Fort Vijay opting to bat first at Cross Maidan were bundled out for 126 runs thanks to a match winning bowling spell by Manish Rao. Manish Rao with his medium pacers ran through the opposition’s batting line up bagging a stunning 7 wkts for 27 runs in 13 overs with 4 maidens. Manish was spot on with the ball giving the batsman a hard time. The only shining spot in Fort Vijay’s team was the lonely fight given by left handed Pratik Prabhu scoring 85 runs at no.4 out of his team total of 126 runs.
Parsee Gymkhana chased down the score with ease with opener Vinayak Mane scoring an unbeaten 58* off 82 balls.
Parsee Gymkhana won the match by 8 wkts while it was surely Manish grabbing the limelight. For the uninitiated, Manish Rao has played for Mumbai in the U22s and U25. He has also represented Mumbai in the Ranji trophy for the Season 13-14
Manish later on shifted to railways because of the Central Railway job where he has played for railways in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Since the last two years, he has been playing for railways team in the Ranji Trophy with an excellent debut against Hyderabad scoring 35* and 85* in the second innings alongwith 3 wickets in the first innings. In the Vijay Hazare Trophy he bagged 8 wickets and 111 runs this season. Manish conveys thanks to RNS Larsons for proving excellent stuffs to perform better.
Mumbai: Sanjeevani Cricket Academy’s (SCA) Hrishikesh Gore and SCA ‘B’ team’s Rajveer Gaitonde were the star performers in the wins for their respective sides. In the first match, Hrishikesh struck an attacking unbeaten 27 in 22 balls and then effected three run-outs and took a catch on the boundary as the hosts secured a 39-run win over Vasant Vihar High School in the Reliance Health Insurance Sanjeevani Cricket Academy U-13 T-21 Cricket tournament played at the Saffire ground in Bhakti Park, Wadala. Electing to bat first, SCA scored 139 for 3 as Piyush Pandey (31 off 51) and Sanskar Panaskar (33 off 32) stitched together a solid partnership for the second wicket. Aditya Baliwada then finished with a quickfire unbeaten 31 in just 17 balls as SCA put up a competitive score on the board.
Chasing a stiff target, Vasant Vihar HS could score only 100 for 9 in their quota of 21 overs as the SCA bowlers, led by Shourish Deshpandey (3 for 20) restricted the run flow. Vasant Vihar’s opener Shubham Mhatre scored a patient 36 in 42 balls, but didn’t get much support from the other end as his team fell short of the target.
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In the other match of the day, SCA ‘B’ defeated Akhilesh Cricket Academy by 42 runs to complete a perfect day for the hosts. Electing to bat first, SCA ‘B’ were bowled out for 133 in 20.5 overs as ‘extras’ with a total of 42 were the highest scorer for the team. In response, Akhilesh CA could score only 91 for the loss of seven wickets in their quota of 21 overs. The batsmen had no clue to Rajveer Gaitonde’s bowling as he ran through their batting line-up with a spell of five overs, three maidens, two runs and five wickets. For Akhilesh CA, opener Prem Parikh was the lone contributor with a steady knock of 38 in 48 balls.
Brief Scores –
Match 1 – SCA 139/3 (Piyush Pandey 31, Sanskar Panaskar 33, Aditya Baliwada 31*, Hrishikesh Gore 27*, Ayush Parab 2/32) beat Vasant Vihar HS 100/9 (Shubham Mhatre 36, Shourish Deshpandey 3/20) by 39 runs.
Man of the Match – Hrishikesh Gore
Match 2 – SCA ‘B’ 133 all out in 20.5 overs (Sai Sanil 17, Arun Yadav 2/23, Prem Parikh 2/20) beat Akhilesh CA 91/7 (Prem Parikh 38, Rajveer Gaitonde 5/2) by 42 runs.
Man of the Match – Rajveer Gaitonde
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In all its glory, Mumbai’s Own Cricket Awards was concluded successfully on 20th Feburuary evening at the Mithibai College. Many awardees from the 1st Edition are today playing in IPL and National team and we certainly wish and hope the 2nd Edition will also have many faces which will be making waves in 2020. The 2nd Edition Awards Function had invitees ranging from experienced BCCI umpires to coaches, from School Principals to State as well as National level cricketers gracing the awards function adding the silver lining to the event.
The Jury which consisted of Umesh Patwal (Nepal National Team Batting Consultant), Sangeeta Kamat (MCA Women’s Selector) and Ajay Kadam (Former MCA Selector and BCCI Level 1 Coach) who brainstormed their way to decide the winners across 6 categories.
