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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, […]

Kiruba, Viraj & William power Victorious Secret to win the JCA T20 Tournament 2016 after a huge win over Jaguar CC at GMIS grounds on Sunday

Victorious Secret capped their dominant season performance off with a comprehensive 46 run win over Jaguar CC to take home the JCA T20 2016 trophy. Saturday’s heavy rains & flooding across many part of Jakarta, meant that the Sunday started with many anxious eyes on the weather forecast for the day. This also meant the […]

Jagdeep Singh helps Jaguar CC win the key moments as they overcome TKCC Royals in a thriller to move into the JCA T20 2016 finals

In a game that see-sawed right upto the last ball, Jaguar CC held their nerves to beat the current T20 cup holders, TKCC Royals by 1 run and scamper into the T20 finals where they take on Victorious Secret. The teams had different paths to the semis. Jaguar CC, who cruised through the qualifying stages, […]

Baba Sivasankaran (50) & Satheesh (4/18) lead Ceylon Cavaliers to a consolation win over Victorious Secret

The last weekend of the JCA T20 league-stage saw two comfortable wins. In the 1st game, Ceylon Cavaliers upset pool leaders Victorious Secret to end with a consolation win. TKCC Royals comprehensively beat Menara Devils in the 2nd game to become the 4th & final team to enter the play-offs Ceylon Warriors who were playing […]

Gaurav Pathak & Maneesh Tripathi with help from Pallav & Aaresh power TKCC Royals into JCA T20 playoffs

In the crucial 2nd game of the day, Menara Devils won the toss and chose to bat first against TKCC Royals. The Menara batsmen came in with a very aggressive mind-set but a very good burst of fast, short-pitched bowling by Aaresh (3/28) had them reeling, with their top 3 big guns succumbing early to […]