18/03/2014 … Chairman of dempo group of companies srinivas dempo on Tuesday said that the ongoing goa premiere league t-20 cricket tournament organized by goa cricket association was agood encouragement for goan cricketers to get a chance to play in tournaments like IPL

It may be noted that out of the eight team the goa premiere league t-20 cricket tournament also features dempo cricket club team led by former ipl player swapnil asnodkar and have already won its two of the league matches an could be also considered as the title contenders of the gpl t-20 tournament …

Speaking to goanreporter chairman of dempo group of companies srinivas dempo appreciated his team’s performance at the ongoing gpl t-20 cricket tournament and said that his team’s aim would be to win another cricket tournament for the club

Mr dempo said though football was his first love cricket was started by dempo group so as to see that goan boys could get enough of opportunities in the game of cricket where in through gpl-t-20 goan boys could get a chance to take part in bcci tournaments like ipl

17/03/2014 … Skipper Sagun Kamat scored his second consecutive half century as Salgaocar Cricket Club cruised past Goa Cricket Association Colts with an eight wicket victory in the seventh match of Goa Premier League organized by Goa Cricket Association at GCA ground, Porvorim on Sunday.

Sagun’s scored 78 runs while his opening partner Suraj Dongre, got a half century as the pair’s put on 129 run partnership which saw Salgaocar easily chase the target of 137 in 13.2 overs.

Earlier while batting first GCA made a vital 41 runs in the final three overs to set a target of 137.

Opener Hitendra Dalal, Pawan Negi and Prathamesh Salunke’s contribution and hard hitting in the final overs saw the youngsters cross hundred plus runs

Rithuraj Singh, Ryan D’Souza and Malikshab Shirur secured two wickets each for Salgaocar.

Meanwhile Debutants Geno Sports Club secured their second consecutive victory with a six wicket win over USA XI

Opener Monak Patel’s 40 runs of 35 balls was the only contribution as USA XI managed a meager 113.

In reply, Geno SC comfortably chased the target with Aditya Kaushik’s 33 and an unbeatable 27 by man- of- the- match Harshad Gadekar.

16/03/2014 … Dempo Cricket Club continued their winning run with a comfortable 10 wicket victory over Cricket Russia in the fifth match of Goa Premier Cricket League organized Goa Cricket Association at GCA ground, Porvorim on Saturday.

Dempo skipper Swapnil Asnodkar won the toss and put in the russsian team to bat first where in the Russian team made a cautious start to the proceedings after losing an early wicket of Nic Britz on a duck.

Later Badal Soni who made a contribution of 18 runs, Aditya Angle of 20 runs and Dhiraj Narvekar with 24 runs gave the Russian team a bit of a margin to sustain in to the match with some vital contributions but the middle order fell like a pack of cards and were bowled out for a mere 109.

In reply, the defending champions chased the total in just 10.1 overs with openers Ravi Teja’s half century and Asnodkar’s 41. Teja was adjudged man-of-the-match.

meanwhile in the second match of the day Chowgule Warriors booked their berth in the Super League with a six wicket win over Sarvoday Royals in the sixth match of Goa Premier League cricket tournament

Batting first, Sarvodaya set up a respectable 148 runs. Captain Robin D’Souza inspired his team with an unbeaten 52 runs after Shrikant Munde had done much of the damage, picking up three important wickets.

The Chowgule Warriors remained cool and composed with the rock-solid opening partnership of Sumiran Amonkar and Asad Pathan along with Reagan Pinto’s unbeaten 37 saw the Warriros chase the total with two over’s and six wickets in hand.

15/03/2014 … A blistering knock of 95 by Skipper Swapnil Asnodkar helped Dempo Cricket Club to gain a comprehensive 42-run win over Goa Colts at GCA Academy ground, Porvorim in the goa premier league match on Friday evening.

Swapnil, who shot to fame after his successful stint with Rajasthan Royals in the first edition of the IPL in 2008 in which  they emerged triumphant, enthralled the sizeable crowd with his attacking instincts and a wide range of shots.

The diminutive batsman hit 11 fours and 4 massive sixes in his 57-ball knock that helped Dempo post 191 for 5 in 20 overs. Another batsman Saurav Dubey then took the onus on himself and hit a strokeful 46 to help his team reach a competitive total of 191/ 5 in its 20  overs

Chasing a target of 192, Goa Colts started well and reached 23 in just 3 overs before they lost their first wicket in the form of Hitendra Dalal who had made 18.

Goa Colts  then lost four more wickets in quick succession making it 44 for 5.

Ganeshraj narvekar along with Prathamesh Salunke then tried their best to take their team home but after Ganeshraj was dismissed as Goa Colts made only 149 losing 8 wickets and lost the match by 42 runs.

Earlier, in the first match of Day 2, Chowgule Warriors defeated USA by 8 wickets. Batting first, USA made 126 for 9 in 20 overs with Vinod Peragaram being the top-scorer. Bipul Sharma and Saurabh Bandekar were among the wickets for Chowgule taking 3 and 2 wickets respectively.

In reply, riding on Asad Pathan’s strokeful 70 and a valuable 39 from Sumiran Amonkar, Chowgule reached the target in just 11.5 overs losing only two wickets.

14/03/2014 … Debutants Geno Sports Club registered a comfortable 63 runs victory to stun Sarvodaya Royals of Sanguem in the opening match of 5th Yes Bank Goa Premier League cricket tournament organized by Goa Cricket Association at the GCA ground, at Porvorim on Thursday.

