AFS Cricket League Season 2
Friends Club continued their winning run in the ongoing AFS Cricket League by defeating Bhawani Fire Protection by 42 runs in the second match of the tournament.
Friends Club won the toss and decided to bat first. They put a total of 161/8 in their allotted 20 overs thanks to Kishan Singh‘s 21 ball 35 that included one boundary and 4 sixes.
In reply, BFP could not come even close to the target, ending the innings on 119/9 with Shivang picking up 4 wickets for his team.
National Inter-School
Uttaranchal continued their purple patch as they defeated Telangana in the final and lifted the title of National Inter-School Cricket Championship. Uttaranchal all-rounder Anoop bagged the man of the tournament award while Yathartha Bhardwaj walked away with bowler of the tournament prize.
Telangana won the toss and opted to bat first. They were skittled for mere 69 runs thanks to 4 wickets by Anoop and 3 wickets by Yathartha. In reply, Anoop shone with the bat as we scored an unbeaten 34 runs and along with Nishant Sharma’s unbeaten 31 runs, guided his team to victory.
Tournament : Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy
Match : Mumbai vs Madhya Pradesh
Opening day of the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy was completely dominated by Mumbai batsmen. Mumbai compiled a huge score of 451 for 4 on the first day against Madhya Pradesh.
Prithvi scored at brisk pace (107 off 99 balls) while Arman played a patient knock of 149 off 203 balls and is still unbeaten. Giving him company is another dasher batsman, Khizar Dafedar.
Source: TOI, 22nd November
Tournament : Police Shield cricket tournament | MCA
Match : National CC Vs Islam Gymkhana
Riding on a fine century by their star batsman Swapnil Pradhan, National Cricket club scored a formidable 270 for loss of 5 wickets on the first day of the match. This was group ‘A’ match.
The second day will be interesting to watch as Islam Gymkhana has battery of strong batsmen in their line up. It would be interesting to observe when would national declare and whether they have appetite to go for crucial points on basis of first innings lead.
Source : Loksatta, 22nd Nov 2015
Tournament: Dreamz Trophy 2015 – 2016
Match : Tata Communications vs. FSS
Having won the toss, Tata Communications chose to bat first against formidable bowling line up of FSS. FSS bowlers put up a great show to restrict Tata for 128 runs in 20 overs. Opener Chandan Patil carried his bat through scoring a well made 61 runs off 60 balls on bowling friendly conditions.
In response, FSS could muster 123 runs for 7 wickets by the end of 20th over. Interesting fact to observe is FSS gave away 17 extras while Tata bowlers gave away only 7 extras and therefore even after scoring more runs with bat than their opponents, FSS lost by a narrow margin of 5 runs.
Tournament : Milan T20 Corporate cricket Venue : L.I.C. (Cross Maidan)
Match : Tikona Digital Net Pvt. Limited vs. Asiatic Engineering
In a match played Saturday afternoon at L.I.C. pitch between Tikona and Asiatic engineering witnessed an all round show by Guru Yadav.
Batting first Tikona scored a healthy 177 for 5, mainly due to a fine innings of 74 not out in just 55 balls by opener Guru Yadav. He was well supported by Rakesh Naik who scored a brisk 55 in 30 balls.
In reply, Asiatic could manage only 146 runs for 9 wickets. Imran Patel was lone performed with 70 runs. Guru Yadav contributed with the ball as well picking up 2 wickets. He also happens to be opener bowler for Tikona, a rarity these days to open with both ball and bat.
Brief scores:
Tikona : 177 for 6 (Guru 77*, Rakesh Naik 55*)
Asiatic: 146 for 9 (Imran 70, Guru 3-0-8-2, Sandeep Naik 4-0-21-3)
Tikona wins by 31 runs
AFS Cricket League 2015
In the first match of AFS Cricket League 2015- season 2, Friends Club, riding on a suberb bowling performance of Shahbuddin Khan (4/12), defeated Bimla Devi Cricket Club by 7 wickets, thus beginning their campaign on a winning note.
Man of the Match: Shahbuddin Khan (4/12); Best Batsman: Sahil Rana (36 runs, 22 balls); Best Bowler:Gaurav Sharma (3/12); Best Fielder: Md. Sohail Anwar
Brief Scores:
BDCC: 79 all out in 17.3 overs (Sahil Rana 36, S. Khan 4/12)
Friends Club: 82/3 in 10.2 overs
Cooch Behar U-19
Fine century by left handed opener Manjot Kalra 109 and Samarth Seth 66, Sarthak Ranjan 57, Jonty Sidhu 55 batting and Captain Himmat Singh 41 batting helped Delhi 331 for 3 in 90 overs at the end of the first day play of the Cooch Behar Under-19 cricket tournament at Stephens ground.
Delhi Captain Himmat Singh won the toss and elected to bat first. Opener Manjot Kalra and Sarthak Ranjan added 139 runs for the first wicket and Manjot and Samarth Seth added 84 runs for the 3rd wicket and Jonty and Himmat Singh added unbeaten 64 runs for the 4th wicket.
Brief Scores:
Delhi first Innings: 331 for 3 in 90 overs: 365(MTS)Manjot Kalra 109(155b,14×4,3×6),Samarth Seth 66(117b,13×4),Sarthak Ranjan 57(113b,4×9,1×6),Jonty Sidhu not out 55(95b,4×6),Himmat Singh 41 not out(56b,4×6,1×6).
Superb bowling by leg spinner Dharmender Kumar 5/22 and left arm bowler Rakesh Dhruv 3/12 and fine knock by Sandeep Maniyar 52 no and Kanhaiya Vashela 37 helped Ahmedabad defeat defending champions Delhi by 10 wickets and lift All India State Bank Inter Circle T-20 cricket tournament at Karnail Singh Stadium.
Awards
Dharmender Kumar: man of the match, best batsman :Jatin Saxena , best Bowler :Rakesh Dhruv and man of the tournament :Kanhaiya Vashela
Awards given by Chief Guest Ashwani Mehra- Dy. Managing Director and CDO State Bank and Saba Karim ex. International player and current Indian cricket team selector. On the occasion, organizing secretary Sunil Chugh was also present. Ahmedabad won the toss and elected to field first.
Brief Scores:
Delhi: 88 all out in 19.6 Overs: Manish Sharma 25, Ajay Verma 13, Dharmender Kumar 5/22, Rakesh Dhruv 3/12.
Ahmedabad: 92 no loss in 15 Overs: Sandeep Maniyar 52 no,Kaniya Vashela 37 not out.
National Inter- School
Riding on 3 wickets by Yathartha Bhardwaj and all round show by Sparsh Joshi (2 wickets, 20 runs), Uttaranchal defeated Uttar Pradesh by 6 wickets in National Inter School Cricket Championship.
UP won the toss and elected to bat first, a decision they regretted later as they were folded for mere 73 runs. Yathartha Bhardwaj bowled a superb spell of 4-2-16-3 and Sparsh Joshi returned with figured of 4-0-18-2.
Uttaranchal lost 4 wickets in pursuit of a small target but eventually achieved it with Sparsh making unbeaten 20 runs and Ashish Chopra making 10*.
Yathartha Bhardwaj has also been adjudged the bowler of the tournament.