Bhooshan Kastur and Shreyas Pathak bowled very well in tandem steam rolling the opponents Anthony D’Silva school for mere 59 runs. Bhooshan took 3 wickets while Shreyas accounted for 2.
Balmohan top order took just 8 overs to achieve the target giving a huge win to Balmohan Vidyamandir Marathi school. Shreyas and Bhooshan showed their all round capabilities scoring 27 and 26 respectively.
Samruddha Bharat Sangh / SBS corporate cricket tournament came to a grand finish on 27 Dec 2015, Sunday at Purandare stadium, Parel. Final match witnessed two competitive teams Hindustan Times against Sodexo battle it out for the coveted trophy. Sodexo won the toss and elected to bat first in the all important finale.
However the pressure of the final match was handled much better by Hindustan Times bowlers who restricted the target to 101 in 18 overs. HT skipper Kawaldeep bowled his heart out at the end of the innings and finished with 3 overs , 21 runs and picked up 3 wickets. More notable performance was the accurate leg spin bowling display by Manan .K who bowled 4 overs allowing 20 runs and scalping 2 important wickets. Manan is that rare breed of leggies who also bowled a maiden over in a T-20 match.
When the going gets tough, tough gets going and rightly so HT batsmen made this small target seem like a mammoth task. HT lost quick wickets at regular intervals and were struggling at 74-5 at one stage. Opener batsman Yogesh anchored the innings by scoring 34 runs in 19 balls and was supported by Manan K by scoring a valiant 31 runs. Finally HT achieved the target of 101 in 17.2 overs and lost 7 wickets in the chase. HT was crowned the winners of SBS Corporate cricket league and Manan the man of the match.
All the scores and details of SBS cricket league can be checked here.
Winners – Hindustan Times Cricket Team
Coming into bat when his team was in trouble at 38 for 2 in the 8th over, Infan Lakhani not only got the team out of trouble but also scored at more than decent pace.
Thanks to Irfan’s brilliant knock of 83 off 48 balls (7 boundaries and 2 sixes) Avengers posted score of 164 for 5. The day belonged to Irfan as he took 2 wickets of SSA Strikers restricting them to 141 runs thus winning by 13 runs. Orange cap holder Hitesh Gujar’s innings of 65 went in vain.
Irfan was chosen Man of the Match for all round show!
Edifice Consultants played two back to back matches as part of the super 8 leagues last weekend.
Edifice won both their matches and their star player Mahesh Hirapara played a major hand in both the matches. In the first match against Sankalpan, Sankalpan chose to bat against Edifice. Antapurkar scored run a ball 49 runs. Sankalpan had lot of hopes on their star batsman Nakhwa who unfortunately was run out for 12 off 7 balls. Mahesh Hirpara took 3 wickets for just 14 runs. He was well supported by Jadhav who also took 3 wickets. Sankalpan innings folded for 141 runs 5 deliveries short of quota of 20 overs.
The chase was a breeze for Edifice as both their openers, Mahesh Hirpara and Koli scored brisk half centuries. The target was achieved in the 16th over. Mahesh was declared MoM.
The second match the next day was no different for Edifice. Different opponent but the same star who won the match for them.
Arch Mavericks won the toss and chose to bat. They posted score of 152 with opener Chondhe top scored with 42 while Khushru Irani scored 36. Thomas and Sarangan took 2 wickets each.
In the chase, Mahesh Hirpara was at his brutal best hitting 11 boundaries and 7 sixes in 53 balls 98 and he remained unbeaten. The target was achieved for second time in row in the 16th over. Mahesh won MoM award once again.
In the 6th match of OMTEX CUP 2015-16 Team PD Fashion won comfortably by 4 wickets against Team KCD group. Winning the toss and choosing to bat first Team KCD were reduced to 45/4 inside 11 overs due to excellent 3 over spell by Raja Oza (3-0-14-3). Rohit Patel failed to capitalise on the promising start & captain Hemang shah who scored 74 runs in the last match failed too , but patient knocks by two experienced players , Classy innings by Bhavin Shah 81 runs and steady 46 runs by Naynesh Parikh gave respectability to total and TEAM KCD reached 211 in 40 overs.
In reply chasing 212 Team PDF didn’t start well as they lost two wickets in quick succession of the bowling of Krunal Sheth, but for Team PDF it was all rounders day; After the set back the two left handers steadied the ship and stopped further collapse. Mayur Shah & Himanshu Baranwal gave good platform and stage was set for the today’s MoM Naynesh Shetty – who sting like a bee & played a responsible innings of 73 not out and was engaged in two crucial partnership with his fellow all rounders Himanshu & Maulik Doshi and reached the target in 33 overs & Team PDF lead by Nilesh Shah recorded the first victory and opened their account with 4 points In Omtex Cup 2015 2016 ..
