In the Quarter finals vs Andhra, Mumbai team batting posted a total of 256/10 in 90 overs. After a shaky start at the top of the order, it was Musheer Khan at no.4 and Ayush Jethwa at no.5 stitching a crucial 63 run stand. Musheer scored a solid 50 off 86 balls while Ayush Jethwa once again relished the pressure smashing a gorgeous 128 off 231 balls. An innings of substance, resistance and patience as jethwa smashed 19 fours and 3 sixes to push his team towards a defendable total.
Andhra in reply were reduced to mere 54 runs all out thanks to an excellent spell by Musheer Khan who came up with a yet another fifer. Young Musheer bamboozled batsman with his spin taking 5/11 in 8 overs coupled with 5 maidens.
Mumbai in the 2nd innings scored 230 runs giving a total target of 432 runs to Andhra to which Andhra were bundled out again for 91 runs in their 2nd innings with this time left arm spinner Anurag Singh proving to be the game changer taking 5/27 in 10 overs. Musheer was effective in the 2nd innings too chipping in with 3/22 as Mumbai won the game by 341 runs and qualify for the semi finals of Vijay Merchant Trophy’19.
Sind SC opting to bat first at Sunder CC, Cross Maidan were all out for 218 runs in 45.2 overs. Left-handed opener Akhil Rajput who is known for his swashbuckling batting top scored with 74 runs off 84 balls (12 fours).
On the other hand, Atif Attarwala from Payyade SC was the pick of the bowlers coming up with an important spell of 5/34 in 9 overs including 2 maidens. Things are finally working out for Atif who recently got selected for the Mumbai team too while his pace and fitness has also witnessed a positive leap since the last few seasons.
Chasing 219 was a mere formality for the Payyade’s batting line up as they chased down the score in under 15 overs. Openers Hersh Tank (33 off 16) and Akhil Herwadkar (20 off 10) set the tone followed by a 19 ball 45 by Parag Khanapurkar at no.3. The stage was set up for the fiery sarfaraz to finish the game in style and he did it with quite some style not only ringing in the fastest half century of this year’s police shield but also going on to score a blazing 85* off mere 35 balls as Payyade SC scored a record 271/7 in just 17.5 overs winning the match on 1st innings lead.
KRP XI batting first mustered a total of 153/10 in their 1st innings where in Padmanabhan Mudaliar top scored with a gritty 53 at a time when most of the batters failed to convert their starts. From Mangrol SC, Narendra Ambavkar was impressive coming up with a fifer taking 5/33 while he got good support from Rohit Bhere who took 3 wkts.
Thanks to Anuj Bhosle and Nitin Surve’s tight bowling, Mangrol SC were all out for 75 runs. Anuj came up with match winning bowling figures of 5/16 while the experienced Nitin Surve who took a 8 wkt haul in his previous outing once again came good taking 4/33 ensuring a win on 1st innings for KRP XI.
MILAN MEGA CORPORATE LEAGUE: The match between Lintas and spartan web solution was played at cross maidan on 30th November, the toss was won by Spartan web solution and they elected to field first which interestingly sufficed Linta’s desire to bat first. The match was organized by Milan cricket club.
The pitch was a batting deck and conditions were perfect for a batting exhibition, rightfully so the two openers of Lintas Vaibhav tyagi and Varun Sabharwal grabbed the opportunity with both hands, Varun went all guns blazing and vaibhav played the second lead, varun carried his bat through the innings mustering a brilliant 116* off only 74 runs which consisted of 19 fours, to his name and vaibhav scored 51 off 43 balls. They put up a score of 186/1 on the board at the end of 20 overs.
Spartan web solution had a huge mountain to climb but despite all attempts they fell short. Rohit kumar, middle order batsman, scored a gritty knock of 51 off 30 balls. Leaving aside 3 batsman all other had single figure scores and inconsistency cost them the match. Having a cushion of 186 runs gave the Lintas the opportunity to experiment with the bowling options, they used 8 different bowlers and the pick of them was left arm orthodox bowler, Vicky Bhatia who picked up 3 scalps. They bowled out Spartan web solution for 133 runs in 17.1 overs.
Result – Lintas won by 44 runs.
