We have heard of grand openings for sports events, but nothing could beat the opening weekend of the 2022 season of the East Coast Youth Cricket League.
The 2022 season itself set the record number of teams registered with 63 teams in the age groups of 11, 13, 15,17 and 19. Due to the sheer number of games, the challenge posed with grounds and umpires forced to move U17 and U19 games to weekdays during summer vacation.
Another uniqueness of the season is we have a girls team registered in EYCL. In the past, we did have girls embedded in teams but this year DreamCricket Dragons registered as an all girl team in the U13 age group. EYCL is proud in promoting women’s cricket in the region. The team won their first match
Numbers
1 triple century, 11 Centuries, 6 half centuries, one 9 Wicket, one 7 wicket, one 5 wicket, two 4 wicket and ten 3 wicket hauls. Never seen such records in the opening weekend. This shows the hunger of kids who are hibernating indoors during the winter and roaring to jump right into the season to showcase their newly acquired and sharpened skills.
All the records we mentioned happened during the opening weekend at the 22 games conducted in the age groups of U11, U13 and U15. These dominant performances are across all age groups.
U11 - Batting
Aarav Alok Patel (CricMax Eagles) - 175* (97 balls, 3 sixes, 27 fours)
Tanish Nelapati (22 Yards) - 101 (83 balls, 8 fours)
Aarav Magesh (22 Yards) - 60* (55 balls, 6 fours) - 2 Wickets
U11 - Bowling
Shrey Thingale (CricMax NE Super Kings) - 5 Wickets (4 overs, 14 runs)
Nevaan Sengar (CricLanes Comets) - 4 Wickets (2 overs, 3 runs)
Thaman Dilip (CricMax Eagles) - 3 Wickets (10 overs, 75 runs)
Arul Padmanaban (CricMax Eagles) - 3 Wickets (5 overs, 11 runs)
U13 - Batting
Devdatsinh Chudasama (DreamCricket Cubs) - 310* (111 balls, 15 sixes, 43 fours)
Aaryan Patel (DAS Challengers) - 145 (79 balls, 13 sixes, 8 fours)
Amrinder Singh Gill (CricMax Tigers) - 110* (48 balls, 13 sixes, 5 fours)
Ayden Raju (DreamCricket Blue Jays) - 105 (74 balls, 1 six, 13 fours)
Vinay Kannan (DreamCricket Cubs) - 101* (58 balls, 3 sixes, 10 fours)
Danvir Seegobin (QUCA Bears) - 84 (77 balls, 11 fours)
Arayan Rewaria (NJ Royals) - 55 (68 balls, 9 fours)
U13 - Bowling
Abhiram Vellala (DreamCricket Blue Jays) - 9 Wickets (4.1 overs, 7 runs)
Bharath Venkata Yamani (DreamCricket Cubs) - 7 Wickets (5 overs, 10 runs)
Mahek Viraj (CricMax Tigers) - 4 Wickets (6 overs, 12 runs)
Darshan Subramoniam (NJ Royals) - 3 Wickets (6 overs, 23 runs)
Kian Varahney (NJYCA Comets) - 3 Wickets (3 overs, 14 runs)
U15 - Batting
Amrinder Singh Gill (CricMax Destroyers) - 134* (116 balls, 7 sixes, 7 fours)
Kalash Jiram Singh (QUCA Wildcats) - 126* (126 balls, 7 fours)
Arjun Nair (ICUSA Black Mambas) - 108 (104 balls, 14 fours)
Ritish Gullapally (DreamCricket Panthers) - 104 (118 balls, 1 six, 11 fours)
Abhiram Sridhar Gidugu (DreamCricket Jaguars) - 100* (100 balls, 10 fours)
Eshan Guha (CricMax Destroyers) - 74* (126 balls, 2 sixes, 1 fours)
Anant Krishna Nadathur (NJYCA Voyagers) - 66 (59 balls, 3 sixes, 5 fours)
Sahir Bhatia (QUCA Wildcats) - 55* (50 balls, 4 fours)
U15 - Bowling
Brijesh Easwaraiah (DreamCricket Panthers) - 3 Wickets (8 overs, 30 runs)
Harsha Bharadwaj (QUCA Wildcats) - 3 Wickets (4 overs, 15 runs)
Ayden Raju (DreamCricket Jaguars) - 3 Wickets (4 overs, 17 runs)
Rehan Behera (CricMax Crushers) - 3 Wickets (7 overs, 32 runs)
Aarav Sharma (Criclanes Orions) - 3 Wickets (7 overs, 58 runs)
Salaar Faiz (StarSports Crushers) - 3 Wickets (8 overs, 41 runs)
Special Mention
Devdatsinh Chudasama of DreamCricket scored first triple hundred in EYCL setting up the new record across all age groups
Amrinder Singh Gill of CricMax scored back-to-back centuries in U13 and U15 age category both times remained not out.
Abhiram Vellala of DreamCricket picked 9 wickets by conceding only 7 runs in 4.1 overs setting new record in EYCL.
Bharath Venkata Yamani of DreamCricket picked 7 wickets by conceding only 10 runs 5 overs.
Shrey Thingale of CricMax New England picked 5 Wickets by conceding only 14 runs in 4 overs.
