As a skipper, Prasad Pawar no matter which format has been a believer of batting first rather than chasing, even in Kanga he was one of the very few skippers to opt to bat first. Parkophene batting first at Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana posted a total of 343/9 in 70 overs. Despite the openers falling out early, it was their young no.3 entrant Amogh Bhatkal impressing one and all with a brilliant 118 off 146 balls which had 16 fours and a six. Prasad Pawar (45) and Sagar Mishra (64) at the middle order played crucial knocks and were quite supportive to the youngster Amogh. Senior player Pardeep Sahu further chipped in with quick 35* lending that perfect finish to their innings. Pardeep who has been practicing a lot in the nets to improve his batting certainly looks a different & a improved batsman too adding an edge alongwith his stellar bowling abilities.
Islam Gymkhana in reply were bundled out for 183 runs thanks to a match winning spell of spin bowling by all-rounder Sagar Mishra. Sagar returned with bowling figures of 7/41 in 12.2 overs as Parkophene Cricketers went on to win the match by 160 runs.
Sagar since many seasons has been continuously raising his stakes as a must have all-rounder in any format of the game & he is certainly ringing the right bells for his selection in the higher levels of cricket teams & tournaments.
After putting Account General (AG) team to bat first at Karnatak Cross Maidan, AG managed to muster a total of 268 all out in 77.1 overs. AG could have been cleaned up for 100-130 odd runs had it not been their experienced campaigner Nikhil Patil Sr. coming up with a brilliant knock of 123 runs in 141 balls. Nikhil smashed half of the team runs hitting 11 fours and 3 sixes as he anchored his team towards a respectable total. From the bowlers, Yogesh Dicholkar and Vikas Meena with 3 wkts each were the pick of the lot.
MPBT (Mumbai Port Trust) team in reply were all out for 132 runs in 55.3 overs with Rajendra Pandit top scoring with 50* off 40 balls (6 fours). From the bowlers, it was their star performer Pardeep Sahu once again showing his brilliance with the ball taking 7/46 in 24 overs coupled with 5 maidens. As always Pardeep made life difficult for the batters with the ball zipping in and using variations to deceive MPBT batters & restrict them to a low total.
With a lead of 136 runs, AG in 2nd innings were all out for 182 with Nikhil Patil once again crossing the 50 run mark hitting a quick 31 ball 51 alongwith Swapnil Salvi chipping in with 41 runs. Vikas Meena with 5/61 came up with an important spell for his team which helped them make a comeback in the match.
Chasing 319 in 2nd innings when they were all out for 132 in the 1st innings. the odds were definitely not in their favor but Ramanprit Guman came up with a 4th innings majestic 118 which sealed the deal for his team. Ramanprit was also nicely supported by Kunal Chalke (56 runs) as MPBT went on to chase down the target winning the match with 1 wkt in hand. Pardeep Sahu was once again effective with bowling figures of 4/90 but MPBT somehow got the better of AG bowlers in the 4th innings in what can be described as one of the dramatic turnarounds & a memorable win for the MPBT Team.
Internal season started with a bang at Asahi Ground, Taloja. Behind the scenes efforts of Internal committee, and others those who were involved in making this tournament happen would have been really proud and happy to see what transpired at Taloja yesterday. All that nervous energy and anxiety of players was finally put to rest yesterday. Shouryas and Avengers locked horns in the first encounter. Being put in to bat, Shouryas were jolted by 2 quick wkts. Ankit accounted for Manish Patil first, who mistimed a lofted drive to mid-on. Hiren was also cleaned up Ankit. Ankit if gets going bowls good seam up stuff. Akilesh and Shrikanth started forming a partnership after opening pair left. Shrikanth was timing the ball superbly. A glide towards point was a classic shot by him, ball jst raced to the boundary in a jiffy. Akilesh played well for his 29, but was a bit off colour. He jst couldn’t, t get the big shots going. The wicket was 2 paced in the morning. Lots of movement for the bowlers. Rinat was swinging it like a banana. Lots of movement in the air and of the pitch for him. Rinat got Shrikant off a mistimed shot. Shrikant tried to loft one on the on side, ending up lofting ball straight up in the air. Patange took a nice catch to send back Shrikanth. Barring above 2 none other batsman from Shouryas could get going. Aniket hit Mangesh for a humungous six over mid-wkt, but Mangesh soon got him. Aniket tried to loft Mangesh over covers but ended up hitting a dolly catch to Vishal. Mangesh was pick of the bowler for Avengers, he lead frm the front claiming 3 wickets for just 15 runs in 3 overs. Outstanding bowling by him. Rinad was also rewarded for his bowling with a solitary but imp wkt of Shrikant. Ankit claimed 2 wkts and Virendra accounted for Prasad surve. Nana Mhatre bowled well conceding just 12 runs in his 3 overs. Target for Avengers was 100 runs.
