Rocket CC after being put to bat first at the Oval Maidan were bundled out for just 83 runs in 24 overs which is a low score to defend. Apart from Ajinkya Kadam’s 31, most of the batsman failed to register their scores in double digits. The bowler who wrecked havoc over the opposition was off-spinner Omkar Maldikar coming up with envious bowling figures of 6/29 in 8 overs. Omkar kept on giving breakthroughs at regular intervals while he ran through the middle order of Rocket CC with a lethal hat-trick which made things worse for the opposition. Omkar was spot on with the ball as he kept on bowling at line and length which was difficult for the batsman to read. This was also the 1st hat-trick in the current season of Kanga Knockout 2019.
Stylo Cricketer in reply chased down the score in 21.4 overs and won the match comfortably by 6 wkts.
Mumbai: Bandra Heroes, led by Mumbai Ranji opener Jay Bista, handed defending champions Ghatkopar Jets an emphatic 68 runs defeat in the Mitsui Shoji T-20 League-Season-8 , played at Mumbai Police Gymkhana ground at Marine Lines here today. The feature of Heroes win was the fine performance- both with the bat and ball – by Shashikant Kadam, who scored 33 in his side’s score of 158 for six and then captured three wickets for 23 runs as the Jets were packed off for 90 runs.
Match– Bandra Heroes 158/6 (Shashikant Kadam 33, Jay Bista 31, Aman Khan 30; Pushkaraj Chauihan 3/32) bt Ghatkopar Jets 90 all out (Dasrath Chauhan 23; Atul Singh 4/28, Shashikant Kadam 3/23) by 68 runs. MOM- Shashikant Kadam.
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Mumbai Police City Riders vs Thane Marathas on 2nd May
Earlier in the morning. Mumbai Police after being put to bat first at the Police Gymkhana Ground managed to reach a very healthy total of 200/7 in 20 overs. Opener Mayur Sanap who is in terrific form with the bat smashed his 5th half century in last 6 T20 games as his form reminds you of David Warner’s consistency in the IPL. Sanap opening the innings scored a blazing 64 off 44 balls (5 fours, 4 sixes) while brutal hitting by Rohit Pol (42 off 16 which had 6 sixes) and Aiswarya Surve (28 off 11) at the middle order ensured Mumbai Police had a big total in hand.
Thane Marathas did provide a fight despite a sloppy start by the top order. All-Rounders Yogesh Pawar (44 off 24) & Iqbal Abdullah (47 off 23) at the middle order looked dangerous at one stage but Santosh Shinde (3/39) and Anirudh Mainkar (2/18) gave breakthroughs at crucial junctures as Thane Marathas reached a total of 175/6 in 20 overs.
Mumbai Police City Riders won the match while Mayur Sanap was declared ‘man of the match’
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Thane Marathas vs Shivaji Park Warriors
Thane Marathas after opting to bat first at Oval Maidan posted a total of 165/5 in 20 overs. 21yr old opener Mehboob Shaikh who trains under legendary Wasim Jaffer impressed one and all with a sweetly timed 50 off 32 balls while cameos by Sandeep K (47) & Yogesh Pawar (39) ensured Thane reached a competitive total.
Shivaji Park Warriors despite Sachin Yadav’s heroics at no.3 lacked any batsman who could give him support. Sachin scored a fighting knock of 70 runs in 51 balls but the 2nd highest score in his team was 28 by P.Valsangkar. In what was a thriller which remained exciting till the very last ball, Thane Marathas won the match by just 1 run as the fate of the match was decided by the last ball of the innings.
It was a close shave win for Thane Marathas while Yogesh Pawar for his all-round show of 39 & 2wkts was declared ‘man of the match’
Already hailed as one of the promising young batsman coming out from SVIS Stables, Ayush Jethwa doesn’t fail to surprise you with his performances and this time with a unique feat of becoming the only batsman in Kanga to remain unbeaten on 99*
Poisar Brother Sports Club opting to bat first notched up a healthy total of 203/9 in 45 overs. Jethwa was the highest scorer batting till the very end in what was a classy knock coming in 120 balls. The rest of the batters batted around him with Kshitij’s 37 being the highest score.
