Payyade Sports Club after being put to bat first posted a total of 253/10 in 48.3 overs. It was a decent top order start with opener Hersh Tank and Auti putting on 82 runs together for the 2nd wicket, however the wickets fell a bit quickly post that partnership or else a 300+ total also looked possible at one stage. MPL Player Hersh opening the innings went on to score a brilliant 109 off mere 93 balls laced with 14 fours and 4 sixes. An innings where he was playing his natural game with controlled aggression. From the bowlers, off-spinner Praful Devkate who has a similar bowling action like R Ashwin was quite impressive taking 6/74 in 20.2 overs.
Defending 253, it was Musheer Khan emerging as a trump card for Payyade to trouble the opposition players. Young Musheer post his comeback has taken heaps of wickets for Mumbai in the U16 Circuit and he continues to dazzle this time taking 5/33 in 8.5 overs which also included a hat-trick where he cleaned up the lower order with his wily spin. For Dadar Union, Siddarth Akre was the only shining spot with 66 runs at no.5 while rest of the batters found it difficult to get going getting all out for 116 runs in26.5 overs.
Result-Payyade SC won by 137 runs
8TH FEBRUARY, 2020 IN MUMBAI – MILAN MEGA CORPORATE CRICKET LEAGUE T20-2020 : DEVADIGA VS DELOITTE, venue- Cross Maidan, Date- 8th February 2020. Toss won by DELOITTE and elected to BAT first. The pitch was a usual flat deck.
DELOITTE batting scorecard had very little to boast off and the highest scorer for them was opener Tejas Mehta who scored a knock of 37 of 32 balls. They had a string of single digit scorers in their line-up that denied them a good score. For DEVADIGA, pacer Krishna Sherigar picked up a belligerent 6-wicket haul in 3.5 overs, he destroyed the top and middle over with swinging deliveries.
Chasing a fairly easy target, the Devadiga team faced some bumps in the form of 3 wickets in the top order but opener Harish Devadiga was skillful enough to seal the deal with vital innings of 30 runs. The 15 extras from Deloitte were very expensive for them in defending such a short score. Devadiga chased down the target in 9.3 overs. Overall, a very comprehensive win for DEVADIGA team.
RESULT- DEVADIGA won by 7 wickets.\
Krishna Sherigar was awarded the Man of the match.
Click here for Devadiga VS Deloitte Match Full Scorecard ….
DY Patil after being put to bat first on their home ground were all out for a modest total of 192/10 in 55.3 overs, the kind of totals DY Patil are not used to on their home grounds. Skipper Subramanian Doraiswamy with 54 runs and Sarvesh Damle (53 runs) at the middle order top scored for DY in an otherwise dismal batting performance. From the bowlers, it was again right arm pacer Aiswarya Surve stamping his presence with a solid spell of 6/55 in 17.3 overs.
Now it was challenge for DY Bowlers to defend such a low total and Karnatak Sporting Association is one team which also has a good batting line up. However, DY Patil unleashed their trump card in left arm quickster Uzair Khan who ran through Karnatak’s batting line up with his searing line and length. Uzair who also plays for Mumbai Team brought his skills into play as he came up with excellent bowling figures of 6/42 in 17.3 overs. Uzair was quite effective in the peak sessions taking important wickets at the middle order as Karnatak Sporting Association were all out for a total of 178 runs in 57.3 overs.
Result- DY Patil win a low scoring thriller by 14 runs.
Scorecard Link
https://tripoturf.com/Tournament/match-details/63772/tournament-details/YouComShiCriTou
First League match of Corporate Premier League 2020 (Pune)
Jaypee Cement Vs Vodafone Services
Jaypee Cement won the toss and elected to Field first…
Vodafone lost their opening pair early in the innings while Sachin Gupta played an Wonderful inning of 75 off 67 with 5 fours and 2 sixes and Captain Abhay Rathore Contributed a tremendous fifty for the team, Abhay Rathore scored 59 off 30 Deliveries…. Sachin and Abhay made a huge total for the team and made everyone very confident after making huge total..
