DTDB struggle against Siyaram in a 7 wickets defeat
DTDB had their opening match of Corporate T20 which they would like to forget as they suffered a 7 wicket defeat against Siyaram. “Things didn’t go our way since beginning. We lost the toss and then we were put in to bat first. I think wasn’t good to bat first as it was a wet. I think conditions were not ideal for playing,” said Ravi Shankar Yadav who is a DTDB captain.
“We couldn’t bat complete 20 overs. We were bowled out for 72 runs in just 18 overs. The Siyaram batsman chased down that target in 12 overs. Our bowlers could take just 3 wickets. There were some mistakes from our side but I can tell you that the pitch was not dried up. We were playing at young friends union ground. We lost 6 wickets in just 30 runs. Out of those 6 just on one occasion it was batsman’s fault else it was an uneven bounce which cost us a game. When I checked the wicket almost half of my figure was going inside it. You can imagine how damp the wicket was,” said DTDB captain in despair.
“We are placed in E division and we will be playing our next match against Hindustan Unilever. It is a good team and it is a good challenge for us. The match will be played in the afternoon at 2 o clock so we are hoping that the conditions will be good. We will be playing at Navroj ground. I am hoping it to be a good competition.”
Ravi Shankar Yadav talked about his role as a captain. He said that he is very happy to be the captain of a team. According to him it is a challenging job. “I don’ get too excited after winning or losing a game. After all you can’t win all the games neither you can lose all. We always look to give our best and have that fighting spirit within us. We will always try to take the game till the end instead of giving up and losing without any efforts,” said the captain.
DTDB is playing since 2007 in various tournaments. Ravi Shankar was selected as a fast bowler for Moffatlal back in 1990s. “I have played lots of cricket since beginning. I have good experience as well. DTDB team also plays in Times Shield. We have recruited some good players. We reached till quarter final couple of years ago in times shield. Apart from playing we also organize domestic tournament. So there is good scope for cricket in our company,” said Ravi Shankar Yadav.
Like all other captains, Ravi Shankar Yadav also applauded the efforts put in by organizers and sponsors. “No doubt that this is one of the most prolific tournament I have ever seen. Right from organization to a prize money everything is really fascinating. In other tournaments we don’t even get a glad of water but here they have arranged good food too for players. We still believe in ourselves and we will work hard to turn tables upside down,” said Ravi Shankar Yadav.
The first day of Capital league T20 tournament turned out to be an exciting day. LIC won the low scoring match in which their bowlers thrashed Pidilite for just 45 runs. “It was a remarkable victory for us. It is always nice to start a tournament with win. Initially we looked little shaky as we fell short by 1 run to put a 3 digit total on board. But we backed ourselves, bowled in right areas and got the results, “saidMr. Samar happily.
Samar-a development officer, is also a captain of LIC cricket team. He talked about his views on captaincy. “It is wonderful opportunity for me to lead this side. I have been playing cricket for almost past 22 years now. Everyone wants to be a captain of a team and I got that chance. I am enjoying my job as captain. Besides cricket it is also helping me in my profession. As a development officer I often interact with different LIC agents. So it helps me to improve our team work.”
“We knew that we can defend this total because the wicket was very slow and wet. Also the outfield had lots of grass because of which ball wasn’t reaching to boundary. I must applaud our bowlers and specially Pramod for his efforts. Our attack was terrific in that game. This is what any captain expects from players. Now we are looking to capitalize on a kind of start we have got in this tournament”
Currently, they are placed in F division in this tournament. “We are experienced campaigners. We have been playing in various tournaments since many years. We even grabbed the Times shield title couple of times. We were runner’s up in a tournament organized by Dreamz sports few years ago and we have been in Semifinals of various tournaments for countless number of times. It won’t be an exaggeration if I say that any tournament in which we play, we reach till the semifinal for sure. That kind of confidence I have in my team and players,” said the captain.
Samar was very happy about the sponsors and organizers of the tournament.” It is a really nice tournament. Sponsors and organizers have done a great job. We are very determined and I think we can win the title this year,” said the captain.
He talked about his opponents and next matches of this tournament. “I think there are various groups in this tournament. That basically means that teams with equal potential are placed in same groups. So I think every team has got the caliber of same level. T20 is a format of uncertainty, team which plays better cricket on that day wins the match. Even a batsman or bowler can take a game away from opponent single handedly. On has to be watchful always until the game is completely over. I think that is our prime goal. We want to give our best and win the key moments.”
