Former champions MCC (Red) in a tight finished prevailed over MCC (Purple)  by six runs  to storm into the MCC Pr0-40 Elite League final, played at Oval Maidan here yesterday. They take on hot favourites MCC (Green) for the coveted title. “Green”, earlier had in a nail-biting pipped “Blue” by a solitary run in the other semifinals.,

Put into bat, “Red” batters, led by Anand Tiwari (57), went all out to end up 218 for nine in their allotted quota of 40 overs. Apart  from the bat of Anand, other notable contributions came from  Dev Jamula (50) and  Divyansh Saxena (46). However,  “Purple” batters too went for the bowling, treating pace  and spin alike , but fell short by six runs. Anand for his 57 and two wickets, was adjudged the ‘Man-of-the-match’.

Brief scores: MCC (Elite) Pro- 40 League (2^nd-Semifinals): MCC  (Red) 218/9 (Anand Tiwari 57, Dev Jamula 50, Divyansh Saxena 46; Adarsh Yadav 3/16, Anand Ashwin 2/22) bt  MCC (Purple) 212/8 off 40 overs (Divyansh Kumar 48, Ridhikant Tripathi41, Om Bangar 39, Dalron Rodriques 37; Anand Tiwari 2/27) by 6 runs. MOM – Anand Tiwari.

Maintaining unbeaten run by table-topper MCC (Green) with six wins, they beat MCC (Blue) in a thrilling one- run last ball win in the semifinals of the MCC Pr0-40 Elite League,  played at Oval maidan here yesterday.

Man of the match Amit Chauhan

It was a match full of ups and down with “Green: holding an edge in the end. Batting first “Greens” thanks to their top order batters, scored 206 for eight off the allotted 40 overs. The highlight of their innings were the fifties by Sohail Ansari (57 off 62 balls) and Amit Chauhan(52 off 58 balls) .

Chasing such a huge score, “Blue” gave them  jitters as Ayan Pathan hit up 90. He got good support from other batters as they inched closer to their target. But the “Green” spinners kept their cool and saw “Blues” fell short by single run before their wicket fell in the last over.

Brief scores: MCC (Elite) Pro- 40 League (Semifinals): MCC  (Green)206/8 off 40 overs (Sohail Ansari 57, Amit Chauhan 52; Nisarg Chaudharty 3/20, Chinmay  Patil 2/30, Ayan Phan 2/49) bt MCC (Blue) 205 all out in39.5 overs (Ayan Pathan 90; Amanat Hussain 2/22, Ankush Paswan 2/31, Amit Chauahan 2/32, Sahil Gaikwad 2/40)  by 1 run. MOM – Amit Chauhan .

A timely unbeaten 125 by Bhagya Patel highlighted B4S CC making the title round of the MCC Pro-40 (Plate Division)  League, played at Oval Maidan here yesterday. Bhagya’s  three figure knock took B4S CC hit up 292 for six off 40overs. But  MCC (Black), in reply, were bundled out for 148 to lose by  thumping 144 runs. They next take on  JSF (Jwala Sport Foundation) in the final. JSF in a low scoring  other semifinals, thrashed by MCC (Orange) by five wickets.

Brief scores:

Semifinals:  (MCC Pro- (Plate Div.) 40 League : B4S CC 292/6 off 40 overs (Bhagya Patel n.o. 125; Govind Kumar 47) bt MCC (Black) 148 all out)(Satyam Ptra47; Kapil Yadav 3/30, Hardik Kumar 2/36) by 144 runs.

MCC (Orange) 76 all out (Vihaan Tylsyan 3/12, Rohit  3/10, Afsar Ali 2/23) lost to JSF 77/5 by five wickets.

Former champions MCC (Red), languishing in the middle this year, have struck a purple patch at last  as they beat MCC (White) by eight wickets to be back in contention for the top honours in the MCC  Pro-40 Elite League , organized by Jwala Sport Foundation, at Oval Maidan, here yesterday.

With Aaqib Ali in irresistible form, hammering unbeaten 99 off 53 balls, “Red” were home for the loss of  just two wickets. Earlier,    MCC (White), put into bat,  did well to hit up 184/9 in the allotted 40 overs with Siddhant Honrao top- scoring with 54. He was ably assisted by  Aaryan Lahane (36). While Dev (4/11) and Harshal (3/44) shared the bowling honours.

Brief scores: (Elite): MCC (White)  184/9 off 40 overs (Siddhant Honrao 54,Aryan Lahane 36, Bhagya Patel 32; Dev 4/11, Harshal 3/44) lost to MCC (Red) 188/2 (Aaquib Ali 99, Diyan Kubhadia 31) by 8 wkts. MOM- Aaquib Ali.