With their batting line up it seemed a cake walk. But What I hv seen of Aniket as a captain, he is very strict and positive. I knew he would spur his team for a assualt. And his ace bowler Chetan Dunakhe got it bang on. Adwait and Nishant were both castled by Chetan. Sandeep Patil tonked Gandhi for 21 runs in 1 over. his knock included two 4’s and two sixes. Sandeep started to play his natural game. One thought this match could finish soon. But Chetan had other ideas, as he claimed the big fish. Sandeep played a pre-determined front foot defensive shot and missed, Chetan blew his poles. A very big blow for Avengers. As we all know by now, what damage can Sandeep do if he stays on the wkt. Well disastrous chase was on for Avengers. Chetans spell was a back breaker for Avengers. Classic stump to stump bowling by him. Aniket took matters into his own hands and bowled in power play too. He dismissed Prajakt and Virendra in quick succession. Shouryas didn’t allow Avengers to build any partnerships. Wkts fell on regular intervals for Avengers. Vishal Joshi tried resurrecting the innings with his 25 frm 29 balls knock and remained notout. Mangesh took on Shrikant aggressively hitting him for a boundary on on side. But Shrikant had the last laught as he castled Mangesh with a classic yorker. That was game set and match. Pradeep Anna’s spell was equally important in, Shouryas win over Avengers. He was bowling towards the end of the match. He bowled wonderfully well conceding jst 10 runs in his 2 overs claiming 1 wkt. PK,s injury was a jolt for Avengers. PK came into bat and tried his best to hit out, but Anna and Tushar Patil kept him at bay. Eventually Tushar dismissed PK. A great win for Shouryas indeed. Avengers are themselves to blame, barring Vishal Joshi who played well, no other batsman could stay on the wkt for long.
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Next up . Shouryas vs Falcons.
Falcons elected to bat first. The wkt by now had lost most of its sting and bite after 30 overs of play. Chetan continued his honeymoon by scalping Aakash for a duck. Aaksh tried to hit it out of the ground but it went high up in the air. Aniket took a gud catch. Steve offered sm resistance with his 15 ball stay which included on boundary. Chetan scapled him to, catching him in front of the wkt. A debatble decision by umpire as it looked like ball hit him on the thigh. Swapnil who came back to CCD this year, made his intentions very clear frm the start as he sent a knee high full toss from Hitesh out of the ground. Swapnil hit Aniket for a superb six over covers. Jst moving his hand effortlessly through line of the ball and the ball went miles over covers boundary. Swapnil was severe on Aniket who bowled so well in the first match. But the wkt as I said was getting better better with each passing movement. Bowlers found it hard to contain the batsman. Swapnil looked like he was gng to walk over Shouryas, hit a lofted drive at long off. It looked like a definite six as fielder on the boundary Hiren seemed not able to judge the ball distance properly, but he flung high with one hand and fell backwards. Every one stood still as Hiren rose frm the ground with ball in his right hand. What a magnificent effort by him, certainly on e of the best catches I have ever seen. An astounding catch, certainly international class written all over it. Swapnil stood still in disbelief and walked by dejectedly scoring 39 runs with five boundarys and 2 classic maximums. Pratik and Nilesh’s took reigns in their own hand after Swapnil left. Both played excellent knocks forming a gud partnership. Both played with similar strike rates. Pratik 30 runs of 25 balls and Nilesh got 26 of 19 balls, each hitting 2 boundarys. Both these batsman ran their 1’s and 2’s quite well. Their gud effort got Falcons to a total of 118 runs in 15 overs. For Shouryas, Chetan was again pick of the bowler with 3/1/6 and 2 wkts. Aniket and Tushar patil also took 1 wkt each. Vivek Iyer bowled well conceding jst 12 runs in his two overs.
