. CRICKET IPL 2019 Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad in Super Over: A thrilling super over finish at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, ensured Mumbai Indians two more points and a place in the play-offs, making it the third team after CSK and DC to qualify. Hardik Pandya and Pollard ensured that MI crossed the…
CRICKET IPL 2019: AB de Villiers Helps RCB Beat KXIP: Man of the Match AB de Villiers’ scintillating knock of an unbeaten 82 in 44 deliveries, which included seven sixes and three fours, helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Kings XI Punjab by 17 runs at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The Royals notched up…
CRICKET India Announces World Cup Team: India announced its 15-member-squad for the ICC World Cup to be played in UK starting May 30th 2019. Virat Kohli will lead the side with Rohit Sharma as his deputy. Unfortunately, Ambati Rayudu and Rishabh Pant were given the miss as experienced pro Dinesh Karthik steps in as the…
CRICKET IPL 2019: Mumbai Indians Win Nail-biting Thriller: Man of the Match and stand-in skipper Kieran Pollard’s outstanding knock of 83 in just 31 deliveries helped Mumbai Indians (MI) win a thrilling contest by three wickets against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at the Wankhede Stadium. Batting first, the Kings notched up 197-4 in their 20…
FOOTBALL Bengaluru FC Win Maiden Indian Super League Title: An outstanding display of great tactics by Bengaluru FC resulted in their victory during this season. Both teams, Bengaluru and FC Goa, ended up locking scores at 0-0 even after their allotted 90 minutes. When the goalless contest headed into extra time, Bengaluru’s Rahul Bheke scored…
SPORTS ROUNDUP CRICKET India Beat Aus In A Thrilling 2nd ODI An outstanding last over finish by Vijay Shankar with a blistering century of 116 from skipper and Man of the Match – Virat Kohli, which also happens to be…
[otw_shortcode_info_box border_style=”bordered” css_class=”boxed”]Parsi Gymkhana (PG), one of the topmost cricketing clubs in Mumbai’s historic sphere of the game, has made its way in the February 2019 issue, titled ‘The Parsi Pioneers of 1886’, in the world’s most popular cricket magazine, the ‘Wisden Cricket Monthly’. The first Indians to take interest in cricket were Parsis. It…
Pune Parsi Sports Club (PPSC), under the leadership of Captain Adi Mistry, organised a friendly cricket match at Sir J N Petit School grounds, on 16th December, 2018, in a 25-overs-a-side match. Held annually for 25 years, Chief Administrators, Zubin Lakka and Mistry prepped the ground and provided the necessary cricketing gear for the participants….
The Nagpur Parsi Gymkhana hosted the 32nd edition of ‘Jiji Irani Challenge Cup Parsi Cricket Tournament’ from 3rd to 7th November, 2018, with five cities – Nagpur, Jamshedpur, Secunderabad, Kolkata and Surat participating in the tourney. The tournament commenced with ex-Managing Director of Tata Steel, Dr. Jamshed Irani lighting the divo and batting to nonagenarian…
DPCG organised the ‘All Parsee Cricket Tournament 2018’ in the memory of Late Hosie Amroliwalla, former Indian Ranji Trophy cricketer and two times winner of the Jasdanwala Trophy for scoring the fastest century in the H D Kanga league. This year, 24 teams participated for the tournament, with ZCA (Zoroastrian Cricket Academy) and CJ (Cowasjee…
Staying true to the initiative undertaken by Captain Adi Mistry, the Parsis in Pune gathered for their annual ‘Friendly Cricket Match’ at Sir J N Petit Technical High School on 11th February, 2018. Ably supported by young team members, Behzad Tarapore, Naushad Dalal, Tiran Irani and Faram Taraporewalla, amongst others, the matches commenced at 9…