Arbuda Agrochemicals locked horns against Axis Bank at Young Muslim Sports Club in the on-going Kurukshetra Cup T20 tournament, organized by Beyond Infinity, a company formed by two brothers Piyush Rai and Devashish Rai, who are passionate about this sport. Arbuda won the toss and elected to bat first. They put on board a mammoth 196-7 in 20 overs, courtesy Lalit Sharma’s fantastic knock of 71 runs in 51 balls. He received good support from Sagar Shah, who chipped in with a quick fire 41 off just 31 balls. Rohit Dubey was the pick of the bowlers for Axis accounting for 3-17 in his three overs.
Chasing 197 runs was a Herculean task. Arbuda with its disciplined bowling performance restricted Axis to a paltry 125-8 in 20 overs, thus winning the match by 71 runs. Pratap Kawadi top scored for Axis with 38 runs. Sajid Shaikh was the best bowler for Arbuda as he struck 3- 28 in his four overs. Lalit Sharma was awarded with the Man of the Match prize for his match winning knock of 71 runs.
Vinayak Marine Services and Indiacast clashed on 24th Jan at Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul in the on-going Master’s Cup T20 tournament, organized by Oneworld Corp. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Vinayak Marine Services put on board 161-3 in their full quota of 20 overs. Viraj played an innings of his life as he scored 90 runs off just 62 balls, hitting 11 boundaries and two sixes. Gaurav Nikam was the best bowler for Indiacast as he grabbed 2-38 in his four overs.
Chasing 162 runs was going to be a daunting task, but a solid middle ordering batting performance by India came to its rescue. Wicket-keeper batsman Zaid (36), Gaurav Nikam (33*) and Abhay (35) contributed well with the bat to see their team home. Indiacast chased down the target easily in 18.2 overs, keeping five wickets in hand. Gaurav Nikam of Indiacast was bestowed with the Man of the Match award for his brilliant all-round performance.
Barclays bank faced makemytrip on 24th Jan at Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul in the on-going Master’s Cup T20 tournament, organized by Oneworld Corp. Winning the toss and electing to field first, Makemytrip could not make the most of it. Barclays put on board a formidable 161-7 in 20 overs, courtesy Deepak Venkatesh’s fantastic half century. Yogendra Telang (24) and Sagar Patil (22) chipped in with the bat as well. Pranav Ambre (2-19) and Prafull Pitale (2-24) were the pick of the bowlers for Makemytrip.
In response, Makemytrip was bundled out for 79 in 16.5 overs, losing the match by 82 runs. First with the bat and then with the ball, Sagar Patil seized the match as he picked up 4-17 in his four overs. Pranav Ambre top scored for his team with 17 runs. Sagar Patil of Barclays was adjudged as the Man of the Match for his outstanding all-round performance.
East Zone faced West Zone at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi in the on-going Women’s U-19 Inter-Zonal two day tournament. The match was played on 26th and 27th Jan. winning the toss and electing to bat first, East Zone posted 168 on board in 91.5 overs. Sushree Dibyadarshini was the highest scorer for East Zone with 60 runs. Mumbai’s Fatima Jaffer bowled wonderfully well and finished off with figures of 6-59 in 34 overs.
Though 168 doesn’t seem to be a daunting score, East Zone with their strong bowling attack, bundled out West Zone for a paltry 74 in 48.5 overs. Vrushali Bhagat (20) was the lone fighter and didn’t receive any support from rest of the batting line-up. Tanushree Sarkar (4-11) and Sushree Dibyadarshini (3-13) rattled the West Zone line-up, thereby securing a heavy lead of 94 runs for their team.
Coming out to bat in the second innings, East Zone closed the play at 62-5 in 44 overs. Jaya Mohite and Prakashika Naik bagged two wickets apiece. The match ended in a draw, with East Zone securing 3 points, thanks to their first innings lead and West Zone settling with 1 point.
The match ended in a draw, with both, the North Zone and Central Zone bagging 1 point each.
