Ben Burgess shines in Jakarta Barbarians’ comfortable win despite a valiant ton by Kirubasankar

Jakarta Barbarians & Challengers CC registered comfortable wins on a light weekend in the GMIS JCA league. Both Yadavas Chairos Tigers (Division 1) & Menara CC (Division 2) held on to their leadership positions at roughly the half-way mark of the league. Metro Indians squared off against Jakarta Barbarians in a T20 game played at […]

A superb all-round bowling performance led by Aditya Khurana gives Metro Indians an easy win over Jaguar CC

A resurgent Metro Indians took on Jaguar CC in a T20 game on Sunday at the GMIS ground and got off to a decent start after electing to bat first. Praveen Uppal got rid of the dangerous looking Kirubasankar just when he was poised to accelerate. Sabu Joy & Arun resurrected the Metro innings but […]

Not much Kripa on offer for WPP India XI as Kirubasankar’s record breaking ton gives Metro Indians a comfortable win

It was an exciting weekend at the GMIS JCA cricket league with a record-breaking ton and a superb 7 wicket haul as the main highlights. The week also saw last year’s winners WISCI suffering their first defeat of this season. National team player Kirubasankar had shown signs of recovering his form with an unbeaten 63 […]

Kirubasankar’s knock and good bowling by Sabu & Venkatesh help Metro Indians beat WPP India XI comfortably

Texmoda TKCC Royals, Metro Indians, Rawamangun CC & Indorama CC emerge victorious on a low scoring weekend in the GMIC JCA league. Metro Indians registered their first win of the season with a comfortable win over WPP India XI in their 35 overs game on Saturday. Santosh Kumar & Vinayak Kurtkoti helped WPP India XI […]

Mukesh Khetan’s all-round efforts give Texmoda TKCC Royals a tight win over Metro Indians after rain shortened the game

Rain disrupted but stayed away long enough to ensure all the games over this weekend could yield results in the GMIS JCA league. Duckworth & Lewis were kept busy as they were called on to play a deciding role in wins for TKCC & Ceylon CC, while Challengers CC prevailed in a low scoring thriller. […]

Suhail Modak’s all-round act helps WISCI prevail with a fighting win over Metro Indians

WISCI took on Metro Indians in a T20 game on Sunday and were once again not off to a good start, this time after choosing to bat first. Kiran Mandhare accounted for the openers and Kirubasankar got rid of the dangerous Vinayak Sasitharan. Add to it some disastrous running between the wickets and 3 run […]

A superb 123 runs unbeaten stand between Ben Burgess & Riaz Hyder gives Jakarta Barbarians a crushing win over Metro Indians

Jakarta Barbarians comfortably beat both the weather and a struggling Metro Indians in the 4thgame of the week at Cibubur. Sakthi Narayanan started briskly for Metro Indians but Vivek Singh accounted for him and his wicket started a procession of wickets as Mohib Hussaini & Ben Burgess got into the act. A fighting knock by […]

Ramdoni’s knock helps Yadavas Chairos Tigers celebrate their elevation to Division 1 with a big win over Metro Indians

Yadavas Chairos Tigers celebrated their elevation to Division 1 with a big win over Metro Indians. Their openers got them off to a steady start but Sakthivel Palanisamy struck back with a double blow. The prolific Ahmad Ramdoni, then stitched together two valuable partnerships with Darma Kesuma & Gamantika to set up a good score […]

Wisci beat Metro Indians to start their title defence powered by a 3D (Dave, Desandri, Deepak) performance

This season of the GMIS JCA league kicked off this weekend with 16 teams across two divisions battling it out for league honours. The season will run till August 2019 with games being played across 35 overs and T20 formats across 3 grounds. Last season title holders WISCI Wanderers kicked off the season with a […]

Swaroop Chavan holds the fort long enough for TKCC to cross the line in a low-scoring thriller against Metro Indians

In the last game of the season, TKCC Royals beat Metro Indians in a low-scoring thriller at Karawaci grounds. Sabu Joy was the only batsman to reach double-figures as Metro Indians were bundled out for a mere 67 runs. The spoils were shared across the 4 bowlers, Mukesh, Swaroop, Rajesh & Jimmy. In reply, Kirubasankar […]