Kimaya D’Souza, of  JBCN International  and Karan Salvi, of Somaiya Sports Academy bagged the under-19 honours in their respective girls and boys categories in the annual GMAAA Inter-school and junior colleges Swimming championships, organized at the Borivali’s Mandpeshwar Civic Federation swimming pool over the weekend.  However, only three new records that were set during the two-day meet were in the lower age groups.

Individual winners with their trophies pose with the GMAAA and MCF officials.

Sharing the honours with them were Jasudben’s Tannishtha Nair  with three golds including a record breaking in the girls  under-17  and Shubham Joshi (Mulund College of Commerce) who ended with three golds in the boys under-17 sections. Arnav Wadekar of Don Bosco, too, had his share of four golds, including one with new record in the 50m back stroke in the under-15 category.

But the cynosure of all eyes were the Bombay Scottish’s twin Deshwal sisters Saani and Anvi , while Saani set a new mark in 100m individual medley, beating Anvi to secnd place. However, Anvi took a sweet revenge as she claimed gold in the 50m backstroke, pipping Saani at the post.

Individual Champions:

GIRLS (U-7): Myra  Mali (Canossa Convent)- 16 pts. (U-9):  Devika Janardhan (Daffodil H.S) -205 pts  (FINA pts). (U-11); Amatullah Dholkawala (JB Petit)- 395 pts. (U-13): Anvi Deshwal (Bom. Scott.)- 554 pts. (U-15):  Dhruti Shroff (CNM)- 392 pts.  (U-17):  Tannishtha Nair (Jasudben ML)-497 pts. (U-19): Kimaya D’Souza (JBCN Intl)- 386 pts.

BOYS (U-7): Dhruv Khandwala (Jmnabai Narsee)- 16 pts. (U-9): Shivaansh Athalye (Panbai Intl)- 160 pts. (U-11): Abir Seth  (Vibgyor High)- 248 pts.  (U-13): Dron Palande (Don Boscol)- 369 pts. (U-15):  Arnav Wadekar (Don Bosco)- 457 pts. (U-17): Shubham Joshi (Mulund Coll)-  562 pts. (U-19): Karan Salvi (Somaiya Spts Aca) – 501 pts

Stirring batting display by Nisarg Choudhary (76) and Ankit Singh(71) highlighted as  MCC (Blue) stopped the winning spree of MCC(Purple) by three wickets in the MCC Pro-40 League (Elite Division) , organized by Jwala Sports Foundation, at Oval Maidan here yesterday. “Purples”, however, with four wins out of six, still stay in the hunt for top honours, but table-topper “Greens” with five wins out of five still maintain the top position.

Nisarg Choudhary.

Put into bat first, MCC (Purple)  top order batters,led by Falzani Rabbani ( (51)and  Ridhikant Tripathi (44)  did well to hit up 218/8 off 40 overs. But Nisarg Choudhary, who had captured three wickets, excelled with bat as well, hitting 76. He had solid partnership wih Ankit Singh (71) as the “Blues” overhauled the “Purples”  total with seven wickets in hand. Nisary’s all round show earned him the man-of-the-match.   

Brief scores: (ELITE): MCC (Purple) 218/8 off 40 overs Falani Rabbini 51, Radhikant triplathi 44; Nisarg Choudhary 3/40, Ayan Pathan 2/44) lost to MCC (Blue) 221/3 (Nisarg Choudhary 76, Ankit Singh 71; Subrata Das 2/39) by 7 wickets.

Table Topper B4S CC thrashed MCC (Black) by nine wickets to maintain its unbeaten run  in the Five-team  Plate division tie in  the MCC Pro-40 League, hosted by Jwala Sports Federation, at Oval Maidan here today.

Put into bat , MCC (Black) batters were all at sea  as none of their top batters could face their spinner Shivam Sharma (4/10), Tasya Sawant (2/17) and were shot out for 118. In reply, chasing their target, B4S CC openers Arush Arora (5), Harsh Patil (32) made light of their target and were home with nine wickes in hand.

Brief scores: MCC (Black) 118all out ( Ayush Chavan 28;  Shivam Sharma (4/10), Tasya Sawant (2/17) lost to M4S CC 119/1 (Arush Arora n.o. 50, Harsh Patil n.o. 32) by 9wkts.

Hosts JSF (Jwala Sports Foundation), thanks to their top  batters led by consistent Arjun Tewatia (50 n.o.), recorded their third win, beating Royal Pink by three wickets in the five-team  plate division  MCC Pro-40 League, played at Oval Maidan here yesterday.  With this win, JSF along with B4S CC are strong contender to fight for the top honours in the Plate division.

Arjun Tewatia 55 n.o. for JSF

Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Royal Pink did well to hit up 190/7 off 40 overs. However, JSF made light of the chase, and knocked off their target in 27.3 overs.

