Patel Cricket Coaching Center after being put to bat first on Cross Maidan, Mumbai posted a total of 165/10 in 33.5 overs. Opener Nutan Goel scored 46 runs off 35 balls while it was Raj Desmukh coming at no.8 to change the game with an impactful knock of 52* off 29 balls. Raj smashed 10 fours at a strike rate of almost 180.00 to push his team towards a defendable total. From the bowlers, Agastya Surve with 4 wickets was the pick of the lot.
Advance Cricket Academy in reply were cleaned up for 85 runs in 33.2 overs courtesy a brilliant spell from all-rounder Mann Bhanushali. Mann returned with bowling figures of 4/27 in 8 overs while all rounder Nutan Goel who scored 46 runs also took 2/9 in 8 overs with 2 maidens as Patel Cricket Coaching Center won the match by 80 runs. Nutan Goel for his all round show was declared man of the match.
Mumbai team after opting to bat first scored a massive total of 555/9 in 135 overs courtesy some brilliant batting by their middle order. No.3 batsman Musheer Khan scored 75 runs while it was left hander Ayaz Khan who came at no.5 and went on to score a double century. Ayaz scored 205 off 217 balls which included 16 fours and 2 sixes before he got run out by fielder Y. Saini. Ayaz was well supported by Arjun Dani who scored 73 off 151 balls at no.6. Himanshu Singh (52 runs) and Aman Manihar (32 runs) at lower order further chipped in with contributions.
Jammu Kashmir in reply were all out for 212 runs courtesy a brilliant bowling spell by Aman Manihar who took 5/59 in 26.2 overs including 8 maidens. Receiving a follow on, Jammu and Kashmir again got out for a paltry total of 175 runs and this time all-rounder Musheer Khan returning with excellent bowling figures of 5/41 in 16 overs including 6 maidens.
Mumbai eventually won the match by an innings and 168 runs.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana opting to bat first at SRT Gymkhana, Kandivali posted a total of 282/10 in 70 overs with Utkarsh Raut (67 runs) and Sachin Wagh (51 runs) scoring half centuries. Apart from them, Bins Neyoth (48 runs) and Hiken Shah (41 runs) contributed with the bat for PJ Hindu Gymkhana. From the bowlers, Mumbai Senior Team all-rounder Sujit Nayak was the pick of the lot with 3/64.
Chasing 283, Cricket Club of India chased down the score successfully in 52.4 overs winning the match by 7 wickets. Attacking opener Rudra Dhanday played a match winning knock of 123 runs in 106 balls. Rudra smashed 22 fours in his brilliant innings while he got good support from Arya Satpute (29 runs) and no.3 batsman Akash Anand (60 runs). All-rounder Sujit Nayak (42*) and Aryan Bangar (20*) at the middle order played the finishers role for CCI as they clinched a commanding win over PJ Hindu Gymkhana by 7 wkts.
Achievers Cricket Academy after opting to bat first at Vengsarkar Academy Ground in Mahul scored 128/10 in 20 overs. No.3 batsman Rahul top scored with 34 runs while rest of the batters gave starts. From Vengsarkar Cricket Academy, it was spinner Tejas Rajput who turned out to be the pick of the lot returning with impressive bowling figures of 4/14 in 4 overs including a maiden. Tejas dented Achievers Academy’s middle order providing timely breakthroughs in his economical spell.
Vengsarkar Cricket Academy in reply chased down the score in 14.4 overs winning the match by 10 wickets. Openers Swayam Waghmare (57*) and Arman Pathan (55*) scored unbeaten half centuries as Vengsarkar CA sailed through a comfortable win. Tejas Rajput for his 4wkt haul was declared “man of the match”
Bombay Gymkhana after being put to bat first on Sainath SC’s homeground in Virar posted a total of 282/10 in 66.1 overs. From Bombay Gymkhana, Siddarth Mhatre (55 runs), Swapnil Biwalkar (65 runs) & Kumar Boresa (50 runs) chipped in with half centuries. From the bowlers, Amol Bhagat, Asif Shaikh and Yash Chavan took 3 wickets each.
Sainath Sports Club in reply chased down the score with ease scoring 333 runs in 48.1 overs where in 48 runs were rewarded as penalty. With the bat, Sainath SC scored 285/5 which included a brilliant century from no.4 batsman Sachin Solanki. Sachin came at a time when scoreboard was reading 82/3 however he anchored his team towards a memorable win scoring 107 off 104 balls which had 14 fours and 4 sixes. Sachin also stitched crucial stands with Yash Chavan (21 runs) and Karan More (57* off 70 balls). Eventually, Karan More and Bharat Patil (32*) played the finishers role handing over a 5 wicket win to Sainath Sports Club.
Abhishek Agrawal played an amazing innings of 96 of 220 balls which helped Vidarbha reach the total of 270 in the Cooch Behar Trophy (2021-22).
As the game of day 1 and day 2 were called off due to wet outfield, the Uttar Pradesh team winning the toss first put the Vidarbha team to bat first. The pitch was not so easy to bat on and was helpful for seamers, where the seamers of both the teams were benefitted. Batting 1st the Vidarbha team scored 270 runs all out.
The openers gave a good start to the team and Rohit Binkar scored 48 of 89 balls. But as the wicket started falling, it was only Abhishek Agrawal left on one end and fighting until his wicket fell in the 86th over, when his team’s score was 252. The Uttar Pradesh team’s bowlers were good enough to to make the Vidarbha teams batters struggle enough. And so were the bowlers of Vidarbha. With captain Tejas Soni and Ashit Singh, both taking 3-3 wickets. The bowlers of Vidarbha showed up impressive bowling performance.
