The Calendar has flipped yet another page to welcome the new year and so has the Mumbai local cricket. As we have read in some of the previous articles on cricketgraph.com about Cricketgraph and Fireblaze working in collaboration to recognize the local cricketing talent at junior or under 16 level, here is the list of first Cricketgraph-Fireblaze award winners for the new year.
Out of the six solid performances, the expert panel, which boasts of umpires, IPL players and former Ranji players, picked up the top three performances in the form of Vedprakash Jaiswal, Aayush Jethwa and Suryansh Shedge. The panel brainstormed to reach at a consensus and finally chose the terrific three.
Needless to say, these boys have played some excellent cricket in the last 15 days (from 01 Jan 2017 – 15 Jan 2017) which was considered as the period of judgement. The lads have not only done themselves proud but also made a good name for their school in cricketing sphere. All these three players will be showered with accolades and appreciation for their wonderful accomplishments in the form of cricket merchandise, discount vouchers and certificates of acknowledgement.
Vedprakash Jaiswal who bagged the first prize for his jaw dropping performance in the last fortnight will secure an attractive cricket bag from Fireblaze , a cricket equipment shop. In the last five matches, Vedprakash has some splendid scores of 176 and 209 (45 Overs Format), 224, 214 and 236 (2 Day match). He has been a true run machine for IES VN Sule School, Matunga.
Aayush Jethwa and Suryansh Shedge won the second and third prize in the inaugural Cricketgraph-Fireblaze Junior Performance Cricket Awards. Both these players will be bestowed with discount vouchers which can be used to buy cricket equipments from Fireblaze at a flat 40% discount. They are also awarded the certificate of appreciation along with cricket discount vouchers.
Jethwa of Swami Vivekananda, Borivali, has played some pivotal role for his team in the last couple of matches where he shined with both bat and ball. In one of the Giles Shield matches, Aayush made a magnificent 117, which was followed by even better innings of 154 in the next match. He also scalped two important wickets in the same match.
Suryansh Shedge was recently in the news for scoring a record 326 runs off 170 odd balls in a 45 over Giles Shield Tournament. Fireblaze Junior cricket awards got initiated from 01 Jan 2017 and hence this record was not considered for awards. However Suryansh continued with his form and scored a fighter knock of 97 runs for Sunil Gavaskar eleven against Sachin Tendulkar eleven in Under 14 IDBI Federal Insurance cup.
The other three contenders who were fighting for this prestigious Cricketgraph-Fireblaze Junior Performance Cricket Awards were Jeevan Karlekar of Al Barkat Malik English School, Musheer Khan of Dilip Vengsarkar XI and Mihir Gawade of Swami Vivekanand school.
CricketGraph team will be back soon with new set of top 3 performers for FireBlaze Junior cricket awards. If you wish to nominate any performance please email to info@cricketgraph.com or call on 887941 7291.
It was a tough encounter between two equally strong sides namely Abhyudaya Bank vs Mumbai Fire Brigade at Central Maidan in thane. Abhyudaya who has a strong bowling line up elected to field first after winning the toss.
Mumbai Fire brigade were off to a decent start but the middle and the lower order could not continue the momentum as they were all out for just 144 runs in 31.2 overs. Abhyudaya bowlers did a fantastic job with the ball not allowing the batsman to score freely. Medium pacer Sanju Raut yielded magic with the ball as he picked up 5/25 in his 6.2 overs. It was because of his tight bowling the opposition was not able to score big. Sanju gave important breakthroughs and did not allow any partnerships to create thus creating a dent in the Mumbai Fire Brigade’s batting line up.
Chasing 145, Abhyudaya bank chased the score quite comfortably in 28.4 overs and won the match by 5 wickets. Satish Rane & Pradeep Kanchan played important cameos of 44 & 32 respectively. Sanju raut also chipped in with the bat too scoring a 37 ball 20.
Abhyudaya team won the match & Sanju Raut was adjudged “man of the match” for his splendid performance. Considering the form Sanju is in, he will surely be a player to look out for in the coming matches of the Thane Vaibhav Tournament.
It was a crucial League encounter between WNS & Diebold systems at MB Union Cricket Ground, Cross Maidan in Mumbai. The pitch was damp and it was favoring bowlers, hence Diebold elected to field first after winning the toss and making the most of the damp pitch conditions. WNS wanted to do the same thing but they were made to bat first.
WNS openers Dyansagar and Aditya gave a solid start to lay the foundation for the rest of the batting line up. Aditya scored a quick 24 while the right-handed Dyansagar made a 24 ball 31. The middle order players like Arif Khan(46 off 26), Mandar Garude(51 off 27) & Nikhil Chavan(40 off 25) continued the positive momentum left behind by the openers and it was the collective perfomance of these boys which took their team total to 210/6 in 20 overs.
Chasing 211, Diebold system could not live up to the pressure of chasing such a big target and they managed to reach only 133/9 in 20 overs. Once again the man of the moment was Dyansagar as he took 5/15 in 2 overs with his raw medium pace. Dyansagar was completely effective in his short spell and made the most out of it taking 5 wickets in 12 balls he got to bowl. He consistently broke partnerships and Shashank More’s LBW was his personal favorite wicket of the lot.
