Season 8
Avengers XI after being put to bat first at Chereshwar Club, Trombay posted a big total of 198/4 in 20 overs. Opener Rohit Katti (34) gave a solid start while it was Arpan Tibrewal at no.4 scoring a game changing 70 off 48 balls laced with 10 fours and 1 six. Arpan also received good support from Swastik Kini who came up with a brilliant finishing cameo of 36* in mere 17 balls, a knock which included 2 fours and 3 sixes alongwith Arbaz Pathan’s 19* off 12 balls as Avengers batsman batted well in the death overs.
HAS Challengers in reply failed to keep up with the momentum as they were bundled out for 80 runs in 16.4 overs. It was a dismal batting performance with as many as 8 players getting out in single digits. The bowlers did an amazing job with Smit Ajani (3/11 in 4 overs with a maiden) & Kartik Kulat (3/32 in 4 overs) emerging to be the best bowlers for Avengers. Dhananjay Purohit also proved to be quite handy with his economical spell of 1/11 with a maiden in 2.4 overs.
Result-Avengers XI win the match by 118 runs and Arpan Tibrewal declared “Man of the Match”
Played at the Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul, AHC Smashers opting to bat first posted a decent total of 160/7 in 20 overs. Even though they lacked someone who could score big but the good part was all their batsman chipped in with cameos of 10’s and 20’s with opener Ajay Thakur’s 29 being the highest score. From the bowlers, Ravi Sarangan with 2/26 in 4 overs was the pick of the lot.
Edifice Consultants in reply were off to a flying start with openers Mahesh Hirpara and Sumeet V (42 off 44) putting on 70 runs for the 1st wicket. Mahesh laid the foundation with a quick 22 ball 44 (7 fours, 2 sixes) which changed the momentum in edifice’s favor. Middle order players Viren Talreja at no.3 (35 off 21) & Sagar Chauhan at no.5 (26* off 11) did the finishing work as Edifice chased down the score in mere 16.4 overs.
Result- Edifice Consultants won the match by 7 wkts while Mahesh Hirpara for his all-round performance of 44 runs & 1 wicket was declared ‘”man of the match”
T20 MASTERS CUP (YELLOW) CRICKET TOURNAMENT 2019-20, 4th January 2020 : The quarter final match between HDFC bank and SBI Life Insurance was played at ELF Vengsarkar Oval Ground, on 5th January’20. SBI won the toss and elected to bowl first.The match was organized by Oneworld of sports.
HDFC openers failed to make a mark but no.3 batsman Darshan Jaitpal continued his purple patch bludgeoning the bowlers right from the start and scored a fierce 61 runs off 43 balls hitting 9 fours. Middle order batsman Nishit Dhulap (46 off 23), a seasoned campaigner also put the finishing touches along with young turk Siddhant T(36 off 20) to thrust the total to 186 runs in 20 overs losing 5 wickets. SBI bowlers Ganesh Partole and Jinesh Bothra picked up couple of wickets. Sandeep shinde went for 62 runs in 5 overs taking only 1 wicket.
Chasing a big target, SBI needed strong partnerships but the team lacked those and adding to that, the bowling assenal of HDFC was at the top of the game on that day. No.4 Darshan Shetya played very well and piled up an unbeaten innings of 46 runs off 35 balls. Except him, no other batsmen really put up a great show. They were able to score 141 runs in 20 overs losing 8 wickets. HDFC’s Ninad Kadam, the veteran left arm spinner of HDFC picked up a triplet. All the bowlers performed well on a pretty flat deck. A complete performance by both and ball propelled them comprehensively to the semi finals.
Result – HDFC BANK won the mass by 46 runs.
Click here for HDFC Bank VS SBI Life Insurance match full scorecard …
Season 2
Into the all important finals at the Yashwant Nagar Cricket Ground in Virar, Buddies Cricket Club opting to bat first could only muster a total of 84/9 in 16 overs. It was a really tight bowling performance with all the bowlers chipping in while Akash and Mayur Mangela being the pick of the lot with 2 wickets each.
Chasing 85 looked like a mere formality for the Kings XI Virar team who have been excellent throughout the tournament. Even though Kings XI Virar faced some early blows with scoreboard reading 19/3, it was all rounder Mayur Mangela who changed the game with a brilliant 53* off 35 balls laced with 4 fours and 4 sixes. Mayur single handedly turned the game with his blazing half century under pressure as Kings XI Virar won the game by 6 wkts in just 13.3 overs.
