Rizvi Springfield locked horns against Albarkaat Malik English School at Sassanian Cricket Club, Mumbai, in the final match of Harris Shield organized by Mumbai School Sports Association, starting 19th April.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Rizvi was done and dusted for 210 in 72.1 overs. Harsh Tripathi was the ‘Wall’ for Rizvi as he scored a patient 32 off 126 balls. Tripathi was at the crease for a mammoth 159 minutes. Yashasvi Jaiswal (32 runs off 53 balls) and Shubham Varma (33 runs off 47 balls) were the other major contributors with the willow. Albarkaat’s bowling was led by Rajesh Sardar, who finished off with a five wicket haul. Rajesh had excellent figures of 29-14-68-5 in the first innings.
In reply, Albarkaat was bundled out for a paltry 163 in 63.4, thus lagging behind by 47 runs. Rehan Khan (37 runs off 94 balls) and Aasim Shaikh (30 runs off 70 balls) played well but failed to take the first innings lead for their team. Rizvi’s bowling attack was a disciplined one and was duly rewarded. Shreyans Bogar was the best bowler as he accounted for 7-56 in 27.4 overs, including 10 maidens.
In the second innings, Rizvi put up 159 runs on board in 43.5 overs, thus setting up a target of 206 runs for Albarkaat. Shoaib Siddique (56 runs off 80balls) scored a wonderful half century and contributed the lion’s share to Rizvi’s total. Meer Rizvi, an off-break bowler picked up 6-49 in 14.4 overs.
Albarkaat would have been more than happy with the way things went in the second innings. Faiz Rathod (50 runs off 99 balls) and Altamash Khan (36 runs off 84 balls) looked in good touch and the hopes of winning started mounting in Albarkaat’s dressing room. At one stage, Albarkaat needed 38 runs to win with one wicket in hand. The pressure got to them as they fell short of 17 runs. Shreyans Bogar was back in action with the ball picking up 4-78 in 28 overs, with Yashasvi Jaiswal grabbing 4-43 in 15 overs.
Rizvi Springfield beat Albarkaat Malik to win the Harris Shield in a nail biting contest.
Brad Murphy an ex Kolkata Knight Riders’ assistant coach from Australia conducted a fielding and wicket keeping session.
Close to 40 kids were enriched by the sessions and picked up really useful drills and skills. The session was held at Don Bosco cricket ground, Matunga and Brad was assisted by 4 young Australian cricketers.
Automotive Cricket Club locked horns against MET Sports Club on 16th April in the grand final of Milan Mega Corporate T20 tournament at Cross Maidan, Mumbai. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Automotive posted a challenging total of 155-9 in their full quota of 20 overs. It was a fantastic batting effort by the full team as all the players chipped with small but useful contributions. Opening bat Sachin top scored with 21 runs off 19 balls, smacking three boundaries. Aniket was the pick of the bowlers for MET, grabbing 3-25 in his three overs.
It was a nail biting finish to the final as MET played extremely well to put up 149-9 in 20 overs, falling short by just 6 runs. Opening bat Harish (38 runs off 33 balls) and middle order bat Vinit (30 not out off 19 balls) were the star performers with the bat, but they failed to take their team through. Laxman, Chetan and Apurva bowled well in tandem to account for two scalps each. Laxman (20 runs off 12 balls), who had earlier played his part with the bat, was in action with the ball, helping his team to clinch the Milan Mega Corporate T20 trophy.
Laxman (20 runs off 12 balls and 2-24 in 4 overs) was awarded with the Man of the Match prize for his brilliant all-round efforts. Dipesh Golam and Rakesh Kamble were declared as the Best Batsman and Best Bowler of the tournament respectively.
Omni marines had a disappointing day with the bat as they were bundled out for a paltry 73 in 17.4 overs against Mahindra Logistics on 9th April at Shivaji Park, Mumbai during the Kurukshetra T20 Cricket Tournament. Apart from Rupesh Popeta (21 runs off 23 balls) and Raj Chaugule (19 runs off 22 balls), rest of the Omni Marines’ batting looked listless. Ashutosh Ghagre and Ketan Kharat were brilliant with the ball, picking up three wickets apiece. Kharat was a miser in giving away runs as he allowed just nine runs off him. He bowled in the right areas, not allowing the batsmen to take him on.
Though the target of 74 does not seem to be a steep one, Omni Marines did not lose hope. They bowled well to grab seven wickets of Mahindra Logistics. Mahindra chased down the target in 12.4 overs, winning the match by three wickets. Coming in at no.3, Chetan Chaudhari steadied the batting ship of Mahindra with a good knock of 22 runs coming off just 18 balls. He hit one boundary and one six in his innings. Anand Kumbhar (17 runs off 18 balls), Ashutosh Ghagre (11 not out off 11 balls) and Narayan Sawant (10 runs off 6 balls) ensured that their team was safe. Jawad Sheikh was the wrecker-in-chief as he finished off with excellent figures of 4-17 in his 3.4 overs.
