TNCA Senior Colts completes its tour to Mumbai with mixed success
The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association’s (TNCA) continued its age-old tradition of TNCA Colts tour.
In the past, many reputed players from Tamil Nadu have been a part of Colts Tours and played against prestigious teams and players.
The Tour provided great challenges and excellent opportunities for budding league players and helped to develop their foundation and prepare themselves for higher levels. While TNCA applied the age restriction of Under 25 years, the opposing teams were not under any such restriction, enabling TNCA team to play against good quality players.
The TNCA Senior Colts ‘A’ Team (selected from 2nd Division TNCA League Teams) toured Mumbai between November 22 and December 2.
The Colts ‘A’ team played eight One Day games during the tour gaining valuable experience.
The Team:
Vijay Abimanyu T (Captain), D Sushil Rhaj, S Santhosh Kumar, Shantanu Kannan, Anirudh Krishnan, Gowrisankar.J, Karneswaran Gnanasivamoorthy, Ananda Kumar A P, Rajalingam.S, Ajaya Shankar K, Adityanathan S, Robin Manoj P, Sanjeev Kumar V, Monishraj M, Selvaganapathi Shanmugam, Himalaya.
Brief scores:
Nov 22: P.J Hindu Gymkhana 131 in 31.2 overs (Divyansh Saxena 32, Rahul Sawant 30, Rajalingam 5/22) lost to TNCA Senior Colts ‘A’ 133/2 in 19.4 overs (S. Adityanathan 56, T. Vijay Abimnanyu 37).
Nov 23: Shivaji Park Gymkhana 210 in 44.3 overs (Abhinab Saha 83, Sreyas Kumar 46, Raj Deshmukh 35, Shantanu 3/21) lost to TNCA Senior Colts ‘A’ 211/2 in 28.0 overs (Himalaya 94, Santhosh Kumar 44, Vijay Abimanyu T 31).
Nov 24: TNCA Senior Colts ‘A’ 256/9 in 50 overs (Gowri Sankar J 91, Ajayashankar K 71) lost to Cricket Club of India 257/8 in 49.5 overs (Akash Parkar 86, Rudra Dhanday 45, Chinmay Sutar 46), Shantanu 3/47).
Nov 25: TNCA Senior Colts ‘A’ 228/7 in 45 overs (Adityanathan S 67, Gowri Sankar J 43, Ananda Kumar AP 30) lost to Mumbai Cricket Association 230/7 in 43.4 overs (Suved Parkar 59, Prasad Pawar 61).
Nov 26: TNCA Senior Colts ‘A’ 204 in 37.3 overs (Himalaya 40, Vijay Abhimanyu T 38) lost to Parsee Gymkhana 208/4 in 26.1 overs (Ishan Mulchandani 103 (67), Sachin Yadav 37), Nutan Goel 33).
Nov 27: TNCA Senior Colts ‘A’ 225/9 in 41 overs (Sushil Rhaj D 50, Ananda KumarA P 47, Ajayashankar K 36, Roneet Thakur 3/8) lost to National Cricket Club 227/6 in 37 overs (Aditya Srivastava 59, Rahul Kodavoor 41, Umesh Gurjar 38, Karneswaran S G 3/53).
Nov 29: SKCA 144 in 40 overs (Aaditya Parab 56, Monish Raj M 29/5) lost to TNCA Senior Colts ‘A’ 145/3 in 16.3 overs (Adityanathan S 53, Himalaya 31).
Dec 2: MCA 263/9 in 45 overs (Divyansh Saxena 93, Prasad Pawar 47, Ayush Zimre 44, Nutan Goel000 30, Sanjeev Kumar V 3/32, Selvaganapathi S 3/46) beat TN Senior Colts A 178 in 38 overs (Anirudh Krishnan 40, Vijay Abhimanyu 35, Himalaya 30, Atharva Ankolekar 4/24, Ayush Zimre 4/44).