Captain Tejas Soni, bowled 15 overs in his spell taking 3 wickets and bowling 7 maiden overs giving 33 runs. His wickets also includes the Uttar Pradesh team’s captain, Vipraj Nigam. Ashit Singh, also bowled 15 overs and giving just 8 runs, bowling 8 maidens and taking 3 wickets.
Both the teams are struggling to win this match and get the important point and improving their position in the points table.
A special Inter Hospital Cricket Tournament is going to take place in Mumbai conducted by JJ Hospital in memory of K Tukaram Arjun Patade. The tournament will be conducted in T20 format and all the matches will be played at the iconic Cross Maidan in Mumbai. The tournament is specially organized for the Inter Medical community mainly comprising of doctors and medical support staff. Different teams of hospitals across Mumbai will participate in this leather ball tournament which will begin from 15th December, 2021. A total of 8 teams including the likes of Bombay Hospital, Lilavati, Nanavati, KEM, Hiranandani, KDA, Breach Candy and Seven Hills will participate in this T20 Tournament.
The opening ceremony was conducted today at Cross Maidan which was attended by Bhushan Pawar and Tushar Rane from Hiranandani Hospital, Pradeep Kshirsagar from Breach Candy, Sandeep Gurav from Nanavati Hospital amongst various other senior dignitaries who graced the opening ceremony. Apart from that, Cricketgraph has exclusively tied up to provide IPL Style Video Highlights for selected matches of this tournament.
RDS Cricket Academy opting to bat first on their home ground made a handsome total of 186/9 in 35 overs with opener Vishwakant Pratap Yadav top scoring for his team. Opening the innings, wicket-keeper batsman Vishwakant Yadav went on to score a solid 68 runs off 93 balls, an innings which included 4 fours and a six. Apart from him, the rest of the players found it difficult to get going. Nikhil and Devansh with 3 wickets each were the pick of the bowlers from Lanka Cricket Academy.
Lanka Cricket Academy in reply received a tough fight from the RDS Cricket Academy bowlers but eventually they crossed the victory line successfully chasing down the score in 30 overs and winning the match by 5 wickets.
From playing cricket on the maidans of Mumbai to coaching Belgium national team, Mr Abhijit Khan, has come a long way. Recently, under his able aegis under the core leadership Team of Umair Butt ( Chairman Belgium Cricket Federation) Shahid ( Director Cricket National Team ) Shaikh Sheraz ( Captain Belgium National Cricket Team), Belgium secured the runner-up position in the European Cricket Championship, a T10 tournament that was played in Spain from September 13 to October 8.
A total of 15 teams participated in the marquee tournament. Belgium was slated in Group A, alongside teams like Spain, Norway, Sweden and Luxembourg. While Belgium, with a T20 ranking of beyond 40 was considered to be an underdog, the team raised many eyebrows with its stellar performance not only in the group stage but also at the qualifiers.
Coach Khan says “It was absolutely amazing to win the final of Group A. We beat Spain by 27 runs in the finals. We had a couple of weeks break before the qualifiers. So we returned home. At the airport there were a lot of celebrations and we were greeted like heroes. It was simply incredible.”
He adds, “Nobody expected us to win the finals. I just took over the coaching responsibility in July. Prior to taking up the role of Belgium’s head coach, I was involved with Brazil and Chile (2015-17), Germany (2018-present) and Netherlands (2020-present). In a matter of a couple of months, I traveled all across Belgium to pick the top players to represent the national team. I found a lot of talented cricketers from different nooks and corners. We came together and started training to achieve our mission, which was the European Cricket Championship (ECC).”
This year’s ECC was telecast worldwide for the first time. Mr. Khan just gave a simple message to his players, “Tora!Tora!Tora! It is a 1970 epic war film that showcases the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. I just wanted to convey to my players, attack!attack!attack! With respect to batting, hitting a boundary after every two balls and with regards to bowling, attacking the fifth and sixth stump line was my message to the team.” He also stressed on the fact that Belgium as a team had nothing to lose and asked the players to go out there and play a fearless brand of cricket.
Belgium went all the way to play the finals, however lost to a strong England XI. Throughout the tournament, Belgium put together some exceptional performances. Mr. Khan mentions, “After the finals, England XI head coach came to me and said, ‘We will learn how to play T10 from Belgium.’ These words from the coach of one of the best European teams is a true testament to our efforts.”
With this win, Mr. Khan does not want to stop. He wants to take Belgium cricket to higher levels. He avers, “I aspire to see Belgium qualify for the ICC T20 World Cup in the next three years. We will be preparing ourselves to play against the best in the business. I am also in the process of starting Belgium Cricket Academy and Center for Youth and Women’s Cricket Development. Such initiatives will help in developing the existing talent as well as bringing the young cricketers to the fore”
Played on a relatively slower turning wicket of Islam Gymkhama, it was an outright dominating performance from the Payyade players as they defeated Islam Gymkhana team in a very aggressive fashion. Islam Gymkhana batting first were cleaned up for 131 runs with their in-form opener Kaustub Pawar top scoring with 54 runs. From the bowlers, it was Mumbai Senior Team’s Dhrumil Matkar bringing in all his skills to craft a perfect fifer. Dhrumil returned with excellent bowling figures of 6/28 alongwith the experienced Pardeep Sahu who took 3/27.
Chasing the score of 132 looked like a mere formality as opener Bhupen Lalwani guided the chase with a brilliant 75* off 72 balls. Mumbai Senior Team player Bhupen smashed 11 fours and a six to guide Payyade Sports Club towards a comfortable win by 6 wickets.