With this win, Kings XI Virar also become the winners of the BCC Cricket Championship League’19. Naresh Pardeshi was declared the ‘Best Bowler of the tournament”, Mayur Mangela was declared the “Best Batsman” of the tournament” while Ravi Shah (BCC) was declared “Man of the Series”
The Knockouts (T10 Matches) of the Blue Storm F15 Tournament took place at the NRI Complex Ground, Seawoods.
In the second Semi-final, CYSS set a target of 80 Runs in 10 Overs for IndiaFirst to qualify for the Finals. Abhijeet top-scored with 29 off 21 Balls. Miserly spells from Skipper Ajish Abdul Rehman (2-0-7-1) & Pushkar Sharma (2-0-9-2) – both extremely tight, especially in the T10 context – ensured that their Team didn’t have an unmanageable task. During their pursuit, Wicket Keeper Babli Sharma played a blinder of an Innings scoring 28 off just 15 Balls (3 Fours & 2 Sixes). Pushkar anchored the Innings with 21 Runs. A huge Six by Ajish sealed the fate of the Match, before the winning Runs came in the tense moments with 3 Balls to spare. Pushkar Sharma was adjudged Man of the Match for his all-round performance.
The Final was reduced to 6 Overs aside with sunset fast approaching. OC India set a target of 50 Runs in 6 Overs for IndiaFirst to lift the Trophy. With only one Bowler allowed to bowl 2 Overs, Ajish pegged them back with a tight spell of 2-0-13-1. Swaminathan GK bowled an excellent final Over conceding just 4 Runs. The chase started rather shakily with 2 quick Wickets. But again Babli played a little gem of an Innings of 22 off 15 Balls (2 Sixes). Needing 4 off the last Over under fading light, in another close finish, Ajish hit the winning Boundary with a lofted flick over Square Leg in cameo of 16 off 8 Balls. Babli Sharma was awarded the Man of the Match.
It was another excellent Team effort from IndiaFirst Life Insurance. Pushkar Sharma was adjudged the Best Batman of the Tournament for his consistent performances with the Bat. Babli Sharma won the accolades for Best Fielder. Ajish Abdul Rehman bagged the Best Bowler of the Tournament. It was a fitting All-round display from the Skipper in the crucial Knockout stage.
This was IndiaFirst’s second Trophy this Season from as many Tournaments. Earlier they had won the BU Cup 2019 organised by the Bombay United Cricket Club.
Club Cricket is the lifeline for any aspiring cricketer to excel in the field of cricket. It’s only through hard work at club level cricket does a player progresses to Domestic and International level. However, International & Domestic Cricketers in India fairly receive their set of accolades, attention & coverage in India but it’s the untapped club cricket community especially in Mumbai which is also considered to be one of the biggest talent houses for cricketers in India which is relatively untapped. Most of the performances go unnoticed and maximum of players at Club level require the right amount of support in terms of strength, stamina, nutrition to excel in the game. In a first of its kind initiative in India by exerFIT-Cricketgraph, the hard working population of club cricketers who equally toil hard and put promising performances will now be rewarded in IPL Style with Yellow, Purple and Orange Caps.
exerfitwellness has come onboard to tie up with Cricketgraph to felicitate Club Level Cricketers in Mumbai every month with IPL Style Orange, Yellow and Purple Caps. The winners will recieve Whey Protein, BCAA, Glutamine from the house of exerfitwellness which will surely be quite helpful in improving the strength and stamina of our hard working Club Level Cricketers in Mumbai.
Here are the winners of @exerfitwellness Monthly Cricket Cap Winners in Club Cricket for the month of December 2019.
ExerFIT Orange Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of December’19-Rajeev Kamath
He has been one all-rounder who has been not only amongst the runs but also amongst the wickets in Kanga league and Cosmopolitan Shield. Such has been his form this season, in the opening day of Cosmopolitan Shield, he smashed the highest score of the day across all the matches played hitting a brilliant 131 vs Esplanade Liberals CC. Coming at no.4 he took mere 100 deliveries to score an unbeaten 131* which had 15 fours and 3 sixes. It was on the back of his brilliant knock he was given the exerFIT Orange Cap in Club Cricket for the month of December’19
ExerFIT Purple Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of December’19-Chirag Tamore
Playing for Superstar Sports Club, spinner Chirag Tamore had come up with a brilliant spell of 6/25 in 8 overs to derail Ours CC in the Cosmopolitan Shield Tournament’19. It was on the back of his spell Superstar SC won the game by 7 wkts while it was also because of his match winning bowling performance he rightly won the exerFIT Club Cricket Purple Cap Winner for the month of December’19
ExerFIT Yellow Cap Winner, Most Popular Player in Club Cricket for the month of December’19-Yash Kadam
Yash Kadam from Old Podarites CC was declared the exerFIT Yellow Cap Winner for the Month of December’19. The left hander certainly enjoys a lot of popularity amongst his mates as he garnered a healthy 224 votes defeating his nearest competitor Upendra Yadav by 95 votes. Yash had also scored a brilliant 101 vs Kerala Windsor CC at the middle order at a time when remaining 10 players could only muster 100 runs between themselves.
