Well known school for Cricket Fatima played their first match of Harris shield 2015 -16 against Madhavrao Bhagvat school ( vile parle)
Madhavrao school scored a poor 79 runs all out lasting only 26 overs. Nekh Karkal of Fatima was the chief destroyer, picking up 5 wickets in his spell of 8 overs conceding only 20 runs.
Fatima achieved the desired target in just 14 overs but losing 5 wickets in the process. Yash Suvarna scored 37 not out while Nirav Kanchan scored 14.
Nekh of Fatima was chosen MoM.
Hanumant Matkar of Ajanta Pharma scored a classy century in the Dreamz 40 over tournament against CEX. Batting first Ajanta Pharma, riding on 110 of Hanumant Matkar 262 for 5. Hanumant took only 84 deliveries for his 110 and remained unbeaten accelerating innings at the right time. He was well complemented by Haresh Jadhav.
CEX reply was lackluster. Apart from Nitesh Lund and Zul. Shaikh none could even cross 10 runs. Nitesh scored 45 while Shaikh contributed with 14. Hanumant showed what he is capable of with ball, picking up 5 wickets giving away just 5 runs.
Hanumant was declared MoM !!!
Match 1: Arch Mavericks Vs Avengers : Mavericks win by 1 run
The first match of Super 8 stage between Arch Mavericks and Avengers. It was a low scorer and the team holding their nerves finally won in the nail biter.
Arch Mavericks scored below par score of 98 runs all out in 17 overs. Both Khushru Irani and Malushte scored 20 runs each while others couldn’t cross the 10 digit mark. For Avengers Chavda took 4 wickets while Kulkarni accounted for 3.
Khushru bowled his heart out claiming 5 wickets giving away only 17 runs and thus derailing Avengers chase. Avengers needed 4 runs off last over with 2 wickets in hand but could score only 3 runs and lost the remaining 2 wickets, handing a narrow 1 run victory to Arch Mavericks.
Khushru was declared MoM.
Match 2: SSA Strikers Vs. Sankalpan : Strikers win by 19 runs
Brief Scores: SSA Strikers : 140 for 8 (Gujar 40, Hiremath 29, Nakhwa 3 wickets for 17)
Sankalpan : 121 for 8 ( Nakhwa 48, Joshi 22, Redij 3 wickets, Koli 2 wickets)
Man of the Match: Gujar from Strikers
Match 3: Hellbenders Vs. United XI : Hellbenders win by 16 runs
Brief Scores : Hellbenders : 156 for 9 (Khatri 71, Chavda 26, Vineet 4 for 26)
United XI : 140 for 8 ( Kamlesh 49, Vineet 23, Kansara 2 for 28)
Man of the Match: Chinmay Khatri from Hellbenders
ICICI batted first against Deutsche in the first semifinal of Woods T20 Mega Corporate trophy. ICICI lost their opening batsman Aniket Mane for a naught. But it was the other opener Anant who remained unbeaten scoring 92 runs, hitting 12 boundaries and 2 sixes. ICICI posted healthy 184 for 4.
180 + was always a difficult chase in a semi final. Deutsche got a good opening stand but it was Anant again, this time with the ball who was the chief destroyer. Anant claimed fifer in his 3 over spell. In the end Deutsche gave a good fight but fell short by 15 runs.
There were no surprises as Anant from ICICI was named Man Of the Match for classy all round show.
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The run out of Ritesh Somani at a crucial stage cost the game for Standard Chartered Bank. The quarter final played at Venus ground between Standard Chartered and Route SMS turned out to be one sided once Ritesh who hit 4 blistering sixes got run out.
Having put in to bat Standard could manage to post only 102 runs on the board and failed to finish their quote of 20 overs. Ritesh Somani top scored with 28 while Vaibhav Sane scored 21. For Route Bhavik and Siddharth took 3 wickets each.
Standard fell short by at least 40 runs and Route batsmen didn’t show any signs of nervousness of a quarterfinal as they easily achieved the target in the 14th over.
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Bhavik Patel of Route was declared MoM for fine bowling spell.
A solid batting display by Captain Hemang Shah of Kcd group , Steady innings by Krunal Sheth and cameo by Yatin Oza Help KCD set up a defendable total of 219 runs in 39.1 overs at Poisar Gymkhana.
Ecm never got going with captain Hemang Shah bowled out Kishore jethwani & Bhagwaan pania cheaply .Dipesh thakkar & Jay bhatt tried to steady the ship but all in vain as they were bowled out for 121 runs in 26 overs ….
Hemang Shah all round performance 74 runs of 54 balls and 3 wickets won him the man of the match award .
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Here are some pictures from post match ceremony.
