Tushi Shah stars for Gamdevi-based school in a 15-run win over Shardashram
Mumbai: St. Columba School, Gamdevi overcame the challenge of Shardashram Vidyamandir, Dadar to emerge champions in the Girls’ U-16 finals of the Mumbai leg of Mumbai Indians Junior 2020 cricket tournament on Friday. St. Columba rode on Tushi Shah’s stellar batting performance to beat the defending champions by 15 runs.
Tushi hammered 82 runs off just 57 balls to help St. Columba post a healthy total of 167/9 in the stipulated 25 overs. Tushi’s valiant knock gave impetus to her school’s innings to set the platform for a good total. Vaidehi Pofale later played a breezy knock of unbeaten 21 to give St. Columba bowlers a defendable score.
Shardashram batswomen gave a tough fight but some disciplined bowling performance from St. Columba always kept them behind the asking rate. In the end, Shardashram finished well short of the target, managing 152/9 in 25 overs.
Meanwhile, in the Boys’ U-14 category Al Barkat Malik English School continued their march by reaching the final on Friday. Yaseen Shaikh put up a solid all-round performance with 23 runs off 27 balls and scalped four wickets for just 16 runs to star in an emphatic 68-run win over New English School, Bandra.
Batting first, Al-Barkat were all-out for 155 in 35.4 overs. Sunny Singh scored fifty and Aryan Shejule made 39 runs. Shaikh also contributed well with the bat to help his side post a decent total despite a few hiccups.
IES New English faltered in the chase as Shaikh and his team-mates ran through their batting line-up to bowl the rivals out for 87 in 35.5 overs.
Al-Barkat now faces off inter-school giants Rizvi Springfield High School, Bandra in the final.
Brief Scores:
U-16 Girls:
FINAL
St. Columba School (Gamdevi) 167/9 in 25 overs (Tushi Shah 82, Vaidehi Pofale 21*) beat Shardashram Vidyamandir (Dadar) 152/9 in 25 overs, by 15 runs.
Player of the Match: Tushi Shah of St. Columba School (Gamdevi) for scoring 82(57).
U-14 Boys:
SEMI FINAL
Al Barkat Malik English School 155/10 in 35.4 overs (Sunny Singh 50, Aryan Shejule 39) beat IES New English School (Bandra) 87/10 in 35.5 overs, by 68 runs.
Player of the Match: Yaseen Shaikh of Al Barkat Malik English School- 6.5 overs- 1 maiden- 16 runs- 4 wickets and for scoring 23(27)
JOLLY FRIENDS SPORTS PREMIER LEAGUE 2019-20 : Rising vision VS Digital broadcast, the match was played on 29th February 2020 at Karnataka cricket ground, Cross Maidan. Rising Vision won the toss and elected to FIELD first.
DIGITAL batting performance was abysmal and apart from opener Viraj Gandhi (30 off 28 balls) and No. 4 AbhimanyuKak (29 off 24 balls) none of the other batsmen chipped in with substantial scores. They reached a inadequate total of 110 runs inn 20 overs losing 9 wickets. For Rising vision, Sajidshaikh picked up 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs and Imran bowled an impressive spell of 3 for 26 runs in 4 overs.
For Rising Vision, the chase turned out to be a easy one and the opening pair chased down the target in just 13.2 overs. Sagar shah played the role of the second fiddle and Jitesh Raut took most of the strike a hammed a belligerent knock of 70 runs off 50 ball, he scored 11 fours and 1 six. He played brilliantly by playing risk free cricket at the same time punishing the stray deliveries. IN the end, it was a mighty convincing game for the Rising vision team.
RESULT- Rising Vision won the match by 10 wickets.
Man of the match- Jitesh Rout.
Click here for Rising Vision VS Digital Broadcast Match Full Scorecard …
Parkophene Cricketers opting to bat first on Islam Gymkhana’s homeground dominated with the bat amassing 414 runs for the loss of 8 wkts in 69 overs. First it was opener Amogh Bhatkal (56runs) steadying the shop with Prasad Pawar and then it was a big middle order partnership by Prasad and Sagar Mishra wherein they stitched 202 runs for 4th wicket which duly changed the course of the game. Prasad was solid as usual anchoring Parkophene innings en-route his brilliant 138 off 111 balls (20 fours) while left-handed Sagar played his natural game of aggressive cricket smashing 116 off 111 balls. Sagar in his previous outing had scored a gritty 92 vs Fort Vijay as he continues to be a consistent all-rounder for his team.
Islam Gymkhana apart from their in-form Hashir Dafedar (73 runs) appeared a little patchy in their run chase getting all out for 207 runs in 49 overs. Sagar Mishra was the pick of the lot with the ball too coming up with 4/82 in 19 overs while another Prathamesh Belchada who first scored a super handy knock of 52* off 30 balls down the order for Parkophene chipped in with 3 wkts too in his spell of 7 overs as Parkophene Cricketers won the match by 207 runs.
Scorecard Link- https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64110/tournament-details/YouComShiCriTou
Young Mens CC after opting to bat first at Cross Maidan were all out for 144 runs with most of the players getting on with starts but not able to convert those starts into a good total. It was also a good bowling performance by White Star CC bowlers with Akshay Thakur (3/29) and Sachin Palak (3/21) being the pick of the lot.
Defending a total of 144, the pressure was obviously more on the bowlers of Young Mens and youngster Visharad rightly delivered under pressure changing the course of the game with bowling figures of 6/30 in 8.5 overs. Visharad was bang on with his left arm spin as he took crucial top order wickets to restrict White Star CC to 119 runs all out in 25.5 overs.
