For a professional Cricketer, the biggest fear they can face is injury! Any injury whether its calf, shoulder, knee, ankle, finger or back can be career threatening for an athlete. Treating it the right way with the best of consultation under modern infrastructure then becomes the need of the hour for them & most of the times when they have to opt for injury recovery, they end up spending lots of money on various treatments & physiotherapies.
However, we got some good news to rejoice as far as sportsmen are concerned. Adam Wylie Physio Rehab Center is going to be inaugurated on 5th of September 2019. The rehab center boasts of world class professionals available for various physio therapies and injury recovery treatments. Well that’s not the only USP, they have all the modern machinery for treating a fast bowler, their injuries while they also have the latest machinery to treat various types of injuries in a cricketer.
The treatments are done at very concessional rates for sportsmen as it’s an initiative by Indian Red Cross Society, Mumbai which is a voluntary humanitarian organization to protect human life and health based in India. You can opt for various physiotherapies and injury treatments at very affordable rates almost 40 to 60% lesser than the prevailing market rates.
Speaking with Nadeem Memon, one of the well wishers of this initiative, he said any school or college level cricketer or any sportsman who is in search of affordable treatment can come here once to witness what this initiative is all about! Well, Cricketgraph wishes Indian Red Cross Society and Adam Wylie Group all the luck for their future endeavors.
Inaugration– on 5th September, invite open for all
Address-Adams Wylie Memorial Building, 7th Floor, 1877, Dr.Anandrao Nair Marg, Red Cross St. Mumbai Central, Mumbai, Maharashtra-400011
Contact-9326955801 / 9820415204
Email-rehab@awmhrc.org/ sec@ircsmumbai.org
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From the National Cricket club at Cross Maidan to playing in top cricket leagues in the United States, Saiprasad Bhosale is proving no hurdles are big enough if you have the passion for cricket.
Born in Mumbai , Saiprasad started playing cricket at the St. Francis School in Borivali. He captained his team to the quarter finals of the Giles Shield. He then joined the National cricket club at Cross Maidan and started to learn the cricketing traits under watchful eyes of Sir Sudhir Naik and Vidya Paradkar.
In 2016, Saiprasad decided to go to the USA for his masters degree and decided to join the University of Illionois and ofcourse , joined their cricket team.
Saiprasad bowls right hand medium pace and he was in top 10 wicket takers in 2016 in Midwest leagues that takes place in Illinois.
His highest score this season is a match winning 130. His knock came of just 88 balls with 12 sixes and it was even more special as his team were chasing 264 and were 40 for 2 when Saiprasad came in to bat !This season , playing for his team , ‘THE SHIELD‘ , Saiprasad has scored 614 runs at a staggering strike rate of 190.38 and he has backed that up with 16 wickets !
Saiprasad is currently in New Jersey working for IT company Futran Solutions. On weekends , he plays professional cricket across New Jersey.
\Saiprasad is an aggressive batsman by nature and is thriving in the US. His future plans include playing in various leagues across the country and playing for the USA cricket team !
With just 1 win in 4 games, Mumbai team did have a tough time with the opponents in the Vizzy Trophy’19 which was conducted in the last part of August. However, Mumbai team did witness some impressive performances from their players and especially Prashant Solanki with the ball and Ashay Sardesai with the bat topping the charts from their team.
With 8wkts in 4 matches and best bowling figures of 4/50 vs ACA Secretary XI, Prashant Solanki has been the pick of the bowlers for Mumbai lending the consistency factor in the bowling department. Ashay on the other hand began with a brilliant 55* off 68 balls vs Himachal which had helped Mumbai win its 1st match win by 7wkts.
Though he got out early in his next two games vs Pondicherry and Madhya Pradesh, he made a comeback of sorts in the 4th game vs ACA Secretary XI where he scored a solid 100 off 112 balls at no.5. Ashay came at a time when Mumbai were reeling at 89/4 in 20 overs while his century propelled the team total to 246/6 in 50 overs.
Ghatkoper Jolly Gymkhana after batting first at LIC Cross Maidan were all out for 127 runs in 39.4 overs. They lacked someone who could convert their 10’s and 20’s into something substantial while Bins Neyyoth at no.6 top scored with 43 runs off 76 balls. From the bowlers, left arm spinners Rahul Jogadia (4/17) and Harshit Jain (3/44) were the pick of the lot.
United Friends Sports Club in reply were all out for 107 runs in 35 overs thanks to an impressive spell of spin by Akshay Pancharia. Akshay who was the pick of the bowlers from Ghatkoper Jolly team came up with an impressive fifer taking 5/45 in 11 overs ensuring that the opposition was kept under his leash. The rest of the bowlers also bowled well around him as Ghatkoper Jolly Gymkhana won the match on 1st innings lead.