Errant Cricketers in reply managed to reach only 181/9 in 45 overs, Aman Tiwari who was the pick of the bowlers with 3 wkts also scored a gritty 33 while Aayush with 3/43 was also the pick of the bowlers helping his team win the match by 22 runs.
- Date-1st May
- Venue-Dadaji Konddev Stadium
- Format-T20
- Organizer-Maharashtra Majha Seva Sanstha and Corporator Vikas Krishna Repale.
Match 1- Sporting CC vs Datamatics
Datamatics team after being put to bat first were not able to create any ripples managing a modest total of 1001/9 in 20 overs. They had everyone chipping in with 10’s and 20’s but they lacked someone who could stitch a big innings. The bowlers did an impressive job keeping a leash on the batsman with Gurudas Shenoy (2/13 in 4 overs), Aiswarya Surve (2/13 in 4 overs) and Oninder Gill (2/16) being the pick of the bowlers.
Chasing a score like 101 is a mere formality nowadays in T20 cricket but Datamatics bowlers did not allow the opposition to win before taking away their 7 wkts and taking match to the 19th over.
Sporting Cricket Club eventually won the match by 3 wkts and 9 balls to spare while Aaditya Dhumal was declared ‘player of the match”
- Brief Scores:
- Datamatics-100/9 in 20 overs, Aiswarya Surve (2/13) , Gurudas Shenoy (2/13). Sporting CC-101/7 in 18.3 overs,
- Result- Sporting CC won the match by 3 wkts
Click here for Datamatics VS Sporting Cricket Club Match Full Scorecard …..
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Match 2-Positive Leap Management vs Salgaonkar Cricket Club
Positive Leap Management after being put to bat first mustered a total of 133/6 in 20 overs. No.3 batsman Anurag Yadav (30) and Ksitij Kanade (31*) were the highest scorers for their team while Paresh Ghanekar (2/18 in 4 overs) and Chetan Patil (2/26 in 4 overs) were the pick of the bowlers.
Chasing 134, Salgaonkar CC who were 3 down for 4 runs at one stage got back into the game thanks to the middle order and especially Karsh Kothari hitting a fighting knock of 35 ball 40 at no.6. In a match which became a last over thriller, Salgaonkar CC fell short of just 2 runs in the penultimate ball of the innings. The experienced bowlers of Salgaonkar CC consisting of Ajinkya Deshpande (2/27), Ketan Kharat (2/18) and Aditya Dhumal (2/25) in their quota of 4 overs proved to be quite effective as they helped their team win by a narrow margin of 2 runs.
Ajinkya Deshpande from Positive Leap Management was declared ‘man of the match”
- Brief Scores-
- Positive Leap Management-133/6 in 20 overs, Anurag Yadav 30, Kshitij Kanade 31*, Paresh Ghanekar (2/18 in 4 overs) and Chetan Patil (2/26 in 4 overs)
- Salgaonkar CC-131/8 in 20 overs, Karsh Kothari 40, Ajinkya Deshpande (2/27), Ketan Kharat (2/18) and Aditya Dhumal (2/25)
- Result- Positive Leap Management won the match by 2 runs
Click here for Positive Leap Management VS Salgaonkar Cricket Club Match Full Scorecard …..
After the match being reduced to 10 overs per side, Bandra Heroes opting to bat first at Oval Maidan went berserk over the bowlers hitting a massive total of 132/3 in 10 overs. Openers Manan Khakhar (39) and Jay Bista gave a flying start stitching 131 runs in 56 balls. Jay played his natural game which suits him the best i.e to attack the bowlers hitting a brilliant 85 off 36 balls laced with 11 fours and 4 sixes.