So nice to see Prasad Surve up the order and playing. He is not fully recovered yet from his foot injury. But was really impressive behind the wkts. Vinay and Prasad got things going for Shouryas with a decent opening stand. Vinay hit couple of boundaries and looked like could get a big score but was brilliantly caught by Nilesh off Dinesh Patils bowling. Prasad Surve looked busy in his stay at the wkt. middling most of the deliveries. Its a gud sign that Prasad is getting back in his knick, certainly one of gud players from CCD. Dinesh cleaned up Hiren taking his 2nd wkt of the match. Haresh Mama in quick succession accounted for Prasad , Manish Patil and Ketan in his gud spell of 3/11 and 3 wkts. Top five of Shouryas batsmen where back in hut for 40 odd runs. The chase seemed was gng to be extremely difficult with so many wkts down. With increasing runrate per over, Shrikanth and rising star of CCD Satish took matters into their own hands. Soon this pair struck gold as Pratik more who is a gud bowler was at the receiving end. A disastrous and match turning over was bowled by him. An unlucky 5 wides started the over and from their on it was madness as four more boundarys came of that Pratik over. One shot in particular by Shrikant was classic as he came outside off stump and hit Pratik on the legside behind the wkt. Luck also favoured this pair as Dinesh took a great catch on the boundary but his foot was over the rope. Satish Devkate and Shrikant played out of their skins to get their team over the line. Fantastic partnership by these two. So it was two out of two for Shouryas as their main players played well when needed. Shrikanth, Chetan, Satish and Captain courageous Aniket should all be proud of themselves and their fantastic team.
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Last affair of the day saw Avengers take on Rafael’s, electing to field first stand-in captain Abhijit started proceedings with Maalak and Allwyn. The idea was to use lack of pace against Mangesh and Adwait who both like ball coming on the bat. Well the tactic worked upto an extent as both Mangesh and Adwait were dismissed inside the power play but damage was done as Avengers got 50 of first five overs. It’s my personal opinion that wkt was flattest for the last match. Nothing was happening for the bowlers. No moment in the air or off the wkt. Allwyn conceded 22 in his 2 overs and Maalak went for 33 in his 3. Dr. Aashish has certainly made a pretty comback to CCD. He and Vishal Joshi played as if both of them were having casual nets. Picking their spot where they wanted to hit the ball. Vishal played a classic square drive of me which almost went for the maximum. Vishal certainly has made middle order batsmen spot of his own. He runs his ones and twos and collects boundarys regularly. Vishal scored 41 valuable runs studded with 6 fours and and a 6. I was extremely luck to get his wkt as he hoicked one over long onn. The shot looked as if it will go for six but Devaa took a wonderful catch to end Vishals stay on the wkt. But after Vishals departure it was Dr. Ashish’s show all the way. Amazing innings by him. He carefully choose the balls to hit. In full command he hit me for a six and four in the same over. Same treatment for Abhi Parab, as Aashish walked down the wicket and hit him straight over his head or six and followed up with a orgasmic inside out shot over point. Superb batting by him. Aashish was supported nicely by Virendra who batted and bowled well. Certainly a gud player in making if works on his bowling more. Almost all Rafeal bowlers conceded ten runs per over. My figures of 3/35 and a solitary wkt was due to lack of indiscipline in the bowling certainly. Actually extremely good keeping by Swapnil Junior as he saved many fours on leg side off my bowling. Thank you Batlyaa. Devaa bowled well within himself for figures of 3 overs/28 runs. YM bowled a solitary over to claim important wkt of Aashish. Bowlers are certainly to be blamed here for leaking runs, but credit also goes to the batsman who compiled 163 runs in 15 overs.
Surprising mood in Rafeal camp was not sombre, the energy was high positive. Santosh and other players said, if they can, we also can score these runs. whole team was optimistic but deep down a a tiny midget of doubt of getting 163 in 15 overs loomed large. As I came back out of the ground many people heckled and laughed at me for my bowling (ofcourse in friendly way). Its ok I thought. And cricket is a great leveler indeed. Because what followed and happened during Rafeals chase will be talked upon by many in days to come. I m quite sure about that.
