In 2015, five sports fanatics came together with just one common thing at heart- their love and passion for cricket. These five people were the fathers of the kids studying at the Jamnabai Narsee School (JNS) and this was the beginning of a successful team, JNS Jaguars.
Mehul Shah,Vivek Manchanda, Kapil Arora,Keyur Shah and Kunal Zaveri are the five mainstays who look after the JNS Jaguars. The Jaguars is essentially a team of dad’s who are well established in life and are very passionate about cricket . All the players are well settled but they take their cricket just as seriously as their jobs. This common passion and love for the sport has brought this team together ! They play together to relive their school days and to keep themselves fit.
Now into their 5th year, the JNS Jaguars have already won 12 titles and had a trophy-laden 2018-19 season. They won the Bayside Sports School Dads Cricket Championships Gold 2018-19, Zooter International School Dads Championship 2018-19 and were Elite Champions in the My Child My Anchor Tournament 2018-19.
Not only are the JNS Jaguars successful in domestic tours but they are also winning on international grounds. The JNS Jaguars toured Sri Lanka for their first international series in 2017 and won the series 2-1 and haven’t looked back since! This was followed by a tour Down Under where the played against Sydney Shires cricket club and won the series 2-1. In 2018, the JNS Jaguars toured UK and continued their overseas winning streak by beating the middlesex county 2-1. Jaguars also won the series on their Dubai tour in December 2018.
The upcoming season promises to be another thrilling one for The JNS Jaguars as they tour Dehradun, New Zealand, Dubai, Delhi and Goa.
One of the main reasons behind the success of the JNS Jaguars is its international quality coaching staff. Bimesh Shah, a former Ranji player of Mumbai, is the coach of Jaguars alongside Farhad Daruwala, who has played for Gujarat and was also involved in the IPL with Rajasthan Royals. Umesh Patwal, who has coached international teams like Afghanistan and Nepal is the consulting coach of the team.
The Jaguars practice at the Juhu gymkhana throughout the year. The JNS Jaguars are managed by Janus Sportz. The Janus Sportz have invested in all the top class training facilities to ensure the players are in the best possible shape and form. Bowling machines and PitchVision help batsman analyse their game while Speed Guns are used by bowlers to work on their pace.
The Jaguars work just as hard off the field as the work on it. The JNS Jaguars supports Urvashi foundation, a non-profit organisation with the aim to educate and provide opportunity to children across India to learn and excel.
Cricketgraph will be the media partners for JNS Jaguars as they will be aiming for another trophy-laden and an adventurous season ahead. This ‘Dad’s team’ is truly still young at heart.
Just Cricket Team after opting to bat first at Somaiya Cricket Ground posted a stunning total of 227/2 in 20 overs. Karan Chugh opening the innings went on to score a majestic 119* off mere 67 balls. It was an innings where in covered every corner of the ground hitting 9 fours and 7 sixes bringing the right amount of excitement and attention to the South Mumbai Premier League which is in its debut season. Not to forget, Siddarth Gopalkrshnan also played well hitting an unbeaten 74* off 50 balls while also playing the supporting role in the 200* runs unbeaten stand with Karan for the 3rd wicket.
Wicketing Wizards in reply could only manage 152/5 in 20 overs and that too thanks to a late blitz by no.7 batsman Keyur Gandhi who scored 57* off 31 balls which atleast took the team towards a respectable defeat by 75 runs.
It was just the right type of innings to begin a new tournament with as Karan Chugh was declared “man of the match”
Payyade SC vs MIG
Payyade Sports Club after being put to bat first at on MIG’s homeground posted a total of 227/10 in 60 overs. Openers Hersh Tank (39) and Akhil Herwadkar (64) gave a solid start to the innings but the batters below them failed to covert it into a big total. From the bowlers, Ankush Jaiswal and Shreyas Gurav were the pick of the lot with 3 wkts each.
Chasing 229, it was MIG skipper Kevin Almeida once again leading from the front smashing a brilliant 91 off 140 balls. MIG who did face a few jitters were back into the game in no time with no.6 all-rounder Balkrushna Shirke hitting a crucial 52* off 93 balls as MIG won the semi finals by 4 wkts and 8.5 overs to spare.
