The Knockouts (T10 Matches) of the Blue Storm F15 Tournament took place at the NRI Complex Ground, Seawoods.
In the second Semi-final, CYSS set a target of 80 Runs in 10 Overs for IndiaFirst to qualify for the Finals. Abhijeet top-scored with 29 off 21 Balls. Miserly spells from Skipper Ajish Abdul Rehman (2-0-7-1) & Pushkar Sharma (2-0-9-2) – both extremely tight, especially in the T10 context – ensured that their Team didn’t have an unmanageable task. During their pursuit, Wicket Keeper Babli Sharma played a blinder of an Innings scoring 28 off just 15 Balls (3 Fours & 2 Sixes). Pushkar anchored the Innings with 21 Runs. A huge Six by Ajish sealed the fate of the Match, before the winning Runs came in the tense moments with 3 Balls to spare. Pushkar Sharma was adjudged Man of the Match for his all-round performance.
The Final was reduced to 6 Overs aside with sunset fast approaching. OC India set a target of 50 Runs in 6 Overs for IndiaFirst to lift the Trophy. With only one Bowler allowed to bowl 2 Overs, Ajish pegged them back with a tight spell of 2-0-13-1. Swaminathan GK bowled an excellent final Over conceding just 4 Runs. The chase started rather shakily with 2 quick Wickets. But again Babli played a little gem of an Innings of 22 off 15 Balls (2 Sixes). Needing 4 off the last Over under fading light, in another close finish, Ajish hit the winning Boundary with a lofted flick over Square Leg in cameo of 16 off 8 Balls. Babli Sharma was awarded the Man of the Match.
It was another excellent Team effort from IndiaFirst Life Insurance. Pushkar Sharma was adjudged the Best Batman of the Tournament for his consistent performances with the Bat. Babli Sharma won the accolades for Best Fielder. Ajish Abdul Rehman bagged the Best Bowler of the Tournament. It was a fitting All-round display from the Skipper in the crucial Knockout stage.
This was IndiaFirst’s second Trophy this Season from as many Tournaments. Earlier they had won the BU Cup 2019 organised by the Bombay United Cricket Club.
Club Cricket is the lifeline for any aspiring cricketer to excel in the field of cricket. It’s only through hard work at club level cricket does a player progresses to Domestic and International level. However, International & Domestic Cricketers in India fairly receive their set of accolades, attention & coverage in India but it’s the untapped club cricket community especially in Mumbai which is also considered to be one of the biggest talent houses for cricketers in India which is relatively untapped. Most of the performances go unnoticed and maximum of players at Club level require the right amount of support in terms of strength, stamina, nutrition to excel in the game. In a first of its kind initiative in India by exerFIT-Cricketgraph, the hard working population of club cricketers who equally toil hard and put promising performances will now be rewarded in IPL Style with Yellow, Purple and Orange Caps.
exerfitwellness has come onboard to tie up with Cricketgraph to felicitate Club Level Cricketers in Mumbai every month with IPL Style Orange, Yellow and Purple Caps. The winners will recieve Whey Protein, BCAA, Glutamine from the house of exerfitwellness which will surely be quite helpful in improving the strength and stamina of our hard working Club Level Cricketers in Mumbai.
Here are the winners of @exerfitwellness Monthly Cricket Cap Winners in Club Cricket for the month of December 2019.
ExerFIT Orange Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of December’19-Rajeev Kamath
He has been one all-rounder who has been not only amongst the runs but also amongst the wickets in Kanga league and Cosmopolitan Shield. Such has been his form this season, in the opening day of Cosmopolitan Shield, he smashed the highest score of the day across all the matches played hitting a brilliant 131 vs Esplanade Liberals CC. Coming at no.4 he took mere 100 deliveries to score an unbeaten 131* which had 15 fours and 3 sixes. It was on the back of his brilliant knock he was given the exerFIT Orange Cap in Club Cricket for the month of December’19
ExerFIT Purple Cap Winner in Club Cricket for the month of December’19-Chirag Tamore
Playing for Superstar Sports Club, spinner Chirag Tamore had come up with a brilliant spell of 6/25 in 8 overs to derail Ours CC in the Cosmopolitan Shield Tournament’19. It was on the back of his spell Superstar SC won the game by 7 wkts while it was also because of his match winning bowling performance he rightly won the exerFIT Club Cricket Purple Cap Winner for the month of December’19
ExerFIT Yellow Cap Winner, Most Popular Player in Club Cricket for the month of December’19-Yash Kadam
Yash Kadam from Old Podarites CC was declared the exerFIT Yellow Cap Winner for the Month of December’19. The left hander certainly enjoys a lot of popularity amongst his mates as he garnered a healthy 224 votes defeating his nearest competitor Upendra Yadav by 95 votes. Yash had also scored a brilliant 101 vs Kerala Windsor CC at the middle order at a time when remaining 10 players could only muster 100 runs between themselves.
