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THE PROMISING 30 BEST UNDER-16 SCHOOL CRICKETERS

aplenty DEVAADITHYAN SR ATHARVA NIGRE HARSH MOGAVEERA ATHARVA CHAVAN JAWWAD ALI DoB: August 14, 2002 DoB: August 22, 2002 DoB: July 25, 2003 DoB: December 12, 2002 DoB: November 23, 2006 Born in: Born in: Navi Mumbai Born in: Mumbai Born in: Mumbai Born in: Uttar Pradesh School: Rizvi Springfield, School: Al-Barkaat MMI School: Al:Barkaat MMI English School: Balmohan Vidyamandir, School: Green Bombay Urdu Bandra English School, Kurla School, Kurla Marathi, Dadar High School, Kurla Studying in: Grade 9 Studying in: Grade 10 Studying in: Grade 9 Studying in: Grade 10 Studying in: Grade 6 Style: Right-hand opening Style: Left-handed middle-order Style: Left-handed batsman Style: Right-hand middle-order Style: Right-hand batsman and batsman batsman and right-arm off-spinner batsman and off-spinner right-arm leg-spinner Idol: Idols: Suresh Raina and Idol: Virat Kohli Idol: Virat Kohli Idol: AB de Villiers My dream: Wouldliketobea My dream: My main aim is to My dream: To play Ranji My dream: I want to play all the My dream: Would like to give professional cricketer someday. play good quality . Trophy for Mumbai. main tournaments in Mumbai. my 100% in all tournaments. 281 166 vs 355 180 vs 135 69 vs 15 5/38 vs 173 79 vs runs in Green Bombay runs in The Cathedral & runs in The Cathedral Children’s runs in Rizvi four Urdu High five John Connon five and John Connon in four Academy, three Springfield, matches. School, Kurla matches. School, Fort matches. School, Fort matches. Kandivali matches. Bandra

ADITYA PANDEY JAGADISH SUVARNA SHREYAS MANDLIK SUMEIR ZAVERI SAUD MANSOORI DoB: July 5, 2002 DoB: July 24, 2002 DoB: October 25, 2002 DoB: November 9, 2002 DoB: February 9, 2002 Born in: Uttar Pradesh Born in: Mumbai Born in: Mumbai Born in: Mumbai Born in: Mumbai School: Rizvi Springfield, School: Rizvi Springfield, School: Rizvi Springfield, School: The Cathedral and John School: Al-Barkaat MMI English Bandra Bandra Bandra Connon School, Fort School, Kurla Studying in: Grade 10 Studying in: Grade 10 Studying in: Grade 10 Studying in: Grade 9 Studying in: Grade 10 Style: Right-hand Style: Right-hand middle-order Style: Right-hand batsman and Style: Right-hand batsman and Style: Right-hand lower-order middle-order batsman batsman and wicketkeeper right-arm off-spinner right-arm medium pacer batsman and left-arm spinner Idol: Idol: MS Dhoni Idol: Sachin Tendulkar Idol: Virat Kohli Idol: My dream: To play My dream: To play for My dream: To play My dream: To be a good My dream: To represent for . Mumbai. for Mumbai. cricketer and play professionally. Mumbai and then play for India. 164 86* vs 33 30 vs 163 70* vs 141 98 & 5/71 29 7/50 vs runs in Parle Tilak runs in Green Bombay runs in Don Bosco runs & 6 Swami wickets Swami three Vidyalaya, four Urdu High four High School, wickets in Vivekanand, in five Vivekanand, matches. Vile Parle matches. School, Kurla matches. Matunga 3 games. Kandivali matches. Kandivali

HIMANSHU SINGH YASH KRIPAL VIJIT POOJARI AMAN MANIHAR MOIN KHAN DoB: July 24, 2003 DoB: August 30, 2003 DoB: March 18, 2002 DoB: November 22, 2002 DoB: October 23, 2003 Born in: Born in: Mumbai Born in: Mumbai Born in: Uttar Pradesh Born in: Mumbai School: Al-Barkaat MMI English School: Don Bosco, Matunga School: Don Bosco, Matunga School: Rizvi Springfield, School: Rizvi Springfield, School, Kurla Studying in: Grade 9 Studying in: Grade 10 Bandra Bandra Studying in: Grade 9 Style: Right-hand lower order Style: Right-hand lower-order Studying in: Grade 10 Studying in: Grade 9 Style: Right-hand batsman and batsman and left-arm spinner batsman and right-arm medium Style: Right-hand lower-order Style: Right-arm medium pacer right-arm off-spinner Idols: Ravindra Jadeja and pacer batsman and left-arm spinner Idol: Idol: Idol: James Anderson Idol: MS Dhoni My dream: To win the Harris My dream: To play IPL and then My dream: To perform like My dream: Play for my college My dream: Want to perform Shield for my school and represent India someday. my idols on field. and then for Mumbai. well for Mumbai. perform well for Mumbai. 290 165* vs 15 5/10 vs 19 5/43 vs 13 6/64 vs 4 2/48 vs runs & 11 Rizvi, Bandra. wickets Green Bombay wickets Swami wickets Green Bombay wickets Al-Barkaat MMI wickets in 4/36 vs Swami in four Urdu High in four Vivekanand, in two Urdu High in four English School, 5 games. Vivekanand matches. School, Kurla matches. Kandivali matches. School, Kurla matches. Kurla BEST UNDER-14 SCHOOL CRICKETERS