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Parkophene Cricketers vs MCA Colts
MCA Colts batting first at Police Gymkhana, Marine Lines were all out for 144 runs in 29.5 overs. Most of the batsman found it difficult to get going apart from Aatif Shaikh at no.9 scoring a quick 24 ball 31. From Parkophene, it was their left arm quick Royston Dias picking up 6/54 in 13 overs. Royston who also plays for Mumbai showed all his experience at a crucial stage of the tournament.
Parkophene Cricketers in reply chased down the score in 43.2 overs winning the match by 7 wkts. Opener Vikrant Auti (50 off 110) & Amogh Bhatkal (42) top scored for Parkophene in what was a comfortable win steering them into the finals of the tournament.
In the match between Anjuman Islam School and MBHS School at the Youth’s Own Union Wicket posted a mammoth total of 371/8 in 45 overs. Aryan Chauhan opening the innings went on to score a brilliant double hundred batting out entire innings for Anjuman, Aryan scored 203* off 127 balls laced with 34 fours. It was a display of stroking brilliance as he kept on piling runs from the other hand to put Anjuman team in a strong position.
Anjuman Islam in reply bundled out MBHS School for just 55 runs thanks to a stunning spell of spin bowling by Mann Bhanushali. Mann with his effective spin once again proved to be too heavy for the opposition coming up with envious bowling figures of 7/13 in 8.5 overs alongwith 4 maidens as Anjuman Islam School won the match by a heavy margin.
Mann who is already inducted in the Mumbai U14 Probables list took 12 wkts in DSO Tournament this year while he followed it up by taking a 9 wkt haul in the only match his team got to play in the U14 CPCC Tournament leading from the front as a skipper of DY Patil team while now he continues to sizzle in the Giles Shield for his school Anjuman Islam.
Mumbai, 8 December, 2019 : A solid batting performance by Kevin D’Almeida cracked 91 runs helped MIG Cricket Club register a convincing 4-wicket victory against Payyade Sports Club on the second day of their two-day semi-final match of the Eagle Thane Strikers sponsored 72nd Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2019, and played at the MIG Cricket ground, Bandra on Sunday.
Payyade resuming at the overnight score of 219 for 8 wickets, in 56 overs, lost the last two wickets for the addition of just eight runs and in four overs. In reply, MIG Cricket Club batsmen were dominant and D’Almeida laid the foundation with a cameo innings. Balkrishna Shirke made a substantial contribution scoring an unbeaten 52 runs to take MIG Cricket Club to victory and a place in the three-day final starting from Saturday, December 14.
In the second semi-final,
Parkophene Cricketers comfortably defeated MCA Colts by 7 wickets at the Police Gymkhana ground, Marine Drive. MCA Colts were dismissed for a paltry 144 in 29.5 overs as left-arm pacer Royston Dias (6 for 54) did the damage. Parkophene Cricketers easily chased the target scoring 146 for 3 wickets, in 43.2 overs. Vikrant Auti (50 runs) and Adib Usmani (42 runs) carried the team to a 7 wickets victory.
Brief scores:
MCA Colts: 144 all out, in 29.5 overs (Aatif Shaikh 31; Royston Dias 6 for 54) lost to Parkophene Cricketers: (overnight 64 for 1 wicket, in 17 overs) 146 for 3 wickets, in 43.2 overs (Vikrant Auti 50, Adib Usmani 42). Result: Parkophene Cricketers won by 7 wickets.
Payyade Sports Club: (overnight 219 for 8 wickets, in 56 overs) 227 all out, 60 overs (Akhil Herwadkar 64, Hersh Tank 39, Hardik Tamore 32; Shreyas Gurav 3 for 19, Ankush Jaiswal 3 for 78) lost to MIG Cricket Club: 229 for 6 wickets, in 61.1 overs (Kevin D’Almeida 91, Balkrishna Shirke 52*). Result: MIG Cricket Club won by 4 wickets.
As the season 8 of Architect’s T20 Championship Trophy (AT20) is about to kick in, Teams are busy assembling and prepping up for the tournament.
On Friday, 6th December the captains and few team members of each team (architect firms) joined the all team meet, where the tournament schedule was decided.
Very soon you would see the leading architect firms in action on a cricket field.
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Since many years, tournament like U12 Little Champs with the help of sponsor NATARAJ PENS has given a platform to young cricketers to perform in those parts of Mumbai where cricket tournaments are usually less conducted.
