tailor made for the situation.
In the first match between Dindoshi Sports Club and ICC, Dindoshi scored 158 for 7 in their 20 overs. Alpesh Joshi top scored with 39. ICC achieved the target in just 17.2 overs. The lanky batsman Amol packs a punch. He scored 67 runs in just 30 balls (hitting 5 sixes) making it an easy chase. ICC thus won by 5 wickets. Amol was named MoM
In the other match between CPCC and UBMC, CPCC scored respectable 151 for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In response, UBMC achieved the target in 17 overs thanks to 2 half centuries one by MoM Amogh and other by Dheeraj. Amogh played sensibly in the beginning and then changed gears enabling UBMC win by 9 wickets.
Tournament : Cosmopolitan Cricket Shield Tournament 2015-16 Venue : Prabhu Jolly CC
Match : Indian Dynamite CC vs. Paramount Cricket Club
Indian Dynamite having won the toss chose to field first wanting to take advantage of the morning dew in Mumbai. They didn’t know what the opponent captain Digambar Pardale had in store for them.
Captain Digambar Pardale who opens the innings for Paramount cricket club both in batting as well as in bowling played a captain’s knock. He scored a fantastic century, 102 runs in just 91 balls. He was very well supported by 3 other players, namely Anand Sharma (53 off 53), Lalitkumar Sharma (72 off 60) and an excellent finish by Sajid Shaikh scoring 74 in just 40 balls putting a perfect icing on the cake.
Captain Digambar was not done yet. He took 4 wickets of Indian Dynamite, bowling 9 overs on the trot giving away just 22 runs. He was brilliantly supported by Mukesh Patel who took 3 wickets for 11 runs in his spell of 6 overs giving away just 11 runs. Indian Dynamite’s innings folded out for a mere 52 runs in 22 overs. None of the Dynamite batsmen could reach double figure such was the spell of Pardale and Patel.
In the ODI final of the Under-19 between Bangladesh and India, Bangladesh batted first. Bangla scored 116 runs in 36 overs against tight bowling by India under-19 boys.
Chasing small targets can be a difficult task when chasing team loses some quick wickets. That’s what happened in India U-19 chase. They lost
3 quick wickets for 42 runs. In came the Mumbai boy, Sarfaraz Khan and completely changed the complexion of the game in India U-19’s favor. He deposited ball all over the ground, scoring 59 runs in 27 balls hitting 9 boundaries and 3 massive sixes.
Sarfarz was declared Man of the Match for his efforts enabling an easy win in the end for India U-19 boys with 7 wickets and 36 overs to spare.
Salute to Sarfaraz for flying the Mumbai flag high.
Tournament : Dreamz
Match between : HDFC Ergo vs Morgan Stanley
Result: HDFC Ergo wins by 2 wickets
A nail biting finish by Hdfcergo
Pre-quarter finals was played between Hdfcergo and Morgan Stanley.
Morgan won the toss and elected to bat first. They played a sensible innings scoring 119 runs in 20 overs.
The match was evenly poised on a slow deck.
However Lawrence of Hdfcergo had different plans he scored blazing 46 runs in 26 balls however Morgan were picking up wickets at regular intervals. When the captain of Hdfcergo, Dhanesh, arrived at the crease and gave a fighting victory to Hdfcergo by scoring crucial 38 runs and was named as man of the match.
Brief Scores:
Morgan Stanley 119 for 9 in 20 overs( Kshitij 39, Darshan 24*) (Suyog and Yogendra 3 wickets each)
HDFC Ergo 120 for 8 in 19.4 overs (Lawrence 46, Dhanesh 38*) (Kshitij 4 wickets)