Let’s take a look at the Winners of the College Category-
BEST BATSMAN IN COLLEGE CATEGORY-
Winner- BHUPEN LALWANI (Winner of College Category)
As he said on the stage while accepting the award- “I have really worked hard to reach the stage at which I am playing and there is certainly no short cut for success”& we can’t agree more to accept that Bhupen has toiled hard to reach where he has. Bhupen amassed 1040 runs in 19 Innings including 7 tons in last 4 months to become one of the best Mumbai batsman at present in the U23 Category. He also played for Mumbai university in All India Inter University Level while he was the top scorer in the “Under-23 Shalini Bhalekar Trophy 2018-2019” with 432 runs at an envious batting average & a best score of 191.
In the U23 COL. C.K. NAYUDU TROPHY 2018-2019 (State Level Tournament) he scored a total of 608 runs in 9 Matches (14 innings) which had 3 tons with a best score of 167. Bhupen was in top 6 in BCCI’s Ranking of highest centuries List in U23 Players in India and Top (highest) from the Mumbai Team. His consistent run scoring spree also got him selected in the Mumbai Ranji Trophy squad this year.
1st Runner up- Pragnesh Kanpillewar from Rizvi College Team – 1st Runner up -Total = 1221 runs in 24 innings (Including 2 double centuries, 5 centuries and 3 half centuries)
2nd Runner up- Arman Jaffer from Rizvi College Team- 2nd Runner up- Total = 790 runs in 12 Innings (one triple century, 1 Century and 3 half centuries)
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BEST BOWLER –
WINNER-Arjun Tendulkar-(From Dhirubhai Ambani College Team) with a total of 47 wkts in 20 Innings and 236 runs in 14 Innings.
Arjun was the top wicket-taker in Under-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy (State level tournament) where he bagged 15 Wkts in 8 Matches (Best 5/30 against Gujarat) and 29 runs in 3 Matches (Best 18 runs against Karnataka)
Arjun was also the 2nd highest wicket-taker in “Under-19 K.C. Mahindra Shield Selection Tournament 2018-2019 “where he took 10 Wkts in 3 Innings. Apart from that Arjun was the 3rd bowler in Top Wicket-takers in “Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy 2018-2019”(State level tournament) from Mumbai U19 Team with a total of 22 wkts in 9 innings.
1st Runner up- Atharva Ankolekar (From Rizvi College Team) – 1st Runner up total of 40 Wkts in 23 innings along with 566 runs in 18 Innings
2nd Runner up- Atharva Poojari (From Thakur College Team) with a total of 37 wkts in 19 innings and 170 runs in 12 Innings
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Most Popular Player Award- Siddharth Mhatre from Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College (Ghatkopar West) Team
Votes – 522 Votes
Siddarth won the most popular award in the college category amassing a total of 522 votes surpassing his contemparies. Siddarth scored 230 runs in 4 innings at an average of 57.50 and strike rate of 76.41 in the Mahindra Shield which included a crucial ton in the virtual finals.
The 2nd Edition of Mumbai’s Own Cricket Awards held at Mithibai College, Vile Parle on 20th February was a thumping success with various personalities from cricketing ecosystem gracing the event. From BCCI umpires to coaches, from school principals to State as well as National level cricketers graced the awards function adding the silver lining to the event.
The Jury which consisted of Umesh Patwal (Nepal National Team Batting Consultant), Sangeeta Kamat (MCA Women’s Selector) and Ajay Kadam (Former MCA Selector and BCCI Level 1 Coach) who brainstormed their way to decide the winners across 6 categories.
Let’s take a look at the winners of the School Category-
Best Batsman Winner-Suryansh Shedge from Gundecha High School (Winner of School Category) –
Popularly now known as the hitman in the School Cricket Category in Mumbai. Suryansh from the day he scored his fastest triple tona few years back has been scoring runs consistently. Suryansh this season scored an impressive 804 runs in 9 innings & 8 wkts in 5 innings.
Leading run scorer (5 centuries in 7 matches ) for Mumbai U16 Team for India’s West Zone & Highest batting strike rate all India in BCCI’s Vijay Merchant Trophy 2018 –state level tournament (best score of this year is 194 runs in 119 balls against Maharashtra U16 Team, (batting Avg.-140 and strike rate of 148) – Source by BCCI Only. selected for Mumbai U19 team also for Cooch Behar Trophy 2018-19
1st Runner up- Sai Chavan, 666 runs in 13 innings from Shardashram Vidaymandir Thane.
