by Sportstar Trophy, the premier Under 19 selection tournament for
the Bombay Cooch Behar team. Contested between 4 teams, the
"Dattu Phadkar XI", the "Vijay Merchant XI", the "Vijay
Manjrekar XI" and the "Khandu Rangnekar XI".
Round 1 September 23-25
At the Oval:
Phadkar XI 227 all out
(Jaspreet Singh 36, Ramesh Powar 36, Amit Mungekar 29, Manish
Bangera 57* ; Rohan Hirlekar 7/63)
Manjrekar XI 147 all out
(Wassim Jaffer 50; Dinesh Sabnis 2/34, Faisal Sheikh 3/30, Amit
Vedpathak 4/35)
Phadkar XI 158/8 declared
(Jaspreet Singh 31, Amit Mugekar 44, Ramesh Powar 40;
Amit Tanwade 2/16, Rohan Hirlekar 3/49)
Manjrekar XI 40/2
[Note : Rohan Hirlekar is an off-spinner, as is Faisal Sheikh ]
MATCH DRAWN
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At the CCI:
Rangnekar XI 232 all out
(Milind Tamhane 56, Gaurang Chavan 38, Kaustubh Latke 54*,
Rajesh Powar 4/65, Abhishek Jaywant 3/23)
Merchant XI 361 all out
(Premjit Tawde 45, Jayesh Utekar 26,Ajit Agarkar 102, Ravikant
Chavan 47, Rajesh Powar 48 ; Abhay Tapeli 3-72, Kaustubh
Latke 2-62, Milind Tamhane 3/25).
Rangnekar XI 167 all out
(Milind Tamhane 39, Gaurang Chavan 30; Ajit Agarkar 2/27, Sunil
Sharma 2/23).
Merchant XI 39/1
Merchant XI WON BY 9 WICKETS.
[ Note : Rajesh Powar is a left-arm orthodox spinner ]
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Round 2 October 1-3
Merchant XI 150 all out
(Pushkaraj Jadhav 72, 7 X 4 ; Jadhav/Salil Vaidya 71 for 4th
wicket)
Dinesh Sabnis 6/36 in 15 overs
Phadkar XI 265/2 (Amit Pagnis 155*, Ramesh Pawar 96* - 245* for
the 3rd wicket )
RAIN - MATCH ABANDONED
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Rangnekar XI 142 all out ( Yogesh Koudhare 7/61)
Manjkrekar XI 141 ( Kapil Parpiliwar 3/36, Abhay Tapeli 3/29)
Rangnekar XI 12/3 (Sriram Kannan 2-2)
RAIN - MATCH ABANDONED
[ Note Dinesh Sabnis and Yogesh Koudhare are described as
"lanky pacemen" :-) Kapil Parpiliwar as a "medium Pacer". Abhay
Tapeli is an off-spinner]
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Round 3 October 8-10
At the Oval:
Rangnekar XI 162 all out in 94 overs
(Atiq Sayeed 33, Abhay Tapeli 26, Nitin Ghatge 19;
Early breakthroughs by Dinesh Sabnis and Zaheer Khan, then
Prakash Shinde 6/26 in 26 overs).
Phadkar XI 305/8 declared
(Amit Pagnis 47, Ramesh Pawar 38,
Manish Bangera 159 (150b, 21 x 4, 2 x 6) - added 126 for 5th
wicket with Amol Bhalekar who contributed 14.
Kishore Vaity 3/48, M Sahasrabudhe 2/44).
Rangnekar XI 112 all out in 59.2 overs
(Sandeep Jadhav 51, Prakash Shinde 4/28, Amit Vedpathak 2/11)
Prakash Shinde (leg-spinner) match figures of 10 for 54
Phadkar XI WON by an innings and 31 runs and RETAINED THE
SPORTSTAR TROPHY.
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At the CCI:
Manjrekar XI 256 all out in 88.4 overs
(Wasim Jaffer 59 (9 X 4), Amit Tanawde 33*, Vinit Sarang 31,
Raju Ramanujam 29 (7 x 4) ; 9th wicket stand of 46 between
Sarang/Tanwawde;
Rajesh Pawar 4/58, Chatak Vakharia 2/46, Ajit Agarkar 2/52)
Merchant XI 275 all out in 108.2 overs
(Pushkaraj Jadhav 74, Ajit Agarkar 84, Salil Vaidya 35;
Darshan Shivalkar 2/57, Vinit Sarang 4/31)
Manjrekar XI 214/8 in 75 overs
(Vineet Sarang 46, H Waingankar 39, Raju Ramanujan 36,
Jaffer 23;
Nitin Vichare 2/24)
MATCH DRAWN. Merchant XI led the league until the last round,
but only got a first innings lead vs Manjrekar XI and ended up
with 16 points. Phadkar XI leapfrogged them by gaining 8 points
for an outright win in the last game and ending up with 18
points overall.
Ajit Agarkar was Man of the Match for the last round, as well
as Man of the Tournament.
Rohan Hirlekar (Manjrekar XI), Manish Bangera and Prakash Shinde
(both Phadkar XI) bagged Pro-Tech Gray Nicholls awards. Raju
Ramanujan was adjudged Best Wicketkeeper with 5 victims to his
name earlier.
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