Irfan Khan was the only bowler from Jaypee Group who took 2 wickets for 45 Runs in 4 overs…
While chasing a huge total Jaypee group lost their first wicket on the very first ball of the inning, and now it was very difficult to chase the Big total of 196… Bhavay Taneja took stand after very first ball wicket as it was not a good start for Jaypee Cement, still Bhavay and Jakati slowly took the innings at 75/1 in 8 overs Now required run rate was 10 Runs per over Jakati got dismissed by Karan Mishra then Bhavay started smashing boundaries and took the total very close to chase.He was on 97 and Again Kartik Took his second and Important wicket for the Team i.e. Bhavay Taneja, who scored a Smashing 97 off just 55 with 12 Fours and 4 sixes …. it was a great Inning From Bhavay’s Bat which led his team to a comfortable chase of 196 in 20 overs where Manoj Vaidya and Atharva Patil Took the partership for Match winning Contribution….
It was a huge day for Jaypee Group and Bhavay Taneja…
Bhavay taneja was the man of the match for his tremendous Innings of 97 off 55 deliveries…
“I couldn’t have said I am not feeling great and I need to get away from the game”. You never know how that is taken. These things should be of great importance. If you think a player is important enough for Indian cricket, he should be looked after. At the international stage, every player needs that communication and the ability to speak up”- Virat Kohli
This recent statement from Kohli has got mental health in Cricket into the limelight. So as it is said Billions of people and only 11 get selected to represent the country.
It feels like a lot of pressure already. There is tremendous competition in all sports but cricket gets the most because of the passion and the reach of the game in India.
A lot of players approach a sport psychologist to get mentally tougher because even sometimes the smallest things puts a lot of pressure and anxiety in them. Leave performance pressure, the pressure of being selected is the most common stimulus that generates anxiety. That in turn generates performance pressure. It’s not easy to make it large. Not primarily due to “politics” but other demands. As a young cricketer, there a some common demands which can make a player quit the game:
1. Fear of failure due to expectations from the significant people in the young cricketer’s life. Viz., parents, coaches, peers, Significant others.
2. Failure to achieve a certain level at a certain age. “If he/she can do it at my age, why can’t i?”
3. “Need of Achievement” which leads to comparison between academics and cricket, some choose the former due to society pressure or ‘helplessness to deal with the existing pressures in cricket that prevents players from achieving a good level of performance.
4. Striving to stay injury free. One huge injury leads to a poor season and then overlooked by the selectors.
What can the player do?
1. Seek help of the coaches or trusted people in their lives
2. If need be, seek the help of a sport psychologist. They will help you compartmentalise your life and probably guide your through the tougher times
3. Even if you are burned out and want to take a break, do it professionally. Take the help of a psychologist to take the break and also make a comeback with their guidance.
4. Build a circle of trusted people and only believe in their advice/ suggestions. Don’t let others bog you down.
5. Maintain a diary to write your daily experience. Spend at least 10mins at the end of the day to jot down your feelings and thoughts.
Written by Varadyani Gore
Royal Falcons opting to bat first at Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul could not post a imposing total this time scoring 132/7 in 20 overs. Only two batters from Royal Falcons could score in double digits and one of them was their opener Chintan Seth top scoring with 81 runs off 69 balls (9 fours, 2 sixes). From the bowlers, Dhananjay Purohit with 3/26 in 4 overs was the pick of the lot.
Avengers in reply chased down the score in just 15.3 overs winning the match by 7 wkts. After a solid opening start by Manan (42) and Rohit (23), it was Swastik Keni at no.4 playing the finishers role with a gritty knock of 42* in 31 balls laced with 6 fours and 1 six.
Result- Avengers XI won by 7 wkts, Swastik Keni declared “man of the match”
Scorecard Link
https://www.crichq.com/matches/820397/2nd_innings
DSP XI opting to bat first at Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul could have been bundled out for 60-70 odd runs had it not been their in-form Hitesh Gujar who is at present in a form of his life. DSP getting all out for 123 runs and opener Hitesh Gujar scoring 80 of those in mere 58 balls speaks a lot about his current state he is in and how important he is to the DSP team. From the bowlers it was the experienced Mahesh Hirpara who did the job for Edifice. Mahesh who is a seasoned played came up with envious bowling figures of 5/19 in 3.1 overs as he not only plucked the wickets of both the openers but also some important wickets at the middle order.
Chasing 124, Edifice openers gave a decent start with both the openers Viren and Sumeet chipping in with 20’s while it was again the star of the day Mahesh Hirpara finishing off things in style smashing 34* in mere 12 balls which had 3 fours and 3 sixes to his name.
Result- Edifice Consultants won by 7 wkts, Mahesh Hirpara declared “Man of the Match”
The tournament is at present halfway through the Super 8 Stage and Edifice Team is at the 2nd position sitting below Arch Mavericks.
