Corporate Trophy 2015
Banarsi Boys continued their winning run in the Corporate Trophy by winning their second consecutive match, almost in a similar fashion. They defeated Rajput Gymkhana by 6 wickets and made their case stronger for knockouts. It was Saurav who scripted this victory with his all round show (3/10, 51*) and deservingly got the man of the match award.
Rajput Gymkhana batted first and could make just 92/8 in their allotted 20 overs. Hitesh top scored with 26 followed by Akram who contributed 19. Bowlers bowled superbly and were led by Saurav (3/10) and Vaibhav (2/04).
In reply, Saurav held the innings at one held making an unbeaten 51 runs and helping his team achieving the target in 16 overs. Prabhat scored 10 runs. For Rajput Gymkhana, Vivek captured 3 while Arvind captured a solitary wicket.
Man of the Match: Saurav
Corporate Trophy 2015
Despite a superb all-round show by man of the match Pradeep (48*, 2/19), Banarsi Boys defeated Tomar Academy comfortably by 4 wickets in the inaugural match of Corporate Trophy 2015, organized by Sultan Sports.
Tomar Academy batted first and were restricted to just 91/5 in their allotted 20 overs thanks so some accurate bowling led by Saurav (2/08) and Siddharth (2/09). Pradeep top scored with unbeaten 48 followed by Akram Khan who contributed with 20 runs.
In reply, Banarsi Boys lost 6 wickets in the process but ultimately overhauled the target in 17 overs. Prabhat scored 29 while Kuldeep scored 23 runs. For Tomar Academy, Deepak took 3/22 while Pradeep took 2/19 but they were unable to defend a low score.
Man of the Match: Pradeep
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Grand Finale. Age Old Rivalry. High Stakes. High quality players. One team looking to create history. The other looking to prevent it from becoming a reality. When it’s a final match of Delhi University Cricket Tournament, it doesn’t get bigger than this. But It was Swami Shradhanand College yet again who showed their big match temperament and got the better of their old rivals Aryabhatta College in the same tournament for the third year in a row, thus beating them comfortably by 103 runs and clinching a hat-trick of University titles.
The match was played at NSIT Ground, Dwarka. Unlike last year, this time it was a perfect batting track and there were no demons in the pitch. Swami Shradhanand College won the toss and expectedly opted to bat first.
Openers Shubham Dahiya (21) and Jitesh Saroha (27) gave a decent start to the innings adding 31 runs for the first wicket at run a ball. But it was No. 3 batsman Lakshay Thareja (90) who batted as per the plan and held one end together till the end. All the batsmen batted around him and kept the run rate on the higher side. He sweated it out in the middle hitting just 5 boundaries in his 121 ball knock. But it was due to his secured presence at the crease that Rohan Rathee (46), Deepak Khatri (61) and Lalit Yadav (27) were able to accelerate and push the team total to beyond 300. Unfortunately he was run out and missed out on a much deserved century.
If there was one thing that hurt Aryabhatta College the most, it was their fielding. It was a below par display with catches being dropped, singled being converted to doubles and easy boundaries being conceded. All the bowlers went for plenty as the scoreboard suggests. Yogesh Kumar and Karan Dagar managed a couple of wickets each.
To chase down 301 against the mighty bowling attack of Swami Shradhanand College required some effort but all the hopes of making it even a close contest were dashed in first ten overs itself with fast bowlers Abhishek Vats and Himanshu Sangwan sending top 3 batsmen back in the hut, thus choking the innings at the very beginning. Both were fast and dead accurate.
Middle order batsmen Dinesh Mor (33), Akshay Solanki (60) and Shivang Vashishth (52) tried their best but accurate bowling and field placements meant they were not able to cut loose and required run rate kept on increasing. After they got out, the lower order was wrapped rather quickly as the innings folded for 198 runs in 47 overs, hence falling 103 runs short of the target and DU Inter College title.
This victory added another feather in the cap for Swami Shradhanand College coach, Mohit Rana as his team has been performing exceptionally well in all the tournaments they participate in. For Mr. Kohli, the dream of winning the title is delayed atleast by a year who has been marshalling Aryabhatta College for past 15 years and the team has reached the finals for past 10 years on the trot, but have never won.
