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.
Camp Warriors after being put to bat first at the Somaiya Cricket Ground suffered a sort of collapse getting all out for 94 runs in 20 overs. It was a dismal batting performance with Farhan Patel’s 17 being the highest score. On the other hand, the Dias Aces bowlers were commendable coming up with crucial spells. Mehul Shah was the best bowler in the line up taking 3/14 with a maiden in his spell of 4 overs while Divya Mehta with 2/13 in 4 overs also came good.
For Dias Aces, chasing 95 seemed like a mere formality as they sealed the chase in 12.1 overs winning the match by 9 wkts. Opener Kalp Parikh (29*) and Rupen Jhaveri (32*) stitched a good partnership to sail their team towards a dominating victory.
Milan memorial league T 40-40 cricket tournament 2019-20 , 30th November, 2019 match : The 1st match between Omni sports club and Mahindra logistics was played at western railway ground, cross maidan and the second match was played between DMCC and SS Travels at Elphinstone ground, Azad maidan. The matches were organized by Milan Cricket club, the 1st match was played on Saturday and the second on Sunday.
In both these days, the game of cricket was highlighted more by the bowling aspect of the game than the batting one, the bowlers dominated with the leather over the timber. In the 1st match, Omni sports club’s Rishabh singh picked up an impressive fifer conceding just 30 runs that provided the aegis to the team leading to a victory by 7 wickets chasing 94 runs. The other bowlers also were spot on. From the Mahindra logistics side, Abhishekh pandey also picked a 4 wicket haul.
On Sunday, DMCC’s right arm pacer Shobit shetty picked up a illustrative figure of 7 for 25 in just 7.5 overs, the first seven wickets was bagged by him. His extraordinary bowling performance helped them to chase the target of 135 by 8 wickets.
Both these days were completely dominated by the men with the ball in the hand and it can be called a “wicket-takers week”.
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1st Match – DMCC VS SS Travels match full scorecard click here
2nd Match – Omni global vs Mahindra logistics match full scorecard click here
Evergreen SC after being put to bat first at Cross Maidan were all out for 91 runs in 25.3 overs. Most of the batsman found it difficult to convert their starts as spinners Sandeep Naik and Amol Patil took 8 wkts between themselves. Sandeep was particularly spot on taking 5/35 in 9.3 overs as he kept on providing breakthroughs at regular intervals which resulted in a two digit total for the opposition.
MB Union on the back of Mitesh Churi’s brilliant 53* off 60 balls surpassed the 1st innings target of 91 runs to win the match on 1st innings lead. MB Union who were struggling at 5/30 got back into the game thanks to a brilliant half century by Mitesh at no.7 as they declared their innings at 119/7 in 27.2 overs.
Sponsor XI after opting to opting to bat first suffered a batting collapse despite an envious batting line up. The only batsman who showed resistance was Kaustub Pawar who remained unbeaten till the end coming at no.3. KP scored 62*off 114 balls (7 fours) at a time when his entire team was all out for 145 runs in 42 overs. Left arm spinner Sagar Mishra who is the highest wicket taker in police shield continued to amaze with his consistency taking 5/38 in 17 overs while the experienced Pardeep Sahu was equally impressive in his spell of 4/57 in 13 overs.
Parkophene Cricketers chasing 146 were also in some sort of trouble with their scoreboard reading 5/48 at one stage. However, the game changed when Pardeep Sahu from nowhere came up with a match winning knock of 66*in just 58 balls (5 fours, 3 sixes). Sahu 2.0 has been not only more penetrative with the ball but his batting has also improved leaps and bounds. We remember watching Pardeep Sahu doing intense batting practice in nets this season while he also shared that he is working hard on his batting as contributions down the order always make a difference just like this knock which helped Parkophene Cricketers clinch a memorable win by 2 wkts.
Pardeep Sahu has been in top form taking wickets in every tournament he has played this season while his added ability to bat down the order is just the icing on the cake any team would wish for.