As LIC team is high on confidence, it will be interesting to see if they can carry this momentum to book a place in finals.
The spectators at Azad maidan experienced a thriller on the first day of corporate T20 tournament. They enjoyed watching game to the fullest. But the atmosphere in both the dugouts during last over was way too different. They were all tensed and were hoping to see their side win. A situation was somewhat like this-Last over, 11 needed to win with just a single wicket in hand. Globe Group were defending but Sachin Jagtap of United India insurance was main hurdle in their way. After couple of dot balls the opponent needed 11 from 4 deliveries. Just when the players from Globe Group were about to relax, there came a turning point. Sachin hit a six over mid-off to make the equation 5 needed from 3! He went to finish the things off by trying to put the next ball beyond the boundary. But Alas! He was caught at mid-off and Globe Group won a low scoring thriller.
“Sachin played really well;overall it was an interesting game of cricket. We were batting first and we put 126 on board. Looking at the surface, the total was pretty decent. I scored 42 and one of our player, Gaurav scored 32. Yet a strong bowling efforts were needed to ensure the victory. Our bowlers delivered at right time taking us too victory. We got 1st 4 wicket in initial 4 overs. Shahul Hameed got 3 wickets. We were picking up wickets but Sachin was scoring runs from one end. He scored 72 and almost won the game single handedly,” explained Globe Group captain- Mr.Chintan Shah. Chintan was also the man of the match as he supported his batting efforts with magnificent figures of 4 overs 19 runs and 3 wickets.
According to Chintan, in that last over mid-off boundary was short so batsman had a little advantage. The morals of Globe Group players are high after this thrilling victory in first game itself. They are in group E in this tournament and are looking to give better performance in next game. Their next opponent is BEST who won their first game too. They bowled out bank of Maharashtra and chased down a target.
The key strength of Globe Group is their captain himself. “I have played lots of cricket over the years. I used to play for MCA under-17s, MCA under-19s and then played at university level too. In fact I couldn’t celebrate a victory to the fullest as I had to rush to other ground for a Kanga league match. Globe Group team is an extremely good team we are playing times shield for last 3 years now.
Chintan who is an associate manager at Globe Group thinks that captaining a side is a challenging job. “Having played so much cricket earlier, naturally I was made the captain of team. Here there are players who haven’t played cricket professionally. We have to take the best out of them and also ensure that they will not make any mistakes at key moments like the one in this match. Also there are lots of seniors in the team who are at higher designations in the hierarchy. You can’t really shout at them if they make any mistake. Everyone makes mistakes but it’s a spontaneous reaction when such things happen. But I always ensure that such thing will never happen when I am the captain,” said Mr.Chintan. With their smart and professional captain, Globe Group are all set to top the tables and win the next games by a broader margin.
It’s time for Mumbai’s 1st T20 league- Capital T20 tournament
For past few years, the cricketers eagerly wait for IPL every season. When the carnival is over after 2 months then there is not much exciting T20 action. But gone are those days when we used to wait till April. Now Mumbai has its own version of mini IPL. It is the Capital T20 tournament. Various team across the Mumbai will be participating to play Twenty 20 matches. This idea was brought into reality by Mr. Abhijeet Ghosh who is also a member of MCA. He talked about this new tournament which has caught everybody’s attention.
“Capital T20 will be staring from 1st November and it will go on till End of January. The Final will be played at the end of January which will take place at Wankhede stadium. We thought that there is a need of having good T20 corporate tournament for Mumbai city. We see that some states organize such T20 tournaments for e.g. we have Karnataka Premiere League which is an intrastate T20 competition. T20 is getting very popular these days so it will be a good platform for players to show their skills. As this is a corporate tournament, we are hoping that players will get a good job opportunities as these corporate teams appoint professional players. Considering all this, we decided to organize Capital T20 tournament,” said Mr. Ghosh.
Though this is a first year of tournament, the response from teams is fascinating. “You won’t believe but this year, which is our first year, we have got 184 teams participating in this tournament. The best part is that the matches will be played on Saturdays only. Thus this is a 16 weekend long tournament. It is just like these football league like EPL where matches usually are played on weekends. Because these matches will be on Saturdays, people can come to watch the matches, support their favorite teams and most importantly they can enjoy the game,” said Mr.Ghosh.