DREAMZ TROPHY T20 -Cricket Tournament 2019-20 , 28 December, 2019 : The match between Smollan India and Loreal was played at M B Union, Cross Maidan on 29th December, 2019. Smollan won the toss and elected to bat first.
The pitch was dry and slightly crumbled on the top.
Smollan’s Salim Shaikh scored 26 off 41 and Sudhur Naikdhure, middle order batsman scored a quick 29 off 24. Apart from them, others had pale scores. The team reached a score of 125 runs in 20 overs before getting bowled out. Loreal bowlers dominated the opposition and 4 of the bowlers had couple of wickets to their names. It was a great deck for fast bowlers. Siddhesh Hawaldar was the best with a figure of 2 for 7 in 1.4 overs.
The Loreal batting also succumbed to some hostile spell and the tricky pitch. Sandeep Lahase scored a decent 27 off 23 and Siddhesh Hawaldar also tried to build a partnership with his 21 runs but all in vain. The whole match was a low scoring affair and the dominance of bowlers was inevitable. The Smollan bowlers had a great outing. Opening pair of Swapnil More and Vidhyadhar Bagul cleaned up 4 wickets in their opening spell of 8 overs. The star of the bowlers was medium pacer Sujay lotankar who had earlier scored a decent 14 off 10 balls in the batting innings also clinched a stunning figure of 4 for 12 in 3.1 overs leaving a dent in the opposition’s middle order. They bowled out team Loreal for 88 runs in 19.1 overs.
Results – Smollan won by 37 runs.
Click here for Smollan India VS Loreal Match full scorecard …..
SSA Strikers opting to bat first at Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul could post only an average total of 124/8 in 20 overs. With a dismal top order start, it was some cameos at the middle and lower middle order which pushed the team towards a respectable total. From the bowlers, Shantanu Joshi and Ashwin Kamble with 2 wkts each were the pick of the bowlers.
For AESA Pune, it looked like a mere formality to chase down the 125 total as BJ Japtap at no.3 and Sandip Lolage at no.4 finished off things for them in style. Jagptal scored an unbeaten 46* off 35 balls (9 fours) while it was the blazing 22 ball 42* by Sandip which had 3 fours and 3 sixes which sealed off the chase in mere 15.5 overs.
Result-AESA Pune won by 8 wkts and Sandip Lolage for his quickfire 42* was declared ‘Man of the Match”
Arch Mavericks batting first at Chereshwar Club, Trombay posted a mammoth total of 214/5 in 20 overs. Opener Pranay Ranka gave a superb opening start scoring a quickfire 69 off 49 balls laced with 14 boundaries while quick cameos by Mehul Rathod (39 off 24) & Nikhil Jain (28* off 12) further provided icing on the cake during death overs.
Chasing 215, the pressure was obviously more on VK Architects to maintain a run rate of 10+ right from the beginning. The pressure of chasing took the better of them as VK Architects collapsed for a paltry total of 69 runs in 12.5 overs. It was some brilliant display of bowling by Shamal Palod (4/11 in 3.5 overs) & Vinay Kate (4/17 in 4 overs) who kept the batsman in check with their tight bowling.
Result- Arch Mavericks won the match by 146 runs while Pranay Ranka for his match winning 69 was declared ‘Man of the match”
Parsee Gymkhana after being to bat first posted a total of 380/8 in 70 overs. With scoreboard reading 3/29, it was the solid middle order consisting of Manish Rao (95), Nikhil Patil (88), Raunaq Sharma (92) & Aditya Dhumal (38) reviving the innings with crucial partnerships. From the bowlers, fast bowler John Abraham with 3/75 in 17 overs was the pick of the lot.
With a decent start by the top 3 batters, New Hind Sporting Club were much into the game thanks to a game changing 195 run stand between Sachin Yadav and Siddhant Adhatrao. The lefthand-righthand combination at the middle order worked well for New Hind as Sachin went on to score 103 off 137 balls while Adhatrao remained unbeaten on 103* off 114 balls.
