THANE VAIBHAV: Teleperformance VS Mumbai police ‘A”, Toss won by Mumbai police ‘A’ and they elected to FIELD first. Venue- Dadoji konddev stadium, Thane. Date- 28th January 2020.
Teleperformance Opener Rupesh sonkar tried to take the things patiently and built a partnership with No.3 kushal dawne who scored 34 runs off 39 balls. Having played 79 balls Rupesh had scored only 38 runs and then he got out. Besides them, the whole middle and lower middle order crumbled and no one in them even scored in double digits. No.9 batsman Shahshank mistry however, scored a brilliant 46 off 35 balls and pushed the total to a fighting 171 runs.
Santosh shinde, Simant dube and Sunil patil picked up 2 wickets each for Mumbai police ‘A’. They were able to pick up 9 wickets in total.
Openers Sunil patil and Humayun hirapure played cautiously and had a strong start. After sunil got out at a score of 20 runs, Rohit pol came to wicket. Rohit scored an outstanding 65 runs off 71 balls and remained not out while Humayun also played a brilliant hand of 69 runs off 96 balls. Both of them sealed the deal for Mumbai Police ‘A’. They finished the match in 33.3 overs. Overall, it was a comprehensive victory for Mumbai police ‘A’.
Result- Mumbai policed won by 7 wickets.
Man of the match- Humayun hirapure.
Played at Cross Maidan, Mahindra Logistics opting to bat first scored a very good total of 292/7 in 42 overs. Opener Amar Narkar scored a solid 69 while coming at no.3, Rohan Kalbhor changed the course of the game hitting a brilliant 100 off just 90 balls. It was an counter attacking innings which included 9 fours and 5 sixes while rest of the batters batted around him with crucial cameos.
Rohan Boon (Pic Above)
Deutsche Bank in reply were all out for 94 runs in 17.2 overs thanks to an amazing spell by Rohan Boon who took 6/22 in 9 overs coupled with 3 maidens. Rohan was simply bang on with the ball providing timely breakthroughs as he single handedly ensured the opposition team were all out in two digits total.
Into the all important quarter finals between Mumbai and Bengal, Bengal Team after batting first posted a total of 381 runs in 128 overs with Abhishek Porel at the middle order top scoring with 92 runs. From the bowlers, Dhanit Raut came up with a sensational spell taking 5/76 in 26 overs coupled with 6 maidens. Dhanit looks in good touch this season and this particular spell was bang on as he stood apart from the other bowlers on that particular day.
Mumbai on the other hand posted a mammoth total of 592 runs thanks to a 200 run stand for the 3rd wicket between Suved Parkar and Pragnesh Kanpillewar. Pragnesh who has 5 tons in Cooch Behar this season smashed a majestic 283 ball 120 frustrating the Bengal bowlers to the hilt while the classy Suved who is known to convert his hundreds into big scores stayed true to his reputation scoring 299 off 351 balls. Just one short of a deserving triple hundred, it was Karan Lal taking his wicket at a time when no Cricket lover would want him to take the wicket of parkar!
Parkar who is another product of SVIS lives up to his school’s legacy of churning out talented cricketers. Back in his U16 Days, Parkar had scored a triple hundred in Harris Shield without hitting a single six running hard between the wickets. It was during that time itself, he had displayed his temperament & technique. Also the way, he smashes fast bowlers to the covers reminds in more ways than one of Rohit Sharma (his SVIS Senior).
Bengal in the 2nd innings batted for 56 overs with the loss of just 2 wickets and 156 runs on the board at the end of the game’s play where the match ended in draw. Mumbai post this match cruise into the semis with Suved Parkar (847) and Pragnesh Kanpillewar (979 runs) topping the leaderboards this season in the Cooch Behar.
Pragnesh Kanpillewar and Suved Parkar
Avengers XI batting first at Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul posted a not so threatening total of 138/8 in 20 overs. It was a top order collapse with none of the top 5 batsman managing to make much of an impact however crucial cameos by Arbaaz Pathan (28) & Nitin thomrbo’s 23* down the order helped them put something respectable on the board. From the bowlers, Bhuddev Yadav with 4/24 in 4 overs was bang on right on the money.