Shivaji Park Warriors chasing 133 were off to an equally good start but the only thing which came in between was matching up with the run rate. Sachin Yadav (42 off 24) and Parikshit V (37 off 27) gave a good start but SPW could not capitalize falling short of 38 runs.
Bandra Heroes won the match by 38 runs while Jay Bista was declared as the man of the match.
Young National CC opting to bat first at the SRT-2 Ground posted a total of 274/9 in 45 overs. They had most of their batsman chipping in with starts but it was left handed Omkar Rilkar coming at no.3 and scoring an impressive century. Omkar smashed 117 runs off 109 balls laced with 13 fours and a six as he took the game away from the opposition.
Defending a total of 274, Diamond CC were bundled out for 75 runs thanks to left arm spinner Akshay Ambike giving the batsman a tough time. Akshay came up with bowling figures of 5/25 in 5.2 overs as he did not allow any batsman to settle coming up with timely breakthroughs.
Young National CC won the match by 199 runs in what was a collectively good team performance.
Amar Padhye smashed an unbeaten 60-ball 117 to lead Axis Bank to a resounding 46-run victory against Aditya Birla Capital in a league match of Inbox Woods Corporate T20 Championship 2019, organized by Inbox Woods Event & Entertainment and played at the Venus Sports Academy, Mumbai on 28th April.
After the toss, Axis had made 227 for 4 in 20 overs. After losing the early wicket of Jatin, Capitals bowling strategy went wicketless for 78 runs in the next 7 overs, and even their most economical bowlers conceded almost 8 runs per over. Amar Padhye and Ravi, they produced a 78 run partnership for the second wicket. Whereas, again Amar and now with Omkar, they produced a 86 run partnership for the fourth wicket. In the death overs, Omkar scored a half-century just in 19 balls. From 38 for 1 in five overs, Axis Bank had made 227 for 4 in 20 overs.
Birla Capital were pegged back early in their chase of 228 with the dismissals of the openers inside the first half of the game. After the chase’s twelfth over, they had already lost three wickets, and the required run-rate was touching the sky. They were looking for a favorable partnership. Virendra’s 28-ball 45 would go down as a match-winning innings, but on this occasion, it only helped Capital avoid what could’ve been a massive defeat.
Amar Padhye of Axis Bank won the ‘Man-of-the-Match’ title. He smashed stormy century 117 off 60 balls, including ten fours and eight sixes.
Brief Stats : –
Axis Bank vs Aditya Birla Capital Match Full Scorecard ….
Best Batting Figures from Axis – Amar Padhye (117 off 60) and Omkar (50* off 19)
Best Batting Figures from Birla – Virendra (45)
Best Bowling Figures from Axis – Manoj 2-22 and Jagdeep 2-27
Best Bowling Figures from Birla – Vicky 1-31
At the Asahi Glass Cricket Ground Taloja, Navi Mumbai on 28th April, they played out perhaps the best and easiest final ever seen in a major tournament. SHM Ulhasnagar slumped to their last straight loss in finals of Friendship Trophy 2019. They first struggled to 116 for all out, and then saw skipper Jitesh Raut unbeaten wallop 61. This knock helped Rising Vision overcome a little-late wobble to secure a nine-wicket win. They won the championship final match.
SHM Ulhasnagar won the toss and elected to bat first. They face difficulty in negotiating the rival bowling attack and scored runs hardly and they amassed a low total. They lost two major wickets in first three overs. While, they were keep losing the wickets without any favorable partnership. Deepak and Simit produced a 24 run partnership for the third wicket. Vinayak Joil (4/9) was the pick of the Rising Vision.
While chasing, Rising Vision lost first wicket of Akash Tambe in 14th over. And they lost the first wicket after a strong partnership of 99 runs. Skipper Jitest Raut made the most significant contribution, scoring the quick half-century of his career.
