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By K.R. Nayar Every bowler must have thought that they could easily bowl a maiden over to Raghvi Bist, but   it turned out to be a different story! In the touring G Force Cricket Academy versus Abhimanyu Cricket Academy match in Dehradun, a 18-year-old maiden won over everyone through her spectacular knock after opening the innings for Abhimanyu Cricket Academy and scoring an unbeaten 61 studded with six boundaries and a six against the boys.   Raghvi Bist ... a maiden who won over everyone through her skills  Watching her bat, my first impression was that it must be a boy with long hair. Her timing and the power with which she backed her strokes were immaculate. I was then informed that she was Uttarakhand women’s team’s opener and had once hit a double century. She was spearheading the chase towards G Force’s total of 134 for 6 made by the boys like opener Aditya Darak, who cracked 43, Neil Sidharth’s 23 and Manuj Kapil’s 21. Raghvi tried her best, but her team go...

By K.R. Nayar , Chief Content Writer , Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Under-16 West Zone Cup Unbeaten UAE emerged as the champions of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Under-16 West Zone Cup hosted by Bahrain Cricket Federation at the Vision Cricket Centre Grounds in Sharjah. Through a clean sweep over all their opponents, producing clinical performances in all their matches and registering emphatic victories, they emerged supreme in this six-nation tournament that ended on March 30. On the final day of the event, UAE defeated Bahrain by eight wickets.   Unbeaten UAE team with the  Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Under-16 West Zone Cup  In the earlier matches, UAE had defeated Saudi Arabia by 10 wickets, beaten Kuwait by 140 runs, trounced Qatar by 254 runs, and downed Oman by 106 runs to stamp their supremacy over all their opponents.   The final day also saw Kuwait’s Het Kishorbhai Hinsu crack a century (106) and Janath Jeewanga Herath Liyan...

By K.R. Nayar We’ve heard of many who eat, drink and sleep cricket. But when a eight-year-old boy does this without anyone telling him, it is surely news worthy. There is so much passion for cricket in eight- year-old Ashbel Burboz that his father Wilson Burboz decided to enrol his son for the G Force Cricket Academy camp in Dehradun although they are based in Oman.   Eight-year-old Ashbel Burboz is an example of one who eat, drink and sleep cricket  The boy was like a squirrel moving all over the ground as if he had reached some heavenly place. He kept himself busy retrieving the ball hit by the batsmen at the nets without showing any signs of exhaustion. The drives he exhibited to the throws from coach Abhishek Saha seemed like they were out of a cricket coaching manual.   Speaking to the boy’s father Wilson Burboz convinced me that this boy literally eats, drinks, and sleeps cricket.   Ashbel with his father Wilson Burboz  “He wants to keep bat...

By K.R. Nayar , Chief Content Writer , Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Under-16 West Zone Cup It was a bowlers’ day in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Under-16 West Zone Cup being hosted by Bahrain Cricket Federation at the Vision Cricket Centre Grounds in Sharjah. UAE extended their unbeaten run through a ten-wicket win over Saudi Arabia thanks to  three wicket spells from Hemant Rao Valluri and Yug Jai Sharma,  while Bahrain outplayed Kuwait by 52 runs riding on Sai Sarthak Vaddiraju’s spell of five wickets for just eight runs from his seven overs. Qatar defeated Oman by 69 runs through another five wicket spell from Riyan Khan for 11 runs backed by Sukrit Subhadri Mitra (4 for 13). UAE's Hemant Rao Valluri and Yug Jai Sharma wreck Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia had won the toss and elected to bat at the Vision 1 Ground. UAE’s opening bowler Yug Jai Sharma had opener Hashir Ahmad Sajjad out for 1. Hemant Rao Valluri clean bowled one-drop Omair Ahmed Wahab for...

By K.R. Nayar , Chief Content Writer , Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Under-16 West Zone Cup UAE scored an emphatic 140-runs win over Kuwait through their skipper Shrey Sethi’s knock of 60 and Yug Jai Sharma’s fine spell of 3 for 20, while Oman defeated Bahrain by two wickets in a well-fought match. Qatar outplayed Saudi Arabia through skipper Taha Shahbaz’s spectacular allround show that included a deadly spell of 5 for 14 and a fine knock of 65 in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Under-16 West Zone Cup being hosted by Bahrain Cricket Federation at the Vision Cricket Centre Grounds in Sharjah. Sethi’s half century and Yug Sharma’s early strikes down Kuwait UAE won the toss and elected to bat on Vision 2 ground. Openers Akshat Rai and captain Shrey Sethi gave another excellent start putting on 55 runs in 7.4 overs. This partnership ended when Rai got run out for 25. UAE went past the 100 run mark but at the score on 103, one-drop Muhammad Rayan Khan got out to Rudrans...

By K.R. Nayar Meeting successful coaches is always a pleasure. One gets to know how they transform teams into winners. It was informative and inspiring to meet with Manish Jha, Head Coach of Uttarakhand team during the G Force Cricket Academy’s tour of Dehradun at the Abhimanyu Cricket Ground.    Manish Jha... a coach who creates winners  Within a few minutes on talking to Jha it was evident why he is now considered among the finest coaches in India. He is creating waves with a team that has no superstars, but they are winning matches. This team got recognition from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) only four years ago, but they have been qualifying for the Ranji Trophy quarter- finals for the last three years defying teams that have been playing in this most prestigious Indian tournament for the last 50 years.   When asked on how he had managed to make this team so successful, he refused to take the credit. “All I did was to make them believ...