India is a cricket crazy nation. It had been in the past and it will be in the future. And this craziness is not limited only to following the national team winning accolades. It’s the passion that runs in the blood of more than 120 crore Indians which also explains a cricket bat and ball being seen in almost every street of the country, literally. So it is safe to assume that there is no dearth of local cricket talent in our country.
With the commercializing of cricket, local cricket is not really local in the sense that the reach of the game has increased geographically. Young kids now have the opportunity to play with the best, a thing that was never heard of in the past. They are provided with the best of facilities and groomed in such a way that they are able to follow their passion and earn their living.
In our endeavour to provide the local cricket a platform that it truly deserves, we present before you a short coverage on St. George Cricket Club, located in Mumbai, its activities and tours and the man responsible for providing these opportunities to youngsters, Mr. Sanjay Hadapi, Team Coordinator.
About the Club
St. George Cricket Club relates itself as a Club which not only implants cricketing brain in the mind of a youngster but also undertakes imperative activity for its goal accomplishment. The club’s foremost activity lies in creating opportunity for the inherent talent of young Indian cricketers to prosper itself by providing tours to different countries.
Tours arranged by the Club includes tours to (UK) London, Leicestershire, Somerset, (Taunton) in England where school cricket fixtures are organized with different schools and some with different clubs. Their endeavour is sponsored by the Mayor of Taunton. (Read below for tour details and participation)
Meet Sanjay Hadapi, a true ambassador of the game
Sanjay Hadapi has been into the game of cricket ever since he could remember. He started as an off spinner and batsman in the 1990-91 season as a 18 year old and after 25 years, he has the same passion for the game. He has played for various clubs and teams such as Parsee Gymkhana (9 years), Orient Shipping and few clubs in England. Some of his teammates in the past have been Mumbai Legends such as Chandrakant Pandit and Praveen Tambe.
He is a qualified coach and has devoted his life to promote cricketing talent via coaching and organizing tours, so that his pupils can have the exposure of external environment, especially required in today’s world.
According to him, “A person should never stop the hard work. Failures teach you to do better next time and you are always able to overcome your problems to emerge winners”.
About the Tour
The club is planning to organize England Tour in August 2015 for about 15 days. All games will be organized in Somerset with clubs; there will be 8 games including (5 / 40 overs games and 3 / T-20) on beautiful cricket grounds.
There will be two side signs of those off days including London and Somerset countryside.
Accommodation will be at Somerset College Halls of Resident. Tour sponsor will be Mr. Simon Trump from Somerset Taunton.
To participate, contact +91-98699 38080 / 99697 49704 or email at stgeorgecricketclubmumbai@gmail.com/ sanjayhadapi@gmail.com/ info@cricketgraph.com
The upcoming tour will be covered on www.cricketgraph.com . Stay tuned for more updates on Cricketgraph
Gemini Club defeated Central Secretariat by 4 wickets to become the second team after Telefunken Club to enter the quarter-final of DDCA Hot Weather Tournament.
Batting first, Central Secretariat were reduced to just 135 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 35 overs. They were done in by some accurate bowling from Rahul Sodama (4 wickets) and Karan Choudhary (3 wickets). Vikrant Yadav top scored with 37 runs.
In reply, Gemini Club stumbled a bit before reaching the target in the 31st over. They lost 6 wickets in the process. Karan Harit top scored with 42 while Abhishek Kaushik contributed with 40.
Rahul Sodama was adjudged man of the match for his superlative bowling performance.
Brief Scores:
Central Secretariat: 135/9 (Vikrant Yadav 37, Rahul Sodama 4/33, Karan Choudhary 3/27)
Gemini Club: 140/6 (Karan Harit 42, Abhishek Kaushik 40)
Keep following CricketGraph for further results and updates on the tournament.
New Delhi
Riding on an excellent show by their batsmen, Hind Club defeated Anand Sports easily by 65 runs in their DDCA Hot Weather encounter. Pranav Malhotra was adjudged man of the match for his knock of 74 runs.
Batting first, Hind Club put up a huge total of 269 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 40 overs. Pranav Malhotra was the top scorer with 74. Sunny Elarson also made half century (57) while Mohit Dahiya contributed with 46 runs.
Chasing a huge score, Anand Sports fought well but could not keep up with the required run rate and were all out for 204 runs with an over still to go. Sachin Kandu scored a half century while Virender Dahiya and Vikas Chaudhary contributed with 39 and 36 respectively. Ayush captured a couple of wickets for Hind Club.
Brief Scores:
Hind Club: 269/6 in 40 overs (Pranav 74, Sunny 57)
Anand Sports: 204 all out in 39 overs (Sachin Kandu 52, Virender Dahiya 39, Ayush 2/23)
Keep following CricketGraph for further results and updates on the tournament.
New Delhi
Dinesh Dabas’ half century and Sachin Rai’s 3 wicket haul enabled Delhi Blue to beat Superstar by 19 tuns in the DDCA Hot Weather Tournament.
Batting first, Delhi Blues put up a good total of 238 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 40 overs. Dinesh scored 52 while Gaurav Gautam contributed with 43. Amit Verma also played an useful knock of 35 runs. Chirag Mehta captured a couple of wickets for Superstar.
In reply, Superstar gave a good fight thanks to Swapandeep Singh’s 67 but it was not enough for his team to cross the line. The eventually lost by 19 runs. Sachin Rai was Delhi Blues’ most successful bowler with 3 wickets to his name.