Brief Scores:
Swami Shradhanand College: 301/7 in 50 overs (Lakshay Thareja 90, Deepak Khatri 61, Rohan Rathee 46, Karan Dagar 2/15, Yogesh Kumar 2/53)
Aryabhatta College: 198 all out in 47 overs (Akshay Solanki 60, Shivang Vashishth 52, Himanshu Sangwan 3/38, Manish 2/45)
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Coverage by:
Sumanyu Jain (Editor @CricketGraph)
Rising Star Cricket Tournament
A brilliant half century by Broke (51) and Dipanshu’s all round show (30 runs, 2/22) helped Challengers XI defeat Rising Star Cricket Academy by 8 wickets and win the title of 3rd Rising Star Cricket Tournament, played at Rohini Sports Complex.
Best Batsman: Broke, Best Bowler: Bashu Chawla, Best All rounder: Dipanshu, Best Fielder: Bashu Chawla
Brief Scores:
Rising Star Academy: 90 all out in 19 overs (Sachin Gire 30, Jishan 28, Bashu Chawla 20, Dipanshu 2/22)
Challengers XI: 94/2 in 17 overs (Broke 51, Dipanshu 30, Bashu Chawla – 2 wickets)
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Siddarth Lohia 4/34 and Ankit Chaudhary 3/18 and good knock by Kamal Beniwal 41 and Jayanshu Chaturvedi 31 helped Collage Sports club beat NSC Club by 4 wickets and enter quarter final of the 25th Shaheed Bhagat Singh cricket tournament.
Brief Scores:
National Sports Club:130 all out in 36.1 Overs: Akash Malhotra 37,KshitijTyagi 20,Siddarth Lohia 4/34, Ankit Chaudhary 3/18.
Collage Sports Club:134 for 6 in 27.2 Overs: Kamal Beniwal 41,Jayanshu Chaturvedi 31,Govind Maurya 2/12.
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Tarun Bisht’s scintillating ton (174) and Ayush Sharma (74) guided Happy Model School to a crushing victory over Sumermal Jain Public School (SMJPS) by 157 runs in Ghai Memorial Tournament.
Man of the Match: Tarun Bisht
Brief Scores:
Happy Model School: 314/6 in 25 overs (Tarun Bisht 174, Ayush Sharma 74, Sanyam- 3 wickets)
SMJPS: 157 all out in 24 overs (Hardik 39, Ansh 32)
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A superb century by Sarvesh (106) and 3 wickets by Vaibhav ensured an easy 6 wicket win for DPS Vasant Kunj over YRGJI in a high scoring match in Ghai Memorial Tournament.
Man of the Match: Sarvesh
Brief Scores:
YRGJI: 175/6 in 25 overs (Akash 44, Vishal 24, Vaibhav- 3 wickets)
DPS Vasant Kunj: 177/4 in 15 overs (Sarvesh 106)
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In what could be termed as one of the closest matches of the tournament, DPS Vasant Kunj prevailed over Hitesh XI by just a solitary wicket and 7 balls to spare. There was not a single match winner but many players contributed to team’s victory including 3 bowlers who captured 2 wickets each and Vaibhav was the top scorer with 38.
Man of the Match: Ocean (2 wickets)
Brief Scores:
Hitesh XI: 156/7 in 25 overs (Sushant 43, Tushar 27, Sarvesh, Ocean, Anshuman (2 wickets each)
DPS Vasant Kunj: 157/9 in 23.5 overs (Vaibhav 38, Naman 15)
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Riding on Shrey Walia‘s deadly bowling figures of 6/16 and a superb half century by Gurjot 53, New Era Public School defeated Happy Model School easily by 7 wickets in the Ghai Memorial Tournament.
Man of the Match: Shrey Walia
Brief Scores:
Happy Model School: 87 all out in 17 overs (Prashant 14, Ayush 12, Shrey Walia 6/16)
New Era Public School: 88/3 in 7.5 overs (Gurjot 53)
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Rajesh Mahale started heading the LnT Infotech club since 2009-2010 first as a player and then as the team manager and till date juggles between both these responsibilities. LnT has 3 teams within their body namely – LnT Limited, LnT Official Association and LnT Infotech and they held their selection trials on 31St October 2015 at P.T Academy at Mulund west. The total turnout was 84 players and the key agenda for Rajesh and Ajit Nair (Skipper LnT team) was to pick the best 30 who would go on to represent these 3 teams.
LnT officially practices at P.T nets, Mulund mostly on weekends and public holidays. They participate in tournaments like Dreamz 40 Over, Dreamz T20, Times Shield and Capital league. Due to their strong performances in Times shield & Capital league, they have been promoted to E divisions in 2015.
CricketGraph team wishes Rajesh and his team all the very best for their upcoming season.