In another tie, the title hopefuls B4S CC hit up 187 for nine against MCC (Orange) and then bowled out  their opponent for 55 wih Hrikithabh Das Gupta capturing tdhree for six.

Brief scores: (Plate): Royal Pink 190 /9 (Aarv Thakker 44, Dheeraj Paswan 35, Kshitij Valvi 4/37, Kunal Roy 2/9) lost to JSF 191/7 ( Arjun Tewatia n.o. 50, Chaitanya Mahale 47, Arpit Agrawal 3/38) by 3 wkts.

B4S CC  187/9 (Tasya Sawant 45) bt MCC (Orange) 55 (Hrikssstabh Das Gupta 3/6.

Sahil Gaikwad (4/33)  played a stellar role in MCC (Green)’s second win, defeating former champions MCC(R ed) by two wickets to stay unbeaten in the 6-team MCC Elite Pro-40 league, played at Oval aidan here yesterday.

Opting to bat first after winning the toss, “Red” were dismissed for 168 in 35.3 overs. Most of the batters, failed to Sahil’s spinners as Diyan Kubadia was their top scorer with 45. In reply, “Green” too struggled as their lost eight wickets before they were home with two wickets in hand.

Earlier, MCC (Green) with their top order batters led by Suhail Ansari (76), Amkush Paswan (63), Amit Chauhan (50) in fine  touch, hit up hit up 274 for six off 40 overs.  But chase  proved to be big for “Yellow” as they were shot out for 81.

Brief scores: MCC (Red) 168 all out (Diyan Kubadia 45, Vijay Choudhary 34; Sahil Gaikwad 4/33 , Amant Hussain 3/42) lost to MCC (Green) 171/8 (Ankush Paswan 29, Amit Chauhan 27; Harshal Waghmare 3/30) by 2 wkts. . 

 MCC (Green) 274/6 off 40 overs (Suhail Ansari 76, Ankush Paswan 63, Amit Chauhan 50, Pranav Patil 33; Kapil Yadav 2/48, Shoaib Khan 2/53)  bt  MCC (Yellow) 83  (Raj Agrahri 5/33, Rajiv Bhadwiya 3/16)  by 193 runs.

Opener Arjun Tetwatia’s hurricane century (122 with 20 fours and a six off 80 balls)  was the standout performance in JSF (Jwala  Sports Foundation)’s  five wickets win over MCC (Black) in the MCC Pro-40 League (Plate Division), played at Oval Maidan, here yesterday.

Man-of-the match –Arjun Tetwatia

After put into bat, “Black” batters could score only 190 in 39.3 overs with major contribution coming from lower order batters. With opener Arjun in fine touch, they were home with five wickets in hand.

Former champions MCC (Red)  opened their campaign in quite a peculiar fashion as they won over MCC (Blue) with the help of 50 penalty runsas their opponents wasted lot of time while fielding in the elite division..

Batting first,  the “Red” hit up 274 for six off 40 overs. In reply the “Blues”  inspite of   Nisarg Chaudhary 81 with 11 fours, were restricted to 215 for six. .  However, their good work went in vain as they were conceded 50 penalty runs for waisting lost of time while fielding.

In another match, MCC (Green)  scored a thumping 193 runs win over MCC (Yellow). Batting first, the “Greens” hit up 274 for six with Suhail Ansari (76), Ankush Paswan63, and Amit Chauhan 50 being the major contributors. In reply, ‘Yellows” were shot out for 81 with Raj Agrahari (5/83)  and Rajiv Bhardwaz (3/16),) sharing the bowling honours.

Brief scores: (Elite Div) –MCC (Blue) 215/6 off 40 overs (Nisarg Chaudhary 81, Gaurav Pagare 27, Rajnish Pandey 29;) lost to MCC (Red) 240/7- with 50 penalty runs (Ashish Sasane 31, Nisarg Choudhary 4/44, Chinmay Patil 3/19) by 3 wickets.

MCC (Green) 274/6 (Suhail Ansari 76, Ankush Paswan 63, Amit Chauhan 50, Pranav Patil33; Kapil Yadav 2/48, Shoaib Khan 2/55 ) bt  MCC (Yellow) 81 (Raj Agrahari 5/83, Rajiv Bhaduriya 3/16) by 193 runs.

(Plate Div):  Brief scores:  MCC Pro-40 League: (Plate  nn the eleie section Div): MCC (Black) 190  all out in 39.3 overs (Dev K 38, Krishna Powal 35;  Kunal Roy 3/32, Utkarsh Mishra 2/21, Afsar Ahmed   2/44 , Rohir 2/30)   ) lost to  JSF 191/5 l (Arjun Tetwatia n.o. 122; Krishna Poswal 2/50, Yuvraj  Singh 2/24) by 5 wkts. MOM: Arjun Tetwatia.