MILAN T20 PINK BALL TOURNAMENT 2019-20, 18 January 2020 Mumbai : Abbott took on Orix India on 18th January 2020 at Cross Maidan. Toss won by Abbott and elected to BAT first.
After being 53-2 in 8.2 overs. Abbott’s No.3 Ishan Mithbavkar and Shantanu Chaudhari built the innings and Shantanu especially was the aggressor and dictated the terms to the opposition. Ishan played the cog in the partnership scoring 53 runs off 43 balls that included 8 fours. Shantanu mustered 9 fours and scored 61 runs off just 37 balls. The end attack was also served by a 12 balls knock of 24 runs off Sunil Lakka’s bat. With a cumulative effort, Abbott reached a score of 183 runs.
Orix India was up for a quality chase but the batting performance was abysmal on the day. With mostly single digit scores, it was difficult for them to fetch the runs and built crucial partnerships. They were bundled out for 86 runs only and in 13.1 overs. For Abbott, Pacer Sandesh Agare and left arm spinner Sandesh bhoir picked up 3-fers each. Abott players were agile on the field and they affected two run outs too.Other bowlers also yielded positive outcomes and overall, the Abbott side was clinical and dominating in their performance.
RESULT- Abbott won by 97 runs.
Click here for Abbott VS Orix India Match full scorecard …
Played between two big corporate teams namely Datamatics Global and WNS Global Services at the Goregaon Sports Club, Datamatics Global opting to bat first posted a total of 242/8 in 45 overs. Once again it was their young talent Yogesh Shinde who came up with a rescuing knock for his team scoring almost half of the team runs. Opening the innings, Yogesh remained unbeaten till the very end scoring a confident looking 120*off 135 balls laced with 13 boundaries. Yogesh in his previous game had scored 134 vs Food Corporation of India in mere 92 balls.
Thanks to some tight bowling by the Datamatics bowlers, the total was successfully defended with WNS getting all out for 201 runs. Left arm spinner Neeraj Singh with 3/49 was the pick of the lot while Ritesh Palav and Shashank Jadhav bagged 2 wkts a piece. For WNS, it was their opener Ajinkya Patil top scoring with a gritty 54.
The Automotive Cricket Cap Leaders Campaign which is much like IPL Style Caps has been kicked up a storm, receiving great response from the cricketing community across various corporate tournaments in Mumbai.
Cricketgraph team tracks individual performances of cricketers playing in various professional tournaments on a monthly basis and awards Orange Cap for maximum runs, Purple Cap for maximum wicket taker and Yellow Cap for the most popular cricketer based on facebook likes.
There were numerous entries across each categories and the competition was surely intense out of which 3 emerged out to be the winners in each category. Here are the winners…
Hitesh Gujar-Automotive Orange Cap Winner for the month of December’19
If there is one batsman who is making waves in professional cricket, it has to be Hitesh Gujar. Hitesh has been in tremendous form this season and he has scored some thrilling knocks showcasing his dangerous ability with the willow in his hands. Playing for DSP team in the Architects T20 League Season 8, Hitesh began the season with glorious knocks of 27 ball 45 vs Dynamites followed by a stunning 59 ball 101 vs HAS Challengers. If you think that is enough, well he also smashed a 68 ball 132 a few days back making it the 2nd hundred of the tournament.
Ajit Kalwar-Automotive Purple Cap Winner for the month of November’19
Ajit Kalwar who plays for Mahim team in the Shri Barku G Patil T20 league has been one difficult bowler to face this season. His spells of 4/9 in 4 overs with a maiden vs Airoli or his spell of 3/17 in 4 overs vs Tvacha are testimonies of his impressive as well as tight bowling. It is on the basis of his consistent bowling performances in a difficult format like T20 for bowlers that he was awarded the famed Automotive Purple Cap for the month of December’19
Sayed Siddiqui-Automotive Yellow Cap Winner for the month of December’19
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The competition was really heavy on who would become the Automotive Most Popular Player in Professional Cricket for the month of Decemeber’19. You can makeout by the fact that the top 3 Contenders had a net accumulation of close to 5000 votes!
However, Sayed Siddiqui seems to be enjoying a lot of popularity in the Professional Cricket Circuit as he became an unmatched winner with 2004 votes to his name! His closest competitor Tausif Khan did fairly well with 1139 votes to his name. Sayed has also been one reliable bowler and his performances for MPA Ithiad XI team in the MCA Thane tournament has been really consistent. Sayed had taken 3/12 in 1.4 overs vs MDF team followed by a miserly spell of 2/20 in 3 overs vs BMPA Team.
