Cricket Club of India after being put to bat first posted a respectable total of 264/9 in 70 overs. After a decent opening start with openers putting on 64 runs, Nishad Gabhawala at no.3 (56 runs) and Parth Shah (54 runs) at no.4 took the mantle ahead to push their team to a good position with a 98 run stand for the 3rd wicket. From the bowlers, it was New Hind’s all-rounder Parikshit Valsangkar taking crucial wickets coming up with a fifer. Parikshit with his leg-break spin was the pick of the lot with 5/103 in 24 overs including the wicket of CCI’ set batsman Parth Shah.
Chasing 265, Skipper Bhavin Thakkar showed some grit with 47 runs while it was Sachin Yadav and Mumbai U16 player Aayush Zimare stitching a crucial partnership at the middle order. Left-handed Sachin scored a very important knock of 63 runs at no.4 while all-rounder Zimare got out on 47 runs facing 93 deliveries. Parikshit who took a fifer also chipped in with the bat scoring 24 runs as New Hind SC chased down the total with 2 wkts in hand in 60.2 overs.
With this win, New Hind Sporting Club quality in the semi-finals of the Young Comrade Shield Tournament.
Mumbai: Swami Vivekanand International School, Borivali reigned supreme in the Boys’ U-16 category of the Mumbai Indians Junior 2020 cricket tournament. The Inter-School giants outclassed IES New English School, Bandra by 88 runs in the final on Wednesday.
Pranay Kapadia scored a defiant 69 not out off 109 balls, leading SVIS to a fighting total of 180 all-out in 40 overs. Rudra Tank was the second-best contributor with 29 runs as the duo applied themselves well according to the situation to take SVIS to a fighting total.
IES New English fancied their chances before the second innings began but their batsmen couldn’t deliver in the big match. They could hardly put up a fight against some hostile bowling in helpful conditions. IES New English were eventually bowled out for 92 in 26.1 overs.
Kapadia emerged the player of the final for his gutsy batting display in testing conditions to lead his team to title triumph.
In the Boys’ U-14 semi-finals, Auwab Kunni of Rizvi Springfield High School, Bandra hammered an unbeaten ton to guide his school to a 13-run win over Swami Vivekanand International School (Kandivali).
Kunni made 106 not out in 98 balls to help Rizvi post a challenging total of 247/2 in 40 overs. In-form batsman Awais Khan supported Kunni with a crucial knock of 77 runs. SVIS Kandivali was in the chase for the bulk portion of their innings but the regular loss of wickets left them a mountain to climb and fell well short in the end.
In the U-16 Girls category, Shardashram Vidyamandir English School, Dadar set up a summit clash with St. Columba School, Gamdevi after an emphatic win in the semi-finals on Wednesday. Shardashram defeated IES Navi Mumbai High School by 48 runs while St. Columbia School thrashed Swami Vivekanand International School, Borivali by eight wickets.
Brief Scores:
U-16 Boys:
FINAL
Swami Vivekanand International School (Borivali) 180/10 in 40 overs (Pranay Kapadia 69*, Rudra Tank 29) beat IES New English School (Bandra) 92/10 in 26.1 overs, by 88 runs.
Player of the Match: Pranay Kapadia of Swami Vivekanand International School (Borivali) for scoring 69*(109).
“SVIS Founder and Director-Yogesh Patel speaking with Cricketgraph shared:
“This year has been great for SVIS. First our Boys brought the prestigious Giles Shield Trophy home after a span of 14 years and now winning such a big tournament like Mumbai Indians U16 Junior Cricket Tournament where all the top schools of Mumbai had participated. The boys are working hard and performing really well, also thanks to our entire coaching staff who work hard on these young talents. There can’t be a better gift than such big wins to commemorate 25yrs of SVIS”
Anushakti Nagar Cricket Club after electing to bat first posted a very healthy total of
245/10 in 45 overs. Opener Ganesh Patil top scored with an aggressive knock of 77 runs in 82 balls (9 fours, 1 six) while Aseem Ghate (41) and Darshan Adarkar (48) also provided crucial contribution to their team’s total.