Ketan Kharat (3-9 in 4 overs) was declared as the Man of the Match for his brilliant bowling display.
2nd edition of Friendship T20 Trophy started on a good note for host Friends Cricket Club and Datamatics team. Both these teams are well placed towards the Semi’s. FCC are at top place in Group-B with 4 points in the pocket winning two consecutive matches. Datamatics are at top place in Group-A with 2 points since they played and won one match till now.
The balance team’s positions in the tournament are as follows:
| GROUP – A
Points Table |
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| Teams | Played | Won | Lost | Points | NRR |
| Datamatics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | + 3.07 |
| Thane Advocates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | + 0.36 |
| Reliance General Insurance | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – 0.36 |
| Vrindavan Cricket Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – 3.07 |
| GROUP – B
Points Table |
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| Teams | Played | Won | Lost | Points | NRR |
| Friends Cricket Club | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | + 4.44 |
| SHM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – 0.45 |
| Cricket Club of Dombivli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – 0.69 |
| Panvel Advocates | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – 3.30 |
In Group-A, still many group matches are balance, so it’s difficult at this stage to say about who will qualify for Semi’s. However in Group-B, the situation is quite interesting. The fight to qualify for Semi’s is majorly between CCD, SHM and FCC. All these three teams are looking forward to play their last league match. For CCD & SHM it will be a Do or Die match to stay in tournament. To keep at top of the table FCC also must be ready with their game plans.
Brief Story of the Tournament as of now:
Day-1 & 2 at ALL SAINTS SCHOOL Ground, Bhiwandi
Match-1 : FCC v/s PANVEL ADOVCATES (Toss : FCC elected to Bat)
FRIENDS CRICKET CLUB – 167 / 7
Ankit Sharma 57 (32 balls, 6×1, 4×7), Prashant Nair 36 (43 balls, 4×4), Manoj Sonawane 25 (16 balls, 4×5), Mahesh Deshmukh (2/29 in 4 overs)
PANVEL ADVOCATES – 124 / 10
Siddesh Hingawale 36 (41 balls, 4×1, 6×2), Harris Huda 26 (26 balls, 4×2, 6×1), Manoj Sonawane (4/22 in 4 overs), Ankit Sharma (2/28 in 4 overs)
Result: FCC won by 40 runs, MoM – Ankit Sharma
(MoM – Ankit Sharma)
Match-2 : THANE ADVOCATES v/s RELIANCE GENERAL (Toss : Reliance elected to Bat)
RELIANCE – 129 / 9
Santosh Karpe 37 (31 balls, 4×3, 6×2), Avinash Chaudhary (2/7 in 3 overs), Latesh (3/25 in 4 overs)
THANE ADVOCATES – 130 / 9 in 19.1 overs
Dinesh Bhoir 46 (30 balls, 4×3, 6×2), Tushar Shilotri 24 (28 balls, 4×4), Parikshit Tripathi (2/18 in 4 overs)
Result: Thane Advocates won by 1 wkt., MoM – Dinesh Bhoir
Match-3 : CRICKET CLUB OF DOMBIVLI v/s SHM ULHASNAGAR (Toss : CCD elected to Bat)
CRICKET CLUB OF DOMBIVLI – 132 / 10
Sylvester Kunder 57 (47 balls, 4×7, 6×1), Vaibhav Janjirker 22 (22 balls, 4×2), Hemant (3/21 in 4 overs) Latesh (3/25 in 4 overs)
SHIVCOLONY HANUMAN MANDIR ULHASNAGAR – 97 / 10 in 15.4 overs
Deepu 29 (21 balls, 4×5), Vasu Mhatre (3/23 in 4 overs), Milind Mohite (2/0 in 0.4 overs)
Result: CCD won by 35 runs, MoM – Vasu Mhatre
(MoM – Vasu Mhatre)
Match-4 : VRINDAVAN CRICKET CLUB v/s DATAMATICS (Toss : VCC elected to Bat)
VRINDAVAN CRICKET CLUB – 130 / 9
Jitu 30 (40 balls, 6×2), Sagar 25 (24 balls, 4×2), Sagar N. (2/17 in 4 overs), Santosh N. (2/21 in 4 overs)
DATAMATICS – 134 / 1 in 14 overs
Nikhil Patil 71 (45 balls, 4×9, 6×3), Sudhir K. 40 (28 balls, 4×4, 6×2), Sandeep (1/22 in 4 overs)
Result: Datamatics won by 9 wkt., MoM – Nikhil Patil
Match-5 : FRIENDS CRICKET CLUB v/s CRICKET CLUB OF DOMBIVLI (Toss : CCD elected to Bat)
CRICKET CLUB OF DOMBIVLI – 105 / 10 in 19.3 overs
Aniket Desai 20 (26 balls, 4×2), Santosh Gole 19 (14 balls, 4×2), Dange (0/4 in 3 overs), Sandesh (2/13 in 3 overs), Ajay (2/22 in 3.3 overs), Ankit (1/18 in 4 overs)
