What a great thought giving a tribute to Dronacharya Ramakant Achrekar Sir in the form of his beloved game Cricket and that too with Under-14 Tournament!!!! This tribute was started 15 years back by Shri. Chandrakant Pandit Sir organizing Under-14 Cricket Tournament identified as 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). The tournament was started to motivate the Under-14 players.
This year the 15th Edition of D.R.A.C.T. has begun on 3rd November and like past previous years; a tournament is organized by CPCC (Chandrakant Pandit Cricket Clinic) with the help of sponsor CBCSL (Cawasji Behramji Catering Services Ltd).
The tournament is being played in 2 days test knock out Format with 5 ounce specific cricket balls and total 12 teams have participated to win the battle with all safety precautions for players. Matches are being played at Sainath SC ground – Virar, Sachin Tendulkar ground – Kandivili (West), Prabhodhan SC – Goregaon (West) and Payyade SC – Goregaon (West)
Teams participated are Prabodhan SC, Amar Cricket Club, D. Y. Patil Sports Academy, Apollo CC, Payyade SC, Aiming Masters CC, Sainath Sports Club, CPCC, Sporting CC-Thane, Kurla Sports Club, Goregaon SC, Palghar Dhanu S.A.
Semifinals will be played on 9th-10th November’15 at Sainath SC and Final will be played on 16th – 17th November’15 at Goregaon SC.
Brief Scores:
3rd & 4th November’2015: (Venue – Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana Ground)
APOLLO CC
278/8 & 43/0 (2nd Inn.) – (Atharva Nigre 82 (4×12), Atharva Gadgil 52 (4×7), Ved Kharade 3/28, Manish Nadar 3/60)
D. Y. PATIL SPORTS A.
99/10 – (Ujwal Goyal 5/8, Shubham Chhag 2/9, Jay Jain 2/21)
Result: APOLLO CC won on 1st Innings, MoM – Atharva Nigre
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3rd & 4th November’2015: (Venue – Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana Ground 2)
PALGHAR DHANU S.A.
134/10 & 92/5 (2nd Inn.)– (Sachin Gupta 42* (4×2), Sachin Shinde 4/31, Aditya Baviskar 3/24, Shantanu Chandorkar 4/18 (2nd Inn.))
AIMING MASTERS CRICKET CLUB
157/10 – (Aniket Pawar 81 (4×6), Kanhaiya Thakur 4/42, Sachin Gupta 4/35)
Result: APOLLO CC won on 1st Innings, MoM – Aniket Pawar
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3rd & 4th November’2015: (Venue – Our’s Cricket Club Ground)
PRABODHAN SC
185/10 & 81/5 (2nd Inn.) – (Niel Patade 56 (4×3), Siham Gawde 25 (4×2), Omkesh Kamath 3/26, Omkar S. 2/43 & 2/13 (2nd Inn.))
KURLA SPORTS CLUB
72/10 – (Vinayak Singh 5/25, Rishi Shah 3/8, Mihir Ambhire 2/10)
Result: PRABODHAN SC won on 1st Innings, MoM – Vinayak Singh
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3rd & 4th November’2015: (Venue – Our’s Cricket Club Ground 2)
SAINATH SC
259/5 – (Mukund Tyagi 105* (4×13), Aryan Patni 2/32)
GOREGAON SPORTS CLUB
81/10 – (Durvesh Pitale 3/4, Karan Patole 2/7, Aditya Patel 2/3, Adarsh Singh 2/32)
Result: SAINATH SC won on 1st Innings, MoM – Mukund Tyagi
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5th & 6th November’2015: (Venue – Payyade Sports Club Ground)
AIMING MASTERS CRICKET CLUB
110/10 – (Musheer Khan 4/43, Siddhesh Jadhav 2/8)
PAYYADE SPORTS CLUB
144/3 – (Ayush Jethwa 61 (4×8), Siddhesh Jadhav 51* (4×4), Shantanu C. 1/18)
Result: PAYYADE SC won on 1st Innings, MoM – Musheer Khan
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5th & 6th November’2015: (Venue – Sainath Sports Club Ground)
CHANDRAKANT PANDIT CRICKET CLINIC
157/10 – (Aryan Jadhav 48 (4×7), Aditya Patel 3/18, Adarsh Singh 3/33)
SAINATH SPORTS CLUB
163/5 – (Adarsh Chavan 43 (4×5), Siddhesh P. 38 (4×4), Harsh Adsul 2/29)
Result: SAINATH SC won on 1st Innings
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5th & 6th November’2015: (Venue – Prabhodhankar Krida Sankul Ground)
SPORTING CC
155/10 & 65/10 (2nd Inn.) – (Harsh Shinde 50 (4×9), Ujwal Goyal 4/43 & 4/22 (2nd Inn.), Atharva Gadgil 2/20 & 4/17 (2nd Inn.), Jay Jain 1/19 & 2/9 (2nd Inn.))