Automotive which is known for its various activities to develop grassroot cricket in Mumbai has tied up with Cricketgraph to felicitate cricketers and give them a platform of appreciation for their performances at the Corporate and Professional level. The winners will receive Automotive Vouchers worth Rs 2500/-, IPL Style Cap and Certificates for their performances. The top 10 winners in each category too will be awarded with Automotive e-vouchers worth Rs 1000/- .
AMPL-Automotive Manufactures Private Limited is a reputed business house which has made a name for itself in the Automobile Industry. For the uninitiated, AMPL is the authorized dealership for major automobile brands Maruti Suzuki. Automotive has been taking up various initiatives since many years in supporting & encouraging the cricket community. With Season II of Automotive Monthly Cap Leaders to begin soon, Cricketgraph will once again work hand in hand with them to bring a change at the local level in Mumbai Cricket.
The final of the Zooter’s International School Dad’s Tournament 2019-20 was played at the DY Patil Ground in Pune. JNS Jaguars went head to head with UTPAL Warriors for the title. JNS Jaguars won the toss and decided to chase in the final.
Put into bat, UTPAL Warriors managed a mere 115/9 at the end of 20 overs. The Jaguars bowlers bowled to perfect line and length and the UTPAL Warriors batsman never got going. Jairaj Bisht, the right arm fast bowler, took 2/22 from his 4 overs while Atul Ganeriwal took 2/9 from his two overs. The highest scorer for UTPAL Warriors was Asgar Khan who scored 29.
JNS Jaguars needed just 116 runs to win the final and got off to a flying start. Opener Bhaktiyar Irani scored a blistering 54* of 25 balls. His knock included 6 fours and 2 sixes! He was well supported by his opening partner Jay Pandya who scored 35 of 27 balls. This right handed duo scored 77 runs for the first wicket and the Jaguars chased down the target comfortably with 9 overs and 9 wickets to spare.
JNS Jaguars became the crowned Champions of the Zooter’s International School’s Dad’s Tournament. Bhaktiyar Irani was declared “Man of the Match” in the finals now for two years in a row.
Click here for JNS Jaguars VS Utpal Warriors match full scorecard …..
Lilavati Hospital after being put to bat first at the Dadaji Konddev Stadium, Thane were all out for a modest total of 106 runs in 24.5 overs. Most of the Lilavati Players found it difficult to convert their starts as Datamatics bowlers proved to be quite spot on. With 2 wkts each, Yogesh Shinde (2/11) and Shashank Jadhav (2/13) were the pick of the bowlers for Datamatics.
In reply, Datamatics chased down the score in 22.1 overs with Om Keshkamat providing a crucial cameo of 37*off 33 balls (7 fours). Om continued to play his natural game even though wickets were falling from the other end with pressure mounting on the team. Datamatics lost a few quick wickets in between but they eventually won the game by 4 wkts with Om Keshkamat declared “man of the match”
In probably one of the most awaited matches of the Purshottam Shield, two of the strongest and most powerful A Division Clubs took on each other at the iconic DY Patil ground in Nerul. After being put to bat first, DY Patil posted a total of 319/6 in 70 overs powered by a brilliant 181 run stand between opener Sumit Ghadigaonkar and no.3 batsman Srujan Athawale. Sumit scored a handsome knock of 80 runs in 111 balls while it was Srujan top scoring for the team hitting a fluent 109 in 113 balls (9 fours, 7 sixes). At the middle order, it was their reliable Siddarth Chitnis (60) & Subramanian Doraiswamy (42*) providing the finishing touch to DY Patil’s innings. From the bowlers, spinner Vinit Dhulap with 3/81 was the pick of the lot.
MIG who boast of an equally good batting line up were reduced to 205 runs all out on DY’s den spinners Pravin Tambe and Karsh Kothari proved quite heavy on the batters. The amazing combination of veteran Tambe (3/58) with his right arm leg break and the young Karsh Kothari (3/39) with his left arm spin once again worked for DY Patil team as they took 6 wkts between themselves. For MIG, Gaurav Jathar who has been in excellent form this season continued his form with a yet another half century scoring 71 off 97 balls.
DY Patil won the semi-finals by 114 runs and will lock horns with New Hind Sporting Club who defeated Islam Gymkhana by 9 wkts at the Dadkar Maidan on the same day. In the other semi finals, the star player was the experienced Bhavin Thakkar who took 3 wkts conceding just 1 run vs Islam Gymkhana.
JOLLY FRIENDS SPORTS MATUNGA 2 PREMIER LEAGUE 2019-20, 12 January 2020, Mumbai : Gladiator Cricket Club (GCC) took on Friends Cricket Club (FCC) on 12th January 2020 at Dadar Parsi Zoroastrian Cricket Ground Matunga, Mumbai. GCC won the toss and elected to FIELD first.