Diamond Star CC in reply could only muster up a total of 189 runs as most of the players apart from their opener failed to make much of an impact. Right handed opener Yash Ramchandani scored more than half of the team runs as he kept his calm with wickets tumbling from the other end. Yash scored 100 off 129 balls laced with 9 boundaries while he got out on the 39th over by Roger Macwan which perennially ended the hopes of Diamond CC chasing it down successfully.
Anushakti Nagar CC won the match by 56 runs while the match witnessed some impressive performances from both the teams.
Scorecard Link–https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64127/tournament-details/SumVacShiCriTou
Maharashtra Young Cricketers after being wisely put to bat first at Cross Maidan (MB Union) were all out for 190 runs with middle order batsman Prashant Mhamunkar top scoring with 62 runs off 60 balls. It was a spirited performance from the SKP Athletics bowlers with spinners taking the lead this time with left arm spinner Shamim Shaikh and off-spinner Amar Mehta providing timely breakthroughs. Amar with 4/29 in 7.2 overs was the pick of the lot while Shamim was equally effective taking 4/31 in 9 overs.
Chasing 191, the opening pair of SKP Athletics made it look like a cakewalk stitching 134 runs under 25 overs which changed the course of the game. Opener Kinshuk Rai scored a solid 72 off 78 balls while 15yr old Roneet Thakur showed good confidence as he batted from start to end to ensure his team crossed the victory line with ease. Roneet remained unbeaten on 83* off 94 balls (6 fours, 2 sixes) as SKP Athletics chased down the score in just 32.2 overs winning the match by 7 wkts.
SKP Athletics Opener Kinshuk Rai who is the leading run scorer in the Bombay Junior Shield this season with 214 runs at an average of 100.00+ shared with Cricketgraph:
“It was an important toss to win since the wicket was little damp we elected to field ..opposition batsmen were little casual in their batting , we just wanted to bowl dot balls and wickets will come our way and that’s what happened. Our bowlers bowled pretty decently , we restricted them by 190 , but the wicket was eased out by then which gave us a upper hand and our openers i.e me and Roneet were just waiting for loose balls which we used to get in every over..in the end it was a good chase for us”
Senior All-Rounder of SKP Athletics, Kunal Bhavsar shared with Cricketgraph:
“Wicket was damp to start with no help for pacers, ball was gripping on the wicket which was getting flat with the passing time. They got good couple of partnerships to start with but lost wickets in cluster and middle order collapsed against the spin. But last wicket gave a good stand of approx 70 runs. Pitch got relatively easy in the 2nd innings and our openers Roneet and Kinshuk made merry stitching a brilliant partnership”
Scorecard Link-https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64112/tournament-details/BOMJUNSHI
Al-Barkat, Swami Vivekanand and IES New English also make last four cut
Mumbai: Awais Khan scored an unbeaten hundred to power Rizvi Springfield High School, Bandra into the semi-finals of the Boys U-14 category in the Mumbai Indians Junior 2020 cricket tournament. Rizvi thrashed Don Bosco High School, Matunga by 99 runs in the quarter-final match on Monday.
Khan played a responsible knock of 103 in 105 balls to stay till the end and ensure Rizvi finish with a challenging total of 218/6 in their stipulated 40 overs after batting first. Harsh Gharsun gave Khan good support from the other end with his sedate knock of 46 runs.
The target proved too much for Bosco boys as their batters failed to put up a fight against Rizvi’s strong bowling line-up. Bosco managed just 119 all-out in 36.4 overs. Khan contributed with the ball as well by picking up a crucial wicket.
In another quarter-final match, Aryan Shejule of Al-Barkat Malik English School scored 94 in his team’s 51-run win over KC Gandhi English School, Kalyan. Shejule was measured in his 107-ball knock to help his school post 204 all-out in 40 overs. In response, KC Gandhi school batsmen were bowled out for 153 in 38.1 overs. Shejule who missed out on a hundred earlier by six runs chipped in with a wicket as well.
Meanwhile, Swami Vivekanand International School, Kandivali and IES New English School, Bandra scored emphatic victories in the two remaining quarter-final matches to complete the semi-final line-up.