APOLLO CC
150/10 & 73/9 (2nd Inn) – (Kaushik Bharadwaj 4/26 & 4/24 (2nd Inn.), Atharva Jadhav 3/20)
Result: APOLLO CC won by 1 wkt., MoM – Kaushik Bharadwaj
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5th & 6th November’2015: (Venue – Jivdani (2) Ground – Virar)
AMAR CC
333/6 – (Suryansh Shedge 51 (4×4), Ganesh Masurkar 53 (4×7), Saurabh Singh 76 (4×5), Aryan Shetty 74* (4×8), Vinayak Singh 2/36)
PRABODHAN SC
131/10 – (Abhishek Waghela 55 (4×8), Ganesh Masurkar 3/35, Farhan Shaikh 3/34, Aryan Shetty 2/17)
Result: AMAR CC won on 1st Innings, MoM – Ganesh Masurkar
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Inauguration photos:
Article by Sachin Rajput, Sr. Editor – Cricketgraph.com
After coming up with the top 5 batting performances, CricketGraph presents the top 5 bowling performances in the city for the month of October 2015. The list is made from all the matches that have been either covered/uploaded or written on www.cricketgraph.com
1. Mayank Singh’s 7/16 in MB Sports Tournament
Playing for True Cheshta, Mayank Singh ran through the batting line up of Achievers Academy thereby handing them a loss of 73 runs and earning four crucial points for his team in MB Sports Tournament. (Full Match Report)
2. Navendu Sharma’s 7/20 in DU Inter College Tournament
Even though his team, Hindu College could not reach the finals, Navendu Sharma performed with the ball in almost every match and emerged as the highest wicket taker of the tournament. His best came against Sri Aurobindo College as he walked away with 7 wickets as the opponent team were skittled for mere 57 runs. (Full Match Scorecard)
3. Yogesh Kumar’s 7/32 in DU Inter College Tournament
The second highest wicket taker of the tournament, Yogesh Kumar bowled well for his team and even took a hat-trick in his devastating spell of 7/32 against Ram Lal Anand College and helped Aryabhatta College win by a margin of 77 runs. (Full Match Scorecard)
4. Nityam Kumar’s 6/16 in Golden Cricket Cup
It’s difficult for any bowler to capture headlines after one of your batsmen have made 164 runs. But Nityam Kumar’s deadly spell of 6/16 for Vidya Jain Academy against RKB in Golden Cricket Cup helped his team demolish the opponents completely and ensure a big victory. (Full Match Report)
5. Garv Dev’s 6/21 in G.S Rai Memorial
Playing for R.S Academy in G.S Rai Memorial Tournament, Garv Dev’s super bowling effort helped his team getting the opponents, Pioneer Academy out for mere 132 runs. His team won comfortably by 5 wickets. (Full Match Report)
Special Mentions: Vashu Tomar (6/26), Ishaan Arora (6/24)
Brief Scores:
Ghaziabad Scholars:164 For 8 in 20 Overs: Anuj Chaudhary 73,Aamir Maliki 33,Kunwar Biduri 2/24,Deepak Bansal 2/29,Suryansh Tyagi2/34.
Lekh Raj Arjun Dass Memorial
Riding on a good bowling performance by Ajay Negi (3/11) and good batting show by Vishal Abhua 43 and Hemant 42, Vidya Jain Academy defeated Bal Bhawan Dwarka by 36 runs and won the Lekh Raj Arjun Dass Memorial Tournament.
Batting first, Vidya Jain Academy scored 210 runs in 40 overs thanks to Vishal’s 43 runs and Hemant’s 42 runs. In reply, Bal Bhawan Dwarka were all out for just 165 runs thereby falling 36 runs short of the target.
Ajay Negi was the highest wicket takes of the tournament with 17 wickets to his name.
Gyan Singh Bhullar Memorial
Man of the match Nitish Arora 4/27 Mehakdeep Singh 3/21 & Harjas Singh Bedi 33 Himanshu 31 helped Gyanti Cricket Academy defeat Surender Khanna Academy by 7 wickets and enter the final of 1st Gyan Singh Bhullar memorial U-14 cup.