Already there is so much fame for this tournament. There is one more reason behind it and that is the prize money. “We have divided teams into 8 divisions. The prize for winner is 2,50,000/- and 2,00,000 to runners up for A and B division teams. Winner will get 2,00,000 and runners up will get 1,50,000/- when it comes to division C and D. The other divisions i.e. E,F,G,H will have 1,50,000/- for winners and 1,00,000 for runners up. No doubt that the prize money is huge. Apart from this there are few individual prizes too. Best all-rounder, best batsman and best bowler will all get 25,000/- that’s not all, after every match the man of the match will take home Rs. 2000/- “explained Mr. Ghosh. Certainly after looking at this prize money, it is correct to say this tournament as a mini IPL.
“The teams will play minimum 3 matches in a league stage and then there will be knock outs till final. We have tried to follow the Kanga league and Times shield format as A and B divisions will have all the top teams. There will be players who are playing Ranji Trophy in this division. There can be some players who have played for India and are now representing a corporate team. The average teams have been placed in division C and D. Remaining all teams will accommodate divisions E,F,G and H. Basically these last 4 groups will have nonprofessional players,” said Mr.Ghosh.
This tournament is affiliated by MCA and hence it will be played all across the city on various different grounds. Matches will be played at day time and knock outs can be played under lights depending in venue. With such a great response, the organizers are hoping for this tournament to reach new heights. So fasten your seat belts, the action is about to begin!
Final match of the tournament, stakes were on high, Royal Strikers were needing 45 to win but Alas! They fell one run short and scores were tied. To decide the winner there was a super over. IT Hitters scored 7 runs for 1 wicket and Royal Strikers made exactly the same runs to tie the super over! This was the scene at Wipro’s tournament which was held at Bangalore. The captain of IT hitters-which was a runners up team talks about the event in detail.
“It was simply breathtaking! After the main match and super over was tied we were thinking to declare both teams as combined winners. But both the teams were ready for challenge and eventually we decided to play yet another match. Batting first we scored 60 from 10 overs and Royal Strikers chased it down in 2 nd extremely competitive environment and everyone enjoyed it a lot,” said Ashok.
It was a tennis ball tournament. Its format was very interesting and unique. “First of all teams were a mixture of boys and girls. It was a kind of mix cricket tournament. 2 girls were mandatory in a side. Each team had 10 players where the break up was 8 boys and 2 girls. The matches were played on knockout basis. Every team had 1 person from senior designation. There were 8 such teams in competition. Basically our motto was Har Koi Khelega,”said Ashoke.
“ There were 8 overs to be bowled per side. From which last over had to be bowled by girls. Three balls for one girl and other girl will complete the remaining over. Also while the girls were bowling, the batting was also done by girls. This was quite interesting and unique thing about our tournament. The organization of such tournament started last year and now we are planning to organize it every year”
This is not the only place where such tournament is being organized. “We have branches at different cities in India. This kind of tournament was also played in Hyderabad. It will be played at other locations too. Mainly it is a recreational activity for employees. There are around 400 to 500 people working in different department. By such means people will interact with eachother because usually in IT we see that not many look beyond their own department. However it is necessary that everyone will get mixed up for better work environment and complaisance. Employees get some free time and this activity helps companies to take their employees away from work giving them some free time,” said Ashoke.
Apart from being a captain of runners up team, Ashoke was also a co-organizer of the event.“There were few good players seen this year. I think from our team Sandeepto Roy and Kartikeyan were extremely good. From other team I think their captain Sandeep and a guy named as Gopi were terrific. There was no professional player involved and we picked these 8 teams based on people who are really interested and passionate about playing cricket, “said Ashoke.last over.
This is how the tournament ended. It was Ashoke, who is a software engineer, was accompanied by his colleague Mr.Kapil Mohan who is a delivery manager in organizing the tournament successfully.“We are now looking to organize such tournament every year. Every year the teams will keep changing as people move from one department to other or get a promotion or so. It was fun organizing the tournament this year so we are already planning about the innovation we can do in next edition. Hopefully that will be a level higher than the concluded tournament,” said Ashoke.
“Like any kid from India, I started playing cricket on the streets. Absolutely no expectations, just for the love of the game” says Srinivas, a very self motivated young player who currently works as a Physical Design Engineer at Availink Inc USA. Hear him narrate about his passion for cricket and how how big of a role cricket plays in his life after 20 years.
