Vijay Manjrekar

Former India swing bowler Balwinder Singh Sandhu advised youngsters of Mumbai to focus on winning a Test cap and be in the national team for five years instead of aiming for a berth in an Indian Premier League franchise outfit.

The following players have been selected in the four teams which will participate in the upcoming Under-19 Sportstar Trophy. The matches will be played from September 17-20, September 24-26 and October 1-3.

Vijay Manjrekar's remarks often hurt players but even they accept that it was for their betterment. To him cricket was a religion and technique, a way of life.

Leg-spinner Pariskhit Valsankar grabbed 4-26 to shine in Vijay Merchant XI's innings victory over Dattu Phadkar XI in a second round league match of the Sportstar Trophy MCA Under-19 selection trial tournament, on Wednesday.

Vijay Manjrekar XI scored a thumping 75-run win over Dattu Phadkar XI in the 28th Sportstar Trophy MCA U-19 selection trial tournament's third and final round tie to finish on top with seven points.

There were players who might have taken hundreds of wickets and scored thousands of runs, but they didn't have a godfather. Vishoo Lele was one of them.

Gujarat thrashed Mumbai by 202 runs in their Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19) game at the Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana in Kandivali on Thursday.

THANE: Three quarry labourers were killed in an explosion at Nagla bunder on the outskirts of Thane on Thursday, the police said.

Cheteshwar Pujara's gritty innings was the sole silver lining in another ordinary batting display by India during the first Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.

The 28th edition of the Sportstar Trophy under-19 tournament, a basis for the selection of Mumbai colts' team for Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tournaments, will be played from September 17.

Robin Uthappa and Saurabh Tiwary, two batsmen who shone during the Indian Premier League for their respective franchises, would take part in the Vijay Manjrekar memorial single wicket cricket tournament organised by the Shivaji Park Gymkhana on May 9.

There are bridges that make two cities one, bridges that connect islands and bridges that cross rivers. And then there is a bridge that gave birth to Mumbai's two iconic cricket clubs.

Rohan Mhapankar (83 n.o.) and Atif Attarwala (34 n.o.) put on 70 runs in an unfinished seventh wicket stand to boost Vijay Merchant XI's first innings total to 184-6 and keep hopes alive of taking the lead in the second round match of Sportstar Trophy.

Fate plays a huge role in making a man great, but it doesn't stop its work once a man is made. Padmakar Shivalkar was a great bowler; and yet, he couldn't play for the country.

The Indian cricket board recommended pace spearhead Zaheer Khan for the prestigious Arjuna award for his excellent showing in the World Cup.

The Mumbai Cricket Association on Wednesday announced on its website that it will hold the Under-19 KC Mahindra Shield Selection tournament, from October 19 to November 3. With local and junior cricket scene badly hit due to covid, this is the first Under-19 tournament that the MCA will stage in the last 18 months.

The 27th Sportstar Trophy MCA Under-19 selection trial cricket tournament will be played from October 30 to November 22.

The Sportstar Trophy under-19 tournament, considered as selection trials to pick the Mumbai colts side for the upcoming Cricket Board-conducted age-limit tournaments, is to commence on September 17.

Former Mumbai University cricketer Sudhir Dinkar Amonkar is to celebrate the centenary year of the world's greatest-ever batsman, Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, on January 27 through a pictorial exhibition.

The EOW on Tuesday arrested builder Shirish Dixit of Dixit Realties in another cheating case filed by a group of lawyers.