Not a good start to the chase as YM was given caught behind in a debatable decision. Santosh walked in, and as they say rest is history. Rohi and Santy just gave all Avengers bowlers an gud old pasting. What we can call as old style dhulai. The wkt as so easy to bat, Santosh was walking across his stumps and hitting wherever he wanted to hit. Some of the cut shots which Rohi hit were really really special. Rohi hit one six across the line on leg side, that shows the confidence with which these players played. Things were happening so fast Avengers didn’t knew what hit them. 100 was reached in 8th over. Rohi 39 in 25 balls with 4 fours and 1 six and Santosh 37 in 16 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes made sure that they brought their team with in touching distance of the target. Santosh played like a mad man on a mission. Aashish got Santosh caught on the boundary. and Ninad was runout for 9. Still almost 60 runs to get. Rohi fell soon. The chase was on but stared to get tense enough. But Devaa 15 balls – 24 runs with 2 fours and a humungous six took away any fight left in Avengers. Devaa is such an valuable asset for any team. Good batting, bowling, fielding and most importantly a positive attitude makes him a great asset for any side. Mangesh again bowled well for Avengers with 3/21 2 wkts. Ankit and Jadhav also got one wicket each. Avengers bowled well in thin patches but couldn’t contain batsmen from scoring freely. Last 3 overs, game got little tense after Devas departure. But new boy Shreyas hit Asshish for decisive boundary on legside. Great character shown by Shreyas under pressure. Abhijit also didnt rush and played smartly for the moment and not for the occasion. In the end Macchya hit a humongous six and won a famous win for his team Rafeal. Whole team ran towards the pitch to congratulate their batting pair on a famous, famous, very famous win. Confidence and positivity takes u a long way way.
Congratulations to all teams on making it a very action packed day. All the efforts of CCdians, coordinators and behind the scene operators should be proud of what they have achieved in making cricket more and more successful in CCD.
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Sangam Sports Club batting first at Oval Maidan declared their innings at 197/9 in 39.2 overs. They could have been all out for a very low total had it not been their opener Ravikumar Chaudhary scoring classy ton. Opening the innings, Ravikumar went on to smash a run a ball 101 which had 10 boundaries and lot of hard work running between the wickets. Ravikumar kept on rotating the strike and scoreboard ticking despite wickets falling at regular intervals. Spinner Vaibhav Sane with 6/55 in 11.2 overs was the pick of the lot.
In reply, Sportsmen CC Vasai were cleaned up for 66 runs all out thanks to a terrific spell by Nadeem Mohd Rafik Shaikh who came up with match winning bowling figures of 6/12 in 6.2 overs coupled with 2 maidens. It was on the back of Ravikumar’s ton and Nadeem’s excellent spell, Sangam SC won the match on 1st innings lead.
Mumbai, November 19: Lalchand Rajput XI dominated play against Dilip Vengsarkar XI on the first day of their 3-day opening round match of the 24th Shalini Bhalekar Trophy (boys’ under-23) Selection Trials cricket tournament 2019, organized by Mangesh Bhalekar in association with the Dadar Parsi Zoroastrian Sports Club and played at the MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy ground, BKC on Tuesday. The tournament is being conducted under the auspices of the Mumbai Cricket Association.
Rajput XI electing to bat first put up a solid batting display as the batters scored runs at a rapid pace and three half century efforts from Bhupen Lalwani (73 runs), Pranav Kela (73 runs) and Harshit Janwadkar (71 runs) boosted their first innings, which closed at a healthy total of 301 in73.4 overs. Vengsarkar bolwers Devendranath Parida (4 for 61) and Prashant Solanki (4 for 93) were the main wicket takers. The Dilip Vengsarkar first innings started shakily as they lost three early wickets with just 31 runs on the board from the remaining seven overs before close of play on the first day. However it was a fightback from Vengsarkar boys thanks to a solid 87 by Utkarsh Raut which pushed the team to 22/10 in 87.4 overs. Shreyas Gurav turned out to be the pick of the lot coming up with 6/103 in 23.4 overs.
In the 2nd innings, Lalchand Rajput XI scored 274/7 powered by Onkar Jadhav’s 73* & a 30 ball 61 by Tanush Kotian down the order giving a target of 360 to the opposition. Chasing a mammoth target, Dilip Vengsarkar XI were cleaned up by the magic of left arm spinner Shreyas Gurav who came with another 6 wkt haul this time conceeding mere 44 runs to reduce Vengsarkar XI to 105 all out.
Result-U23 Lalchand Rajput XI won by 224 runs
In the second match, Chandrakant Pandit XI were dismissed for 238 runs in 67.4 overs in the first innings against Jahangir Pithawala XI at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana I ground, Kandivali. Sairaj Patil top-scored with a knock of 77 runs while Monil Soni (35 runs) and Maxwell Swaminathan (34 runs) made useful contributions.