Brief scores: East Zone 168-10 in 91.5 overs (S Dibyadarshini 60,S Mahalik 26; F Jaffer 6-59, T Hasabnis 2-45) and 62-5 in 44 overs (S Sahoo 22*; P Naik 2-16, J Mohite 2-13) vs West Zone 74-10 in 48.5 overs (V Bhagat 20, J Rodrigues 16; T Sarkar 4-11, S Dibyadarshini 3-13)
North Zone locked horns against Central Zone at JSCA Oval Ground, Ranchi in the on-going Women’s U-19 Inter-Zonal two day tournament. The match was played on 26th and 27th Jan. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, North Zone closed their first innings for 213 runs in 107.5 overs. Sneh Rana (53) scored a brilliant half century and was well-supported by Harleen Deol (30), Laxmi Yadav (33) and Rajni Devi (31*). Tanu Kala was the pick of the bowlers for Central Zone as she grabbed 3-42 in her 29 overs.
In response, Central Zone scored 162-7 in 99 overs, courtesy a fabulous batting display from the opener Nuzhat Parween (51). Ekta (43) and Yashi Pandey (36*) also chipped in to contribute with the bat for their team. Sneh Rana was the star bowler for North Zone as she picked up a five-for giving away just 36 runs in 33 overs. The match ended in a draw, with both, the North Zone and Central Zone bagging 1 point each.
Brief scores: North Zone 213-10 in 107.5 overs (S Rana 53, L Yadav 33; T Kala 3-42) vs Central Zone 162-7 in 99 overs (N Parween 51, Ekta 43; S Rana 5-36)
Date: 25.01.2016
Venue: Payyade Sports Club
Eliminator Round II
Team Lohana Holidays v/s Team Terabytes Infosys
Lohana Holidays skipper’s all round performance shatters dream of Terabytes Infosys to reach the Finals
In a hard fought match all round performance of skipper Nikhil Dodhi of Lohana Holidays sealed the place in finals of OMTEX CUP 2015-16.
Today all went right for Nikhil, starting by winning the toss and inviting Terabytes Infosys to bat first on very true strip at Payyade Sports Ground. Team Terabytes suffered early set back by losing Umesh, but men in form Kapil Sota (88) had a decent partnership with Sandeep Bharucha. During middle overs loss of three quick wickets jolts Team Terabytes but again resistance came when Captain Mitesh Rawal(34) steadied ship in Kapil Sota’s company. Again a mini collapse hampers the teams progress of reaching a big target but in the end Kunal Patel(33runs) played responsible knock with Jigar Shah(29 runs ) and took Team Terabytes to respectable total of 274 runs . Team Lohana Holidays bowlers Amit Sheth, Mitul Sheth, Nikhil Dodhi & Khalid Mulani restricted the opposition in the death overs and team Terabyte were bowled out in the 39 th Over
In reply regular openers started slowly, after losing Jitu Mehta and Amit Shah it was all the way Team Lohana as brilliant and responsible knock by Rajesh Mehta (60 in 52 balls) and Deep Thakkar missed the well deserved century by 2 runs (66 balls 98 runs) provided solid platform to chase the target of 275 runs . Later unbeaten 76 runs in 59 balls by Skipper gets Team Lohana Holidays home with more than 3 overs to spare. It was hard fought game as Skipper of Terabytes used 10 bowlers but all efforts goes in vain.
With the results levelled at 1 -1 between the two finalists ,Lohana holidays once again meets Team Omtex in the finals on 30th Jan 2016…
Ycc -Symbol of Unity! !
Parth Shah s 165 not out ends the winning run Of Lohana holidays… .Takes Team Omtex to the finals ….Captain Lohana holidays, Nikhil Dodhi s sizzling 121 runs in Vain …..But …One more opportunity for Lohana Holidays to qualify for the Finals …. .
Put into bat first by Team Omtex. .Lohana holidays got off to a poor start by loosing wickets early in the innings and where 69 for 4 in 11 overs …Partnerships are the key to put up a big score .. Nikhil Dodhi who walked in at No 4 ..sizzled ..and was back to his best.. scored a brilliant 121 runs in 80 balls ( 17 fours and 4 sixes ) , he along with Nishant Mahidhar who scored 51 runs of 49 balls had a partnership of 114 runs in 13 overs and overcame the earlier setback of loss of quick wickets and gave team Lohanas a steady platform for a big score . Nikhil Dodhi was bowled by Manish shah for 121 with the team on 183 runs after 24 overs ..Deep thakkar walked in to join Nishant Mahidhar could not last long & was caught behind the wicket of the bowling of Manish Shah after scoring 6 runs .Nishant and khalid( 34 runs of 21 balls) had a decent partnership of 70 runs in 7 overs before Nishant was out lbw to Sagar for a well played 51 runs , the middle lower order too contributed , Sachin parekh – 27 runs of 17 balls & Amit Shah 24 runs of 15 balls and Lohana Holidays set up a target of 322 runs in their stipulated 40 overs .