Swami Vivekanand rode on Yatharth Yadav’s all-round performance to thrash St. Mary’s High School by 134 runs. Yadav first scored 73 to help his side post a total of 213/9 in 40 overs and then scalped three wickets to help in restricting St. Mary’s to 79 all-out in 30.3 overs.
IES New English defeated Swami Vivekanand International School, Borivali by 73 runs. Aarush Patankar (41), Arjun Bagaitkar (34) played crucial knocks before Hrishikesh Gore scored unbeaten 30 in 22 balls to lift IES New English’s score to 209/6 in 40 overs. Gore later sneaked a wicket also as his team restricted the school from Borivali to 136 all-out in 32.4 overs.
BRIEF SCORES
U-14 Boys:
QUARTER FINAL
Rizvi Springfield High School 218/6 in 40 overs (Awais Khan 103*, Harsh Gharsun 46) beat Don Bosco High School (Matunga) 119/10 in 36.4 overs, by 99 runs.
Player of the Match: Awais Khan of Rizvi Springfield High School for scoring 103*(105) and 1 wicket.
QUARTER FINAL
Al-Barkat Malik Eng. School 204/10 in 40 overs (Aryan Shejule 94, Yaseen Shaikh 26) beat KC Gandhi Eng. School (Kalyan) 153/10 in 38.1 overs, by 51 runs.
Player of the Match: Aryan Shejule of Al-Barkat Malik Eng. School for scoring 94(107) and 1 wicket.
QUARTER FINAL
Swami Vivekanand International School (Kandivali) 213/9 in 40 overs (Yatharth Yadav 73, Shaurya Sharan 38) beat St. Mary’s High School 79/10 in 30.3 overs, by 134 runs.
Player of the Match: Yatharth Yadav of Swami Vivekanand International School (Kandivali) for scoring 73(101) and 3 wickets.
QUARTER FINAL
IES New English School (Bandra) 209/6 in 40 overs (Arush Patankar 41, Arjun Bagaitkar 34) beat Swami Vivekanand International School (Borivali) 136/10 in 32.4 overs, by 73 runs.
Player of the Match: Hrishikesh Gore of IES New English School (Bandra) for scoring 30*(22) and 1 wicket.
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Santosh Sports Cricket Academy opting to bat first posted 103/6 in 20 overs, courtesy a solid half century by Shreyas Khilare who top scored in the match with 50 runs off 47 balls. Shreyas Cricket Academy in reply were all out for 84 runs in 19.1 overs as Santosh Sports Cricket Academy won the semi finals by 46 runs while Shreyas who scored a gritty half century was declared ‘man of the match”
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In the 2nd semi finals between Santosh Sports Cricket Academy A vs Avinash Salvi Foundation, Avinash Salvi XI opting to bat first notched up 102/5 in 20 overs backed by Abhigyan Kundu’s 53 off 60 balls as he continues to impresses with his consistency. Santosh Sports Academy A in reply could only muster a total of 89/5 in 20 overs thanks to some tight bowling by the Avinash Salvi Foundation team.
Avinash Salvi Foundation XI won the match by 13 runs while Abhigyan Kundu for his 53 runs was declared man of the match.
SBI Team opting to bat first at Bharat CC posted a total of 209/9 in 37 overs backed by impressive half centuries by Himanshu (87) and Amey (69). Both these players stitched a crucial partnership in an otherwise dismal batting show by SBI where most of the players found it difficult to get going. From the bowlers, left arm spinner Jigar Gada with 4/32 was the pick of the lot from Abhyudaya Bank.
Chasing 210, SBI bowlers ensured that Abhyudaya batters were kept in check and not allowed to win easily. The match ended up being a last over thriller with 11 runs needed of the penultimate over. With some quick wickets in between, it was Pradeep Kachan at no.3 holding fort for his team playing a very composed knock of 92* in 90 balls (6 fours). Pradeep was nicely supported by Shyam Yambe who scored an unbeaten 50* off 49 as both these players smashed the winning runs in the final over resulting in a memorable win.
Season 2
Rizvi Springfield Bandra after being put to bat first at Youth’s Own Union CC, Cross Maidan posted a decent total on the board putting on 218/6 in 40 overs powered by Awais Khan’s brilliant 103*. Awais who was the highest scorer in U14 West Zone for Mumbai continues to impress while Harsh Gharsun who is another talented cricketer scored a gritty 46 for Rizvi.
