In the ongoing Inter College Tournament in Mumbai, there have been numerous matches which has given some spectacular individual performances and one such match has been between Sathaye College and NM College.
Sathaye College batting first posted a massive total of 467 runs thanks to a superb 308 run opening stand between Sangram Bhalekar and Darshan Bhange. Sangram went on to score 178 off mere 114 balls while Darshan scored run a ball 114 to dismantle the opposition bowlers. Jay Talwankar also provided an exciting cameo of 63* in mere 27 balls. In reply, NM College were all out for 187 runs.
Result- Sathaye College win by 280 runs
Mumbai Police Gymkhana after opting to bat first at the SRT Ground Kandivali posted a mammoth total of 386/3 in 69 overs. After a decent opening start by Sunil Patil (37) and Humayun (35), it was the reliable and experienced pair of Mumbai Police team which took the mantle ahead. Senior batsman of the team Rohit Pol went on to score a solid 141 off 153 balls laced with 6 fours and 8 sixes while the attacking Shrikant Limbole remained unbeaten scoring a majestic 154*off 141 balls (16 fours, 3 sixes). Both these players stitched a record 306 run partnership for the 3rd wicket which helped their team stay at top.
Young Mohmeddan CC in reply gave a really tough fight but eventually they fell short by a little margin. After a few early wickets, it was Ravi Solanki at no.4 scoring 94 runs stabilizing the innings with Kadir Patel who scored 56 at no.4.
With momentum back into their favor, it was Moin Khan at no.6 who almost played a match winning innings of 106* off 112 balls (7 fours, 3 sixes). Both the teams performed exceptionally well but it was the Mumbai Police Gymkhana who got the better of the opposition restricting Young Mohmeddan CC to 377/9 in 70 overs. Left arm quickster Amit Pande was impressive in his spell of 4/107 while Santosh Singh also chipped in with 3 wkts conceding 110 runs.
Result-Mumbai Police Gymkhana won by 9 runs
Played between AESA Pune XI and Arch Mavericks at the Chereshwar Club, Trombay, AESA Pune batting first were bundled out for 93 runs in 18.3 overs. It was a lackluster performance with the bat as all the batters found it difficult to get going vs the tight bowling of Arch Mavericks. From the bowlers, Shamal Palod with 3/19 in 4 overs was excellent while Nikhil Jain with 2/9 in 3.3 overs proved to be equally impressive.
Chasing 94 looked like a mere formality as Arch Mavericks chased down the total in mere 12.1 overs. Opener Pranay Ranka top scored for his team with an unbeaten 49* off 33 balls laced with 10 boundaries. Pranay has been in good nick this season and continues to give solid performances in the AT20 Championship Season 8.
Result- Arch Mavericks won by 7 wkts, Pranay Ranka declared ‘Man of the Match”
Played between Bombay Mercantile and Western Railway Teams, Western Railway batting first posted a handsome total of 182/3 in 20 overs. Opener Deepak Kumar went all guns blazing hitting a brilliant 128* off mere 70 balls. Not only was this the 1st ton of the Samat T20 Cup, this knock was also quite blazing as he tore apart bowlers with quite some confidence smashing 14 fours and 6 sixes.
Deepak shared with Cricketgraph– “I usually bat lower down the order but thanks to the faith and support instilled by our team Captain Chandras Manchekar, i was promoted to open the innings and it worked quite well”
Skipper Manchekar further quipped- “Deepak is one hard working player who specially travels from Haryana to pursue cricket in Mumbai. The amount of hard work and consistent performances he puts made him worthy to get promoted up the order & i personally believe in supporting young talents. Hence sending him to open the innings worked wonders for the team & what better way than to get the 1st hundred of Samat Cup! “
Bombay Mercantile in reply managed to score only 148/4 in 20 overs as Western Railways won the match by 34 runs while Deepak Kumar declared “Man of the Match”
Played between Gokuldham High School and Don Bosco at the Cross Maidan Ground, Gokuldham team posted a total of 274 runs in 45 overs. No.3 batsman Roneet Thakur top scored with 69 runs while Mitra Parab at the middle order scored 45 runs. From the bowlers, Subodh Salgavkar was the pick of the lot with 4/29 in 8 overs.
Don Bosco School in reply were all out for 94 runs thanks to a superb spell of spin bowling by Khush Jain. Khush provided wickets at regular intervals coming up with excellent bowling figures of 6/15 in 8.1 overs coupled with 3 maidens.
Result: Gokuldham School won the match by 180 runs
Played between KES College and Nirmala College at the Elphinstone Ground (Azad Maidan), KES team batting first posted a big total of 283/5 in 40 overs. Opener Mihir Agarwal was the top scorer for KES scoring an impressive looking 119* off 100 balls. Mihir looked confident as he kept the scoreboard ticking wile batted till the very end. Darab K at no.5 also played a good innings of 69 runs stitching a good partnership with Mihir before he faced an untimely run out.
