‘Cama Box Cricket Premier League’ organised by Cama Park on 27th November, 2016, had over fifty participants including its residents and players from Salsette Colony. Hosted with upbeat music, live running commentary, tea/soft drinks and a well maintained pitch (keeping the peace and tranquillity of the colony in mind), participants ranged from 18 to 70 […]
CRICKET India Wins 3rd Test Against England: Winning the toss, England opted to bat first at Mohali. During their first innings they scored 283 in 93.5 overs with Jonny Bairstow (89 runs). Amongst the bowlers India’s Mohammed Shami grabbed 3-63 while Umesh Yadav and Jayant Yadav picked two wickets each. In reply, India put up […]
A. H. Wadia Baug Welfare Centre organized its Sports Day, ‘Wadia Baug Fun Sports’ on 18th November, 2016. The event included sports for all – races, lemon-and-spoon and book-balancing for children and games also for the middle-aged and senior citizens. The races for tots received great cheering by the onlookers. A new ‘marathon’ was introduced […]
. CRICKET India Wins 2nd Test Match Against England: Batting first India notched up 455 runs as skipper Virat Kohli (167 runs) and Cheteshwar Pujara (119 runs) scored useful centuries. In reply, the Englishmen were bundled out for 255 runs, thanks to Ashwin’s bowling at 5/67. During the second innings the hosts scored 204 runs […]
For the first time in Mumbai, on 19th November 2016, an All-Zoroastrian Men And Women Arm Wrestling Competition was held. It was meticulously organized by Rustom Jasoomoney along with assistance from Freddy Driver, Khodadad Yazdegardi, Minoo Khan, Adi Pardiwalla and the staff of Parsee Gymkhana (PG). Technical guidance and supervision was given by Maharashtra State […]
The comparative experience of the 1886 tour between the English and Parsee cricketers was note-worthy. Whilst the Parsees had never played international cricket, England had already completed 7 series against Australia by the time the Parsees arrived. Back then, the team which comprised 15 players, was captained by Dr. Dhunjeeshaw Patel. Of the 28 matches, […]
The Parsis were the earliest local community in India to take to cricket and have played the game since 1840! Soon, ‘Parsee Gymkhana’ (PG) was established in 1885 and came to be regarded as the world headquarters of Parsi Cricket. The first cricket team from India to have toured England in 1886, consisted of all […]
Parsee Gymkhana bagged three prestigious titles – Singles, Doubles and Teams at the TT event held on the 29th and 30th October, 2016, which saw an impressive turnout of nearly a hundred participants from Maharashtra and Gujarat, competing across six events. Chief Guests Farokh Khodaiji and Katy Khodaiji (both former National Singles and Mixed Doubles […]
CRICKET Mumbai Defeat Railways Ranji Clash: Batting first, Mumbai notched up 345 runs in their first innings due to contributions from Surya Kumar Yadav (110 runs), Akhil Herwadkar (96 runs) and Shreyas Iyer (70 runs). For the Railways, Karn Sharma grabbed 5/81. In reply, Railways were packed off within no time (160 all out) as […]
New Zealand Level Series With India: After India sealed the 3rd ODI with a win against the Kiwis, they were in no way going to give away the series to India easily. Winning the toss New Zealand elected to bat first during the 4th ODI at Ranchi. They posted a huge total of 260/7 due […]
16-year-old Yurshaan Guard, who represented India in Team IIKF at the recently concluded 6th Indo–Sri Lankan Karate Championship at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, on 9th October, 2016, won a Gold and a Silver medal, defeating over 800 participants in Kata and Kumite (sparring), in the Under-17 category. Overall IIKF won 46 medals comprising 21 […]