Scorecard link-
https://www.crichq.com/matches/820822/2nd_innings
Shivaji Park Gymkhana after being put to bat first posted a good total of 293/10 in 63.3 overs, opener Gandhar Bhatawadekar scored a polished knock of 79 runs in 119 balls while he also stitched a 167 run stand with Kunal Chalke who scored a brilliant hundred. Coming at n.3 Kunal went on to score 108 off 114 balls laced with 13 fours and 2 sixes which ensured their team reached a decent total. However, after Ninad Kadam’s 46 at no.4, the wickets kept on tumbling or else even a total of 350 looked possible at one stage of the game. From the bowlers, Akshay Jambhekar with 4/91 in 18.3 overs was the pick of the lot.
It wasn’t the best of the starts for New Hind with scoreboard reading 3/51 chasing a big total of 294. However, left handed Sachin Yadav who came at no.6 changed the course of the game batting for 150 deliveries as he scored a match saving 119* with 14 boundaries. Sachin also received excellent support from New Hind’s crisis man at the middle order- Siddhant Adhatrao who scored a yet another understated yet important knock of 55 (87 balls) as both of them stitched 108 runs together for the 4th wicket.
With scoreboard reading 6/189, the journey was far from over and Sachin on the other hand kept on surviving without throwing away his wicket. Yadav again received lifeline in the form of Akshay Jambhekar as he went on to score 61* off 86 balls alongwith a match winning 104* run stand for the 7th wicket with Sachin as New Hind crossed the victory line with 4 wkts in hand qualifying for the semi finals of the tournament.
9TH FEBRUARY, 2020 IN MUMBAI – JOLLY FRIENDS SPORTS SOLO 2 PREMIER LEAGUE 2019-20 : The match between ICICI Prudentials (ICICIPRU) and Avengers was played at Fatima school cricket ground on 9th February 2020. ICICIPRU won the toss and elected to BAT first.
After being 47-3, Sadashiv Gawade and Akshay Kotharkar took charge of the innings and garnered a flourishing partnership of 89 runs. Akshay got out scoring a superb innings of 42 off 21. Sadhashiv had a good partnership with Shahnawaz Shaikh who also scored a 16 ball 27. Sadashiv remained not out in the inning and he scored a wonderful innings of 104 runs off 53 balls. His innings was an epitome of self-belief as in the initial phases he batted very carefully and took his time, later when upped the ante in the later overs. He brought up his century in the very last over where scored 26 runs with 3 sixes and 2 fours. Eventually they reached a score of 234 runs in 20 overs losing 5 wickets.
Avenger’s opener Rohit Iyer scored a vital 52 runs off 40 balls. In the lower middle order, Ram Mane (27 off 14) and Harshad Patkar (30 off 15) also contributed to the chase. Unfortunately, the efforts of the batsmen weren’t enough to fetch the big score. Pacer Deep shah of ICICI PRUDENTIAL bowled an impressive figure of 2-16 in 4 overs. the bowlers bowled to their potential and plan in the death overs, hitting block holes and wide yorkers, thereby restricting big nits as well as tempting the batters.
RESULT- ICICI PRUDENTIAL WON THE MATCH BY 40 RUNS.
MAN OF THE MATCH- SADASHIV GAWADE FROM ICICI PRUDENTIAL TEAM.
Click here for ICICI Prudential VS Avengers Match full scorecard …..
With Mumbai Team opting to bat first, there were high chances of them getting bundled out for 150 or 200 runs had it not been their crisis man Awais Khan doing the job. Mumbai in the 1st innings were all out for 340/10 in 111 overs and more than 50% of the runs were crafted by Awais as he remained unbeaten batting till the very end. Awais scored 172* while got some helping hand from Ayush Mhatre (48*) and Aryan Shejule (32) as Mumbai were able to cross the 300 run mark. Awais now has 400+ runs in the West Zone averaging an healthy 82.20 just stamping his presence as a reliable top order batsman.
Maharashtra team in reply were cleaned up for 126 runs in their 1st innings with Sudarshan Kumbhar scoring 71 runs of those total. Aryan Shejule brought the momentum in Mumbai’s favor in no time as he returned with bowling figures of 5/65 taking important wickets at right junctures.
Receiving a follow on, Maharashtra were again all out under the trail total this time for 184 runs. This time it was their all rounder Rudra Tank (3/10) and left arm spinner Nishit Balla (3/40) doing the job for Mumbai.
Result-Mumbai won by an innings & 30 runs