 In the first match where team Sarvodaya won the toss and elected to field first, Geno sports club got off to a perfect start with the right- left batting combination of openers Rohit Asnodkar and Mohit Sharma respectively making 177 for 4 in its allotted twenty over’s

 In reply, Sarvodaya were bundled out for 114 runs as Geno pacer Harshad Gadekar had a fiery start, clinching the wicket of Akshat Pandey on the first ball and then targeting Amogh Desai on the last ball of the very first over though Hemant  Shetgaonkar and Rahul Keni did provide some stability but Sarvodaya couldn’t hold up to the attack of rival bowlers of geno sports club and were bundled out for 114 runs

 Meanwhile in the second T20 match played under the new floodlights, Salgaocar Cricket Club crushed Cricket Russia by seven wickets.

 Russia won the toss and elected to bat first but only managed to score a mere 92 runs with Aditya Angle top scoring with 29 runs.

 Rithuraj Singh, Ramdayal Punia and Ryan D’Souza picked up two wickets each for Salgaocar CC.

 In reply, Salgaocar CC chased the target down in just 7.3 overs with man- ofthe- match Sagun Kamat scoring a blistering 54 runs of just 17 balls including six sixes and four boundaries.

13/03/2014 … At a glittering function which took place at the goa cricket association stadium at porvorim Well-known Indian cricket legends of yesteryear like off- spinner Shivlal Yadav and batsman Brijesh Patel on Wednesday inaugurated the Goa Premier League T20-2014 …

The two legends unveiled the Goa Premier League T20 Trophy in the presence of gca president Vinod Phadke, secretary Chetan Desai, co-opted member and sanguem MLA Subhas Phaldesai, chairman of GPL organizing committee Dr Shekar Salkar, treasurer Vilas Desai, eight GPL team representatives and other dignitaries who were among those present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion the two legends shivlal yadav and brigesh patel felt that Goa was an ideal destination to be considered as one of the best cricket venues in the country if an International standard cricket stadium was built by the GCA with the help of the Goa government.

Brijesh patel said that there was a need from goan youth specially the goan cricket players tio take full advantage of the infrastructure and coaching programs that were put up by the goa cricket association.

Meanwhile gca treasurer vilas sardessai and coopted member and sanguem mla subash phaldesai also spoke on the occasion

10/03/2014 … The 2014 goa premiere league cricket tournament organized by goa cricket association would see two foreign teams among the eight teams for the T20 cricket tournament which will commence from march 12 at the gca grounds at porvorim and would be inaugurated by legendary cricketer kapil dev while the finals of gpl-t20 could see cricketers like Sachin tendulkar or rahul dravid being a part of the prize distribution ceremony.

The tournament which would be played under flood lights for the first time would have a team from united states which will have players from Pakistan and west indies, a team from Russia and six other teams from goa …

Speaking to goanreporter at the gca office at porvorim president of goa cricket association vinod phadke said that seven teams had already confirmed their participation and the league would have two matches a day with the second match being played under lights

Phadke said that since the entry for gpl matches would be free and one match being held under flood lights its would be a good opportunity for goans to see gpl-t20 match during the night time

Phadke also stated that his main aim was to see goa having its own international cricket stadium in the state

09/03/2014 … Violating the election code of conduct rules the officials of the pwd department on Friday carried out the recruitment process of technical assistants b.e civil which was to be recruited in the NRW cell of the pwd department

Though the pwd minister sudhin dhavlikar denied that there was any violation of code of conduct rules but the interview process was seen going on in the pwd department where in candidates selection process was seen going on on Friday morning

Speaking to goanreporter pwd minister sudhin dhavlikar said that the interviews notice was sent to the selected candidates five days before the election code of conduct could come in force and even permission to hold the selection process was taken from the state election commission office

28/01/2014 … team Goa-India won the coveted Basketball gold medal beating Angola in a thrilling match, in what was otherwise an action-packed day at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerji indoor stadium at Taleigao, which also saw two other medal matches being played out. 

The first game of the day was the tie between Mozambique and Cape Verde. The low scoring match went in favour of Mozambique, with the balance tilting in their favour in the final quarter. The final score: 56-37.

Cesar Mujui, Head Coach of Mozambique, contently said, “We knew that the final quarter would be the decider, and went for the Bronze with that mentality. Once we established a clear cut 10 point lead, we knew we were headed in the right direction.”

The following match was the medal-decider between Women’s Gold contenders Angola and Mozambique. The last leg in what started out as a round robin tournament saw both teams needing a victory in order to get their hands on the coveted medal. Playing their signature style of full-court press offensive play, Mozambique attacked their opponents right from the tip-off, and defended just as relentlessly.

By halftime, there seemed to be nearly no doubt as to who would be heading home in first place with the score leaning in Mozambique’s favour by that point at 21-40. The final score, in Mozambique’s favour was set at 73-49.

Ecstatic with his side’s performance, Head Coach of Mozambique, Nazir Sale, said, “This is what we came here with our sights set on. It was hard work, that we needed to accomplish, and I feel that we did just that. Angola are a difficult side to play, but we overcame them with our pace and percentage of steals.”

Following their first encounter, the game between Angola and Goa-India was always going to be hard fought. Of this there was no doubt.

However, a nail biter of such large proportions is always one worth witnessing, irrespective of how many times the sides play each other.

By the end of the game, tempers may have been frayed, and animosity may have been abundant, but there could only be one winner, and that was Goa-India, with the score set at 77-70.

Stoked by the result, Goa-India Head Coach, Scott Flemming said, “Tonight was a great win that showed immense character. I think it all comes down to a unified performance. The team needed to push for the lead. That they did and it just tipped in our favour. Superb result in all.”