Opening the batting Parth Shah and Atit got Team Omtex off to a run a ball start before Atit(21 runs ) was caught at point by Deep Thakkar with the score on 57 in the ninth over .Chetan sanghavi and Parth had a match winning partnership which avoided further loss of wickets of 108 runs in 9 overs before Chetan Sanghavi was out caught at point by Khalid mulani for 29 runs with the score on 165 runs ..Captain Bhavesh ( 36 runs in 27 balls ) walked into join Parth shah and had another crucial partnership of 52 runs before Bhavesh was stumped of the bowling of Nishant with the score on 217 in 27 overs .With last match centurion and in form Manav walked to the crease and with Sagar Pania still to bat and with 106 runs required in 13 overs it seemed that the run chase would be a catwalk but both Manav pasad ( 19 runs of 12 balls ) and Sagar Pania (13 runs of 13 balls) got out cheaply and the lower middle order too collapsed quickly the pressure was all on opener Parth who hold on to his nerves to reach his century and then 165 runs n.o.( 28 fours and 2 sixes) and took the team to victory in the 39th over with Jayesh Shah hitting the winning runs with a six to qualify for the Finals. .
Being unbeaten in the tournament and topping the table Lohana holidays however have another chance to qualify for the Finals and they play the winner of second Semifinals to be played on Sunday 24th Jan 2016 on 26th Jan 2016.
Ycc – Symbol of Unity! !
Pedhmala faced Rintoda on 24th Jan at RBI, Azad Maidan in the on-going TMBB Cup 2016 tournament. Pedhmala won the toss and elected to bat first. Pedhmala thrived on this opportunity and scored a handsome 246-5 in their full quota of 35 overs. It was a splendid batting display as three of their players scored half centuries; Nismid (50), Yagnesh (51) and Manish (52). A cameo from Daksesh (42 runs off 23 balls) took his team post the 200-run mark. Mukesh picked up 2-47 in his seven overs and was the best bowler for Rintoda.
In reply, Rintoda were restricted to 196-5 in 35 overs, thereby losing the match by a big margin of 50 runs. Urvish (43) top-scored for his side but failed to take his team home. First with the bat and then with the ball, Manish contributed to Pedhmala’s win. He picked up 3-40 in his seven overs. He was awarded with the Man of the Match prize for his all-round performance (52 runs and 3 wickets).
HUS Films Pvt. Ltd. locked horns against Omni Marine Engineering on 24th Jan at Prabhu Jolly Young Cricketers Club, Mumbai in the on-going Shiraz-e-Hind tournament match organized by Mariya Sports. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Omni were bundled out for 73 in 25.2 overs, courtesy the wonderful bowling efforts of Azeem Dayatar (3-11) and Hamid Raza (3-4). Opening batsman Aakash Patil (20) top-scored for Omni receiving no support whatsoever from rest of the batting line-up.
Chasoing a modest target of 74 runs was always going to be a cake walk for HUS Films. They finished off the match in just 10.2 overs, keeping nine wickets in hand. The openers Rehan Khan (21) and Suresh Kamble (30*) gave a solid start and in the end Irfan Ansari (20*) also contributed to take his team through. Azeem Dayatar was bestowed with the Man of the Match award for his splendid bowling efforts.
Ontrack took on VFCL on 24th Jan at Yashwant Nagar ground in the on-going Friends Premier League. Winning the toss and electing to bat first, Ontrack posted 126 on board, courtesy Ashish Joshi (33) and Aditya Salaskar (21). Praful Tambe was the pick of the bowlers for VFCL as he finished with figures of 4-18 in his four overs.
Chasing 127 runs was never going to be a worry for VFCL. Arsalan Shaikh made the chase look easy as he raced to a blistering 70 off just 44 balls, hitting 10 boundaries. He received good support from Mitul Barot (24) and Praful Tambe (24). Niketan Pandey and Sanath Patel of Ontrack bagged a couple of wickets apiece. VFCL chased down the target in just 17.3 overs, keeping five wickets in hand. Arsalan Shaikh was honoured with the Man of the Match prize for his match winning knock.
