PAYYADE SC Lifts 15th D.R.A.C.T. MCA Under-14 Tournament organized by CPCC |Mumbai
Final of 15th D.R.A.C.T. 2015-2016 (Dronacharya Ramakant Achrekar Cricket Tournament) which is now also renowned as Mumbai Under-14 Selection Tournament in alliance with Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) organized by CPCC (Chandrakant Pandit Cricket Clinic) was played between Payyade SC & Amar CC on 17th & 18th November at Venus Sports Academy Goregaon West.
After winning the Toss, Amar CC elected to bat first and they set a total of 281 for Payyade SC with the help of 3rd wkt. Partnership of 74 runs (between Suryansh S. 70 (4×8) & Abhishek W. 46 (4×7)) and 10th wkt. Partnership of 94 runs (between Vatsal S. 57* (4×7) & Soham S. 33 (4×4)). At one stage, Amar CC collapsed to 186/9 from 124/3 after the effective bowling performance from Payyade SC Captain Left Arm Spinner Musheer Khan 5/68 and Right Arm Leg Spinner Siddhesh Jadhav (2/31). Chasing a Target of 281, Payyade SC ended the score with 183/4 on final day of the game. From Payyade SC star batsmen in Final game were Ayush J. (51 (4×8), Siddhesh Jadhav 62* (4×11). Since Payyade SC had better Quotient compared to Amar CC, Payyade SC were declared as Winners. Siddhesh Jadhav was declared Player of the finals considering his all round performance in the game.
Prize Distribution Ceremony was conducted on 28th November’2015 at CPCC, Hansraj Morarji Public School Ground, Andheri West in presence of Guest of Honour Dr. P. V. Shetty (Jt. Hon. Secretary M.C.A.), Chief Guest Shreyas Iyer (Mumbai Ranji Player & IPL DD team Member), Arvind Kadam (Secretary – MCA Tournament Committee), Rajesh Sutar (Chairman – MCA U-14 Selection Committee)
Mani Iyer (Chairman Tournament & Organising Committee (DRACT) – CPCC) expressed his sincere gratitude towards all the Guests, MCA Members, Selectors, Coaches, Players of Participating Teams, Sponsors, Media on the successful conclusion of the tournament as this tournament gives U-14 Cricketers a Platform to Show Case their talent and during the same time, a base for MCA to look at Young Cricketers they can groom for future.
Special Awards:
Shri. Dilip Vengsarkar Trophy – Best Batsman of the Tournament
Late Shri. Ramakant Desai Trophy – Best Bowler of the Tournament
Late Shri. Ramnath Parkar Trophy – Best Fielder of the Tournament
Late Shri. Naren Tamhane Trophy – Best Wicket Keeper of the Tournament
Sunil Gavaskar Trophy – Man of the Series Award
Videos of the prize distribution Ceremony
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Article by Sachin Rajput, Sr. Business Associate – Cricketgraph.com