Friends Premier League (FPL) saw yet another exciting game of cricket at Yashwant Nagar Ground, Mumbai on 7th Feb, when Spartans took on VFCL. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Spartans put on board 101 runs in 20 overs, courtesy Arnab’s brilliant knock of 42 runs. Pratik Patade was the pick of the bowlers who grabbed 2-22 in his four overs. His disciplined bowling efforts yielded wickets for him.
VFCL had an easy chase as they raced to the target in just 9.3 overs. VFCL was aggressive in its approach and looked to finish off the game as early as they could. Praful Tambe top scored with 30 runs and received good support from Arsalan Shaikh (23) and Pratik Patade (20*). Pratik Patade was the star performer for VFCL and helped his team to win the game in style.
A match winning all-round performance deserved to be awarded and rightly so was Pratik Patade was declared as the Man of the Match.
Indian Oil locked horns against Pratham Sports on 7th Feb in the final match of Chandu Borde Cup that was played in Pune. Pratham Sports won the toss and elected to field first. Indian Oil put up a handsome total of 206-5 in their full quota of 20 overs, courtesy splendid half centuries from Wasim Jaffer (62 runs off 52 balls) and Rohan Raje (79 runs off 25 balls). Both these batsmen remained unbeaten and were a treat to watch. They smacked the Pratham Sports’ bowlers all-round the park with delightful ease. Anant Tambvekar was the pick of the bowlers as he grabbed 3-27 in his four overs.
Chasing a daunting target of 206 runs was a Herculean task. Pratham Sports came out strong and played some positive cricket. Opening bat Swapnil Salvi top scored for his team with 71 runs off just 48 balls. He received good support from other batsmen and together they helped Pratham Sports achieve the target. Murtuza Hussain picked up three wickets in his four overs but went for a plenty as he gave away 55 runs. Rohan Raje and Rakesh Prabhu rolled their arms over to pick up couple of wickets apiece. In the end, it went down till the last ball, when Pratham Sports managed to score 208-9 in 20 overs.
Swapnil Salvi of Pratham Sports was declared as the Man of the Match and Rohan Raje of Indian Oil as the Man of the Series.
BG India locked horns against Akers Solutions on 6th Feb at BMC Ground, Mumbai in the on-going SP Champions League Inter Engineering Consultancy T20 Cricket Tournament 2016. The tournament is organized by SP Foundation Group under the able guidance of Prathamesh Mayekar, Sushant Keni, Dinesh Dait, Nilesh Raut and Basavaraj Patil.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, BG India failed miserably and were bundled out for a paltry 77 in 17 overs. Chinar Chaudhari of Akers Solutions rattled the BG India batting and finished off with unbelievable figures of 7-7 in his three overs. Opening bat Vaibhav top scored with 35 and received good support from Vishal who played well for his 25.
Chasing 78 runs was an easy task. Akers Solutions achieved the target in just 10.4 overs, keeping seven wickets in hand. Pranav (22) and Azahar (27*) helped their team to chase down the target smoothly.
Chinar Chaudhari was awarded with the Man of the Match prize for his excellent bowling performance.
The two big giants of Indian stock market; Idea and HDFC clashed in Mega Corporate League T20 match on 6th Feb at Western Railways Plot-08. Batting first Idea put on board a defendable total of 171-7 in their full quota of 20 overs. Javed (49) and Vikash (49) top scored and helped Idea cross the 150 run mark. Opening bat Amit also contributed with 35 runs. Manoj and Shikhar were the pick of the bowlers as they accounted for two wickets apiece.
Chasing a formidable total of 171 was a tough ask. HDFC managed to score 159-6 in 20 overs, thus losing the match by 12 runs. Ameya played well for his 47 runs, but failed to take his team home. After shining with the bat, Vikash rolled his arm over and picked up one wicket for Idea.
For his outstanding all-round performance, Vikash was rewarded with the Man of the Match.
Automotive and GEBS faced off in Mega T20 Corporate League T20 match on 6th Feb at Western Railways Plot-07, Mumbai. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, GEBS posted 151 runs on board, courtesy useful contributions in the middle order from Gopinath (47 runs off 43 balls) and Swapnil (26 runs off 17 balls). Laxman Manjrekar was the pick of the bowlers for Automotive as he accounted for 3-40 in his four overs.
The match went down the wire, when Automotive chased the target in 19.1 overs, keeping six wickets in hand. Laxman Manjrekar was in the limelight again as he scored a fantastic 78 off just 48 balls and helped his team achieve the target. Mangesh was the best bowler for GEBS as he finished off with the figures of 3-29 in his four overs.
