Sports Roundup – 15th April 2017
CRICKET Mumbai Indians Beat Sunrisers Hyderabad: Excellent batting performances from Parthiv Patel (39), Nitish Rana (45) and Krunal Pandya (37) helped Mumbai Indians win by 4 wickets against rivals SRH. SRH notched up 158-8 in 20 overs. Skipper David Warner top scored with 49 while opening partner Shikhar Dhawan managed 48. Strike bowler for team MI,…
Raw Muscle Power At Zoroastrian Powerlifting Championship
The fifth Zoroastrian Powerlifting Championship, affiliated with and conducted by The Greater Bombay Powerlifting Association, in collaboration with the Naryman Dubash Foundation, was held at the Dadar Parsee Colony Gymkhana Grounds on Saturday, 8th April, 2017. Sponsored by Zarine and Yazdi Daruvala Trust, The WZO Trust, Late Ervad Hormusji Antia and Dinamai Antia Trust, Shapoorji…
Sports Roundup – 08th April 2017
CRICKET Sunrisers Hyderabad Start Off IPL 10 With A Victory: Yuvraj Singh’s blistering knock of 62 helped defending champs SRH start off their IPL campaign with a 35 run victory against rivals Royal Challengers Bangalore. Batting first, SRH put up a massive 207-4 in their 20 overs courtesy great performances from Moises Henriques (52) and…
Parsis Shine At NMA Championships
The 37th National Masters Athletics championships 2017, held at Meenatai Stadium, Nasik from 24th to 26th March, 2017, saw numerous Parsis making their mark as representatives of Maharashtra. Over 1300 athletes from 24 states across India participated in the Championship. Mehernosh Bamboat from Navroze Baug won gold medals in 100m and 200m run, while Fareez Vesunia…
Sports Roundup – 1st April 2017
CRICKET India Win Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Dharamsala hosted India’s victory in the final Test Match by 8 wickets, as also the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1. Opting to bat first, Australia amassed 300 in 88.3 overs as Steven Smith scored 111. Debutant Kuldeep Yadav grabbed 4-68 in 23 overs. India scored 332 in 118.1 overs as KL Rahul,…
Salsette Holds First Box Cricket Tourney
On 4th and 5th March, 2017, Team SPY (Salsette Parsi Youth) organized its first All Parsees Box Cricket Tournament at the Salsette Parsi Colony at its newly created ground, with the participation of 20 teams in this 6-a-side, 5-over-an-innings contest. Teams were divided into six groups where the top two teams per group moved to…
Zoroastrian Powerlifting Championship
It’s that time of the year when young and veteran Zoroastrians start pepping up for a Muscle-show. Parsis have always been big names in powerlifting and bodybuilding sports, and this championship takes the legacy forward by entering into its 5th successful year. Conceptualized in 2013 by Roozbeh Balsara of DPCG, partnered with the trustees of…
Sports Roundup – 11th March 2017
. CRICKET India’s Gritty Performance Clinches 2nd Test Match: India played like champs and clinched victory by 75 runs to win the Second Test match against Australia. Batting first India were out for 189 in 71.2 overs. KL Rahul top scored with 90. The visitors put up 276 in their 122.4 overs. India’s second innings…
Frenaz Chipia Gujarat’s Garv, Parsi Pride
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]PT Special Correspondent and Parsee Gymkhana teammate Hoshang K. Katrak Profiles TT champ.[/otw_shortcode_info_box] It’s not everyday that you beat an Olympian—and that too at a National level tournament. Not every player gets to consistently bag top-spot in the state in all three age categories — juniors, youth and women! A good half-century after…
Winners All At ‘XYZ Games 2017’
On 19th February, 2017, Xtremely Young Zoroastrians (XYZ) organised ‘XYZ Games 2017’ at Cusrow Baug, with over 300 enthusiastic children, aged 4 to 16, along with parents and volunteers, were to complete 8 tasks. These games included various sporting activities which needed to be completed in record time. The tasks were designed to test the…