2nd Runner up- Jash Ganiga, 1151 runs in 23 innings including 3 hundreds from IES School Bandra
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BEST BOWLER –
Himanshu Singh from Al-Barkaat English School (Winner of School Category, Best Bowler)-56 wkts and 447 runs in 19 innings.
This year champion in Harris shield Inter school U16 boys Cricket Tournament and this year best Player of the tournament (score 120 runs and 15 wickets in 4 Matches ) in Harris shield tournament Himanshu is also playing under 16 Vijay Merchant trophy (state level tournament) for Mumbai team where he has performed all round with 216 runs in 6 innings (5 Matches) & 21 Wkts in 7 innings (5 Matches) becoming the top-wicket taker in this tournament (for Mumbai U16 Team)
Himanshu was also the Top Wickets Taker in “Under-16 Sri D.V. Subba Rao Trophy 2018-2019 (Andhra Pradesh)” & was awarded the best bowler in tournament with 14 Wkts in 5 innings (3 Matches)
1st Runner up- Anurag Singh from Al-Barkaat, 67 wkts in 13 matches.
2nd Runner up – Shubham Kharat from IES English School Bandra, 48 wkts in 14 innings.
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Most Popular Player Award-Ayush Vartak from SVIS Borivali
Ayush Vartak who has been a reckoning force with the bat won theMost Popular Player in School Category with 520 votes. He won the Most Popular Category by a considerable margin surpassing numerous strong contenders. He surpassed Jash Ganiga’s 519 votes to become the winner by a margin of just one vote. Ayush came into the limelight overnight after he scored a brilliant double hundred that too in a high intensity finals of the U14 CPCC Tournament in 2018.
Based on all round performance of all rounder Yogesh Renjala, SRs seal semifinals berth in EPL Edition 2. Clinical performance from SRs in Bowling, Batting and Fielding strangulated General Mills from ball 1 of match and they never came out of pressure applied by SRs bowlers. Gaurav Bengre was at his fearsome best with high speed bowling with accuracy.
Organized by Enthusiasts Sports and Welfare Association ( ESWA)
Match 8- T20 – SRs vs General Mills
Played at OFSC cricket ground
Toss won by – General Mills
Elected to – Bat
GM Score – 109 all our in 19.3 overs
SRs- 113/2 in 16.1 overs
Match Result – SRs won by 8 Runs
MoM- Yogesh Renjala for all round performance with bat and ball.
Top performance – Batting
Team SRs – Yogesh Renjala -47* (48)
Top performance-Bowling
Team SRs-
Gaurav Bengre – 7/2 in 3 overs
Yogesh Renjala – 22/2 in 4 over
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Group II – Match 7 – All Stars grab *Semi final spot in low scoring game in group II of EPL Edition II based of all round performance of captain Shailam Borkar and excellent fielding efforts by All Stars.
Match 7 – T20 – All Stars vs India first life insurance
Played at OFSC cricket ground
Toss won by – India First
Elected to – Bowl
All Star Score – 120/9 all our in 20 overs
India first – 90 All our in 15.3 overs
Match Result – All Stars won by 30 Runs
MoM- Shailam Borkar for all round performance with bat and ball. He scored 21 and bagged 2 wickets to start India first collapse.
Young Comrade CC after electing to bat first on DY Patil, Nerul managed to score 350/10 in 76.2 overs. Mayuresh Tandel who has 298 runs in 3 innings once again proved to be the rescueman for his team. Mayuresh who had scored 161 in Purshottam Shield for his team this season when no batsman was able to score more than 40 once again repeated such an innings top scoring with 155 in 172 balls at no.4. Mayuresh smashed 15 fours and 3 sixes at a healthy strike rate while Viraj Krishna (53) brought his 2nd back to back half century at no.6.
DY Patil with 2/18 at one point had given the positive momentum to the opposite team but the rock solid Subbu ensured he guided his team towards a sparkling win. Just fresh from a hundred last week in the same tournament, Subramaniam Doraswamy once again played a match winning knock of 160*off 183 balls (25 fours). Subbu had a partnership of 134 runs with Shashank Singh (77 runs) for the 3rd wicket and a unbeaten 169* run stand with Yogesh Pawar (81*) for the 6th wicket as DY Patil crossed the victory line in 66.1 overs entering the semi-finals of the tournament.