Aman Sheoran (4 for 62) picked up most of the wickets. Fast bowler Aman seems to be in terrific nick as he just came back from a scorching fifer in the Police Shield.
In reply, Pithawala XI made a massive 443/6 in 90 overs on the back of some brilliant batting by their middle order. Hardik Tamore at no..3 scored a solid looking 63 off 105 balls while it was Gaurish Jadhav at no.4 who top scored with 127 off 179 balls laced with 14 fours and 3 sixes. Chandrakant Pandit XI batted for 59 overs scoring 260/6 in the 2nd innings at the end of the game’s play where Pithawala XI won the match on 1st innings lead. In the 2nd innings, Sangram Bhalekar (102* off 191 balls), Agni Chopra 61 & Yashraj Malap 50* off 28 balls batted well for C.Pandit XI.
Earlier, Chief Guests, former Test cricketer Lalchand Rajput and MCA Apex Council member Ajinkya Naik inaugurated the tournament.
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VCA Achievers after being put to bat first at Varroc Cricket Ground in Pune notched up a healthy total of 161/5 in 20 overs. VCA openers in particular gave a solid start putting on 108 runs for the 1st wicket under 14 overs. Madhur Jethlia scored 52 off 49 balls (8 fours) while Rohit Rathi scored a quickfire 54 off 43 balls laced with 7 fours & a six.
Defending a total of 161, Super Kings failed to keep up with the run rate managing only 132/8 in 20 overs. It was an excellent job by the bowlers who kept it tight where in Ashish Sharma (2/19 in 3 overs), Kenneth Anthony (2/14) and Sushant Rathi (2/31) proved to be quite effective in providing breakthroughs at regular intervals.
VCA Achievers won the match by 29 runs while Rohit Rathi was declared ‘man of the match’
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LAISH United after opting to bat first at Varroc Cricket Ground, Pune were not able to create much of an impact as they were all out for 91 runs in 16.4 overs. HSBC bowlers were spot on with the ball not allowing batsman to score runs freely. Sandeep Lokande was the pick of the lot coming up with a game changing spell of 4/12 in 4 overs including one maiden which are some impressive numbers for a T20 match.
For HSBC Amigos, chasing 92 was a cakewalk as they sealed the chase in just 12.1 overs with 9 wkts in hand. Opener Ganesh Misal remained unbeaten on 32* as HSBC won the game by 9 wkts where in Sanjay Lokande was declared ‘man of the match’
SVIS opting to bat first at Azad Maidan simply dominated the bowlers amassing 761/4 in 39 overs out of which 156 runs were penalty runs. SVIS openers gave a solid start with Krishna Parte scoring 95 runs. Meet Mayekar coming at no.3 ensured the positive momentum was taken care of hitting a magnificent 338 in mere 138 balls. Meet went all guns blazing smashing 56 fours and 7 sixes as he reached his 300 in mere 118 balls. Ishan Roy batting with him gave good support for his 67 runs as SVIS were in commanding position.
In one of the most bizarre incidents which could have been witnessed in cricket, the opposition team of SVIS were all out for 7 runs and even those 7 runs were extracted through extras. In what could be a rarest of the rare event, all the eleven players of Children’s Welfare Andheri team were out on ducks. Alok Pal from SVIS came up with 6 wkts in his short 18 ball spell conceding mere 3 runs to handover his team SVIS a win by a record margin of 757 runs.
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CEAT opting to bat first at Oval Maidan posted a thumping total of 199/4 in 20 overs. Thanks to their talented batters who ensured it remained a batting feast. Bhavay Taneja top scored for CEAT scoring a swashbuckling 91 off 62 balls while Rupen Chaurasiya proved to be equally destructive hitting a 35 ball 64 as both the batters stitched a game changing partnership to push their team to a target of 200 for the opposition.
Defending a total of 200, CEAT’s strike bowler proved to be Ajay Mishra who came up excellent bowling figures of 5/1 in 4 overs. Ajay was spot on with the ball providing breakthroughs at crucial intervals which restricted ZEE TV to just 67 runs all out. Also the single run which he conceeded was through a wide. Ajay achieved a record of conceeding least number of runs to reach a 5 wkt haul in Corporate Cricket. In fact this is a record which shall be prevalent across any formats & levels of cricket in Mumbai.
CEAT won the match by 132 runs while man of the match award was shared by Bhavay Taneja and Ajay Misha for their outstanding individual performances.