FRIENDS CRICKET CLUB – 110 / 4 in 14.3 overs
Manoj Sonawane 56 (42 balls, 4×7, 6×2), Hiren Lakhmani 30 (29 balls, 4×4), Chetan Dunakhe (3/14 in 4 overs)
Result: FCC won by 6 wkt., MoM – Manoj Sonawane
(MoM – Manoj Sonawane)
Match-6 : PANVEL ADVOCATES v/s SHM ULHASNAGAR (Toss : SHM elected to Bat)
SHIVCOLONY HANUMAN MANDIR ULHASNAGAR – 139 / 10 in 19.5 overs
Hemant 33 (35 balls, 4×2), Deepu 25 (36 balls, 4×2), Nilaksha (2/16 in 4 overs), Kailash (2/18 in 4 overs)
PANVEL ADVOCATES – 113 / 9
Mayur Divekar 47 (34 balls, 4×6), Manish (3/18 in 4 overs), Hemant (2/30 in 4 overs)
Result: SHM won by 26 runs, MoM – Hemant
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Article by Sachin Rajput, Sr. Business Associate – Cricketgraph.com
To quench the thirst of cricket in the wake of Mumbai’s summer heat, Yuva Premiere League (YPL) has made its way to the middle, starting 22nd April. The YPL follows the IPL model when it comes to the auctioning of players and their retention. Every team is given a corpus of Rs.10 crore (virtual money) which is used to buy players. There is a systematic bidding that takes place for every player and the team that bids the highest gets the player. YPL was a big hit last year. This year there are eight teams that will be locking horns against each other to win the coveted YPL title. Here is a quick insight into the teams of YPL:
Badshah: Amit Jain is one of the owners of the team. This year they have retained one of the best performers of last season, Aditya Dagga. Dagga was bought for Rs.30 lakhs last year and this year he was worth Rs.35 lakhs. The other players to watch out for in Badshah are Aniket Patil and Sahyog. Patil is a genuine all-rounder who is purchased for a whopping Rs.2.7 crore, while Sahyog, a right arm medium pace bowler was valued at Rs.1.7 crore. This year the team would like to play to their strengths, which means that they will make full use of their fast bowlers, who will generate lot of pace and bounce from the wicket. “Khiladi is the team that can give us a tough competition, says Amit Jain.
Baazigar: Rohit Agarwal is the happy owner of the winning team of the last year; Baazigar. “This year as well we have a balanced team and we hope to defend our YPL title”, averred Rohit. Mohit Padwal and Shubham Tare, both of them being fantastic all-rounders were retained for a combined sum of Rs.2.8 crore. Rishabh Talwar, who is the new addition to the Baazigar outfit will be a player to watch out for. Talwar is quick with the ball and more than decent with the bat. “We have done our home-work well and have studied each player carefully”, added Agarwal.
Dabbangg: Finishing off at no.3 position last year, Dabbangg owner Girish Ahuja is confident of his team’s performance ahead of this year’s YPL. Pallav Bansal and Mishra ji are the two players that have been retained by the team for a decent amount of Rs.30 lakhs and Rs.40 lakhs respectively. Both these players are medium pace bowlers. Saurabh Gupta, who was the Man of the Series last year, will serve Dabbangg this year. Gupta, who is worth a mammoth sum of Rs.2.8 crore, is a perfect all-rounder that any team would like to have. He picked up 10 wickets and scored tons of runs last season.
“This year we have made a strategic auction, keeping in mind team composition, which will help us to perform better”, reiterated Girish Ahuja, one of the owners of team.
Sikanders: Mr.Avadhani is one of the owners of the team. Sikanders have retained two players; Kashyap, all-rounder and Amogh, a left arm medium pace bowlers. Both these players were retained at a combined cost of Rs.3.2 crore. “The other teams need to watch for Rajeev, who is a southpaw and Paresh, a right hand batsman, who if gets going can tear apart any bowling attack”, said Avadhani. According to the owner, last year champions; Baazigar is the toughest team to beat.
