Oragnized by: Medmap Kaustub Pawar Cricket Academy
Elf Blasters after opting to bat first posted an impressive total of 271/8 in 40 overs. Kaustubh Thakur played a brilliant knock top scoring for his team with an aggressive knock of 72 runs in 62 balls (5 fours, 3 sixes). Apart from him, a quick half century by Abu Bakr Siddique who scored a 38 ball 52* (5 fours) further accelerated the team towards a good total.
Sanjeevani Cricket Academy chasing 272 runs were reduced to 200 runs all out with Sanket Kashte (38) and Bhushan Talwadekar (35) chipping in with 30’s. The bowlers did an excellent job of keeping the batsman in leash. Abu Bakar with 2/24 and Shubham Pandey with 2/35 were the pick of the bowlers in what was a combined team effort by the Elf Blasters to win the finals by 71 runs and lift the Emerging Trophy Cup.
Kaustubh Thakur for his anchoring knock of 72 runs was declared “man of the match”
The tournament was a good platform for budding youngsters where in lots of Ranji players as well as Mumbai players of various age groups participated in the tournament. In the finals, Vishal Dabholkar was invited as the Chief Guest at the tournament which concluded successfully.
Brief Scores:
SANJEEVANI CA VS ELF BLASTERS
TOSS:- ELF ELECTED :- BAT
1st Innings :-
Kaustubh Thakur -72(62) [ 4’s – 5 6’s – 3]
Abu Bakar Siddhique – 52*(38) [ 4’s -5]
Total :- 271/8 in 40 overs
Target : 272 for Sanjeevani CA
2nd Innings :-
Sanket kashte :- 38(52)[4’s – 2]
Bhusan Talwadekar :- 35(31)[4’s -3]
Abu Bakar Siddhique :- 6-1-24-2
Shubham Pandey :- 6-0-35-2
Total: 200/10 in 35.2 overs
Result:- ELF BLASTERS WON BY 71 RUNS
Snaps from the finals-
With the advent of latest technology now available in sports, it’s always handy to merge it with your conventional training methods for better results. Since decades, all the International teams whether be it cricket or football use various technologies where they can access their own performance, access their training videos and work on their technique. Video analysis also helps in improvement in technique and even if you wish to change or modify your technique.
Achievers Cricket Academy whose center is located in Sion, has added one more feather to its cap and this time it’s surely something which many academies will take inspiration from. The academy headed by Subramaniam Doraswamy has installed P/V One system in his academy to ensure the kids get the best facilities. With the help of such technologies, the facilities which were once used only by International level cricketers can now be easily accessed by one and all.
PV/ONE is a state of the art cricket analysis system, combining motion tracking and video analysis into one tool. Software Reports also include:
- Pitch-maps
- Stumps
- 3D Trajectory
- Front foot crease position
- Line
- Length
- Deviation
- Bounce
- Pace measurements
- Video Analysis
Every delivery is automatically available for each player to view via PitchVision App to share and help accelerate learning.
Head Coach Subbu speaking exclusively with Cricketgraph quipped – “With video analysis…any changes or addition in technique can be done & that’s the reason we have installed the P/V one system for our students to ensure their game improves furthermore”
SNAPS-
Cricket Club of India after opting to bat first posted a competitive total of 151/5 in 20 overs. Siddarth Jadeja at no.5 remained unbeaten on 41* off 29 balls top scoring for CCI while the rest the batsman came up with starts but could not convert it into something substantial. Vedant Gabhawala bowled a match winning spell of 2/24 in 4 overs which are impressive numbers for a T20 match. Apart from him Kunal Shroff bagged 2 wkts for 36 runs.
Chasing 151, PJ Hindu Gymkhana openers Maulik Merchant (41 off 31b) and Suhel Mistry (43*) gave a solid start while it was Megh coming at no.3 finishing off things for his team. Megh stitched a brilliant partnership with Suhel who was anchoring the chase coming up with a swashbuckling knock of 63* in mere 30 balls. Megh who is also the skipper led from the front hitting 6 biggies with 3 boundaries as PJ Hindu Gymkhana won the match by 9 wkts and 16 balls to spare.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana wins the finals of the 125 years of Hindu Gymkhana Celebration Tournament. Megh Adhwaryu who scored a brilliant half century in the finals was also declared “Man of the Series” Maulik Merchant was declared the “Best Batsman”. Dwij Adhwaryu who is also Megh’s brother was declared the Best Bowler. Shaleen Toshniwal from CCI was declared the “Best Fielder.
