Cricketgraph Top 5Knocks in Mumbai Cricket for the month of May 2018
May is the penultimate month of Cricket in Indian and especially in Mumbai. After a grueling season which begins from January itself, May is the 5th and the last month of the cricketing season with major MCA and non MCA tournaments getting over. Hence there are a lot of matches which are played in this month with over 400 recognized matches played in Mumbai for the month of May 2018. Hence, if a player makes it into the top 5, that is definitely a big deal worth an accolade!
Here are the Top 5 Knocks in Mumbai Cricket for the month of May ’18
Joint 5th– Aditya Anand (RHB) 169*-Kalpesh Koli Tournament ‘18
Played at the New Hind SC, Dadkar Maidan, it was a match between U/16 Azad team and U/16 Shivaji Park, we just got a glimpse of one rising talent in the name of Aditya Anand from the Azad team.
After batting first, U/16 Azad Maidan team scored a massive total of 379/4 declare and the major reason for such a big total was their right handed opener Aditya Anand. Aditya gave a flying start going to score a composed yet dominating 169* off 203deliveries which had 27fours and a six to take the game away from the opposition. Aditya took on almost every bowlers and looked thoroughly impressive anchoring the innings till the very end.
U/16 Shivaji Park were in return skittled out for 170runs all out in 1st innings while struggling at 37/5 in their 2nd innings after a follow on.It was a dominating win for the U/16 Azad Maidan team and both the Aditya’s are grabbing attention in the cricketing community.
5th– Roneet Thakkur (RHB) 193 -MCA U/14 Selection Tournament ‘18
Roneet Thakur is one such name who has taken the Mumbai Cricket by storm. Just fresh from a ton and a fifer in the same match, he was not done yet and continues to impress the selectors without a doubt not only as a player to get selected but the one who can lead from the front too. Played at the Young Zorastrian CC, Azad Maidan, two really good teams U/14 Goregaon and U/14 Dombivali took on each other where in U/14 Goregaon Team won the toss and elected to bat first on the back of their strong batting depth.
Opening the innings, Awais Khan engaged in solid batting strengthning the top order game for Goregaon as he went on to score a elegant 129 off 193balls laced with 15fours while stitched a mammoth 279run stand with Skipper Roneet Thakur for the 4th wicket which changed the game in their favor. Both the boys batted like Laxman and Dravid while skipper Roneet hardly wasted any time at the crease scoring a scintillating 193 off mere 215balls at a strike rate of almost 90 laced with 26fours and a six. Roneet has time and again proved that he is here for the bigger things in cricket as he looks very promising at such a young age. Both the boys took the team total to a healthy 383/8dec in 81 overs.
In reply, U/14 Dombivali team were all out for 114runs where in U/14 Goregaon team won the match on 1st innings while skipper Roneet once again left behind his mark.
4th– Aditya Rawat(RHB) 203-U14 Total Cup ‘18
Played between Sachin Tendulkar XI and Sunil Gavaskar XI which are two really promising teams, Gavaskar XI won the toss and elected to field first with an aim of restricting the opposition to a low total.
Little did they knew that SRT XI has a player who is in smashing form in the past few tournaments and he just continued his purple patch from where he left behind. Aditya Rawat who was in the news recently for scoring a half century as well as bagging 5wkts in the same match continued to impress as this time he went on to score a marathon knock of 201* off 290 deliveries. SRT XI reached 328/4 before they declared with Aditya smashing 65% of the team runs. What’s more he dodged the bowlers with ease while gave proper treatment to the loose deliveries smashing around 35boundaries in his impressive double century.
Sunil Gavaskar XI on the other hand scored 246/7 in 79 overs as the match resulted in a draw but there were definitely some positives with most importantly Aditya once again impressing one and all with his confident batting.
3rd– Vedant Gadia(LHB) 203*- U/16 Kalpesh Koli Tournament ‘18
Played at the Sainath Sports Club, U/16 Goregaon Team and U/16 Dahanu+PDTSA+Chinchani took on each other where in U/16 Goregaon Team won the toss and elected to bat first as Goregaon team has a very balanced and strong batting line up.
Batting first, Goregaon team notched up 326/1d in 73.5overs as openers Vedanta Gadia and Moksh Vanjari (82) gave a flying start with a 244run opening stand. On the other hand Vedant went on to convert his good start into a swashbuckling double ton smashing 203* off 228balls. Vedant as always looked supremely confident and dominating hitting 34boundaries and covering almost every corner of the ground with his wide range of strokes. Vedant has been piling runs heavily this season and he is definitely one of the most promising openers right now in U/16 category of Mumbai cricket.
U/16 Dahanu+PDTSA+Chinchani team were all out for 118 and then 97 in the 2nd innings as U/16 Goregaon team won the match outright on the back of Vedant’s double ton
2nd-Vaibhav Kalamkar(RHB) 160- Semi-finals of U/19 Naren Tamhane Tournament ‘18
To perform under pressure and in high intense semi-finals where the pressure is definitely more than the regular games is commendable and that’s the reason U/19 GSC skipper Vaibhav Kalamkar made it into this list.
U/19 GSC techinally could have suffered a batting collapse as only 66runs can be accounted for the 9batsman in the playing XI with remaining runs scored by skipper Vaibhav Kalamkar and solid opener Rishikesh Kulkarni. Rishikesh opening the innings gave a déjà vu’ of former England opener Mike Atherton who would irritate the bowlers by fighting at the crease for long time. Rishikesh dodged the bowlers and engaged in solid cricket which is rare nowadays as he scored 91* off 230balls (8fours) remaining till the end. On the other hand, Skipper Vaibhav Kalamkar confidently counter attacked scoring an elegant 160 off 206balls laced with 13fours and 3sixes at a healthy strike rate of 78.00 while also stitching a 211run stand with Rishikesh taking GSC towards a total of 311 in 94.2 overs.
On the other hand Chimaji Appa Vasai were all out for 135runs as U/19 GSC team won the semis on the back of brilliant batting by Vaibhav.
AND FINALLY THE NO.1
1st– Mohit Tanwar(RHB) 142 in finals-U/14 Summer Vacation Tournament Finals ‘18
Delivering in the finals and standing out as a player is not something everyone can do but Mohit who has batted consistently this season continued to impress in the high intensity finals too as led from the front as the premier batsman of the SRT Team.
SRT team winning the toss batted first notching up 233/10 in 72.1overs. Raj desmukh opening the innings once again scored a classy 50 off mere 44balls giving a positive start to the team while also engaged in a good stand with Mohit Tanwar who came at no.3. It was basically a batting collapse as apart from Raj and Mohit, only 41runs were accounted between 9players. Mohit who came in at no.3 once again played a dazzling innings smashing a superlative 142 off 151balls laced with 14fours and 2sixes. Mohit as usual kept on playing his natural game and kept the scoreboard ticking despite wickets being lost from the other end
Defending a moderate total of 234, SRT boys did a fantastic job of restricting Kalyan+Bhiwandi team to just 169runs as SRT team lifted the title with pride on the back of Mohit’s match winning ton.
U14 SRT team win the finals and win the MCA U14 Summer Vacation Tournament and it was definitely because of great co-ordination amongst the boys with consistent good cricket being played. Mohit Tanwar stole the show in the finals while has a great run scorer in whichever tournaments he has played so far.
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