Bravish Shetty

Like head coach Omkar Salvi, the batting (Vinit Indulkar) and fielding (Onkar Gurav) coaches of the Mumbai senior team too have been retained after Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy after an eight-year gap in March this year.

Opener Bravish Shetty created a record of sorts when he blasted as many as 21 sixes in a superb, unbeaten 252 not out off merely 134 balls, which includeD 16 fours too, to help DY Patil Sports Academy thrash Young Comrade CC by 105 runs in a Madhav Mantri ‘A’ Division Round 3 league game at the DY Patil Stadium in Nerul on Saturday.

Abhishek Nayar will lead a 15-member Mumbai squad in the upcoming domestic T20 matches of the West Zone League, it was announced on Thursday.

India discard Virender Sehwag smashed 42 off 26 balls as Reliance scored a massive 225 for 5 in 20 overs against Jain Irrigation in a league match of the DY Patil T20 Cup, at the D Y Patil Stadium on Friday.

Showing magnanimity, the Mumbai Cricket Association ensured that the Dr HD Kanga League, which is enjoying its landmark 75th year, kicked off in the right spirit on Sunday, when it allowed two prominent players-former Mumbai skipper Aditya Tare and Bravish Shetty-to play for their clubs

Wasim Jaffer will lead Mumbai in the West Zone T20 League tournament scheduled at Rajkot from October 20-24.

Showing magnanimity, the Mumbai Cricket Association ensured that the Dr HD Kanga League, which is enjoying its landmark 75th year, kicked off on the right note on Sunday, when it allowed two prominent players-former Mumbai skipper Aditya Tare and Bravish Shetty-to play for their clubs despite them not being able to register themselves on the association's newly-introduced online player registration platform.

BPCL defeated DY Patil 'A' by ten wickets on the third and final day at the latter's home ground in Nerul on Wednesday.

Parthiv Patel smashed 92 from 43 balls while Virender Sehwag cracked 42 off 26 to star in Reliance's comfortable 27-run victory over Jain Irrigation in Dr D Y Patil T20 Cup.

Middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav would be leading Mumbai in the West Zone one-day league, to be held from February 27 to March 3 at Rajkot.

Sagar Kerkar has been named to lead the Mumbai cricket team for the Under-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy (West Zone League), which will be played from October 19-24, at Ahmedabad.

Lions needed 48 runs in the last four overs and Parkar who bowled the 17th over, was belted for 20 runs by Lions’ opener Bravish Shetty (60*) and Shivam Dubey (47*).

All-rounder Abhishek Nayar will lead a 15-member Mumbai squad in the Shafi Darashah Tournament to be played from July 27 to August 14 at Mysore.

Defending champions Payyade Sports Club retained the Police Invitation Shield cricket tournament by defeating Cricket Club of India by seven wickets on the third and final day of the final at the Police Gymkhana, Kennedy Sea Face, on Sunday.

Two dropped catches cost Shivaji Park Lions a cumulative 62 runs and eventually the match. Playing their opening game in the inaugural edition of the T20 Mumbai League, the Lions’ sloppy approach on the field allowed Namo Bandra Blasters to score a matchwinning 182. The Blasters later restricted the Lions to 170 and won by 12 runs.

In a rare occurrence, three batsmen scored double hundreds in a day in the Times Shield. Aakash Anand (268*, 281b, 24x4, 1x6), Shashank Singh (207, 212b, 19x4, 9x6) and Bravish Shetty (214) all cracked double centuries on Wednesday to put their teams in a strong position.

PJ Hindu Gymkhana will meet Parsee Gymkhana in the title clash of the Bombay Gymkhana organised Nirlon-R F S Talyarkhan Memorial Invitation Cricket Tournament to be held late on Sunday evening. Hindu Gymkhana beat CCI by 21 runs in the semis.

An impressive bowling performance by off spinner Ajit Chandilla gave Air India an out right win over Jain Irrigation by an innings and 67 runs in Times Shield 'A' Division.