Mr Srinivas started playing cricket frim his 4th grade and entered the crease as a professional batsman from his 11th grade. Though he loved playing this sport for fun, he never realized cricket latching on him that he made the biggest decision in his life, to pursue cricket as his career.
Born and brought up in a very conservative country, Indian parents considered only a doctor and engineer as a genuine career stand. And amidst those families, his parents accepted his choice happily. Srinivas truly became unstoppable after that as the persuasive player, he could never glance as at a failure thereafter. He recollects few nostalgic moments in his first divisional league match where he tasted the bitter success and failure together as he scored a whopping 87 runs in the South India’s dreamy stadium – lovingly called as the chepauk stadium in Chennai, and ended up being the only player who was not selected in the state cricket team. Srinivas had a zeal like none other as he bagged victories playing against established cricket players like R.Ashwin, Badrinath & Dinesh Karthik. He flaunts his skills and never was intimidated by the “big” names in the field.
“A real players acknowledges happy audience as an award rather than receiving recognition from members from a cricket committee. Everytime I perform well, I AM the man of the match” is a bold statement from Srinivas. Like the 100 million Indians who worship Sachin Tendular, Srinivas adores him for his cricket and remarks him as the most technically perfect player.
Srinivas, with a strong front, reveals that it has been 3 years since he has played cricket professionally, however relives hischildhood days, where he continues to play the game for fun in weekends. Though he does miss entering the field like a real player, his memorable days as a start is still etched in his heart and remains with him in a happy place whenever he picks up the bat
The Signature Hit by Srinivas
“Cricket has become an addictive sport today and young talent seem to be popping up from the nook of corners of the country, with great dreams and aspiration. I advise all the yound players to enter this field with an open mind though you are gifted with his game.
Today I am very proud to have played cricket at the highest level in my state and moving on to pursue my masters with a well paying secure job. For all those players hidden under a corporate gear, I hope you all would continue to be passion driven, and for all those who have made it big in cricket, nothing beats it.
TERI- The Energy & Resource Institute is one of the leading corporate cricket team as well as one of the top organizers from Delhi NCR. They organize various tournaments throughout the season which goes from October to May. The tournaments organized by them have got a long history and prestige too. Mr. Vinay Pathak talked about it in brief. “At TERI, we have 2 cricket grounds. The grounds are located in campus near Gurgaon-Faridabad highway. We organize 6 to 7 tournaments for corporate cricket teams. To name few, we have D.G. Fadkar tournament which we are organizing since 1997. Also we have organized 21 editions of TERI cup. We will be organizing Madhav rao Scindia cup for 10th for 4th time this season. In May, we also organize summer cup. D.G. Fadkar, TERI cup and Tiger Pataudi tournaments are of 25 overs whereas others are of 20 overs.
”Mr. Pathak talked about one of the strong pillars of TERI. “Our director Dr R K Pachauri is a good cricketer himself and he is also a great sports enthusiasts. He always promotes sports for employees. His age is 74 now but still he plays cricket! Teams used to think that how will he will be able to survive? But he is fit and very competitive on field. He is the driving force for us. Initially, we started playing some practice matches and then slowly it has grown this big.Also one of the main factor for our success is the ground where we play matches. It has a lush green outfield and a terrific wicket. Even some Ranji trophy matches have been played here. Haryana Ranji team often comes here for the practice matches. It is a scenic venue and one gets refreshment after coming here.”
He talked about few good teams which he has seen. “I think to start with our team that isTERI is extremely good team. Apart from that Gail, NIIT, MaxLife, ICICI, HDFC bank, Royal Stag,Genpack and HCL are the top teams which are performing consistently in our tournaments. Wetake every precaution that no player from outside can play for any corporate team. Over theyears many teams have been participating in our tournaments. Tiger Pataudi tournament has24 teams and in other tournaments as many as 16 teams participate.”
There is one more thing which is interesting about TERI and that is their ground fees. Usuallyfor such well-developed grounds, the fees is between 50,000 to 1,00,000 INR. But at TERI theytake only 10,000 as ground fees. Due to which Haryana cricket team often prefer their premisesfor different matches. Various other cricketers like Ganguly, Bevan, and Attapatu have been attheir ground for playing cricket. Certainly the facilities at TERI are redoubtable and match the BCCI standards.