Snaps from the finals- from the PJ Hindu Gymkhana 125th Celebration T20 Tournament’19
Indian Oil Sports Club opting to bat first posted a total of 295/8 in 88.1 overs. Two of the most promising young prodigies-Yashashvi Jaiswal (65) and Suryansh Shedge (55) smashed impressive half centuries vs the bowlers senior to them.
Pinal Shah also came good scoring a fruitful 64 runs as Indian Oil were off to a respectable total in their 1st innings. Shashank Attarde 4/64 & Jay Bista 3/44 were the pick of the bowlers for Jain Irrigation.
Jain Irrigation in reply were all out for 247 runs with Urvesh Patel fighting it out scoring a gritty 80*. Senior Ranji Cricketer Rajesh Pawar who has 281 wkts to his name was the pick of the bowlers taking 4/69.
Indian Oil who batted so nice in their 1st innings received a stunning spell of bowling from all-rounder Dhrumil Matkar. The all-rounder bagged 6 wkts for 45 runs with his wily spin wrecking havoc over the batsman and restricting them for mere 127 runs all out.
A target of 176 was easily chased by Jain Irrigation where in they won the match by 3 wkts. Mansigh Nigade (48), Varun Deshpande34) and Faiz Fazal (36*) ensured Jain Irrigation crossed the victory line. Yashashvi who had scored 65 in 1st innings also came good with the ball bagging 4wkts even though the opposition team Jain Irrigation got the better of Indian Oil boys.
Shivaji Park Gymkhana after being put to bat first at Prabodhan Kridangan (Goregaon) took on the bowlers with great dominance posting a total of 234/7 in 20 overs.
Ninad Kadam who is known to be a clean hitter of the ball played an entertaining knock of 84* coming in just 32 balls. A knock which consisted 4 fours and 7 biggies which pushed SPG to a more than healthy total. The MIG bowlers were on the expensive side with Atish Gawand (2/43) and Nikhil Date (2/48) being the pick of the bowlers.
Chasing 235 runs that too in the finals of any T20 Tournament is very difficult but when you talk about MIG-a team which has won many titles this season ensured that they did not got deterred with such a massive total. After Swapnil Pradhan (37) and Arjun Tendulkar (28) providing a quick start, MIG did lost a few wickets in between.
However, Swapnil Salvi who has been dangerous with the bat in this tournament continued to impress one and all changing the course of the game with a pollard-esque knock of 71* in mere 20 balls. MIG who were needing an almost 100 runs in their last 7-8 overs thrashed the bowlers to every corner of the ground where in Swapnil smashed as many as 8 sixes and 4 boundaries while he also got support from skipper Kevin (30) and Gaurav Jathar who remained unbeaten on 28*off 18 balls.
MIG CC won the finals by 2 wkts and 10 balls to spare winning the T20 tournament in grand fashion. Swapnil was declared “man of the match” for his match winning 71*.
Salvi overall notched up 2 half centuries and 151 runs in the tournament while Shams Mulani from Shivaji Park Gymkhana was declared ‘man of the series” for his all-round performance scoring 108 runs and taking 4 wkts in 3 matches.
Brief Scores:
Shivaji Park Gymkhana 234/7 in 20 overs, Ninad Kadam 84* off 32 balls, Atish Gawand (2/43) and Nikhil Date (2/48)
MIG CC– 235/8 in 18.2 overs, Swapnil Salvi 71* off 20 balls, Siddarth Kotak-2/26 in 3 overs
Result– MIG CC won the match by 2 wkts
Snaps-from MIG Team after winning
Anand Surve’s 59 off 40 powered Orange Advertising to a 66 runs victory against Lupin Ltd. in a round match of the Pulse Honesty White Ball Corporate T20 League 2018-19, organized by Pulse Sports Entertainment Event and played at the Oval Maidan, Churchgate, Mumbai on 7th April.
After the toss, Orange Advertising had made indefensible 146 for 5 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 favourable partnership. Rishi and Anand were good at the pitch.
Lupin Ltd. ‘ Rohan batted in scoring 26 runs but unfortunately they received no support from the other batters. They lost two wickets in 14th over. Adil, Anand and Rishi struck twice as the Lupin collapsed from 40 for 2 to 80 all out in pursuit of 147 in 20 overs. Salman Khan also took 3 wickets for the Orange Advertising.
Anand Surve of Orange Advertising won the ‘Man-of-the-Match’ title. He smashed sensible 59 off 40 balls, including seven fours and two sixes. This performance was full of energy and strong dedication. And he also took two wickets for his team.
Match : – Orange Advertising vs Lupin Ltd.