Nirmala College in reply were all out for 115 runs thanks to a some tight bowling by the KES bowlers who provided a collective good performance helping KES win by a big margin of 168 runs.
Kiran Desai who is the HOD for Cricket Department at Vibgyor High School was already an ICC Level 1 Certified Cricket Coach and more recently he has also successfully completed ICC Level 2 Coaching Certification.
Speaking with Cricketgraph, Kiran shared “On achieving this success i can now aiming to deliver cricket coaching sessions and provide directions to other upcoming coaches where in we can plan, establish and maintain a safe coaching environment and with our support we can also deliver appropriate activities for our players, this will also help us understand how to evaluate our own coaching practice.
Therefore in future if at all any guidance or support required for any type of training sessions or to plan domestic or international tournaments, cricketers can reach out to me”
Mumbai, January 24: Jude Singh knock of 69 runs was the feature of Mumbai Customs 78 runs victory against Naval Dockyard in a first round match of the Samat T20 Cup cricket tournament and played at the Goregaon Sports Club on Friday.
Electing to bat first Mumbai Customs scored 233 for the loss of five wickets from their 20 overs. Besides Jude Singh classy innings, Vikrant Auti (49) and Parag Khanapurkar (46) propped the total.
Naval Dockyard were restricted to 155 for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Rajesh Gohil (49) and Shilkesh Sakhalkar (40) were the only batsmen to get some runs, while Customs bowler Shivaji Yadav (3/22) was responsible for restricting the opposition batsmen.
Jude Singh was later declared “Man of the match”
Brief scores: Mumbai Customs 233 for 5 in 20 overs (Jude Singh 69, Vikrant Auti 49, Parag Khanapurkar 46; Prashant Jadhav 2/37) beat Naval Dockyard155 for 6 in 20 overs (Rajesh Gohil 49, Shilkesh Sakhalkar 40; Shivaji Yadav 3/22) by 78 runs. Man of the match: Jude Singh (Mumbai Customs).
Central railway 174 for 3 in 20 overs (Sanjog Binkar 74, Vinit Dhaka 50) beat E-Merc Sports Club 104 all out in 15.1 overs (Atul Nevarekar 31; Vinit Dhulap 3/18) by 70 runs. Man of the match: Vinit Dhaka (Central Railway).
T20 MASTERS CUP (PINK) 2019-20, 19 January 2020 in Mumbai : Johnson and Johnson VS Greensole TITANS, played at ELF Vengsarkar Oval on 19th January. Titans won the toss and elected to FIELD first. It was better of a batting pitch.
Opener Sumedh Tare was very productive with the bat, he provided a solid base for the innings to grow. He scored 45 runs off 35 balls. He had an outstanding partnership with No.4 batsman Nishant Shivalkar and they piled on a partnership of 74 runs. Nishant also played with a very positive mindset, both of them kept the tempo of their innings up. Nishant scored a classy innings of 66 runs off 48 balls that consisted of 10 fours. Providing the final touch, Safal sood played a quick 39 off 16 balls. Eventually, they reached to a score of 192 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs.
The batting performance by Titan was a near debacle. They lacked big run scorers on the day and eventually were not able to nurture partnerships in the middle Abhimanyu Khanna scored a decent 33 off 19 balls, except him no other batsman looked promising. They were all out at the score of 97 runs in 14.4 overs. For Johnson and Johnson, Keyur Pawaskar picked up a figure of 3 for 13 and other bowlers were also eye catching. The pick of the bowlers and the star performer of the day was left arm spinner Hari Mohan Kandari who was extremely prolific with the ball. He bowled an incredible spell of 6 for 17 in 3.4 overs. He stuck to his basics and trapped the opposition batters with his orthodox turners. Overall, it was a 360 degree performance by Johnson & Johnson.
Result- Johnson and Johnson won by 95 runs.
MAN OF THE MATCH- Hari Mohan Kandari
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In the match between St Mary’s vs Cathedral, St Mary’s winning the toss chose to bat first scoring 81 runs in 20 overs. Raadnya Apte scored 48 of 39 with 7 boundaries when wickets tumbled at the other end, Kush Attawala down the order scored some handy runs to take his team to 81 of their 20 overs. From Cathedral Amey Sanghvi bowled a brilliant spell of 5/06 and Arnav Bakshi taking 2/13.
It was a difficult task for St Mary’s to defend such a low total but their left arm bowling attack managed to defend it. Pacer Raahib Fatehi took 3 wickets while Harsh Sonawala chipped in with 2 as well. Arnav Rawte gave only 5 runs of his 4 overs & it was Kush Attawala towards the end who bowled with Mir Tawde in the death to pull the game to a tie.
The superover was played to decide the match
Kush Attawala bowled from Mary’s where in Arnav Bakshi started off well on his first 3 balls but couldn’t get much in the second half of the over where Kush bowled his left arm tweakers. Mary’s had to chase 13. Raadnya Apte started with a boundary and doubles kept coming and all the last two winning runs were pulled of by Raahib as St. Mary’s romped into the finals.