WNS Team comfortably won the match by 77 runs and Dyansagar Patil was adjudged “man of the match” for obvious reasons! We certainly wish his good form continues and he helps his team to lift the trophy.
The Payyade Cricket Ground was set ablaze by this right handed batsman called Amar Bhuta. He gave us a déjà vu of Brendon Mccullum’s 158 (73 balls) in the 2008 IPL. It was a very important match for Royals from Nil Yog because a loss would immediately take them out of the tournament. This was a do or die league match for them after 2 losses in their first 2 matches.
Winning the toss, KSG thunders elected to field first as they wanted to restrict the Royals to a low score and chase it comfortably. However, things were not the way they wanted as Royals were off to a good start. One down batsman Amar Bhuta changed the entire complexion of the game with his match winning and an entertaining knock of 176 is just 88 balls. The right handed batsman who usually opens decided to come 1 down as he lost his wickets quickly in the 1st two games while opening. His decision was worth the goldmine for his team as he did a complete carnage of the opposition bowlers. Amar’s 176 came in just 88 balls at a strike rate of 200 & he smashed 21 boundaries and 11 big sixes to enthrall the spectators. His six towards the covers against fast bowler Ankit Jangla was his personal favorite. Amar did not spare any bowler coming in his way but he was particularly attacking against Ankit Jangla and Dipen Doshi against whom he smashed 26 & 27 runs in one over respectively. Skipper Vipul Doshi also played a fantastic knock of 59* off just 30 balls.
Royals made a big score of 363/5 in 40 overs & KSG Thunders managed only 195/9 in their quota of 40 overs. The bowlers did an excellent job to restrict them to such a low score. Atul sheth was the pick of the bowlers taking 4/21 while Amar Bhuta also took 2 wickets contributing both with the bat as well as with the ball.
Amar who fell just 10 short of breaking Jay Mehta’s record score of 186 in the KSG tournament was adjudged “man of the match” It was also good to see Amar Bhuta dedicating his innings to his fellow team mate Bhavin Bhuta who always cheers up and motivates him and the entire team. We wish Royals continue their good run in the coming matches of the tournament.
The Aquaria ground at Borivali witnessed some wonderful individual performances between Jolly Brothers CC and S.P Gymkhana. Both the teams are equally strong. In fact Shivaji Park Team is considered to be one of the better sides of the lot.
Jolly Brothers won the toss and elected to bat first in order to make a big target and put S.P Gymkhana under pressure. Skipper Aditya Pabalkar opened the innings and gave a good start with his gutsy 76 coming of just 71 balls. However, the boy who stole the show was the talented right hander Shubham Shinde who scored an unbeaten 85* off just 76 balls to take his team to a great total of 189/2 in 25 overs. Shubham constructed his innings wonderfully well and smashed 12 fours en-route his 76 ball stay at the crease. He also rotated the strike perfectly and kept the scorecard ticking.
Chasing 190 at a run rate of above 8 runs per over is tough for any side. SP Gymkhana too succumbed to the pressure as they managed to reach only 152/9 in 25 overs. But never the less it was a good fight by the S.P Gymkhana team. Left arm spinner Anuj Giri took 2/21 while Yadnesh Jadhav was the pick of the bowlers taking 3/9 in one over.
Jolly brothers won the match by 38 runs and Shubham Shinde was rightly adjudged “man of the match’ for his wonderful performance. Jolly Brothers Coach Manik Madgaikar would surely be proud of his boys especially Aditya and Shubham for performing so well for their team.
The PJ Hindu Gymkhana at Marine Lines witnessed a wonderful match between Dadar Union Sporting Club and P.J Hindu Gymkhana. The pitch was slight tilted in favor of the bowlers and that made P.J Hindu team to field first after winning the toss. The match was settled for 42 overs per side as the game was halted in between due to wet pitch.
Dadar Union followed one simple strategy and that was to counter attack and not allow the bowlers to take any batsman for granted. Skipper Akshay Darekar(63) and Sairaj Patil(57) were good with the bat chipping in with crucial half centuries. However, the man of the moment was Bhupen Lalwani who scored a match winning century. Right handed aggressive opener Bhupen scored an aggressive 117 off just 115 balls which was laced with 12 amazing boundaries & 2 big sixes. It was Bhupen’s 117 which set the tone for Dadar to make a big score of 302/9 in 43 overs.
Chasing 303 in 42 overs, PJ Hindu Gymkhana were off to a good start but could not capitalize their good start till the end as they were all out in just 37.5 overs. V Bhillare(53) and Gabbawala(48) kept the hopes alive but the team faltered after these two players lost wickets. Right arm leg spinner Khizar did his job with the ball which Bhupen did with the bat. Khizar Dafedar destroyed the batting line up taking a magical 6/33 for his side.
PJ Hindu Gymkhana were all out for 243 runs and Dadar Union won the match by 59 runs. Khizar Dafedar and Bhupen lalwani were adjudged man of the match for their respective heroics and Dadar Union will move ahead in the tournament with a lot of confidence.