Best Batting Figures from Orange – Anand Surve (59 off 40) and Rishi (45 off 39)
Best Batting Figures from Lupin – Rohan (26)
Best Bowling Figures from Orange – Salman 3-16, Anand 2-19, Rishi 2-12 and Adil 2-16
Updates of other matches:-
Match :- DBS Bank India (96/10) vs Turner (100/1)
Man of the Match: Jigar Soni (Turner)
Best Batting Figures from DBS Bank – Ram (38)
Best Batting Figures from Turner – Jigar Soni (73* off 36)
Best Bowling Figures from DBS Bank – Nilesh 1-21
Best Bowling Figures from Turner- Jigar Soni 5-16 and Pritesh 2-20
BPCL after opting to bat first were in a huge shock after getting all out for mere 69 runs in 1st innings. Central Railway bowlers did an excellent job in rattling a prolific line up of BPCL in a two digit total. All-rounder Manish Rao with 3/29 was the pick of the bowlers.
Central Railway Sports Assn. in reply received a equal fightback from the BPCL bowlers where they eventually declared their innings at 134/9 not giving the pleasure of ‘all-out’ tag to the BPCL bowlers. Sylvester D Souza came up with an impressive spell taking a brilliant 5/61 along with Shivam Malhotra’s 3wkts.
BPCL in the 2nd innings came back hard with the bat notching up 333 runs on the board with Aakarshit Gomel scoring a classy 114 off 213 balls laced with 15 boundaries. This was Gomel’s 1st ton for BPCL but overall he has scored a good amount of reasons this season across all the tournaments.
Uday Kaul scored a gritty 54 while Akhil Herwadkar came good with a solid 57 as BPCL found some base in 2nd innings. Vidyadhar Kamat with 5/87 was the pick of the bowlers coming up with an accurate bowling spell.
Central Railway were 68 for no loss with opener Gandhar Bhatwadekar batting on 37* when the match ended on 3rd day. Central Railway won the match on 1st innings while it was surely a good comeback by the BPCL boys in the 2nd innings. A day or two more in the game could have surely made the competition intense and it would have been interesting to see Central Railway chasing.
JP Pandya’s 72 off 44 and Anuwadia’s 89 off just 42 powered Vinayak Marine Services to a 65 runs big victory against Titans in a round match of the Masters Cup T20 (Cyan) 2018-19, organized by Oneworld Corp and played at the Vengsarkar Academy Ground Mahul, Chembur, Mumbai on 6th April.
After the toss, Vinayak Marine Services had made massive 206 for 8 in 20 overs. They didn’t face any difficulty in negotiating the rival bowling attack and scored runs freely and they amassed a huge total, and they also produced a strong 165 run partnership for the first wicket. While, the 15th over was a tough time to travel, as they lost 2 major wickets in this over, both the set opener-batsman. They also lost two of them in 18th over. Last six overs of this inning went good for the Titans. Titans’ bowlers took 8 wickets during the death overs. From 165 for 1 in 14 overs, Vinayak Marine services had made 206 for 8 in 20 overs.
Titans’ Raghuvansh batted in scoring 32 runs but unfortunately they received no support from the other batters. Opening was extremely unappreciative and they also lost two wickets in 14th over. Jay Pandya took five as the Titans collapsed from 97 for 4 to 141 for 9 in pursuit of 207 in 20 overs.
Jay Pandya of Vinayak Marine Services won the ‘Man-of-the-Match’ title. He smashed sensible 72 off 44 balls, including eleven fours and a single six. And he also took five wickets. This performance was full of energy and strong dedication. What else you want? Brilliance, Superb!
Brief Stats :-
Match :- Vinayak Marine Services vs Titans
Best Batting Figures from Vinayak Marines Services – Jay Pandya (72 off 44) and Anuwadia (89 off 42)
Best Batting Figures from Titans – Raghuvansh (32)
Best Bowling Figures from Vinayak Marine Services – Jay Pandya 5-19
Best Bowling Figures from Titans- Abhimanyu 4-23
Updates of Other matches :-
Match :- JSW Steel (151/10) vs Osian’s Cricket Club (155/4)
Result :- Osian’s Cricket Club won by 6 wicket
Man of the Match:- Viral Somaiya (Osian’s Cricket Club)
Best Batting Figures from JSW Steel – Samir Patil (58 off 39)
Best Batting Figures from Osian’s Cricket Club – Kamran Ahmed (57 off 39) and V Shah (46 off 19)
Best Bowling Figures from JSW Steel – Dinesh 3-32
Best Bowling Figures from Osian’s Cricket Club- Viral Somaiya 5-23 and V Shah 3-23
The tournament which has witnessed some amazing talents coming out and some thriller matches ensured the finals between Ruparel and Khalsa was as exciting as the tournament has been.