Khiladis: “Our team is a fresh looking one as we have not retained any of the players, instead, the three of us, who are the owners of Khiladis will be on the field to play”, exclaimed Rajesh Ahuja, one of the owners. Milind and Daniel are the two players to watch out for. They are genuine all-rounders and match winners in true sense. Milind was bought for Rs.1.6 crore, while Daniel, who is the most expensive player in the team was purchased at a daunting amount of Rs.1.7 crore. The winners of YPL 2014, Khiladis will look to come out all guns blazing in this year’s YPL.
YPL starts from 22 April 2016 at Whispering Palms, Kandivali Lokhandwala.
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CricketGraph.com wishes all the very best to the entire team of YPL.
Sixth edition of Mumbai,s biggest Mitsui shoji T-20 league will be played from 2nd May 2016 till 20 th may2016 at Mumbai police gymkhana marine lines .
Selection trails will be held at Mumbai police gymkhana on 26 April Tuesday, at 10 AM . Selected players will get chance to play in any four teams such as Bandra Heroes, Thane Marathes, Ghatkoper jets, Shivaji park warriers. There will be total 23 T-20 matches in this league. Each team will play eight league matches and then top four teams will play knock out rounds.
Total prize money would be approx 2lakhs. Please note there is no entry is free for this league . Boys those are above 18 years of age can only participate in this selection trail.
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It was a pretty one-sided affair at National Cricket Club, Mumbai on 9th April when Credit Agricole clashed against Deloitte during the Dreamz T20 Cricket Tournament match. Batting first, Credit Agricole posted a challenging 149-8 in 20 overs. Middle order bat Rahul (56 runs off 50 balls) was pivotal in taking his team to a respectable total. Opening bat Suresh (24 runs off 18 balls) also played a good knock which helped Credit Agricole to get off to a steady start. Sourabh was the pick of the bowlers picking up 2-37 in his four overs.
Deloitte had a disappointing day with the bat as they were done and dusted for a modest 88 in 17.5 overs. They lost the match by 61 runs. Coming in at no.3, Aniket (45 runs) played well and scored more than half of his team’s total. Vicky was the wrecker-in-chief grabbing 4-15 in his miserly spell of four overs. He pitched in right areas and bowled disciplined line and length for which he was duly rewarded. The batsmen found it difficult to score off him and succumbed to the pressure that was created.
Vicky (10 runs off 7 balls and 4-15 in 4 overs) was honoured with the Man of the Match award for his fantastic bowling display.
Batting first, Welspun managed to post a humble 130 in 18.4 overs against Tech Mahindra on 9th April in Mumbai during the Milan Mega Corporate T20 tournament. Deepak Tamhankar (22 runs off 19 balls) was the top scorer for Welspun and found able ally in Nikhil (20 runs off 12 balls). Swapnil Nigudkar was the best bowler for Tech Mahindra accounting for 3-23 in his 3.4 overs.
A target of 131 runs was not completely a daunting task. However Tech Mahindra made a mess of the run chase as they were bundled out for a paltry 87 in 15.1 overs, losing the match by 43 runs. Apart from the opening bat Moyeed (22 runs off 20 balls), none of the other batsmen looked in shape. Deepak Tamhankar, who had earlier shined with the bat, was back into the action with the ball, as he picked up 4-15 in his economical four-over spell. Deepak asked many questions to the batsmen, for which they had no answers. He was a delight to watch and led the Welspun bowling attack.
Deepak Tamhankar (22 runs off 19 balls and 4-15 in 4 overs) was declared as the Man of the Match for his match-winning all-round performance.
It was quite a dismal batting performance from Mahindra on 9th April at Cross Maidan, Mumbai, when they faced off against Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) during the Milan Mega Corporate T20 tournament. Batting first, Mahindra was all out for a humble 115 in 19.3 overs. Deepak Shetty (25 runs off 24 balls), Yogesh Jadhav (29 runs off 35 balls) and Krupesh Patil (23 runs off 15 balls) were the major conytributors for Mahindra with the willow. Pritam and Pinkesh bowled well in tandem to account for three scalps each. They maintained consistent line and length not allowing the batsmen to score freely off them.
In reply, TCS chased down the target in 16.1 overs, winning the match by six wickets. Openers Roshan (17 runs off 18 balls) and Pradip (22 runs off 26 balls) provided a solid start to the run chase and the middle order complimented their efforts to see their team home. Out of the eight bowlers that were used by Mahindra, four of them grabbed one wicket each.
Pritam (3-35 in 4 overs) was bestowed with the Man of the Match award for his brilliant bowling efforts.