Spartan won the toss and elected to field first in bowling friendly conditions. Highflyers got off to a breezy start scoring 32 in just 3rd over but lost 3 wickets at the same score. They went from 32 for no loss in 2.3 overs to 36 for 4 by the end of the 4th over. Tarun Kapoor scored well composed 22 runs off 22 deliveries. It was bowlers day as Chetan Rai, Saurabh Korgaonkar and Ashish Jain picked up 2,3 and 2 wickets respectively. But the day belonged to Nirbhay Kahar. Coming to bat at number 9, he batted fearlessly scoring handy 30 runs in just 18 balls hitting 2 maximums and 3 boundaries. Highflyers posted a modest 125 all out without finishing their quota of 20 overs.
Spartan’s chase anchored around 1 down batsman Arnab Bhujbal, who scored a brilliant half century in bowling friendly conditions. Arnab scored 56 while Nishant Chaudhary scored 25 runs. These were the only 2 batsmen from Spartan to score double digit apart from 23 extras. Nirbhay and Chandan Jha, each took 4 wickets. Spartans too failed to bat their full quota of 20 overs and fell tantalizingly short by 1 run of Highflyers total. Credit should go to Nirbhay and Chandan along with some excellent fielding.
Nirbhay was declared Man of the Match!!!
Batting first on a flat deck, Giants came out all guns blazing against Superior in the KSG 40 over tournament.
Giants top 4 scored heavily against Superior. Openers Vishal Sanghavi and Monish Parekh scored 69 and 37 respectively. Karan Mehta scored 89 off 63 balls. But it was Maulik Mehta and Neel Chitalia who put the icing on the cake. Maulik scored at a strike rate of 200 (91 off 45 balls) while Neel had an eye popping strike rate of almost 300 (75* off 27 balls). Ankit Mehta took 3 wickets but gave away 93 runs. Giants posted 394 for 6 in 40 overs taking the game out of reach of Superior.
Superior needed a blinder from all of their top order batsmen. But it was Karan Mehta again with the ball this time who broke Superior’s back. Karan Vora, Karan Mehta, Sagar and Pratik Modi all took 2 wickets each. Chintan Kanakia scored 26. Superior folded for 139 in the 26th over thus handing a huge 255 run victory to Giants.
Karan Mehta was named MoM for fine display with both bat and ball!!!
It was a low scorer T20 thriller played between Mycroyance and R.C.C at Elphinstone Cricket Club pitch at Oval, Churchgate in the inaugural edition of the Kurukshetra Cup Season 1.
It ended up with a tie with both teams earning a point and solace of not losing a closely contested game with many twists and turns.
This was the first match of the first edition of the Kurukshetra Cup. This tournament is organized by Beyond Infinity, a company formed by 2 brothers, Piyush Rai (COO) and Devashish Rai (CEO), who are passionate about cricket.
Mycroyance chose to bat first. Their innings got off to a shaky start and they kept losing wickets regularly. It was fine knock by their last recognized batsman Rishikesh Kore batting left hand made big difference. Rishikesh played a sensible knock with the lower order batsman to take his team to a score for their bowlers to bowl at. Rishikesh scored 43 off 41 balls and helped Mycroyance reach 120 runs exhausting full quota of wickets and balls. The Shaikhs 6 wickets with Imran taking 3, Bilal 2 and Shadab 1 for RCC.
120 was a tricky chase on a tricky surface. Similar to the innings of Mycroyance, RCC too kept loosing wickets regularly but it was the steady partnership between Bilal Shaikh and Farooq Qureshi that took the game away from Mycroyance. But the run out of Bilal Shaikh in the last over by Aniket Karwarkar got the game in balance again. Aniket accounted for one more run out in the last over. Needing 3 to win on the last ball, Farooq could manage to get a brace and thus tie the score. Rishikesh Kore of Mycroyance was named MoM.
A match to remember!!!
Here are some moments in pictures from the match:
Winning the toss DNA chose to put Zee batsmen to make first use of the L.I.C. pitch at cross maidan. Zee lost 2 quick wickets but the ice and fire partnership between opener Amir and 2 down Alok Ratnaparkar sealed the deal for Zee. Amir batted patiently for his 46 runs while Alok was on fire, hitting 12 fours and a maximum in his 54 balls 86 runs. Zee ended up with a score of 168 for the loss of 2 wickets at the end of their 20 overs.
DNA’s batting completely collapsed against sharp line and lenghts of Zee bowlers. Highest score in DNA’s innings was that of extras. None except one could reach a double digit score such was the discipline of the Zee bowlers. DNA folded for 72 handing a 96 run victory to Zee. For Zee, Dev bowled excellent spell in which he took 4 wickets for 11 runs in his 4 overs while Akhil took 3 and Atul took 2.
Alok Ratnaparkar was declared Man of the Match for a great knock!