Category: JCA News

Gaurav Tiwari is the Player of the Week in a week that saw WPP India XI, WISCI Wanderers, Emerio CC & Indorama CC register wins

A full-strength WISCI Wanderers chose to bat first against the recently promoted Metro Indians in the 35 over encounter at the Cibubur Ground. Some wayward bowling (26 wides) and a Gaurav Tiwari blitzkrieg (120 of just 73 balls) saw WISCI get off to a flyer. When Govind Sodani (21) got out, the score was a […]

Rahul Pagad’s quickfire 58 helps WPP India XI continue their winning streak as they beat Jakarta Barbarians by 7 wickets in T20 game

WPP India XI’s experienced duo of Kishore Gunwani (2/17) & Dhiraj Nagpal (1/12) kept things very tight & when Jakarta Barbarians wanted to increase the scoring rate, wickets fell regularly to Gaurang (2/32) & others. Ben Burgess (53no) carried his bat through the innings, but received support only from Vivek Nair (23). So, tight bowling […]

Dilip Udayashankar (54) & Maneesh Dubey (44*) power Emerio CC to an easy win over Challengers CC in their T20 game at Cibubur

Challengers CC gambit to open with a spinner failed as Dilip Udayshankar (54) went on a rampage, especially picking on Vimal Nair. Satheesh Kumar (2/24) fought back with a few wickets and when Manickavasagan (2/22) & Satinder Minhas (2/29) got rid of the middle order, Emerio CC was looking in some trouble. The ever reliable […]

Abhishek Sharma(41*), Ashish Khaitan(3/33) & Rohan Rajpal(4/3) help Indorama CC to their first win of the season against Fez Rebels

Fez Rebels travelled to Purwakarta to take on the home team Indorama CC in the second 35 over game of the weekend. When Warwick Peters (53) & Corbon Loughnan (48) put on a 98 run partnership for the opening wicket, memories of their 225 run unbeaten partnership in the season opener last year, were revived. […]

Iron man Gaurav Tiwari bludgeons the season’s first ton to take WISCI Wanderers to a big win over Metro Indians

A full-strength WISCI Wanderers chose to bat first against the recently promoted Metro Indians in the 35 over encounter at the Cibubur Ground. Some wayward bowling (26 wides) and a Gaurav Tiwari blitzkrieg (120 of just 73 balls) saw WISCI get off to a flyer. When Govind Sodani (21) got out, the score was a […]

Dhiraj Nagpal, Pankaj Jain & Dwaraknath Naidu take WPP India XI to a comfortable win over PHM Jaguar CC

WPP India XI were put in to bat by PHM Jaguar CC in the last game of the day. Dwaraknath Naidu (32) took a liking to Sasikumar and helped provide WPP India XI a good start. Sasi fought back with the wickets of the openers and the speed of Jagdeep Singh (2/18) coupled with the […]

David Surjit & Karthigai Deepan fight hard to help Emerio CC win a low-scoring thriller against GMIS CC at Cibubur Grounds

Match Write-up Courtesy: Emerio CC The Div 2 match between Emerio CC and GMIS CC was a testament to the fact that low scoring games can still be humdingers. A cracker of a contest was expected at the recently relegated teams from Div 1 were clashing at Cibubur under overcast conditions and the outfield covered […]

Dihan Silva & Rajeev Kumar help Ceylon CC fight-back to beat the spirited Yadavas Chairos Tigers in the T20 game at GMIS grounds

The Indonesian youngsters from Yadavas Chairos Tigers were taking on the experience of Ceylon CC in the first T20 game on Sunday. After Sanjeeva had knocked out the openers early, the DKI province players, fresh off their PON games performances, put together good partnerships. Aditya Gustama (27) & Repen Desnika (36) helped the Tigers recover […]

Gamantika & Andriani the stars, of a great show put-on by young Indonesian cricketers at the PON Games in Bandung.