Jitesh Raut of Rising Vision won the ‘Man-of-the-Match’. He smashed stormy 61 off 52 balls, including nine fours and a single six. Rising Vision won the hearts by the mid of 17th over, Vision won convincingly.
Apart from this, here’s the list of title winners.
Player of the Tournament – Ranjeet Patki (FCC Smashers)
Best Batsmen of the Tournament – Jitesh Raut (Rising Vision)
Best bowler of the Tournament – Vinayak Joil (Rising Vision)
Brief Stats –
Rising Vision vs SHM Ulhasnagar Final Match Full Scorecard ….
Best Batting Figures from Ulhasnagar – Kamal (29*)
Best Batting Figures from Rising – Jitesh Raut (61* off 52) and Akash Kadam (41 off 38)
Best Bowling Figures from Ulhasnagar – Sanjay 1-16
Best Bowling Figures from Rising – Vinayak Joil 4-9, Vishweshwar 2-13 and Aniket 2-20
Every once in a while you come up with some exceptional performances in cricket which just raises the bar. Kanga Knockout every year produces such sparks which makes you believe that Mumbai possesses some of the finest cricketing talent.
In one such match between Dashing Cricket Club and Glorious Cricket Club, Dashing CC after being put to bat first notched up a massive total of 514/7 in 37 overs. 192 runs were awarded as penalty for slow over rate. Ganesh Mohan opening the innings scored a fluent 103 off 97 balls hitting 10 fours and 3 sixes. The opener played at a healthy strike rate while he also got support from Rohan Golekar (45) and Talib Shaikh (73) as Dashing CC were in a commanding position.
Chasing a target which was almost impossible on paper, left arm spinner Vinesh Dusa ran through the batting line up of Glorious CC coming up with unbelievable bowling figures of 6wkts/5runs in 5 overs with 2 maidens. Vinesh registered the best bowling figures for a bowler who took a minimum of 5wkts in an innings in Kanga Knockout’19.
Glorious CC were bundled out for 50 runs as Dashing CC won by a record margin of 474 runs.
Amey Adkar, opener batsman of FCC Smashers, provided the steady start, and built an outstanding platform. A target of 133 always seemed easy for Smashers. Amey’s 64* off 43 powered them to a nine wicket respective victory against Cricket Club Of Dombivli in a 3rd place match of the Friendship Trophy 2019, organized by FCC and played at the Asahi Glass Cricket Ground Taloja, Navi Mumbai on 28th April.
Cricket Club of Dombivli won the toss and elected to bat first. They had made decent 132 for 8 in 20 overs. They face difficulty in negotiating the rival bowling attack and scored runs hardly and they amassed a low total. While, they were keep losing the wickets without any favorable partnership. Aniket and Yogesh produced a 39 run partnership for the eight wicket.
While chasing, Smashers lost the first wicket in sixth over. They lost the first wicket after a decent partnership of 45 runs. Amey Adkar made the most significant contribution, scoring the half-century of his career. Then Amey and Ranjeet responded with a 88-run match winning stand to put Smashers in the 3rd position. Ranjeet claimed 3 for 20 from his four overs and he also scored unbeaten 40. Ranjeet got Man of the series award in this tournament.
Amey Adkar of FCC Smashers won the ‘Man-of-the-Match’ title. He scored unbeaten 64 off 43, including nine fours and a single six. Terrific performance!
Brief Stats:-
Cricket Club of Dombivli vs FCC Smashers Match Full Scorecard ….
Best Batting Figures from Cricket Club of Dombivli – Aniket Desai (26*)
Best Batting Figures from Smashers – Amey Adkar(64*) and Ranjeet Patki (40*)
Best Bowling Figures from Cricket Club of Dombivli – Shrikant Balwan 1-32
Best Bowling Figures from FCC Smashers – Ranjeet Patki 3-20 and Sonu Jaiswal 2-26