Top order batmen for FCC played their hearts out, Amit Agarwal and Irfan Panjwani initially steered the innings with caution then upped their aggressive intent also. Amit Agarwal scored a gritty 56 off 37 balls and Irfan scored a massive 73 off 43 balls with 10 fours in it. They passed on the baton to Akshay Jaunjkar who played a stellar innings of 76 runs off just 29 balls, he smacked the bowlers from ball one and remained not out at the end. He scored 11 fours and 3 sixes. FCC put up a massive total of 239 runs in 20 overs losing 3 wickets.
GCC batting show was catastrophic, the highest scorer was Sainath Kargutkar who scored 34 runs off 23 balls. Except Sainath, no other batsmen scored even a two digit score. Hence, they were bowled out for 73 runs in just 13.4 overs. For FCC, Harshal Khaire picked up 3 wickets for just 6 runs. Balarao, Mohit Makhija and Parag Jain also picked up couple of wickets each. Despite a good performance, Bala Rao was deprived of a well deserved hat-trick courtesy a catch drop.
Overall, it was a dominating performance by FCC team.
Result- FCC won the match by 166 runs.
Akshay Jaunkar was awarded Man of the match.
Click here for Gladiator Cricket Club VS Friends Cricket Club Match full scorecard …
JOLLY FRIEND SPORTS SOLO 2 PREMIER LEAGUE 2019-20, 11 January, 2020, Mumbai : Green Sole Titan (GST) VS AVM Yodhas (AVMY), match played at Khalsa college cricket ground, Matunga on 11th January 2020. Toss won by Green sole titan and elected to FIELD first.
AVMY Opener Sitanshu Kumar played at a gritty knock of 49 runs off 37 balls. Adding to his knock, Amit Manubarwala played a wonderful of 53 runs off 52 balls. The both had a partnership of 82 runs that shaped their team’s innings. With few other batsmen chipping in with small scores, they reached a total of 145 runs in 20 overs losing 7 wickets. For GST, Abhimanyu Khanna picked up 2 wickets.
GST’s top order performed well and at a point they were 56 for 3. No.3 Dhruvit Shah and middle order batsman Abhimanyu Khanna put on a wonderful partnership of 76 runs. Dhruvit anchored the innings and scored 31 runs off 32 balls. Abhimanyu scored a quick fire 61 runs off 27 balls which consisted off 6 sixes and 4 fours. They chased down the total in 15.2 overs losing only 4 wickets.
RESULT- Green sole Titan won the match by 6 wickets.
Click here for Greensole titans VS AVM Yodhas match full scorecard …
Played at Oval Maidan between Lakshadam High School vs Gokuldham High School, it was this talented bowler Vaarun Kadam who came up with an exciting spell of 6/18 in 14 overs (3maidens) which included 5 clean bowled and one caught behind to his name. It was on the back of his tight bowling, Gokuldham School pulled an easy win restricting Lakshadham School to just 77 runs all out. All-rounder Roneet Thakur with 3/29 was also quite supportive in the bowling department.
Chasing 78, Opener Utkarsh Yadav (24*) and no.3 batsman Roneet Thakur (29*) ensured an easy chase as Gokuldham School won the match by 9 wkts.
Vaarun Kadam who was also declared the “Best Bowler” in the recently concluded U16 Poinsur Gymkhana tournament seems to be on a roll as he will be one bowler to watchout for in the coming season.
In the match between SSA Strikers & Edifice Consultants Pvt ltd at the Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul, SSA Strikers after being put to bat first posted a total of 160/5 in 20 overs. Opening the innings, Chinmay Hatiskar went all guns blazing hitting a supreme knock of 92 runs in mere 62 balls (11 fours, 2 sixes). The rest of the batters batted around him with small cameos as SSA Strikers reached a defendable total. Tushar Koli with 2/22 in 4 overs was the pick of the lot for Edifice Consultants.
Edifice Consultants in reply could only reach a total of 143/6 in 20 overs, thanks to some tight bowling by the SSA Strikers bowlers. Opener Sumeet Vengilat (60) and all rounder Tushar Koli (42) did look dangerous at one point but it was Gaurav Koli from SSA Team who turned the game around with a miserly spell of 4/19 in 4 overs. SSA Strikers eventually won the match by 17 runs while Chinmay Hatiskar was declared ‘man of the match’
The Season 8 of AT20 has been nothing but exciting with every match giving you something to cheer about. This year, the tournament has witnessed some record quick centuries, some tight spells including a fifer to super over thrillers which has just raised the bar and quality of the tournament to a next level.