Undoubtedly, Laxman Manjrekar was felicitated with the Man of the Match award for his wonderful all-round performance.
Thomas Cook took on Star TV on 6th Feb at Fort Vijay in the Dreamz T20 tournament match. Thomas Cook won the toss and elected to field first. Star TV was done and dusted for 130 in just 18.5 overs. Opening bat Mandar top scored with 35 runs off 34 balls and was only backed up by Pritish lower down the order, who scored a quick 30 off just 21 deliveries. Thomas Cook bowling was upto the marck, with Vivek Patil (3-22 in 4 overs) being the best bowler for his team.
Chasing 131 runs was going to be a cake walk and Thomas Cook didn’t let themselves down as they chased down the target in mere 15.1 overs, keeping eight wickets in hand. After the fall of an early wicket, Rahil Shaikh (42), Abhishek Hande (41*) and Vivek Patil (41*) played brilliantly to see their team home.
All-rounder Vivek Patil was rewarded with the Man of the Match award for his wonderful batting knock and match winning bowling spell.
Piramal Enterprise faced Capgemini on 6th Feb at Cross Maidan, Mumbai in the Milan 40 over cricket tournament. Piramal won the toss and elected to bat first. They posted 146-9 in 40 overs, courtesy an unbeaten knock of 31 by Stenly and useful contributions from Jayesh Shinde (28) and Shrikant Parab (28). Sai Kumar bowled exceedingly well for Capgemini picking up 3-18 in his six overs.
In reply, Capgemini completely outplayed Pirmala scoring 147-3 in just 17 overs. Vivekanand Ade (57 runs off 39 balls) scored a quick-fire half century and was well-supported by Aditya Mhatre who remained unbeaten on 46 runs which came off just 32 balls. Dilip Agarwal was the pick of the bowlers for Piramal as he grabbed 2-25 in his three overs.
Sai Kumar of Capgemini was honoured with the Man of the Match award for his fantastic bowling efforts (3-18).
Mumbai locked horns against Maharashtra on 6th Feb at MCA ground, BKC in the West Zone U-23 women’s cricket tournament match. Having won the first two matches, Mumbai was high on confidence when they came out to bat against a strong Maharashtra team. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Mumbai was bundled out for 211 just inside 50 overs. Opening bat-wicketkeeper Hemali Borwankar (79) played an anchor’s role and top scored for Mumbai. Mugdha Joshi (36) and Humaira Kazi (34) contributed in the middle order and helped Mumbai cross the 200-run mark. Devika Vaidya was the pick of the bowlers for Maharashtra as she finished off with the figures of 4-32.
In reply, Maharashtra got off to a good start, courtesy a 59 run opening partnership. After shining with the ball, Devika Vaidya (109) proved her worth when she single handedly took her team home with an unbeaten century. Humaira Kazi was the pick of the bowlers picking up 2-40 in her 10 overs.
Mumbai face Gujarat in its last match of the tournament on 8th Feb at Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana, Kandivli.
Transformers clashed against Chintamani at Yashwant Nagar Ground, Mumbai, on 6th Feb in the on-going Friends Premier League (FPL) T20 tournament. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Transformers set a modest target of 112 runs for Chintamani. Ganpat Warang top scored with 27 runs and received good support from opening batsmen Hardik Shah (20) and Amit Bhakti (25). Mihir Shah rattled the Transformers batting line-up with 3-26 in his four overs.
It was a cake walk for Chintamani to chase down 112 runs. They finished off the game in style in 16.1 overs, keeping six wickets in hand. Balkrishna Pujari (64) scored a wonderful half century and helped his team to achieve the target. Ganpat Warang (2-29) was the pick of the bowlers for Transformers.
For his brilliant match winning knock of 64 runs, Balkrishna Pujari of Chintamani was bestowed with the Man of the Match award.
GN Khalsa College faced Jai Hind College in the inter-collegiate cricket tournament match on 3rd Feb at Shivaji Park. Batting first, Khalsa posted a mammoth total of 411-5 in 42 overs. As Jai Hind could not bowl the full 45 overs in stipulated timeframe, Khalsa was awarded with 70 runs as a result. Aditya Suryavanshi scored a brilliant century (103*) and was well-supported by Viraj Chalke (83) and Rushikesh Padwal (61). A fantastic batting display by Khalsa helped them to put on board such a huge total. Dhiren and Aniket managed to pick up two wickets each for Jai Hind.
In reply, Jai Hind was bundled out for a paltry 93 in 28 overs. Jai Hind’s skipper Paras top scored with 40 runs. Viraj Chalke was the pick of the bowlers as he grabbed three wickets for Khalsa.