Hellbenders in reply chased down the target in mere 12.5 overs thanks to first the quick opening start by Parag Mestry (37 off 18) and Raj Desai (29* off 30). Hardik Naik who came at no.3 did not wanted to waste any more time further as he decided to let loose scoring 53* off 29 balls (6 fours, 2 sixes) finishing off things in style.
Result-Hellbenders win by 9 wkts and 7.1 overs to spare, Hardik Naik declared ‘man of the match”
Played between Fort Vijay CC and Parel Sporting Club at the MIG Cricket Ground, Fort Vijay CC in a record batting first had all their top 5 batsman hitting half centuries which is a very rare instance. Openers Sairaj Sangle and Monu Chauhan laid the foundation with a 102 run opening stand where in Sairaj scored 64 (107 balls) & Monu Chauhan smashed 58 off 75 balls.
Coming at no.3, Anees Choudhary continued the positive momentum with a solid 64 off 96 while Siddarth Mhatre at no.4 top scored with 85 runs off 88 balls. Nikhil Patil at no.5 was the entertainer of the match smashing a quickfire 56 off 25 balls which had 5 biggies in it eventually pushing the team total to 392/7 in 70 overs.
Parel SC were off to a decent start with openers Vicky Patil (33) and Karan Sonavale (pic above) putting on 70 runs for the 1st wicket. Sonavale who has been amongst the runs this season once again scored a handsome 68 off 105 balls.
However, Parel SC lost a few quick wickets in between but it was their all-rounder Shikhar Mehta at no.8 pulling off a blinder with a ravishing knock of 80* in mere 50 balls. Seems like the productive county season for Shikhar where he was amongst the runs as well wickets have worked well for him as he slogged at a strike rate of 160.00 hitting 11 fours and 4 sixes.
However, those efforts were not enough to save his team as he lacked support from the other end. Monu Chauhan came up with a brilliant spell of 5/59 in 17.1 overs which proved to be quite crucial. Left arm spinner Kunal Thorat also came good his spell of 4/96 in 20 overs as Parel SC were all out for 295/10 in 66.1 overs.
Result-Fort Vijay CC won the match by 97 runs
Into the all important quarter-finals at Cross Maidan between two corporate giants namely Datamatics Global & Ajanta Pharma Sports Club. Datamatics after being put to bat first were all out for 60 runs in 22.5 overs. It might be a jolt for Datamatics as they have performed well throughout the season only to face a batting collapse in the crucial quarter finals. From the bowlers, all-rounder Jayesh Mhatre was bang on taking 3/8 in 5 overs coupled with 3 maidens. Apart from Jayesh, Prashant and Akshay Ambine were also quite tight with their line and lengths bagging two wickets each. Akshay in particular took 2/3 in 4 overs alongwith a maiden.
Getting inside scoops of match from Coach Sameer Gawas– “Opening bowler of Ajanta Pharma Jayesh Mhatre took 1st wicket in the very 2nd ball of the match of in form Yogesh Shinde who has 2 back to back centuries before this game and then on the 5th ball Jayesh took wicket of Rohan Bhosle caught @ gully (brilliant catch by Haresh Jadhav). Next over bowled by Gitesh Pandere and he took wicket of Malangnath Aras (Captain of Datamatics). Second over of Jayesh Mhatre he took a wicket of Om Keshkkamat by caught behind, Ganesh Kadam (wicket keeper of Ajanta) he took excellent diving catch. Datamatics were 8 for 4, Neeraj Singh & Suraj Singh tried their best to build up a partnership but then Ajanta’s last match hero Prashant Prindavankar cleared the way of Neeraj Singh. Suraj Singh & Rasik Naik tried their best to build up the inning but Akshay Ambike’s tight bowling changed the game in favor of Ajanta Pharma”
Chasing 61 for obvious reasons was going to be a cakewalk for Ajanta Pharma team as they chased down the total with 9 wkts in hand in just 8.4 overs. Opener Ganesh Kadam remained unbeaten on 31* as his team smoothly surpassed the target qualifying for the semi finals of Times Shield E Div.
Ajanta Pharma’s HR DGM Mr.Udaykumar Kunder’s words….