It was a competitive encounter between two exciting teams namely United CC and Evergreen Sports club at Mumbai Police Gymkhana cricket ground (Marine Lines). Winning the toss, Evergreen elected to bat first with an aim of capitalizing and making a decent score in 25 overs.
Evergreen Sports club scored 108/6 in 25 overs. The opposition bowlers performed well with the ball not allowing the batsman to score freely. Right arm medium pacer Siddharth Kevat (2/13) and Prithvi Salian(2/25) were excellent with the ball taking 2 wickets each. It was a low scoring match as the pitch was tricky for the batsman to score. Chasing 108, it was an easy chase for the opposition as they won the match comfortably by 5 wickets.
United lost three quick wickets but it was their right handed aggressive batsman Pratham Sid who scored a match defining 35 off just 36 balls taking his team out of trouble. Pratham smashed 5 fours and was responsible to bring back the positive momentum for United CC. United completed the chase in just 20 overs though they were under pressure at the start when they lost quick wickets within the first 5 overs.
Head Coach Mr. Subramaniam sir , Ashok sir & assistant coach Gaurav Kurkute of Achievers cricket academy must be proud seeing their boys perform so well. All in all it was a good day for United CC and Pratham Sid was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his match saving cameo.
What a wonderful start for Team Akumentis in Thane Vaibhav Inter Office Cricket Tournament. It was the 1st match of the tournament between Akumentis and Mukund in Central Maidan Cricket Ground, Thane. Akumentis were fielding first with an aim of restricting them under 220 in 35 overs.
They succeeded in their quest as Mukund scored 205 in 35 overs. Ashish from Mukund was the pick of the batsman scoring a good 92. The bowlers did a great job and especially Raju Shamla who took 2/30 with his brilliant bowling. Chasing a target at almost 6 runs per over is not that easy but it’s not impossible either. Team Akumentis showed what they are capable of winning the match by 9 wickets and 9.4 overs to spare. Once again it was Raju Shamla contributing with the bat too. Opener Raju and Rohit More stitched a match winning partnership of 196 runs which sealed the match for Mukund. Raju Shamla scored a devastating 82 ball 115 laced with 13 boundaries and 3 glorious sixes.
Raju Shamla was adjudged ‘man of the match’ for his exceptional all round performance. Peelu sir who has been umpiring since last 50 years swears by the fact that “Thane Vaibhav’ is one of the most disciplined tournaments he has seen n his career.
The match was won by Akumentis effortlessly and special guests like Tournament editor Milind Bhallal & Nikhil Bhallal, Vikas Sonadkar, Rajendra Mayekar, Thane Bhushan’s Sadanand Bhise & Krishnakumar Koli, Pradeep paranjape, Vijay Koli and Mukund Sathdhare were there to enjoy the first match of the tournament. We are sure they must have enjoyed the game too.
Team Akumentis is certainly off to a good start in the tournament & they will be a team to watch out for in the coming matches.
Musheer Khan , son of Naushad Khan and younger brother of Sarfaraz Khan (from the RCB team) is poised for a triple century! He is currently at 240* playing for Mumbai Cricket Association against Baroda Cricket association.
This is Mumbai’s first match in the ongoing West Zone Under 14 cricket tournament.
Musheer Khan has so far played a sensible knock scoring only in fours , as many as 32 fours.
Mumbai team is safely placed at 486/2 on end of day one.
It would be interesting to see if Musheer Khan goes on to score triple century.
It was the crucial knockout match between Worli sports club and Palghar Dahanu Taluka in the Padmakar Talim Shield Cricket Tournament. It was a tricky pitch with some dew as well as some dry grass keeping both the teams guessing. However, Palghar team had won the toss and elected to field first making the most of the dew and restricting Worli sports club to a low total.
Batting first, Worli did some exceptional batting to score 359/7 in 45 overs. Skipper Kunal Mathure (who has also represented team Mumbai) scored 78 along with Nikhil Jadhav and Harshad Terwankar scoring 73 and 45* respectively. However, the man of the moment for Worli was their right handed opener Viraj Gamare who has made the opening slot his own. Viraj kept the scorecard ticking right from the first ball and scored a brilliant stroke laden 85 off just 70 balls. Gamare smashed 2 big sixes and 7 boundaries out of which backfoot cover drive was his favorite. Viraj did get a life where he was saved from a easy run-out. Gamare dominated the spinners and was quite comfortable against them in his 70 ball stay.
Chasing 360 in 45 overs is very very tough and especially against a solid bowling line up of Worli. Palghar team managed to reach only 264/8 in 45 overs and Worli won the match by 113 runs. Right handed Utkarsh from Palghar played a gem of a knock (107*) but he hardly got any support from the rest of the batsman. Right arm medium pacer Abhishek hatkar was excellent with the ball and maintained great line and length. He was the pick of the bowlers along with Sumit and Harshad terwankar who also chipped in with 2 wickets each.
It was a great team perfomance and Viraj Gamare was adjudged “man of the match” for his aggressive 85 at the top of the order. Their next match is against the powerful Shivaji Park Gymkhana and they will hope to carry their positive momentum against them.