Mumbai, January 22: Dhirubhai Ambani International School produced another impressive all-round showing and recorded a comfortable 36-run victory against Gopi Birla Memorial School in a semi-final match of the inaugural Bombay Gymkhana Inter-School T20 Cricket Tournament, played under floodlights at the Gymkhana’s ground late Tuesday evening.
Taher Kudrati who cracked an unbeaten half century knock of 54 runs and Arhan Maker who picked 4 wickets for 10 runs were the shining stars in Dhirubhai Ambani’s victory.
Deciding to bat first, Dhirubhai Ambani managed to amass a total of 133 for the loss of four wickets from their stipulated 20 overs. Taher, who had scored 88 runs in the first match, once again batted solidly to lift the Dhirubhai Ambani innings, while teammate Abhiviraj Goel contributed 25 useful runs.
In response, Gopi Birla struggled in the chase as they found it difficult to bat against the Dhirubhai Ambani bowling attack and lost wickets at regular intervals and were dismissed for 97 in 19.2 overs. Gopi Birla’s batsman Aadit Shah was the top-scorer with 23 runs.
Brief scores: Dhirubhai Ambani International School 133 for 4 in 20 overs (Taher Kudrati 54*, Abhiviraj Goel 25) beat Gopi Birla Memorial School 97 all out in 19.2 overs (Aadit Shah 23, Arhan Maker 4 for 10) by 36 runs.
A cricket camp is scheduled from 01 Feb 2020 – 30 March 2020 for Anshuman Rath (ex-Hong Kong cricketer), under the supervision of Amol Mazumdar (Former batting coach of South Africa / Netherlands, Rajasthan Royals & Ex- Mumbai Ranji Captain).
Mumbai batting first vs Baroda amassed a total of 235/10 in 82.2 overs. Even though not a threatening total but it was certainly a respectable 1st innings score. Awais Khan top scored for Mumbai hitting an elegant 80 while Aryan Shejule (35), Ayush Mhatre (31) & Sanskar Panaskar (30) provided handy cameos.
Baroda in their 1st innings found it difficult to get going vs the Mumbai bowlers getting bundled out for 108 runs in 35 overs. Mumbai in the 2nd innings declared at 161/6 with Awais Khan once again shining for his team hitting a confident 77 making it back to back fifties to begin the domestic season.
Chasing 283, Baroda in their 2nd innings did look better with scoreboard reading 183/6 at the end of the game’s play with Teerth Bakshi scoring 64 runs. However, it was Mumbai who outclassed Baroda winning the match on 1st innings lead.
THE DREAMZ TROPHY T20 – 2019-20, 18 January 2020 in Mumbai : K Raheja VS Smollan, Played at MB Union on 18th January 2020, Toss won by Raheja and they elected to bat first.
After a decent start by the openers, K raheja were 30-1 at one stage but followed that were series of quick wickets. The middle orders collapsed, except Uttal Lohar who scored a vital 39 off 30 balls, no other batsman scored anything substantial. Eventually they ended up piling up a target of 124 runs losing 8 wickets in their 20 overs. The pick of the bowlers for Smollan was medium pacer Srikkant Pisharody who delivered a stellar performance with the ball picking up a figure of 3 for 19 in 4 overs and Vidyadhar Bagul who scalped 2 for 18 in his 4 overs bowling 1 maiden over.
K Raheja team’s spirit might have lit up for a jiffy when they got their first wicket at the score of 1 but things further didn’t sway their way courtesy a swashbuckling innings of Sujay Lotankar and Salim Shaikh. Sujay came at no.3 and batted with opener Swapnil More who planned to give Sujay maximum strike owing to his previous notable performances with both bat and ball on the MB Union wicket and the fact that the ground aesthetics suited the southpaw best. Sujay scored a brilliant 57 runs off just 39 balls and stitched potent partnerships with Swapnil More and Salim Shaikh. No.4 Salim came to the wicket after Swapnil got out for 11 runs, and intended to stick to one end but at the same time was dexterous enough to hit a knock of 42 runs off 30 balls. Overall it was a wonderful outing for team Smollan.
Result – Smollan won by 8 wickets.
MAN OF THE MATCH- Sujay Lotankar
Sainath Sports Club opting to bat first on Ours CC ground posted a decent total of 281 runs in 44.1 overs. Umesh Gurjar who came at no.3 played a fantastic knock of 97 runs falling just 3 short of a deserving hundred. Umesh scored 97 off mere 71 balls (9 fours, 4 sixes) while also stitched a 149 run stand for the 4th wicket Sachin Solanki who scored 70 off 78 balls. Spinner Rishikesh Ugale with 4/54 was the pick of the lot from Mazgaon CC.
Defending a total of 282, it was left arm spinner Abhishek Pandey who came up with a game changing spell of 5/25 in 9 overs. Abhishek who has been in a purple patch this season continues to impress with the ball as he provides good levels of consistency. It was on the back of Pandey’s fifer, Mazgaon CC were reduced to 132 runs all out as Sainath SC clinched a big win by 149 runs.
Played between DMCC and Tata Steel at the Oval Maidan, Tata Steel after opting to bat first managed to score an average total of 203/8 in 45 overs. Tushar Gharat at the middle order top scored with 63 runs while it was Jagdish Jadhav from DMCC who turned out to be the best bowler. Jagdish came up with a crucial spell of 5/26 in 9 overs which proved to be quite effective for his team. Jadgish has been in good form with the ball this season while he took another 4 wkts the next day in the Cosmopolitan Shield tournament.
Chasing 204, DMCC were good start with openers putting on a 50+ stand, the positive momentum was further accelerated by no.3 batsman Vaibhav Patil who scored a match winning knock of 85 runs in 99 balls. A knock which certainly helped his team sail through and win the match by 4 wkts.
Played between Reliance Sports Club and DTDC Express Ltd, Reliance batting first at Azad Maidan were bundled out for 98 runs in mere 36.4 overs, courtesy a brilliant spell of bowling by Bhavik Patel which reduced the opposition in a two digit total. Bhavik Patel emerged to be the pick of the bowlers coming up with exceptional bowling figures of 5/14 which caused a big dent in Reliance SC’s innings.
The target was easily chased down by DTDC thanks to Sushant Kadam’s brilliant 55* as DTDC wont the game by 6wkts and qualified for the semi finals of the Times Shield tournament.
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Played between DTDC and Alcargo at the Youth’s Own Union CC, DTDC after being put to bat first posted a decent total of 243/6 in 45 overs. After a brilliant start by their openers Abhinav Jagtap (43) and Sushant Kadam (54), it was Rakesh Naik at the middle order top scoring with 84 runs in 74 balls.
Alcargo in reply were cleaned up for 124 runs, courtesy some tight bowling by Rakesh Naik (4/27 in 8.25 overs) & Bhavik Patel (3/35 in 8 overs). Skipper Kishor Waghela also chipped in with a wicket in his spell of 1/9 in 4 overs as DTDC won the semi final match by 119 runs.
Played between Brothers Club and Young Maharashtra CC at the National CC, Cross Maidan, Brothers Club batting first posted a total of 186/9 dec where in Haresh Dodia at the middle order top scored with 47 runs.
Defending a low total, it was left arm spinner Balwant Dodake who spun a web over Young Maharashtra CC with a fantastic spell of 7/18 in 7.4 overs. Balwant was not only impressive in containing the batsman, he also turned the ball well providing breakthroughs at regular junctures which restricted Young Maharashtra team to 104 runs all out in 29.4 overs helping Brothers Club win the game by 82 runs.