Such was the disastrous start for Superstar SC that they were 3wkts down with just 1 run on the board to begin their innings with at Azad Maidan. Superstar SC were eventually all out for 68 runs thanks to a stunning spell of spin bowling by spinner Jay Cheda who bamboozled batsman with his deceptive spin. Jay came up with envious bowling figures of 6/10 in 8 overs coupled with 3 maidens which did the job for his team.
Jolly Cricketers in reply surpassed Superstar SC’s 1st innings score declaring the innings at 107/4 winning the match on 1st innings lead.
Utpal Warriors batting first at Somaiya Cricket Ground posted a defendable total of 146/7 in 20 overs. Despite two early wickets of their openers, it was Vishal Merwana steadying the ship for his team as he anchored the innings with a gutsy 53 off 42 balls. Vishal’s innings consisted of 3 fours and 3 sixes while the rest of the batters batted around him to push their team towards a competitive total. From the bowlers, Jigar Shah with 4/25 in 4 overs was the pick of the lot.
Rising Strikers in reply could only managed to score 103/8 in 20 overs as Utpal Warriors bowlers gave a hard time to the batsman not allowing them to score runs freely. With most of them bowling economical spells, it was Kalpesh Mehta with 4/19 in 4 overs who was the pick of the bowlers. His game changing spell along with Vishal’s half century ensured Utpal Warriors won the match by 43 runs.
The 1st match of Pulse joyous T20 was played between Viacom 18 and Citi bank at Police gymkhana on 30th November. It is organised by Pulse Entertainment Sports & Events. Viacom 18 was set to bat first.
The scorecard of Viacom had very little to boast of, with the highest score being 18, their total score crawled to 107 runs in the end and losing all 10 wickets in 17.2 overs. In terms of bowling from the Citi bank, Rahul soni picked up 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs. He cleaned up both the openers also. Shailesh S. also picked up 2 wickets. Overall, their bowling performance was disciplined and adequate.
Chasing a score of 108 runs, Citi bank batsman played very diligently in the middle. At the end, Harsh Kothari 39* and Rahul soni 29* ensured the win for their team. They won by 7 wickets. Rahul soni had an all-round performance with both bat and ball and for his 29 not out and 3 wickets, he was deservingly awarded the man of the match award.
Result-Citi bank won by 7 wickets.
T20 Master’s cup’19-The match between Vinayak marine services and Deutsche bank group was played at Vengsarkar academy, Mahul on the 24th of November. The pitch conditions highly favored the batsman and it was a no brainer for the Vinayak marine services to bat first after winning the toss.
The Vinayak services faced two very early setbacks and within just 2 overs, they were hung at no score for 2 wickets. The course of the play steadied then, the batsmen in middle were slowly and very gingerly ticking the scoreboard but it was a Rakesh Trivedi show, he played a blitzkrieg knock of 108* off just 60 balls, he mustered 19 4’s to his name and eventually got them to a score of 181 in 20 overs losing 7 wickets. For the Deutsche bank, pacer S dorkar and Haridas P picked up 3 wickets each.
In response to a target of 182 runs, the Deutsche bank batsman went into the chase with an aggressive mindset but despite their attempts, their batting order suffered from weak or no partnerships and eventually they got bowled out at a mere score of 50 runs in 14.5 runs. For the Vinayak marines, all their bowled did well on a pro-batting pitch, the pacers hit their lengths well and 4 of their bowlers had couple of wickets against their name.
Match result-Vinayak marine services won by 131 runs.
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OIS Blasters batting first at Somaiya Cricket Ground notched up a total of 149/8 in 20 overs. Despite a shaky start, no.3 batsman Vinod Lund scored a gritty 42 off 39 balls to anchor his team towards a respectable total. The rest of the batters found it difficult to get going or else a total of 160-170 looking quite possible on the cards. From the bowlers, all-rounder Jatin Mehta with 2/17 in 3 overs was the pick of the lot.
Rising Stikers in reply managed to score only 126/8 in 20 overs despite a good fightback by their opener Jatin Mehta who scored a fighting knock of 50* off 54 balls (5 fours). Jatin batted from start till the end. However he lacked support from the other end which resulted in OIS Blasters winning the match by 23 runs.
Vinod Lund was declared ‘man of the match” while Jatin Mehta was declared “Star Player of the match”