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Mumbai, December 5: Lalchand Rajput XI emerged champions of the 24th Shalini Bhalekar Trophy (boys’ under-23) Selection Trials cricket tournament 2019, organized by Mangesh Bhalekar in association with Dadar Parsi Zoroastrian (DPZ) Sports Club and conducted under the auspices of the Mumbai Cricket Association.
The third and final round 3-day match, between Rajput XI and Chandrakant Pandit XI finished in a draw at the Cricket Club of India ground on Thursday.
In the second match, Jahangir Pithawala XI scored an outright 8-wicket win against Dilip Vengsarkar XI and picked up five valuable points at the DPZ ground, Dadkar Maidan. Ashay Sardesai from Dlip Vengsarkar XI top scored in the 2nd innings scoring 114 off 187 balls coming at no.3.
From U23 Jehangir Pithawala team, Hardik Tamore scored the fastest ton of this year’s Shalini Bhalekar tournament bringing his unbeaten 100* in mere 60 balls while opener Gaurish Jadhav scored 114* off 136 balls. Gaurish also stiteched a 129 run stand with his opening partner Bhavay Taneja who scored a solid 70 off 90 balls.
Rajput XI earned three points on the basis of better (run/wicket) quotient and they finished with a tally of 11 points and lifted the title. Pithawala XI with eight points finished second and claimed the runners-up prize. Pandit XI were third with five points and Vengsarkar XI without a single points were last.
Brief scores: Dilip Vengsarkar XI – 1st innings: 134 all out, in 27.3 overs & 2nd innings: 295 all out, in 73.3 overs lost to Jahangir Pithawala XI – 1st innings: 137 all out, in 35.3 overs & 2nd innings: 293 for 2 wickets, in 48.4 overs (Gaurish Jadhav 114*, Hardik Tamore-100*, Bhavay Taneja 70)
Lalchand Rajput XI – 1st innings: 570 for 6 wickets declared, in 140.5 overs Vs Chandrakant Pandit XI – 1st Innings: (overnight 80 for no loss, in 23 overs) 255 for 8 wickets, in 66 overs (Srujan Athawale 135, Sangram Bhalekar 78; Jayesh Pokhre 4 for 14). Match drawn, Rajput XI awarded 3 points on basis of better (run/wicket) quotient.
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Top 3 Run Scorers-
Pranav Kela {Lalchand Rajput team) – 401 runs in 4 innings @173.50
Srujan Athawale {Chandrakant Pandit Team)-328 runs in 5 innings @65.60
Rudra Dhanday {Dilip Vengsarkar Team)-309 runs in 5 innings @87.78
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Top 3 Wicket-takers
Tanush Kotian (Lalchand Rajput Team)- 12 wkts in 5 innings @19.00
Shreyas Gurav (Lalchand Rajput Team)-12 wkts in 2 innings @12.00
Anjdeep Lad (Chandrakant Pandit Team)-10 wkts in 4 innings @21.00
Valuable Sports Club opting to bat first at Oval Maidan posted a modest total of 159/10 in 47.5 overs. Reliance bowlers did a good job with the ball making most of the batsman struggle. Mayuresh Tandel was excellent with the ball coming up with envious bowling figures of 5/39 in 11 overs. Mayuresh was spot on with the ball providing timely breakthroughs while Nishant also chipped in with 3 wkts.
Defending a low total of 160, the pressure was obviously more on Valuable SC bowlers. However, spinner Prathamesh Golatkar turned the tables for his team coming up with match winning bowling figures of 6/29 in 9 overs with 2 maidens. Deepak Singh with 3/29 was also quite supportive as Reliance Group SC were bundled out for mere 97 runs in 35 overs.
Prathamesh who has been amongst the wickets even in Kanga since last few years continues to bring in his experience in the Times Shield providing his team a memorable win defending a low total.
Mumbai, 4th December, 2019 : A confident cameo innings from Pranav Kela who cracked an unbeaten double ton (200 not out) and combined with the unbeaten century effort from Jayesh Pokhare (100 not out) boosted the Lalchand Rajput first innings total to 570 for 6 wickets declared, in 140.5 overs against Chandrakant Pandit XI on the second day of their 3-day third round league match of the 24th Shalini Bhalekar Trophy (boys’ under-23) Selection Trials cricket tournament 2019, organized by Mangesh Bhalekar in association with the Dadar Parsi Zoroastrian (DPZ) Sports Club and played at the DPZ ground, Dadkar Maidan, on Wednesday.