Don Bosco who were required to chase a total of 219 runs were all out for 119 in 36.4 overs. Left-arm spinner Nishit Balla who recently took a fifer in the Khelomore Cup finals continued his onslaught with the ball coming up with bowling figures of 5/18 which dismantled Don Bosco’s batting line up.
Also one interesting fact is spinner Nishit now has 51 wickets in 14 matches in last 20 days across various MCA affiliated tournaments like Khelomore Cup, MI U16, MI U14 and Summer Shield.
T20 MASTER’S CUP (GREEN) 2019-20 : Quarter final, it was MotilalOswal VS Dell EMC on 29th February 2020, the match was played at Vengsarkar academy, Mahul. MotilalOswal won the toss and elected to BAT first. The match was organized by One world sports.
It was a total top order show from Motilal Oswal, Openers Kiran Kohli (42 off 32) and Sachin Khaire (44 off 40) laid the perfect base for a huge total. The 1st wicket partnership was for 74 runs and the, Darshit zaveri played a super quick innings of 53 runs off 27 balls. They reached a team total of 182 runs in 20 overs. For DELL EMC, Virendra chaurasia was the pick of the bowlers with a figure of 3 for 46 runs in 4 overs.
DELL EMC were off to a flyer, Openers Nadeem and Chinmay Mohite, who had earlier picked up a wicket in the bowling innings laid an strong openings partnership of 91 runs in 8.4 overs. Nadeem scored an aggressive 37 runs off just 22 balls and Chinmay scored a well-constructed knock of 68 run off 43 balls that included 10 fours. After their wickets, the run rate slowed down a bit and they actually suffered 3 loses in 3 consecutive ball in the final over and only one run was needed. In a very anti-climax manner, Ashish Sharma in the lower order slammed a match winning four in the penultimate ball of the final over. The match went down the wire and it was a challenging team for both teams.
DELL EMC won the match by 3 wickets.
Chinmay Mohite won the Man of the match award.
Click here for Dell EMC VS Motilal Oswal Match Full Scorecard ….
Entering the all important finals, RIAMS XI after putting Arch Mavericks to bat first batted really well putting on 197 runs for the loss of 8 wkts in the stipulated 20 overs. Pranay Ranka who has been very consistent this season rightly delivered in the finals too scoring a brilliant 77* off 62 balls laced with 8 boundaries. Speaking with the officiating umpire of the finals, he shared with Cricketgraph, “That guy from Pune, Pranay was playing excellent cricket, a lot of good knocks were there but Pranay’s knock was really important, the wicket was also good and both the teams had a really good outing”
Cricketgraph also asked Pranay about his knock and he shared” Played as per the situation…even after wickets went took calculated risks and never let the oppostion in the game. Put a price on my wicket initially and later on gave back to strike to nikhil as he was fresh and was connecting the ball well”
Apart from Pranay, Nikhil Jain at no.6 also played a fabulous knock hitting 60* off just 26 balls (6 fours, 3 sixes). Nikhil’s 94* run stand with Pranay in the last 6-7 overs of the game also played a very pivotal role in Arch Mavericks total of 197 runs. From RIAMS XI-Rehan Khan with 3/33 in 4 overs was the pick of the bowlers.
Chasing 198 in T20 finals is always a pressure situation and RIAMS XI must have felt the jitters getting all out for 102 runs in 18.5 overs. The bowlers did a terrific job with Shamal Palod leading the pack with exceptional bowling figures of 4/21 in 4 overs. Vimal Hansraj with 2/15 in 2.5 overs was equally effective as Arch Mavericks went on to win the game by 95 runs.
It takes a lot of efforts, fitness, team work, dedication and right spirit to perform consistently individually as well as a team together and Arch Mavericks is one team which is a relevant example for their superb fighting spirit and consistency over the years.
Awards-
- Shamal Palod-Best Bowler with 21 wkts
- Hitesh Gujar-Best Batsman with 362 runs
- Sonik Bhandare-Best Fielder
- Huzefa Mehsaniya- For Most Sixes
- Pranay Ranka-Man of the Finals