These are the young cricketers who are the future and every year we get to see some great talents and individual performances coming out. This year”s edition is no different and here are the updates from the Day 1 of the U12 Little Champs tournament.
Match 1-
Santosh Sports Cricket Academy vs Yuva Multi Sports Dombivali
Santosh Sports Cricket Academy won the toss and elected to bat first scoring 94/7 runs in 20 overs. Yuva Multi Sports Dombivali were all out for 86 runs in 20 overs. Aditya Rai for his gritty knock of 37 runs in 36 balls was declared “man of the match” while Aryan Rohan (21 off 27) and Parth Yohale (3/21 in 4 overs) also gave impressive performances.
Result-Santosh Sports Cricket Academy win the match by 8 runs
Man of the Match:-Aditya Rai
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Match-2
Titans Cricket Academy VS Hiranadani School and club
Titans Cricket Academy won the toss and elected to bat first scoring 95/5 in 20 overs. Hiranadani School and Club in reply were all out for 80 runs thanks to some tight bowling by the Titans C.A bowlers. The match also witnessed some impressive individual performances where in Samridha Bhat was declared ‘man of the match’ for his knock of 47 runs in 66 balls which included 5 fours. Samridha proved to be quite handy with the ball too taking 2/9 in 3 overs. Apart from him, Pawan Shrivastava’s quick cameo of 27 runs in 25 balls was one of the highlights of the match.
Today’s match played between at Union Cricket Academy between Santosh Sports Cricket Academy Kalyan and PAB cricket Academy Bhiwandi. PAB won the toss and elected to bat first setting a target of 146 runs for SSCA. Scoring 145/9, Union CA’s highest scorer was Shivam Gupta who made 47 off 65 balls. From the bowlers, it was Soham Diwate with 4/27 in 5.5 overs being the pick of the lot.
Chasing 147 looked like a cakewalk for SSCA, thanks to their star batsman Abhigyan Kundu who once again displayed his batting histrionics smashing 86 off 52 balls laced with 16 fours and 2 sixes. Abhigyan dominated the bowlers with ease while he got good support from Shardul Khanolkar who scored 26 off 58 balls.
Result: SSCA WON THE MATCH BY 8 WKTS.
Dahisar SC opting to bat first at Oval Maidan were all out for 107 runs out of which 51 runs were scored by their no.5 batsman Kunj Vora. Kunj scored 51 off 70 balls at a time when the remaining 10 players scored 56 runs amongst themselves. The bowler who proved to be too difficult to handle was spinner Seemab Khan from Rizvi CC. Seemab came up with excellent bowling figures of 5/24 in 11.5 overs which included 5 maidens to restrict the opposition to a modest total.
Rizvi CC in reply surpassed the 1st innings trail declaring their innings at 111/8 with Imran Baig (24) and Shantanu Naik (32) giving crucial cameos which helped Rizvi CC win on 1st innings lead.
Mumbai, December 7: Medium pacer Royston Dias produced a strong bowling performance to put Parkophene Cricketers in a commanding position against MCA Colts on the first day of their two-day semi-final match of the Eagle Thane Strikers sponsored 72nd Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2019, and played at the Police Gymkhana ground, Marine Drive on Saturday.
MCA youngsters deciding to bat first were rocked by the fiery pace from Dias who picked up 6 for 54 runs and helped Parkophene Cricketers dismiss the opponents for 144 in 29.5 overs. Aatif Shaikh was the only MCA Colts batsman who managed to score 31 runs.
In the second semi-final, Payyade Sports Club batted steadily to score 219 for 8 wickets in 56 overs against hosts MIG Cricket Club. For Payyade Akhil Herwadkar (64 runs), Hersh Tank (39 runs) and Hardik Tamore (32 runs) propped the innings. Shreyas Gurav (3 for 19) and Ankush Jaiswal (3 for 78) were the successful MIG Cricket Club bowlers.
Brief scores: MCA Colts: 144 all out, in 29.5 overs (Aatif Shaikh 31; Royston Dias 6 for 54) Vs Parkophene Cricketers: 64 for 1 wicket, in 17 overs (Adib Usmani 31*, Vikrant Auti 24*).
Payyade Sports Club: 219 for 8 wickets, in 56 overs (Akhil Herwadkar 64, Hersh Tank 39, Hardik Tamore 32; Shreyas Gurav 3 for 19, Ankush Jaiswal 3 for 78) Vs MIG Cricket Club.