Vivek Nair’s fighting knock gives Jakarta Barbarians a win over Metro Indians and set up a salivating clash against Senayan CC for 2nd place

Jakarta Barbarians comfortably defeated Metro Indians to set up a clash with Senayan CC to decide who would be the runners-up in Division 1. Aditya Khurana was in prime form for Metro Indians as he ripped through the Barbarians top order. Sabu Joy, then accounted for a couple of the middle-order wickets and at 59 […]

A fired-up Metro Indians bowling unit set up an easy win for their team against Emerio CC

Metro Indians were clearly still smarting from their loss last weekend to Challengers CC as they were clearly pumped up. They struck with a run-out off the first ball of the game and Venkatesh Rajendran struck twice with the ball as Emerio CC were soon 34 for 4. The ever reliable Hameer Pratap & Maneesh […]

Srinivasan Govindraj led a spectacular fightback to give Challengers CC a thrilling win over their Tamil brethren, Metro Indians

The game between Metro Indians & Challengers CC ebbed & flowed till a brilliant knock by Srinivasan Govindraj knocked out Metro Indians. Earlier, Satheesh Kumar bowled brilliantly to rock the Metro Indians top order. Aditya Khurana & Sabu Joy then staged a recovery as Metro set up a 167 run target. Rain reduced the target […]

Rakesh Gowda & Ashit Mehta the chief architects of Senayan CC’s hard-fought win over Metro Indians

Meanwhile, Senayan CC had to fight back for a win against Metro Indians which took them to 2nd place in Division 1 and made them viable contenders for the Division 1 crown. Haneef Hussain ran through the Metro Indians top order including the dangerous Kirubasankar. Skipper Prabhukaliraj & Sabu Joy put on a strong 69 […]

Vipin Chawla & Aman Singh spin a web around Metro Indians to hand WISCI a huge win in their T20 game

Division 1 leaders WISCI went one step further as they bowled out Metro Indians for just 44 runs. Metro Indians skipper Prabhukaliraj departed off the first ball, falling to the WISCI skipper William and that set the tone of the innings as Aman Singh got rid of the dangerous Kirubasankar along with 3 other top […]

Govind Sodani led a solid WISCI bowling performance to give them a comfortable win over Metro Indians in a rain-shortened game

The Texmoda JCA league games on Sunday saw three games being played and involved both the division leaders. WISCI Wanderers extended their big lead at the top of Division 1 with a facile win over Metro Indians in their rain-reduced game. The WISCI bowling attack was in top form as they kept chipping away at […]

Vimal Nair maintains a cool head to ensure Challengers CC can savour a sweet Pongal win over their Tamil brethren Metro Indians

Challengers CC, chasing their first win off the season, took on their Tamil Nadu cousins, Metro Indians in a T20 clash at Cibubur. Metro Indians, who were without their star player Kiruba, seemed to be in a suicidal running form as six of their batsmen were out not being able to make it back to […]

Tripathi & Ramesh help TKCC Royals upset Metro Indians in a rain-shortened T20 game at Cibubur

Metro Indians took on TKCC Royals in the first of two T20 games of the week at Cibubur and their strong top order once again did a fine job as Kirubasankar with yet another Fifty, anchored partnerships with Sakthi & Dhanasekaran. However, once Swaroop Chavan got rid of the dangerous Kiruba, the others couldn’t accelerate […]

Kirubasankar shines once again in Metro Indians’ comfortable win over Senayan CC in their T20 game on Sunday

After being put in to bat, Senayan CC kept the scoreboard ticking, but in the process ended up losing way too many wickets and were staring down the barrel at 86 for 7 after 15 overs. A fine rear-guard fightback by the Kapadia brothers, however ensured that Senayan reached 142, a competitive total. Sakthi Narayanan, […]

Kirubasankar celebrates last season’s MVP win by cracking a superb 134 to single-handedly take Metro Indians to a hard-fought win

Meanwhile, the MVP of last season, Kirubasankar CR, celebrated his award, by cracking a superb ton to almost single-handedly lead Metro Indians to a fighting win over Jakarta Barbarians. In a herculean effort, Kiruba batted for almost 35 overs as he shouldered his team’s innings, scoring 134 out of a team score of 213. Vivek […]