Result- From 29/3 to 293/4 in 62 overs, New Hind SC won the game on the basis of Quotient
Islam Gymkhana opting to bat first at on their homeground notched up a more than decent total of 314/10 in 67.4 overs. Despite some early setbacks with 2 quick wickets, it was Hashir Dafedar at no.4 scoring a brilliant 139 off 186 balls. An innings where he displayed a lot of composure, hashir smashed 15 fours and 2 sixes while also stitched a crucial 112 run stand for the 4th wicket Mihir Agarwal who scored 68 off 79 balls. Fast bowler Harshal Soni was bang on taking 5/75 in 16.4 overs coupled with 2 maidens. Krutik Hanagawadi with 4/93 was also impressive.
CCI (Cricket Club of India) on the other hand despite two solid half centuries by Nishad Gabhawala (73) and Ajinkya Patil (83) lacked support from the other end with as many as players getting out in single digits. From the bowlers, it was their left arm quickster Irfan Mallick cleaning up the middle to order with a fiery spell of 6/67 in 13 overs. While Javed and Harsh Mishra bagged some important top order wickets, it was Irfan doing the job perfectly in removing the middle and lower order of CCI team restricting them to 244/10 in 46.3 overs.
Result-Islam Gymkhana won by 70 runs
JOLLY FRIEND SPORTS MATUNGA 1 PREMIER LEAGUE 2019-20: Team OSM played consecutive matches on 28th and 29th of December 2019. On 28th they were up against ALL Stars, where they were put to bat first. No.4 batsman Patrick Allen scored a fiery knock of 63 runs off 28 balls but the real star was No.7 wicket keeper batsman Rohan Dsouza who bludgeoned the bowlers with a rocket innings of 80 runs off just 28 deliveries. He scored 6 sixes and 7 fours. They scored 225 runs in 20 overs. All stars also competed very well and came very close to the target. The OSM bowlers lacked the effectiveness on the day but still won by 13 runs.
Click here for OSM VS All Star Match full scorecard ….
On 29th, they locked horns with AACRO. Once again they were put to bat first. Opener Ketan chaudhari turned the National cricket club ground into hunting ground and in the course plundered the bowlers, scoring an unbelievable 108 runs off 41 balls. He along with Sadanand Poojary (73 off 39) and Sandeep Gadiyar (56 offr 20) butchered the AACRO bowling attack. Despite a damp wicket, the two openers Ketan and Sadanand maintained the positive flow. They scored a mammoth total of 282 runs in 20 overs.
AARCO batting line up failed to put up a credible fight except Ritesh who scored 49 runs off 45 balls. Leaving aside one decent score it was a bad day for the AARCO players. OSM experimented with a lot of bowlers courtesy the huge cushion of runs. Nadim picked up a 3-wicket haul. They restricted the opposition for 138 runs and picked up 7 wickets.
Result – OSM won by 144 runs.
Click here for OSM VS Aacro Match full scorecard ….
Tournament conducted by Suraj Samat- President of the SKP Athletic Club
We often miss the fact that there are very few professional T20 Tournaments at the corporate level. There should be more tournaments conducted in a professional manner which would indirectly give more opportunities and platform to perform for the players while improve the standard of local and corporate level cricket. Amidst all that, here comes Suraj Samat who has taken the initiative to host a Corporate T20 Tournament with a big Cash Prize of Rs 6,00,000/-. This is for the 1st time, a big T20 Tournament at Corporate level is conducted with such a big cash prize which will be conducted in the most professional manner.
Samat T20 Cup will soon begin from 15th of January 2019 and it’s bound to witness some exciting matches and individual performances. It’s a knockout T20 Tournament approved by MCA and the finals will be played on 6th of February.
The tournament is open for all the 77 registered Corporate Office Clubs who play in Times Shield & other corporate tournaments. The matches will be conducted on various grounds of Mumbai.
The winning team wins a whopping cash prize of Rs 6,00,000/- and the Runner Up Team wins a cash prize of Rs 3,00,000/- . The Best Bowler and the Best Batsman will be awarded INR 50,000/- while there is a 25,000/- Cash Prize for the catch of the tournament. The Man of the series wins a whopping Rs 1 lakh + Trophy. The icing on the cake will be the live Youtube streaming of the semi-finals and finals. Playing T-shirts to be provided by the organizers while 2 helmets and 2 pair of Cricket pads will be provided to every team during the matches.
WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOURNAMENT? Click on the link below-
Only Clubs/Team from this list can Participate
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Mumbai Municipal Kreeda Bhavan |
| Municipal Co.op Bank Emp, Rec. Club |
| National Textile Corpn. Sports Club |
| New India Assurance Sports Club |
| Oriental InsuranceSports Club |
| Mumbai Port trust Sport Club |
| N. Jamnadas & Co. Group Sports Club |
| Oriental Fire & General Insurance Co. Ltd., (Unit: Jupiter S.C.) |
| Reserve Bank Of India Sports Club |
| Shipping Corpn. Of India Ltd., |
| Sachivalaya Gymkhana |
| Standard Charted Bank Sports Club |
| Mafatlal Cricket Club |
| Tata Motors Cricket Club |
| Western Railway Traffic Sports Club |
| Zandu Sports Club |
| Chowgule Sports Club |
| Canteen Stores Department Sports – Club Adelphi |
| Tata Power Co. Ltd. |
| The Saraswat bank Kala Krida Mandal |
| Times Of India Sports Club |
| United India Sports and Rec. Club |
| Western Railway A/cs S. Club |
| Tata Sports Club |
| Times Of India C.S.T Committee |
| Union Bank Sports Club |
| Western Railway Sports Association |
| Life Insuarance Corporation of India SC |
| M.S.R.T.C Sports Club |
| Maharashtra State Co. bank SC |
| Mumbai Customs Sports Club |
| Acountant Generals Office |
| B ArunkumarSports Club |
| Bank of Maharashtra Sports Club |
| Bharat Petoleum (M) Sports Club |
| Bank of India Sports Club |
| BEST Arts and Sports Club |
| Bombay High Court Sports Club |
| Central Bank Recreation Club |
| Central Railway Sports Association |
| Dena Bank Sports Club |
| Bombay Mercantile Co-p bank LTD |
| Century Rayon Cricket Club |
| Construction Emplyee’s Rec. Club |
| Shapoorji Pallonji Group S.C |
| Hindustan Petroleum Club |
| Income Tax Sports& Rec. Club |
| Indian Navy Sports Control Board |
| General Insurance Corporation S. C |
| HDFC Sports Club |
| IDBI Sport Club |
| Naval Dockyard Cricket Club |
| P.D. Hunduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre |
| State Bank Of India Sports Club |
| RCF Sports Club |
| Air Frieght Ltd. |
| Krushi Udyog S. C |
| Nirlon Sports Club |
| Mazagaon Dock Sports Club |
| Hindustan Unilever Sports Club |
| M.M.T.C. Recreation Club |
| Air India Sports Club |
| BARC Staff Club |
| Bhavishya Nidhi Staff Cricket Club |
| Air India Sports Club (WR) |
| Indian Oil Coorporation Ltd. S. Club |
SPORTSZONE T20 (JFSC) PUNE CRICKET TOURNAMENT 2019-20: MES cricket club played two consecutive matches on the 29th of December 2019, the first one was against EQ Technologies and second versus Rising vision. Both the matches were held at Verroc, vengsarkar, Cricket Ground, Pune.
The league match against EQT was a cakewalk for MES Cricket Club. After winning the toss, EQT scored mere 35 runs and the MESCC openers finished the job in 4.1 overs. Rehan Khan and Afroz Shaikh picked up 3 wickets each.
Result – MESSC won by 10 wickets.
Click here for MES Cricket Club VS EQ Technologic match full scorecard ….
The league match was followed by the quarterfinal encounter between MES Cricket Club and Rising vision. Rising vision won the toss to bat first and in fact they were also dominated by the MESCC bowlers. With the highest of 20 by Kesarsingh Thapa, Rising vision were reasonably able to put up 108 runs in 20 overs losing 9 wickets. They had 3 run outs in their innings. Hari Sawant picked up couple wickets for the MESCC.
MESCC had a decent opening partnership of 32 to lay the foundation. Opener Swapnil Walunj scored a responsible 34 off 35 and Rohit Hadake (41 0ff 38) was the highest scorer in the line up. They lost 3 wickets in the process. In the end, it was an extremely clinical performance by the MESCC bowlers and batsmen during the whole day.
Result – MESCC won the match against Rising vision by & wickets.
Click here for MES Cricket Club VS Rising vision match full scorecard ….