“It was a great team performance by our team. Everyone played like Champions”
It was also a very proud moment for Ajanta Pharma as the skipper of Datamatics G.S. Mr. Malangnath Aras himself felicitated the trophy to Jayesh Mhatre as “Man Of The Match” for his outstanding spell (05-03-08-03) stamping a right mark of sportsman spirit which is all this gentleman’s game is all about.
In the Quarter finals of the Khichadiya Khar Tournament played between Spring Field Rizvi High School (Bandra) Vs Swami Vivekanand International school (Kandivali) at Khar Gymkhana on 28 th January, Rizvi won by 39 runs to make it to semi finals.
Batting first Rizvi made 283 runs in allotted 45 overs match. Roshan Kanojia scored a patient 103 runs (13 boundaries & 1 Six) and was very well supported by Shreyansh Mishra who made a brilliant 92* (13 Boundaries & 2 Sixes)
After dismissal of Roshan it was shreyansh who took the onus and batted aggressively to ensure his team reaches a competitive score. While chasing the target SVIS (Kandivali) scored 245 runs in 45 overs. Shreyansh Mishra bowled a very tight line and got the break through at crucial moment to take his team through to semi final. He took 5 wickets in 19 overs and conceded just 49 runs.
Spring Field Rizvi High School (Bandra) beat SVIS (Kandivali) by 39 runs. Even in the last match against Oxford Public School (Kandivali) Shreyansh Mishra took 4 wickets and scored unbeaten 20 runs. Spring Field Rizvi High School (Bandra) won that match by 7 wickets.
AESA Pune after opting to bat first at Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul posted a total of 157/9 in 20 overs which is quite a defendable total. Opening the innings, it was Yogesh Balwadkar who laid the foundation with a brilliant 54 off 38 balls laced with 5 fours and a six. Apart from him, MM Hande at no.4 scored a 25 ball 34 while also stitched a small stand with Yogesh which came in handy for the team. All-rounder Shahen Mistry from the opp team was the pick of the bowler with 3/27 in 4 overs.
Nauman Construction Dynamites in reply gave a tough fight managing to reach 154/7 in 20 overs. It was a last over thriller where in just a handful of runs ended the match in AESA’s favor. For Nauman’s XI, they had batters chipping in with cameos but one solid knock of 45 or 50+ from their playing XI could have helped them change the result of the match. The bowlers were pretty much spot on while Yogesh Balwadkar turned out to be the best bowler too with bowling figures of 2/18 in 4 overs.
Result- AESA Pune XI won the match by 3 runs, Yogesh Balwadkar declared ‘man of the match”
Played between DY Patil Sports Academy and Ours CC at Cross Maidan, DY Patil Sports Academy after being put to bat first were all out for 106 runs in 21.4 overs. Thanks to Vivek (24) and Aditya (29) down the order, DY Patil managed to reach a respectable total. Ours CC bowlers were spot on restricting DY to a modest total.
Ours CC in reply were cleaned up for mere 30 runs all out thanks to a superb spell by spinner Mann Bhanushali who took 6/8 in 5 overs coupled with 2 maidens. Mann who was in the U14 Probables this year now has fifers in all the major MCA Tournaments this season as he began with a 9 wkt haul for DY Patil in the CPCC followed by a 6 wkt haul in the Giles Shield and now a match winning spell in U12 Bhaskar Trophy Selection Tournament.
Result-DY Patil won the match by 76 runs
Played between Bhatnagar Sports & Cultural Foundation vs Dadar Parsi Sports Club at the Dadkar Maidan, Bhatnagar Sports opting to bat first posted a healthy total of 338/7 in 70 overs. Aashay Dube at no.3 scored a solid 56 while it was Akshat Jain at no.4 who ensured that his team stayed at the top with a classy innings of 134* in 168 balls (13 fours, 3 sixes). Akshat toiled with the bowlers batting unbeaten till the very end. Sai Chavan at no.7 played the perfect foil scoring 73 off 95 balls (8 fours) while also stitching a 136 run stand with Akshat.
DPC in reply were all out for 236 runs in 60.5 overs where in no.3 batsman Aakash Palande top scored with a gritty 84* off 127 balls. The architect in chief with the ball was none other than the experienced Akshay Darekar who came up with excellent bowling figures of 5/73 in 18.5 overs. Vishwajit Thakur with 4/51 was also impressive as Bhatnagar Sports & Cultural Foundation won the match by 102 runs.