Cricket shone brightly in its historic debut at the PON Games in Jawa Barat. More than 200 young Indonesian players, many of whom had not even heard of Cricket till 2 years back, made Bandung sit-up and take notice as they demonstrated not only excellent team-spirit, but also a knowledge, keen-ness & grasp of the […]

Amar Kapadia & Viraj Bhammar help Yadavas Senayan CC win big over Menara CC in their T20 game at GMIS grounds

The Yadavas Senayan CC (playing 5 Indonesian players) won comfortably against Menara CC in the second T20 game of the day. Viraj Bhammar (50) & Amar Kapadia (46no) set up a good platform and a few lusty blows by Anjar Tadarus (18) took Senayan CC to 173/7 in 20 overs. In reply, Menara CC couldn’t […]

Neeraj Chaddha & Rakesh Gowda bat TKCC Royals to a hard-fought win over Metro Indians in a tight game at GMIS grounds

Metro Indians took on TKCC Royals in the first of the two T20s. In what has now become a very predictable pattern, Kirubasankar (73 not out) once again was the batting star as he & Sabu Joy (44) took Metro Indians to a seemingly comfortable 163/3 in 20 overs. In hind-sight, maybe they should have […]

Debutant Chander Pandey & experienced Satinder Minhas help Challengers CC prevail over Mavecrics CC in a low scoring battle

The second 35 over game was a low-scoring, attritional fight of temperaments as Challengers CC prevailed over Mavecrics CC by 3 wickets. The Mavecrics batting once again struggled to force the pace & wickets for each of the first 5 bowlers had the Mavs in deep trouble at 21/5. Samir Sharma (35) & Ishan Gambhir […]

Pallav Malhotra’s captains knock helps WPP India XI knock over WISCI Wanderers comfortably at Cibubur

Defending champions WISCI Wanderers’s new opening pair got them off to a steady start & when Pallav Malhotra (2/31) got rid of both the openers, Suhail Modak (41) then had to hold one end up as Deepak Sarika (3/29) kept chipping away at the wickets. The loss of the dangerous Navin Param & Rajeev, put […]

Mohit Hotchandani’s cool 41no & some help from Naresh Gaylestorm help GMIS CC win comfortably against Mavecrics CC

The last game of the day, a T20 game, had Mavecrics CC opting to bat first and Sanjeev Modi (30) & Vishav Sharma (16) helped get them to a decent, though, slow start at 53/3 after 10 overs. Maulik Trivedi (3/19) kept the Mavs in check and Naresh Gupta (2/3) in his new bowling avatar, […]

Jagdeep (John) Singh’s hat-trick, the first in this season, sets up an easy win for PHM Jaguar CC over Menara CC

Menara CC, put into bat by PHM Jaguar CC in their T20 game, started briskly with Harish   pinging the fence a few times. The introduction of leg spinners Rehan Ghaffer (2/20) & Amit Lala (2/20) at both ends led to Menara losing regular wickets as they slumped to 61 for 7 in 12 overs. A […]

Kirubasankar shines once again with both bat & ball to take Metro Indians to their first win in Division 1 in a close game versus WPP India XI

The sole 35 over game of the day saw Metro Indians taking on WPP India XI at Cibubur. A huge 3rd wicket partnership of 90 runs between Kiruba Sankar (59) and Dhanasekar R (42) helped Metro Indians revive after the loss of 2 early wickets. Metro needed to capitalize on this platform, but, Pankaj Jain […]

Justin Matthew’s gritty 34 & the keeper, Nitin Gupta’s 6 catches help Emerio CC beat Indorama CC by 20 runs in a low scoring game

The Texmoda JCA League 2016-17 season, kicked off today with Ceylon CC & Emerio CC winning their respective Division 2 games. In order to account for what is threating to be a very wet year ahead, the JCA has created an innovative, mixed-format league for the year, with an equal mix of 35 over & […]

Stalwarts Dihan & Gaurav Kapoor guide Ceylon CC to a comfortable win over GMIS CC

In the 2nd game, a T20 game, GMIS CC would have been pleased with having decided to bowl first when they had both the Ceylon openers back in the hut for just 15 runs and Mohammad Imran (1/16) was keeping it very tight. But this was going to be a day for the Ceylon stalwarts, […]