Brief Score:
Surender Khanna Acadmey: 130/10 in 27 overs Abhijeet Singh 35 Rohan Jaswan 25 Nitish Arora 4/27 Mehakdeep Singh 3/21
Gyanti Cricket Academy: 131/3 in 20 overs Harjas Bedi 33 Himanshu 33 Dhruv Sharma 2/40
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All India IPSC Championship
Superlative batting performance by opening batsman Yatharth Singh 50(30 balls 4×6,6×2) and brilliant innings by Skipper Krishna Kumar 71(53 balls 4×4,6×2) helped DPS Mathura Road defeat UPS Mohali by 81 runs and enter in the final of All India IPSC Championship.
Final will be played between the two top teams of Delhi – DPS Mathura Road v/s Modern School, Barakhamba Road.
In 2nd semi final DPS Mathura Road won the toss and elected to bat first.
Brief Scores:
DPS Mathura Road: 220/7 in 25 overs ( Yatharth Singh 50(30 balls) 4×6,6×2 Krishan Kumar 71(53 balls) 4×4,6×2 Vaibhav kandpal 29(19 balls) 4×4, Jaskaran :- 5-0-50-2 Manan. :- 5-0-33-2 Darshbir. :- 5-0-35-1
YPS Mohali: 139/5 in 25 Overs (Yuvraj Singh. :- 38(53 balls) Manraj Singh :- 36(35 balls) Rajkaran. :- 22(15 balls)*, Ajay Gulia :- 5-1-14-2 Apoorv Bisht :- 5-0-37-2 Saqlain Haider :- 5-0-36-1
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Delhi
In our endeavor to encourage the upcoming cricketers and provide one-stop digital platform for the game of cricket at local level, CricketGraph presents the top 5 performances with the bat for the month of October in Delhi. The performances are based on the matches covered/uploaded and written on www.cricketgraph.com
1. Rushal Saini’s 164 in Golden Cricket Cup
Vidya Jain Academy batsman Rushal Saini went berserk on RKB’s bowlers piling up 164 runs himself in an innings of 20 overs. Well, Chris Gayle’s record was surely in danger! He helped his team register an astounding 172 run victory over their rivals. (Full Report)
2. Saurabh Passi’s 153 in Sardari Lal Makkar Memorial
“Classy Passi” would be an apt title for this player. Showing a wide array of strokes, this batsman tore apart the Pelican Club bowling line-up like anything and along with Karan Sharma (120) built a mountain to climb for the opponents which eventually they couldn’t. (Full Report)
3. Samarth Seth’s 150 in Radha Kishan Inter-School
This guy technically broke AB De Villiers’ record for the fastest 150, scoring in just 52 balls, that too in a T20 match. His innings boosted his team’s confidence to a level that the opponents could not match his score, let alone chasing the target. (Full Report)
4. Aakash Antil’s 146* in DU Inter College Tournament
Opening for one of the best teams in the tournament’s history adds a load of responsibility but Aakash Antil took it with both hands showing his good form in the recently concluded event. Partnering with Dinesh Mor (104), he carried his bat through the innings scoring 146* in 142 balls with 3 sixes and 11 hits to the fence. (Full Report, Scorecard)
5. Anshul Kumar’s 132 in Sardari Lal Makkar Memorial
Playing for Lala Ram Charan Club, Anshul Kumar compiled a brilliant knock helping his team score a formidable 304 runs in just 40 overs. His bowlers got the opposition out well before reaching the target and his century ended up in a winning cause. (Full Report)
Special Mentions: Himmat Singh (130), Rishab Pant (129), Sankalp Srivastava (122)
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Compiled by: Manoj Sonavane
Written by: Sumanyu Jain (Editor @CricketGraph)
HVM Sports is coming up with the second edition of their flagship tournament- HVM T20 Cup that starts in November. Few team slots are available.
Total No. of teams: 16
Entry Fee: INR 29,999/- per team
Squad: 15 players
Format: 4 groups of 4 teams with at least 3 matches per team followed by knockouts
The tournament will be played with white ball and colored dresses. All ICC T20 rules applicable.
Awards:
Winners, Runners Up, Best Batsman, Best Bowler, Man of the Match & Best Performers. Prizes include cricket bats, gloves, trophies along with cash prizes.
To participate, contact: 8097098366, 8879417291 or email at info@cricketgraph.com
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