CHRIS D’BRITTO ZAID PATANKAR SAHIL JADHAV ANISH MORE ARUN GUPTA DoB: October 24, 2004 DoB: August 22, 2004 DoB: March 4, 2004 DoB: April 13, 2004 DoB: November 19, 2005 Born in: Mumbai Born in: Mumbai Born in: Badlapur Born in: Mumbai Born in: Jharkhand School: Don Bosco, School: Don Bosco, School: Don Bosco, My school: Parle Tilak School: Rizvi Springfield, Matunga Matunga Matunga Vidyalaya, Vile Parle Bandra Studying in: Grade 8 Studying in: Grade 8 Studying in: Grade 7 Studying in: Grade 8 Studying in: Grade 8 Style: Left-arm spinner Style: Right-arm Style: Right-hand batsman Style: Right-hand opening Style: Left-arm medium-pacer Idol: Ravindra Jadeja medium-pacer Idol: , Gautam batsman, right-arm off-spinner Idols: , Mitchell My dream: To become a Idol: James Anderson Gambhir My idol: Starc professional cricketer and My dream: To play for India My dream: To keep myself fit My dream: I want to play for My dream: Want to work hard n (From top) Not only Manjrekar but other Mumbai stalwarts like and represent my country. across all formats. and play for India. Mumbai and then for India. to play at the next level. Sameer Dighe passed on tips to the youngsters. PICS: KUNAL PATIL & PRAMOD THAKUR/HT PHOTO 22 8/8 vs 9 3/5 vs 403 150* vs 442 211* vs 12 6/45 vs wickets in Parle Tilak wickets in Dr Antonio Da runs in Rizvi Springfield, runs in Swami wickets in BAK Swadhyay five (English), five Silva High five Bandra,inthe three Vivekanand, four Bhavan, HOW WE PICKED THE 30 matches. Vile Parle matches. School, Dadar matches. final matches. Borivali matches. Matunga The procedure followed to pick the top-15 U-14 and U-16 school cricketers ofMumbai:

n Thirty kids were shortlisted on the basis of their Harris Shield respectively, an additional 20 performance under four categories — batsmen, were called up at the trials. The idea was to bowlers, all-rounders and wicketkeepers. combine their season’s performance and net n The jury consisted former India batsman Sanjay sessions to draw up the final list. Manjrekar, MSSA cricket secretary Na- n The Giles Shield champions (under-14) and dim Memon, MCA statistician Ramesh Parab the Harris Shield champions (under-16) and local cricketer Rohan Bane. played with the teams chosen for the MOHIT TANWAR AWAIS KHAN UMAR KHAN RAJSIGH DESHMUKH AYUSH JETHWA n Manjrekar, chairman of jury, wanted to see all HT-MSSA Super Cup. Two matches were DoB: December 10, 2005 DoB: November 25, 2005 DoB: October 20, 2004 DoB: February 6, 2005 DoB:January30,2004 the kids at the nets. Apart from the 30 chosen, played at the Bandra-Kurla Complex on based on their performances in the Giles and April 21 and April 22. Born in: Mumbai Born in: Uttar Pradesh Born in: Uttar Pradesh Born in: Latur Born in: Mumbai School: Rizvi Springfield, School: Rizvi Springfield, School: Rizvi Springfield, Bandra School: Swami Vivekanand School: Swami Vivekanand Bandra Bandra Studying in: Grade 8 International School, Borivali International School, Borivali Studying in: Grade 6 Studying in: Grade 7 Style: Right-hand batsman and Studying in: Grade 7 Studying in: Grade 8 SUPER CUP Style: Right-hand middle-order Style: Right-hand opening right-arm off-spinner Style: Right-hand opening Style: Left-hand batsman and batsman, right-arm off-spin batsman Idols: , batsman and right-arm leg-spin right-arm off-spinner My idol: MS Dhoni Idol: Sachin Tendulkar Idol: AB de Villiers Idol: MOHIT PLAYS STELLAR SAUD STARS IN My dream: Want to work hard My dream: Hopefully someday My dream: To play the Ranji My dream: To make it to school My dream: Iwishtodowell and do well for my school team. I shall play at a very high level. Trophy and the IPL. team and win a championship. and lead the Mumbai U-16 side. ROLE IN RIZVI’S WIN AL­BARKAAT VICTORY 496 211*vs 283 100 vs 12 4/21 vs 232 99 vs 448 242 vs UNDER­ 14 UNDER­16 runs & 6 Swami runs in Balmohan wickets & Balmohan runs in Don Bosco, runs & 17 Parle Tilak, Vile wickets in Vivekanand, five Vidyamandir 70 runs in Vidyamandir four Matunga wickets in Parle. 6/30 vs 136-run third- stand between n a match that swung like a pendulum, 5 games. Borivali matches. (Marathi), Dadar 5games. (Marathi), Dadar matches. 4games. Antonio Da Silva Mohit Tanwar (88) and Abhinav Singh reigningHarris ShieldchampionsAl-Bark- A (74)guidedRizviSpringfield,Bandra,to I aatMMIEnglish School,Kurla,beatRest of aneasyseven-wicketwinovertheRestofMum- Mumbai (RoM) Schools by 50 runs to win the bai Schools in the Under-14 Hindustan Times- Under-16 Hindustan Times-MSSA Super Cup MumbaiSchoolsSportsAssociationSuperCup match held at the MCA ground at BKC. match played at the Mumbai Cricket Associa- first, Al-Barkaat were at one point tion ground at the Bandra-Kurla Complex. strugglingat 153 fornine, thanks tosome tight Chasing a target of 220, Rizvi started on the by RoM bowlers, but a 64-run 10th- wrongfoot,losingtheiropenerAwaisKhanin wicket stand between Saud Mansoori (68*) and ATHARVA BHOSALE AMAAN KHAN HARSH SALUNKHE AARYA CHOWKIDAR OWAIS SHAIKH the second over, bowled by Aditya Jadhav. DivyanshuSingh (15*)saw thempostafighting DoB: June 23, 2004 DoB: March 17, 2004 DoB: June 22, 2004 DoB: November 16, 2004 DoB: October 18, 2004 To add to the pressure, Prince Singh retired total of 217. Earlier, some tight bowling by Born in: Mumbai Born in: Mumbai Born in: Mumbai Born in: Mumbai Born in: Mumbai hurt soon after. Musheer Khan (9-2-18-0) and Aman Manihar School: IES VN Sule Guruji School: IES VN Sule Guruji School: IES VN Sule Guruji School: Don Bosco, Matunga School: Rizvi Springfield, Bandra But Mohit and Abhinav steadied the ship. (9-1-37-2) kept Al-Barkaat batsmen on a tight English Medium School, Dadar English Medium School, Dadar English Medium School, Dadar Studying in: Grade 8 Studying in: Grade 8 Mohit’s88-ballinningswaslacedwith12fours leashbeforeSaudopenedhisshoulders,hitting Studying in: Grade 8 Studying in: Grade 8 Studying in: Grade 8 Style: Right-hand middle-order Style: Right-hand middle-order while Abhinav’s 64-ball knock included eight nine boundaries and two sixes. Style: Left-arm spinner Style: Right-hand middle-order Style: Right-hand middle-order batsman and wicketkeeper batsman and wicketkeeper boundaries.MayankTeotia’s37-ballunbeaten Inreply,RoMSchoolsgotoffto astrongstart Idols: Rangana Herath and batsman and left-arm spinner batsman Idols: MS Dhoni and Sachin Idols: MS Dhoni and Sachin knockof40ensuredthatRizvichasedthetarget with Musheer’s 109-ball 82 providing them a Ravindra Jadeja Idol: Idol: Virat Kohli Tendulkar Tendulkar with ease. perfectlaunchpad.But barringSumeirZaveri My dream: To play Tests My dream: To play for India My dream: Is to play for My dream: To play at the My dream: To wear the blue Electingtobatfirst,RestofMumbaiSchools (29-ball 24), other batsmen struggled, for India. in future. Mumbai Ranji team. highest level. jersey and represent India. putup219forthreein45oversthankstoAyush which saw RoM collapse to 167 all out. What Jethwa’s unbeaten 94 (104 balls) which was didn’thelptheir causewasfiveof their batsmen laced with 10 boundaries. were . 23 7/43 vs 19 5/11 vs 350 154 vs 5 34 vs 253 101* vs runs in BAK Swadhyay wickets & Balmohan runs in Balmohan catches in Parle Tilak runs in BAK Swadhyay Jethwa,whoalsopickeduptwowickets,was Saudwasgiven theManofthe Matchaward. four Bhavan, 79 runs in (Marathi), Dadar. four Vidyamandir 5 games. 2 Vidyalaya, Vile five Bhavan, adjudged the Man of the Match. Rizvi’s Tejas The Best Bowler awarded went to Dashrath matches. Matunga 4games. 59 vs Rizvi matches. (Marathi), Dadar stumpings Parle matches. Matunga Chalke(2/35)pickeduptheBestBowleraward Chavan (2/27) while the Best Batsman prize whiletheBest Batsmanaward wenttoMohit. wenttoMusheer. Text: Binaisha M Surti