MIG who have become one of the most powerful teams in Mumbai Cricket in the last 2 years are certainly living upto their reputation of having a formidable batting line up along with an effective bowling unit.
Opting to bat first on their home ground, MIG amassed a massive 565/9 in 90 overs. The openers Swapnil and Pratik Dabholkar (54) gave a flying start of 102 runs while opener Swapnil Pradhan went on to score a massive 179 off 183 balls (24 fours). Swapnil who scored 252* in Times Shield this season continues to score big hundreds.
Kevin who came at no.3 scored an aggressive 91 (15 fours, 2 sixes) while stitched a 142 run stand with Sumit Ghadigaonkar. Sumit coming at no.4 scored a well crafted 118 off 123 balls (12 fours, 1 six) as MIG were in complete control of their innings. Skipper Pragnesh who is known for his batting this time was the pick of the bowlers taking 6 wkts even though he leaked a few runs giving 157 runs in 24.5 overs.
Parel SC in reply were all out for 247 runs with every batsman chipping in with starts but not able to convert their 20’s and 30’s. Srujan Athawale (63) and Pranay Pawar (61) scored valiant half centuries but that didn’t seem to be enough for the chase as MIG won the match by 318 runs.
Abbott after being made to bat first at Sunder CC, Cross Maidan managed to score 271/6 in 45 overs. It was a decent start by the top order but it was Abbott’s Mr.Reliable Ishan Mithbavkar coming up with an unbeaten 102* off 83 balls.
Ishan who is known for his aggressive cricket played his natural game taking a mere 82 balls laced with 10 fours and 5 sixes which pushed his team towards a healthy total.
Abhyudaya Co-Op Bank in reply managed to score only 207 runs thanks to a match winning bowling spell by Abbott’s prime bowler Shantanu Chaudhary. Shantanu’s bang on bowling with figures of 5/33 in 9 overs proved to be too heavy for the opposition as it helped Abbott win the match by 71 runs.
Mumbai: Jasan Shethia was the star performer with the ball as hosts Sanjeevani Cricket Academy ‘B’ defeated Nerul Gymkhana by 25 runs in the Reliance Health Insurance Sanjeevani Cricket Academy U-13 T-21 Cricket tournament played at the Saffire ground in Bhakti Park, Wadala. Put in to bat, SCA ‘B’ scored 150/6 as Atharva Dalvi (32 off 25), Neev Hinduja (20 off 23) and Veer Kapoor with a steady unbeaten knock of 20 in 26 balls chipped in with useful knocks. Nerul Gymkhana’s bowlers were guilty of conceding 54 extras that helped SCA ‘B’ to reach the 150-run mark.
In response, Nerul Gymkhana were bowled out for 125 in 20.3 overs as SCA B’s Jasan Shethia bowled an economic and wicket-taking spell of 4 for 16 in 4.3 overs that helped his team secure a win. For Nerul Gymkhana, Vidhwan Kawle (33 off 32) and Arya Anshate (24 off 19) tried their best, but couldn’t take their team to the required target.
Brief Scores: SCA ‘B’ 150 for 6 (Atharva Dalvi 32, Neev Hinduja 20, Veer Kapoor 20*, Aditya Singh 2/27) beat Nerul Gymkhana 125 all out in 20.3 overs (Vidhwan Kawle 33, Arya Anshate 24, Jasan Shethia 4/18) by 25 runs.
Man of the Match – Jasan Shethia
If this guy’s batting eccentrics in IPL last year weren’t enough, he comes up with a yet another exceptional knock proving once again how dangerous he can be with the willow. The 24 yr old in his latest match vs Sikkim entertained one and all with some brilliant power hitting.
Mumbai team after opting to bat first at Emerald High School Ground, Indore amassed a big total of 258/4 in 20 overs. Shreyas coming at no.3 when Mumbai were reeling at 22/2 took his team to 235/3 in the next 13.3 overs of his stay at the crease. Shreyas went on to score 147 runs facing a mere 55 deliveries which had 15 sixes and 7 fours at a strike rate of 267.77. Suryakumar coming at no.5 batted in his usual style lending the finishing touch with a 33 ball 63*
Sikkim chasing such a big total were all out for 104 runs with Shardul Thakkur’s 2/13 in 4 overs proved to be quite an effective spell as Mumbai won the match by 154 runs.
For the records, apart from being one of the fastest T20 tons, this also happens to be the highest score alongwith highest number of sixes by an Indian batsman in T20 Cricket surpassing Risabh Pant’s record of 128* and 12 sixes.