Captain of TERI cricket team, Mr. Sanjay Kumar told his memorable experience. “We wereplaying against Vodafone. Vodafone is one of the good teams in Delhi NCR. I don’t rememberthe exact score but that match went to the last over. And after we snatched victory, Icelebrated in a Ganguly style by taking my shirt off! Haha! That was incredible experienceindeed. Now we are looking forward for new season and to get some titles under our belt.” Asthey have gained the fame in Delhi NCR, they are now looking to reach to other cities of Indiatime and Tiger Pataudi memorial cricket tournamentand organize tournaments there.
Couple of years ago, Satyam Agarwal and one of his friend read an article about corporate tournament. They were keen to know more about this new field and after doing some research they started their own firm- Smashtress. This is how these erudite people took a U turn and started organizing tournaments of various sports. “We started in December 2012 and the firm was officially registered in early 2013. I used to play Basketball and after completing my engineering I was not getting time to play. After all these research I understood that there is great opportunity in this field and I can remain in touch with the game. This is how it all started,“said Mr.Agarwal.
“These days lots of MNC’s are investing to bring in sports for their employees. In this shorts pan, the firm which we started as a part time business, has grown into one of the prime corporate organization when it comes to corporate sports. Currently we organize tournaments for Table Tennis, Volleyball, Cricket, Football and Badminton. We are focused completely corporate sports events.
”Mr. Agarwal talked about how these sports activities benefit the companies and their employees. “These days we see quite often that people are very formal in office. Hence at times they find it difficult to mix up and work together. At the same time they are always under some kind of stress. Sports is a good solution to these problems. When they play in such tournaments, naturally team building activity takes places amongst themselves. Also for these tournaments they bring their families too with them. It is a good outing for them which provides refreshments. Thus it help company as well. Most importantly, they can enjoy the game which they might have played during their school days for the last time.
“Currently they organize tournaments in Delhi NCR. There are few teams which are performing brilliantly in their tournaments. These are limited overs tournaments which they organize.“Currently teams like Market India and WSC group have good cricket teams. Also there are few others but in total we have 40-50 corporate companies as our clients. We are growing now and we are putting in all the efforts,” said Mr.Agarwal
He told about one of his experience of how they managed and organized a volleyball event.“Actually the match was going to start at 2 pm. But somehow the teams reached the venue at1 pm. They thought the match was at 1 pm. We were still doing arrangements and we were surprised to see them at 1 o clock. Yet we work smartly and started tournament within short time thus the time of those teams was not wasted. AT the end of tournaments they applauded us for our efforts. That was a proud moment for me.
”Talking about the uniqueness of his firm he gives this example. “Currently there are 100s of such organizers in Delhi NCR. We want to be different than others. We are trying our level best for that. For example, we are the only organizers who arrange food for the participants and that too a different food at different times. I think that is the prime reason of our success in this short time. Our services, our umpires are of top quality. Whatever we promise them, we always give it to them. “ . With this fervent attitude it is needless to say that very soon their unique organization will reach its apogee.
There has been lots of talk since past few years about the talent in cricket which comes from small towns. There is yet another evidence that shows the existence of sheer talent in bucolic Indian society. In TrimurtyChawk located somewhere in Nashik district, there is an aspiring cricketer who is having a dream of playing in under 19 World Cup 2016 which will take place in Bangladesh.Ravindra Jadhav- an 18 year old cricketer has made a name for himself amidst the local cricket in Nashik. Studying in a polytechnic college, Ravindra gives 90% of his time in a day to cricket.
His day starts at 5 am in the morning. Being a sportsman, fitness is his primary goal and he works on fitness and training every day. He has to travel for fitness & training at one place and then for cricket drills at another place in another direction. That’s the disadvantage of living out of the heart of city. Ravindra daily travels about 10-12 Km just for cricket. Ravindra has showed his class in the tournaments which took place not only in Nashik but at other venues like Pune, Malegaon etc. He played for Nashik district under 19 team. The story of his selection is quite interesting. Initially, he was overlooked when a 48 man squad was selected for trials for Nashik under 19 team.
Without getting disappointed, he went for a trial of open age group. His outstanding performances gave him a place in the 48 man squad for senior Nashik team. After watching him do so well, selectors brought him back to under 19 Nashik team. Ravindra, who is basically a batsman, has already scored ample of 50s with a lone hundred wherein he hit 111. When asked about one thing which he would like to improve in himself, he told that it is indeed his fitness. Being growing up in a modern era of cricket, he likes Test cricket over other formats. Ravindra doesn’t have all the facilities which other cricketers in urban areas get.
