Margao: The second edition of the Crickokers 50 Plus Cricket Bash was officially inaugurated on Friday at the MCC Ground in Margao. The opening ceremony featured Bonny Pereira, owner of Martin’s Corner, as the Chief Guest, while Dr. Satish Kudchadkar graced the occasion as the Guest of Honour. Other dignitaries present on the dais included Yogesh Naik, President of Margao Cricket Club; MCC member and councillor Sagun Dada Naik; along with Prayan Dhamaskar and Amar Devidas.
Raghuvir Kunkolienkar, Head of Crickokers Hospitality, welcomed the gathering, and Anup Borkar delivered the vote of thanks.
Four matches were played on the opening day of the tournament. At the Chicalim Ground, Central Strikers Indore defeated Palakkad Veterans Kerala by 9 wickets. At MCC Margao, Rising Stars Veterans New Delhi edged past Omtex Western Lion Mumbai by 2 wickets in the morning match. In the afternoon session at the same venue, Spring Falcons – Rest of India beat Western United by 47 runs. At Arlem Ground, Crickokers Hospitality Goa clinched a 3-wicket win over Dharwad Cricket Academy.
The tournament promises to deliver thrilling encounters in the coming days, celebrating the passion and spirit of cricket among players aged 50 and above.
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Brief Scorecards
Chicalim Ground
Palakkad Veterans Kerala – 58 all out in 19.4 overs
(Raj Shetty 10, Ravindran R. 10; Chandra Prakash 2/7, Dinesh Sharma 2/8)
Lost to Central Strikers Indore – 62/1 in 9 overs
(Nasir Ali 41* not out, Sukhdev Ghumman 12; PK Raman 1/13)
Man of the Match: Nasir Ali
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MCC Margao (Morning Match)
Omtex Western Lion Mumbai – 193/6 in 20 overs
(Makarand Kulkarni 54, Sandeep Shinde 40* not out, Sarang Degwekar 30; Shekhar Pathak 2/20)
Lost to Rising Stars Veterans New Delhi – 195/8 in 19.5 overs
(Vishwajit Nayak 52, Rajvansh Raina 35, Raju Arora 23* not out; Gurdeep Singh Jagdev 2/16, Vijay Patel 2/26)
Man of the Match: Vishwajit Nayak
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MCC Margao (Afternoon Match)
Spring Falcons – Rest of India – 149/9 in 20 overs
(Rajesh Gill 42, Hari 17, Nilesh Naik 16; Manoj Ojha 2/14, Dilip Kamat 2/22)
Won against Western United – 102 all out in 16.5 overs
(Manoj Oza 42, Dilip Kamat 27; Rattan Sharma 3/13, Biju Nair 2/22, Nilesh Naik 2/8, Achyut Malakar 2/11)
Man of the Match: Rattan Sharma
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Arlem Ground
Dharwad Cricket Academy – 136/7 in 20 overs
(Sanjay Ingle 25, Pradeep Godbole 21; Vipul Kalekar 2/25)
Lost to Crickokers Hospitality Goa – 138/7 in 18 overs
(Balkrishna Hodarkar 51, Anoop Kudchadkar 34, Ambey Parwatkar 18* not out; Pradeep Godbole 2/17, Srinivas 2/9)
Man of the Match: Balkrishna Hodarkar
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