Sachin Rai was adjudged man of the match.
Brief Scores:
Delhi Blues: 238/8 (Dinesh Dabas 52, Gaurav Gautam 43, Chirag Mehta 2/45)
Superstar: 219/8 (Swapandeep Singh 67, Sachin Rai 3/39)
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New Delhi
Telefunken Club has become the first team to enter the top eight of the DDCA Hot Weather Tournament. They defeated Delhi Cricket Club by 8 wickets to enter the quarter finals. The star of the show was Shiva Singh who captured a five wickets haul and was instrumental in reducing the opponents to a below par score which was chased by Telefunken very easily.
Batting first, Delhi Cricket Club was all out for just 130 runs inside 29 overs. Ashish Sharma top scored with 29 runs. Shiva captured 5 while IPL star Yuzvendra Chahal captured 3 wickets.
In reply, riding on excellent knocks from Priyank Tehlan (66*) and Parth Madaan (47*), Telefunken chased down the target in 24 overs and with 8 wickets to spare.
Brief Scores:
Delhi Cricket Club: 130 All out (Ashish Sharma 29, Shiva Singh 5/26)
Telefunken Club: 134/2 (Priyank Tehlan 66*, Parth Madaan 47*)
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New Delhi
A superb performance with both bat and ball by Manish Kumar and a spirited bowling effort by the bowlers ensured an easy victory for Punjab National Bank in their DDCA League encounter against Bank of India.
In this low scoring match, PNB batted first and scored 130 runs on the board. Manish Kumar top scored with unbeaten 42 runs. Lalit Dahiya scored 41 while Aman Bachraj contributed with 30.
In reply, Bank of India were done in by the same trio who did the bulk of scoring. They were all out for mere 90 runs and lost the match by 40 runs. Aman Bachraj picked up 3 wickets while Manish Kumar and Lalit Dahiya captured a couple of wickets each.
Brief Scores:
PNB: 130 (Manish Kumar 42*, Lalit Dahiya 41)
Bank of India: 90 All out (Aman Bachraj 3/17, Lalit Dahiya 2/8)
Pranav Rajvanshi’s sensible knock of 64 runs, Yugul Saini’s 52 runs and a three wicket haul by Love Mehta enabled Delhi Cricket Club defeat Malik Sports by 2 wickets in their DDCA Under 16 encounter.
Batting first, malik Sports were restricted to just 231 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. Salok Singh top scored with 65. Love picked up 3 while Sukaran Pahuja captured 2 wickets for Delhi Cricket Club.
In reply, Delhi Cricket Club lost 8 wickets during their chase but eventually reached the target in 44 overs. Apart from Pranav and Yugul, Jatin Sharma contributed with 41 runs.
Brief Scores:
“The five S’s of sports training are: stamina, speed, strength, skill, and spirit; but the greatest of these is spirit.” ~ Ken Doherty
For some people, sports is leisure. For others its fitness. But for many, sports is passion. Sports is a way of life, literally. Any game , be it cricket, hockey or athletics that keeps a man fit, active, alive and keeps a man going.
Based on our conversation with Mr. Sudhakar Shetty, founder of Max Talent Global Sports Organization, we explore about him, his endeavours and what MaxTalent is doing to help the tribal community.
About Mr. Sudhakar Shetty
Mr. Shetty has been actively involved in various sports since he was 13. He has been a super athlete and sportsperson. He has represented Maharashtra in state athletic meet. He was also the Mumbai University Soccer captain. He also tried his hand in Hockey and played Cricket in Harris Shield Tournament, one of the most prestigious school tournaments in Mumbai.
He founded Max Talent Global Sports in 2006 in his endeavour to contribute to the society that he was part of. Before that he was associated with corporates such as TATA, Parley and Pepsi for close to 23 years.
About the Organization
Max Talent Global Sports, founded in 2006 is aimed at helping cricket and other sports reach to all sections of the society. Started in UAE, it currently has 3 centres in UAE and also in South Africa, Kenya, and United Kingdom etc. It gives equal emphasis to the under-privileged and children with special needs and provide them with the best of facilities.
Mr. Shetty says, “We do a lot of activities for these children. An element of care is what separates them from the general section of the society. They need a special nurturing. The human inside us is best tested in character when we do something for this section of the society which is otherwise ignored.”
Towards Being Equal: A Dream Project
Towards being Equal is an “Adivasi Community Development Program” launched by Max Talent Global Sports earlier this year in order to contribute to the development of tribal community. The aim is to benefit the tribal children from the age group of 7-18 years. Their education, nutrition and all other needs will be taken care of and the target is to have some of them play at MCA level.
A special thanks to Mumbai Cricket Association and the ambassadors
Mr. Shetty says, “MCA has been very helpful and supportive in our endeavours. Authorities have helped us in providing the ground and more importantly with their involvement, opportunities for kids will naturally be more. They will get chances to play in more matches and they will always have a team to play in due to the established academy in main stream town.”
Shreyas Iyer has been roped in as the ambassador while Lalchand Rajput and Praveen Amre are there as patrons.
Camps & Tours
Legends like Gary Kirsten, Jonty Rhodes and Saqlain Mushtaq have visited the camps to provide inspiration to the upcoming cricketers.
Max Talent Academy team will be touring UK later this month. Various school tournaments will also be conducted in the coming months by the organization, both for boys and girls.
Article By
Sumanyu Jain
Regional Manager & Editor @CricketGraph