DREAMZ TROPHY T20 -Cricket Tournament 2019-20 , 28 December, 2019 : The match between Smollan India and Loreal was played at M B Union, Cross Maidan on 29th December, 2019. Smollan won the toss and elected to bat first.
The pitch was dry and slightly crumbled on the top.
Smollan’s Salim Shaikh scored 26 off 41 and Sudhur Naikdhure, middle order batsman scored a quick 29 off 24. Apart from them, others had pale scores. The team reached a score of 125 runs in 20 overs before getting bowled out. Loreal bowlers dominated the opposition and 4 of the bowlers had couple of wickets to their names. It was a great deck for fast bowlers. Siddhesh Hawaldar was the best with a figure of 2 for 7 in 1.4 overs.
The Loreal batting also succumbed to some hostile spell and the tricky pitch. Sandeep Lahase scored a decent 27 off 23 and Siddhesh Hawaldar also tried to build a partnership with his 21 runs but all in vain. The whole match was a low scoring affair and the dominance of bowlers was inevitable. The Smollan bowlers had a great outing. Opening pair of Swapnil More and Vidhyadhar Bagul cleaned up 4 wickets in their opening spell of 8 overs. The star of the bowlers was medium pacer Sujay lotankar who had earlier scored a decent 14 off 10 balls in the batting innings also clinched a stunning figure of 4 for 12 in 3.1 overs leaving a dent in the opposition’s middle order. They bowled out team Loreal for 88 runs in 19.1 overs.
Results – Smollan won by 37 runs.
Click here for Smollan India VS Loreal Match full scorecard …..
SSA Strikers opting to bat first at Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul could post only an average total of 124/8 in 20 overs. With a dismal top order start, it was some cameos at the middle and lower middle order which pushed the team towards a respectable total. From the bowlers, Shantanu Joshi and Ashwin Kamble with 2 wkts each were the pick of the bowlers.
For AESA Pune, it looked like a mere formality to chase down the 125 total as BJ Japtap at no.3 and Sandip Lolage at no.4 finished off things for them in style. Jagptal scored an unbeaten 46* off 35 balls (9 fours) while it was the blazing 22 ball 42* by Sandip which had 3 fours and 3 sixes which sealed off the chase in mere 15.5 overs.
Result-AESA Pune won by 8 wkts and Sandip Lolage for his quickfire 42* was declared ‘Man of the Match”
Arch Mavericks batting first at Chereshwar Club, Trombay posted a mammoth total of 214/5 in 20 overs. Opener Pranay Ranka gave a superb opening start scoring a quickfire 69 off 49 balls laced with 14 boundaries while quick cameos by Mehul Rathod (39 off 24) & Nikhil Jain (28* off 12) further provided icing on the cake during death overs.
Chasing 215, the pressure was obviously more on VK Architects to maintain a run rate of 10+ right from the beginning. The pressure of chasing took the better of them as VK Architects collapsed for a paltry total of 69 runs in 12.5 overs. It was some brilliant display of bowling by Shamal Palod (4/11 in 3.5 overs) & Vinay Kate (4/17 in 4 overs) who kept the batsman in check with their tight bowling.
Result- Arch Mavericks won the match by 146 runs while Pranay Ranka for his match winning 69 was declared ‘Man of the match”
Parsee Gymkhana after being to bat first posted a total of 380/8 in 70 overs. With scoreboard reading 3/29, it was the solid middle order consisting of Manish Rao (95), Nikhil Patil (88), Raunaq Sharma (92) & Aditya Dhumal (38) reviving the innings with crucial partnerships. From the bowlers, fast bowler John Abraham with 3/75 in 17 overs was the pick of the lot.
With a decent start by the top 3 batters, New Hind Sporting Club were much into the game thanks to a game changing 195 run stand between Sachin Yadav and Siddhant Adhatrao. The lefthand-righthand combination at the middle order worked well for New Hind as Sachin went on to score 103 off 137 balls while Adhatrao remained unbeaten on 103* off 114 balls.
Result- From 29/3 to 293/4 in 62 overs, New Hind SC won the game on the basis of Quotient