In fact he doesn’t even have a proper coach. He trains at golf club ground for NDCA yellow team. He watches lots
of videos of international cricketers to perfect his batting. When it comes to fitness, he tries to follow the diet of Usain Bolt. Ravindra used to play a lot of tennis cricket in his childhood. Later he joined a club and started playing professional cricket. During this time he became interested in cricket and decided to pursue a career in it. Sachin Tendulkar & AB DeVilliars are his idolatrous cricketers. However, financially he is facing lots of difficulties and it is a tough task for him to make the both ends meet.
Having grown up in a family of 8 people, Ravindra now does every possible thing to make money even like selling vegetables and umpiring. His 5 elder sisters are married. Now he lives with his parents. His father has a small shop in town and from all these sources run bhagna hai” said Ravindra. Despite they gather money for his cricket equipment. Ravindra likes to bat at his home ground which is a golf club ground. The recent 2013-14 cricket season was a mixture of highs and lows for him. He played well in few matches but couldn’t maintain the consistency. He believes in hard work and he is targeting the upcoming season to achieve his dream of playing for India in under 19 world cup 2016. Ravindra likes to have small goals in front of him. With his strong desire and ability to work hard, he is all set to achieve new heights in his career.
Back in 1996, with an intention of doing something good for the community, Kapole Sports Group organized its first ever cricket tournament. 18 years later, they have achieved a giant feat to become one of the top sports organizers. This success was the result of arduous work done by Mr. Hiren Seth and his colleagues. “Sports was far away from our community when we started the club. We wanted our people to indulge in sports activities. We mainly organize matches for our community and play with Gujarati samaj.Things have changed a lot over the years. We are happy that we could do something for our society,” said Mr.Seth. “We organize various
tournaments which are conducted for entire season of cricket. We have one tournament where each team represents one particular community. The unique thing about our organization is that we organize tournaments for everyone, that is, for every age group. Our main aim is to encourage people to come and play different sports” Mr.Seth talked about the main purpose for him to start this organization. “Back in those days there was only one prime tournament. That was the Times shield. So many teams used to participate in it. After a particular stage it was played on a knock out basis. Due to this it was as good as an end of the season for the teams who couldn’t qualify to knock outs. We noticed that on an average a player was playing only 5-6 matches after practicing for 6-8 months.
That’s why we decided to start a tournament. To become a good player, it is necessary to keep in touch with the game and to play in more number of matches. This is how it all began.” The journey which started with just a single tournament has now reached the apogee. Today Kapole sports group organize as many as 10 to 12 different tournaments every season for every possible age group. “To start with, we have under 10s tournament. Then there are under 12s, under 16s and open category tournaments. That’s not all. Usually we find that tournaments are organized for these particular age groups but we also have a tournament for the people who are in above 40 age group. We also organize soft ball cricket tournament for women. If these senior guys who are above 40 will play cricket then naturally the culture of sports will be emulated by their children. That’s what we want to achieve,” explained Mr.Seth. “We play various formats of cricket. T20, Multiday and the limited overs as well. We now have more than 400 players who are playing in these tournaments.
We travel outside Mumbai as well for playing cricket. Basically we play in the radius of 200 Kms which includes Vapi, Daman, Silvasa, Palghar, Pune, Lonavla and of course the suburbs of Mumbai. Due to the rule of MCA that one player cannot be a member of more than 2 clubs, lots of quality players were not getting a chance to showcase their talent. We are targeting these professional players and giving them a platform via these tournaments” The efforts of Kapole sports group have been fruitful. Lots of players who start their cricket training under Kapole sports group also play for Payyade sports club.
“When it comes to tournaments, we categorize teams in A , B and C groups according to their strength. This gives everyone an equal chance. Also the players keep changing the teams depending on the format of game. Some are T20 specialist or some prefer to play in Multiday matches. Couple of our players Umang Shah and Maulik Mehta are performing brilliantly in times shield b division. Both of them have played for MCA under-14s,” said Mr. Seth. Mr. Seth himself was a bowler and used to play cricket during his school and college days. He thinks that Tata Steel’s team is one of the top teams he has seen. Finally Mr.Seth talked about the prospects of Kapole sport group “Like cricket now we are organizing lots of tournaments of various other sports for our community. Our main aim is to work at grass root level and provide basic facilities to players. We want our player to go ahead and represent the country on international level. We will keep our good work going to ensure that culture of sports is pervasive in our society.”