Khalsa college after batting first this time suffered a batting collapse with their scoreboard reading 43/5 and 55/6 at one stage. However, Bhavya Taneja who came at no.7 went on to resurrect the innings with a 33ball 32*. Bhavay also received excellent support Aditya S who scored 20 runs at no.8 and Aditya Khanvilkar who gave the finishing touch with a 15 ball 34* (1 six, 6 fours) playing a cameo at the bottom of the innings reminding everyone of Hardik Pandya! It was the crucial partnership by the lower order which helped Khalsa stay in the game reaching a total of 134/7 in 20 overs.
A target of 135 is mostly a formality in the T20 Format nowadays but Khalsa bowlers gave a tough fight not allowing the Ruparel boys to free their arms. Manal Kawle was the lone warrior for Ruparel scoring an impressive half century off 46 balls at a time when his mates were struggling from the other end. From Khala- all-rounder Bhavay Taneja (2/23 in 4 overs), Shouryan (1/19 in 4 overs) and Aatif Shaikh (0/5 in 2 overs) came up with excellent spells restricting Ruparel College to 127/8 in 20 overs.
GN Khalsa college won the finals by 7 runs and with this they clinch their maiden title of Redbull InterCollege T20 Tournament’ 2019.
Brief Scores: Khalsa College (134/7 in 20 overs), Bhavay Taneja 32* off 33b, Aditya K-34* off 15 balls . Jayesh Mhatre-2/19 in 4 overs, Kedar S-2/23 in 4 overs
Ruparel College-127/8 in 20 overs, Manal Kawle-50 off 46b, Bhavay (2/23 in 4 overs), Shouryan (1/19 in 4 overs) and Aatif Shaikh (0/5 in 2 overs)
Result- Khalsa College won the match by 7 runs
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In the semi-finals, Khalsa’s dependable opener Japjeet Singh Randhawa had single handedly finished off the chase scoring a brilliant 100* off 64 balls in the semi-finals continuing his consistent run scoring spree 🏏😊 At one point Khalsa needed 92 runs in 7 overs but Japjeet changed gears and took care of the chase!
Pratap K’s 72 off 42 powered WNS B to a 114 runs big victory against Cactus Communication Pvt Ltd in a round match of the Dreamz Champions Trophy Regular White Ball 2018-19, organized by Dreamz Sports and played at the MB Union, Cross Maidan, Churchgate, Mumbai on 6th April.
After the toss, WNS B had made massive 206 for 6 in 20 overs. They didn’t face any difficulty in negotiating the rival bowling attack and scored runs freely and they amassed a huge total, and they also produced a 99 run partnership for the second wicket after losing the early first wicket in a very second over. While, the 17th over was a tough time to travel, as they lost 2 major wickets in this over, Pratap and Anurag.
Cactus Communications’ opener Rishikesh scored unbeaten 23 and Omkar batted in scoring 33 runs but unfortunately they received no support from the other batters. They lost three wickets in 14th over and two in 15th over. Rahul and Loukik struck twice as the Cactus collapsed from 64 for 2 to 92 for 9 in pursuit of 207 in 20 overs. Bhavesh also took 4 wickets for the WNS B.
Pratap Kavadi of WNS B won the ‘Man-of-the-Match’ title. He smashed sensible 72 off 42 balls, including five fours and four sixes. This performance was full of energy and strong dedication. But according to me, this decision was very unfair for the Bhavesh Pawar’s all-round unimaginable performance. He scored 47 runs and also took 4 wickets. Isn’t it impressive?..!
Brief Stats:-
WNS B vs Cactus Communications Pvt Ltd
Best Batting Figures from WNS B – Pratap Kavadi (72 off 42) and Bhavesh Pawar (47 off 38)
Best Batting Figures from Cactus – Omkar Surve (33 off 29)
Best Bowling Figures from WNS B – Bhavesh Pawar 4-3, Rahul 2-17 and Louiik 2-27
Best Bowling Figures from Cactus – Manish 3-37
Updates of Other Matches:-
Match: Macleods (130/10) vs Pidlite (109/10)
Man of the Match: Guru Gawad (Macleods)
Best Batting Figures from Macleods – Kiran (29 off 26)
Best Batting Figures from Pidlite – Abhishek (31 off 27)
Best Bowling Figures from Macleods – Guru Gawad 5-22
Best Bowling Figures from Pidlite- Abhishek 3-12
Match:. Morgan Stanley (120/0) vs MTM Ship Management (119/8)
Man of the Match:- Kshitij Iyenger (Morgan Stanley)
Best Batting Figures from MTM Ship – Amol (28* off 21)
Best Batting Figures from Morgan Stanley – Kshitij Iyenger (65 off 22) and Pratahmesh (40* off 29)
Best Bowling Figures from Morgan Stanley- Sushil 3-22