Riding on an unbeaten 93 from his last match against Karnataka sports club, Vinit Indulkar demonstrated his prowess yet again by scoring massive 194 against Parel club.
Winning the toss CCI skipper Paul decided to bat first but soon lost 2 quick wickets. Scoreboard read 9 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. Parel Club joy was short lived since from that point onwards the entire show was managed by two CCI batsmen – Nikhil Patil – 133 (138) and Vinit Indulkar 194 (190 ). Vinit Indulkars innings were decorated with 24 fours and 2 sixes.
Together they stitched a partnership of 250 plus. Stage was then set for late hitting by Sujit Nayak who scored a blistering 95 off 67 balls.
CCI Posted a huge score of 473 runs in 70 overs!
CCI will now face DY Patil this weekend in the ongoing Purushottam shield tournament.
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Middle order batsmen Arjun Gawade and Mayuresh Shenoy stitched a beautiful partnership to help his team Subsea pro get out of precarious situation of 39 for 4. In the end Subsea managed a score of 138 runs in their allotted 20 overs.
Arjun not only stopped the slide but scored quickly too. He scored 42 in 28 balls while Mayuresh scored slightly patient knock of 33 runs off 23 balls staying unbeaten.
Sodexho chased pretty well but their top scorer Karan Bhujbal had to walk out as he was injured. And that hurt their chase. Subsea pro bowlers bowled tight line and lengths to restrict opponents 12 short of the target.
Kurukshetra cup organizers, Beyond infinity co-founders Rai brothers, Devashish and Piyush gave away the Man of the Match award to Arjun Gawde
Ravi Shinde of Axis bank played a memorable game against DTDC express limited in the ongoing Kurukshetra tournament. His knock of 86 runs off 47 balls not only derailed the DTDC express but also earned a bonus point for axis bank.
Batting first DTDC scored a decent 167 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. The main contributors to the score were Axis bank bowlers who showered a gift of 49 extras on the Christmas day. Second best score for DTDC was that by Gangadhar Ingole scoring 45 off 48 balls. Amar Padhye took 2 wickets for Axis Bank.
Amar Padhye and Ravi Shinde anchored the chase. Ravi was the aggressor hitting 9 boundaries and 6 sixes in his 86 runs and remaining unbeaten. Amar scored 40 runs. Virendra Yadav took 2 wickets. The target was achieved in just 17.2 overs, giving a bonus point to Axis bank.
Aptly Ravi Shinde was chosen Man of the Match. Kurukshetra cup tournament is organized by Beyond-Infiniti co-founded by Rai brothers, Piyush and Devashish.
Lohana holidays beats Vardaan Warriors by 2 wickets in a Low Scoring ..Nail biter at N L COMPLEX ground Dahisar. Winning the toss and bowling first proved to be a master stroke as none of the players of Vardaan Warriors could get going inspite of playing 38.3 overs and were bowled out for a score of 154 runs . Ravi Gwalani was the top scorer for Vardaan Warriors with a patient 48 runs of 85 balls along with ’43 EXTRAS’ being the second highest score . Ravi played the perfect innings required on this type of wicket , against some accurate bowling of Mitul sheth and Nikhil Dodhi who took 4 and 3 wickets respectively.
Chasing 157 runs to win Lohana holidays where 57 for 6 in 17.3 overs due to some good spin bowling by Atul Joshi who took 3 wkts for 15 runs and were staring at a defeat , but a crucial brisk partnership between Man of the match ,Deep Thakkar and Sachin parekh of 56 runs in 38 balls took the score to 113 runs in 23.5 overs & took the momentum away from Vardaan warriors. Few hiccups towards the end of the innings as Lohana Holidays lost 4 wickets within a span of 40 runs .However the tail managed to wag and sealed victory by 2 wickets and reached the target of 157 runs in 32.4 overs …to register the first win in their opening match.
Harshad Khedekar scripted a 47 run victory for E-Clerx against Mahindra Finance. Batting first E-Clerx scored on par score of 149 runs, mainly due to Harshad who scored 81 runs off 64 balls. E-Clerx lost only 2 wickets to the lone wicket taker, Rohan.
Mahindra’s innings never got going. Except for Sumeet Shinde who made 58 not out no other batsman showed spine against disciplined E-Clerx bowling. Mahindra could manage just 102 in their allotted quota of 20 overs.
Harshad was declared the MoM.