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Islam Gymkhana after being put to bat first on their homeground did a fairly decent job posting a good total of 192/5dec in 45.1 overs. Opener Shoeb Khan top scored for his team smashing a classy 75 runs off 116 balls. It was a strokeful innings by Shoeb as he smashed 10 boundaries in it while Mohammed Ishaque Shaikh scored an unbeaten 54* off 67 balls (8 fours) at no.4 providing good support to Shoeb.
Bhatnagar Sports CF in reply were in deep trouble at one stage when they were 2/5 in the 1st 3 overs. However, Akshat Jain played a fighting knock of 36* in 86 balls (7fours) batting unbeaten till 31 overs. It was his fightback which resulted in a draw against the powerful Islam Gymkhana side.
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MV Sports Club after being put to bat first at Azad Maidan declared their innings at 140/7dec in 49.2 overs. Though it was a dismal batting performance, it was their opener Kapilsingh Yadav top scoring with a solid 73 runs off 135 balls which included 5 fours and a six. From Kandivali Cricket Association, left arm spinner Niraj Shah was the pick of the lot taking 6/30 in 12.2 overs. Niraj took 6 of the 7 lost wickets of MV Sports Club as he extracted decent amount of spin alongwith tight line & length helping him provide breakthroughs at regular intervals.
Kandivali Cricket Association scored 84/5 in 35 overs at the end of the game’s play where match ended in a draw. Kandivali CA lost two quick wickets but it was Rajesh Vayal scoring a gritty 40*off 81 balls. Aaryan Sen with 4/25 in 14 overs was the pick of the lot from MV Sports Club.
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DY Patil batting first at the Parsee Gymkhana Ground mustered a decent 1st innings total of 196/8 dec in 38 overs. Opening the innings, the rock solid Kumar Subramanian Doriaswamy scored an elegant looking 60 off 86 balls (4 fours, 2 sixes). Subbu kept going despite some quick wickets falling from the other end. DY Patil who were 82/5 at one stage got back into the game thanks to Arun Yadav’s fearless batting down the order at no.7. Arun who is known for his aggressive cricket took the pressure off from his team as he went on to score an unbeaten 64* off 51 balls (8 fours, 2 sixes).
Apollo CC in reply were 116/6 in 42 overs before the match ended in a draw. The experienced Pravin Tambe and Shubham Ranjane chipped in with 2wkts each as DY Patil though could not extract a result from the match looked really impressive from both with the bat as well as with the ball.
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Sainath Sports Club after being put to bat first at Young Maharashtra CC’s wicket at Shivaji Park declared their innings at 162/9 in 42 overs. Yash Chavan (36) and Harshad Desale (42) were the top scorers for their team while the rest of the batters found it difficult to get going.
In reply, Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana just escaped a defeat with just one wicket in hand at the end of the game’s play. The bowler who almost took his team home with a win was young spinner Abhishek Pandey. Abhishek came up with excellent bowling figures of 5/15 in 9 overs as he ran through the middle and lower middle order of JVPG team.
Abhishek provided timely breakthroughs but JVPG somehow escaped in the match as the game ended in a draw with no 1st innings results being obtained.
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Maskati CC after being put to bat first at Sunder CC , Cross Maidan registered this year’s highest total of 209/9dec 48.3 overs for 1st innings. Opening the innings, left handed Pranav Haryan top scored for Maskati CC hitting a fluent 76 runs off 120 balls (4 fours, 3 sixes). It was a solid innings by Pranav as he kept playing his natural game despite wickets falling from the other end.
Yogi CC in reply batted for 31 overs with scoreboard reading 83/4 before the match ended in a draw.
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MB Union CC after being put to bat first on their home ground registered a total of 175/10 in 46.3 overs. MB Union who were off to a poor start with scoreboard reading 32/5 at one stage came back into the game thanks to a match saving 71 runs off 107 balls by Amol Patil(6 fours, 3 sixes) at no.6. Amol was supported well by Hitesh Chorghe (42) and Ninad Raut (20*) as MB Union from 32/5 reached a respectable total of 175 runs for their 1st innings. Left arm spinner Yogesh Dicholkar was the pick of the bowlers coming with excellent bowling figures of 6/29 in 14.1 overs. Yogesh is a experienced veteran of sorts at the club level while he was amongst the top wicket takers last year too as he continues to impress with the ball.
Matunga Gymkhana batted for 41 overs scoring 105/9 surviving a narrow defeat from the hands of MB Union CC. With just one wicket in hand, Divakar Shetty (12* off 87 balls) at no.8 and Saif Abbas (2* off 24) somehow did not threw away their wickets fighting it out till the end of the game’s play in what was a memorable and courageous effort put by Matunga Gymkhana.
The match ended in a draw with no 1st innings results being obtained while we got to witness some proper red ball test cricket at its best.