Result-Young Mens CC won by 25 runs
Scorecard Link- https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64131/tournament-details/SumVacShiCriTou
T20 matches are always exciting and it gets all the more interesting to watch if there is an exciting battle between the opening bowlers and the opening pair of batters. In the recently concluded match of Gannon Dunkerly Cricket Tournament (GDCL), a similar instance happened which pumped up the opposition team’s opener who went berserk smashing sixes in almost every corner of the ground.
The opener in contention is none other than Kamran Ahmed who had a “friendly banter” with the opening bowler Sohrab Khushrusahi. Sohrab who is one competitive and animated character of Bombay Gymkhana tried to get into the nerves of Kamran which eventually provoked the opener to go all guns blazing.
Osians Cricket Club opting to bat first at Bombay Gymkhana posted a massive total of 268/4 in 20 overs thanks to a brilliant 171 run opening stand between Vishal Shah and Kamran Ahmed. Vishal scored an impressive 75 off 45 balls while Kamran Ahmed went on to score 109 in mere 42 balls smashing 7 fours and 10 sixes at a strike rate of close to 260.00. Bombay Gymkhana in reply were all out for 101 runs with all-rounder Vishal Shah coming up with a match winning spell of 5/11 in 2.4 overs.
Osians CC dominated in both the departments quite well and looked the better team throughout the course of the match as they won the game by a massive margin of 167 runs. Also the very fact that the opposition team players Sohrab& Kamran gave positive insights about the match while Sohrab also appreciating Kamran’s innings showed the sportsmanship from both the sides as all’s well that ends well as the game was indeed played in a good spirit.
Sohrab Khushrushahi from Bombay Gymkhana shared with Cricketgraph ”They just played really well. Kamran batted brilliantly. Some of the cleanest hitting I’ve seen in a while. And they won the match in the first 10 overs itself. As simple as that. We also dropped over 10 catches and didn’t deserve to win” When further asked on what exactly happened between him and Kamran, Sohrab quipped-“We’re two competitive boys and no one likes to be on the wrong side of the stick. What happened was just two friends discussing dinner plans and nothing more. Left on the field of play. We’ve played as team mates and opponents in the past and it’s all forgotten.”
When Cricketgraph asked Osian’s Opener Kamran about the same, he also had almost the same thing to share” Me and Sohrab have played together as teammates earlier and it’s always exciting to have competetive lads in the game, he told me something to which i replied, then again he said something and I reverted back and that just set the stage. We are good friends off the field & I respect him as a player, sometimes a bowler gets the better of the batsman and sometimes the batsman gets the better of the bowler and on this particular day, i happened to be timing the ball well as I went on to score a good century for my team”
Scorecard Link-https://www.crichq.com/matches/834963/2nd_innings
Wellington CC after being put to bat first at Shivaji Park, Dadar posted 209/8 in 43 overs with skipper Sagar Shah at the middle order top scoring with 54 runs off 78 balls. The rest of the players chipped in with cameos but none of them were able to convert their starts into something substantial. From Vijaychandra CC, off-spinner Bharat Major with 3/29 in 9 overs was the pick of the lot.
Vijaychandra CC fancied their chances of winning the quarters with the top order chipping in well. Vikas Jaiswal (66 runs) and Vaishnav Sail (57 runs) even stitched a 118 run stand for the 3rd wicket which had made them favorites for an easy chase. However, left arm spinner Shantanu Kadam came at the right time dismissing both the set batsman to break the partnership which was threatening at one stage. Shantanu Kadam came up with an important spell of 4/51 while the rest of the bowlers also bowled tightly resulting in Vijaychandra CC falling short of just 1 run in the penultimate over.
Result-Wellington CC won by 1 run, win the Quarter-Finals.
Scorecard Link-https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64114/tournament-details/BOMJUNSHI
Young Mens Muslim Association after opting to bat first posted a total of 274/9 in 43 overs powered by impressive half centuries by Jash Ganiga and Ayan Pathan. 15 yr old Jash who scored a half century in Kale Cup last week continues to impress this time top scoring with 71 runs off 68 balls (7 fours, 1 six) coming at no.3. Ayan Pathan at no.6 scored a crucial 52 off 47 balls while Vilohit Desai at no.7 also provided a handy cameo remaining unbeaten on 45* off 65 balls (4 fours).
Daiwandya Cricket Club in reply were all out for 131 runs in 39.3 overs thanks to the young spin combination of Nishit Balla and Manan Bhatt. Nishit came up with a spell of 4/12 in 9 overs with 2 maidens while Manan Bhatt took 3/19 in 8 overs which dented Daiwadnya CC’s batting line up.
Result-Young Men Muslims Association won by 143 runs
Scorecard Link-https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64121/tournament-details/SumVacShiCriTou
Young Star Cricket Club Thane after opting to bat first posted a very good total of 294/9 in 46 overs. Despite a shaky start with both the openers falling out cheaply, Shardul Pawar (56) and Ritesh Punyarthi (60) coming at no.3 and 4 stitched a crucial stand of 87 runs to bring the team back into the game. Middle order batsman Sameer Apte coming at no.6 further changed the game with his aggressive batting smashing 85* off 81 balls (7 fours, 3 sixes). Sameer looked good for a deserving hundred but never the less, his innings pushed the team towards a good total.
United Cricket Club Association in reply managed to chase down the score successfully winning the match by 2 wkts. United CC reached 272/8 in 44.3 overs even though most of the batters found it difficult to get going, Vishal Khot coming at no.4 played a solid innings of 100* in 86 balls (8 fours , 2 sixes). Vishal kept the scoreboard ticking while kept his nerves despite lacking much of a support from the other end. Opener Om Kulkarni (42) and Vikas Lubana (35) were the other two top scorers for United CC as they batted around Vishal quite well.
Result-United CC Association won the match by 2 wkts.
Scorecard Link-https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/64124/tournament-details/SumVacShiCriTou
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”