The tournament is being conducted under the auspices of the Mumbai Cricket Association.
Besides the substantial knocks from Kela and Pokhare the others who also made contributions with the bat was Bhupen Lalwani (61 runs), Siddharth Akre (92 runs) and Tanush Kotian (50 runs) which swelled their total. Shadab Khan (3 for 126) was the most successful Pandit XI bowler.
In reply, Pandit XI scored 80 for no loss, in 23 overs in their first innings.
Brief scores :
Dilip Vengsarkar XI – 1st innings : 134 all out, in 27.3 overs (Chinmay Sutar 39; Aman Sheoran 3 for 56, Saurabh Satelkar 3 for 32, Atharva Chavan 3 for 29) & 2nd innings : 295 all out, in 73.3 overs (Ashay Sardesai 114, Utkarsh Raut 57, Omkar Mandrekar 34; Apoorva Kalyankar 3 for 33) Vs Jahangir Pithawala XI – 1st Innings : 137 all out, in 35.3 overs (Hardik Tamore 55; Omkar Mandrekar 6 for 33) & 2nd innings : 4 for no loss, in 2 overs.
Lalchand Rajput XI – 1st innings : 570 for 6 wickets declared, in 140.5 overs (Bhupen Lalwani 61, Pranav Kela 200, Siddharth Akre 92, Jayesh Pokhare 100*, Tanush Kotian 50, Shadab Khan 3 for 126) Vs Chandrakant Pandit XI – 1st Innings : 80 for no loss, in 23 overs ((Srujan Athawale 49*).
Sangam Sports Club batting first batted well declaring their innings at 198/5 on the back of a solid opening partnership between Ravkumar Chaudhary and Vinit Mestry (40). Ravi converted his good start into a substantial score of 92 falling just 8 short of a well deserved century. Ravi smashed 8 fours and 2 sixes en-route his gritty 92 to steer Sangam SC towards a respectable total.
Chembur Gymkhana in reply were on the brink of winning the match, however they fall short of just 3 runs in what turned out to be a nail biting thriller. Jayesh Mhatre scored a hard fought and almost match winning knock of 70 runs while Siddarth Matani (40) and Saurabh Salvi (38) also chipped in with the bat.
The bowler who changed the game for Sangam SC was Deven Dhruv as he came up with wickets at right junctures for his team. Deven returned with excellent bowling figures of 5/46 while all-rounder Ravi Chaudhary contributed with the ball too taking 3/44.
Maharashtra Young Cricketers batting first were all out for 188 runs wherein Prashant Mhamunkar (67) and Amit Kori (43) top scored for their team. Amongst the bowlers, it was Mihir Khandhar who took 4/51 being the pick of the lot.
Star CC who were off to a patchy start with openers falling out early got back into the game, thanks to a scintillating 127*off mere 94 balls by their no.3 batsman Vinod Ade. It was a hurricane knock consisting of 8 sixes and 4 boundaries as he took on the bowlers with domination. Ratna Nadar who came at no.4 & scored 54 runs stitched a match winning partnership with Vinod as Star CC declared their innings at 223/5 winning the match on 1st innings lead.
By the way this was Vinod’s debut kanga league match & his 127* is also the highest individual score this year in Kanga across all the divisions.
Fazlani United after being put to bat first at the Somaiya Cricket Ground in Sion could only muster a total of 134/9 in 20 overs. A total of 130-40 in modern day t20 is quite chaseable and it was a tight bowling performance from the Mystic Jaguars bowlers. Abhishek Ranka (29 off 26 balls) and Alif Malkani (24 off 32) were the top scorers for Fazlani United in an otherwise dismal batting performance.
Chasing 135, Mystic Jaguars were certainly the favorites as they only required to play at under 7 runs per over. However, Fazlani United bowlers fought it out plucking out wickets at every few overs which broke the momentum of Mystic Jaguars. After a top and middle order collapse, Sameer Shetty (30 off 26) and Manoje Bidwai (21 off 16) did raise some hopes but it was Fazlani’s star all-rounders Alif Malkani (3/18 in 4 overs with a maiden) & Abhishek Ranka (2/20 in 4 overs) proving to be the game changers as Mystic Jaguars were restricted to 127/7 in 20 overs.
Fazlani United won the match by 7 runs on the back of their all-rounders Abhishek Ranka and Alif Malkani.
