Kanga League.


Kanga League Fever is back in Mumbai

The world renowned Kanga league is back for Mumbai cricketers. The71st edition of Dr HD Kanga League commenced on Sunday, 8 July, 2018 in Mumbai.
This league happens to the be the first step for a Cricketer from Mumbai who aims at playing for their state as well as the country. Eminent cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli all dreamt of playing in this league as their first step in the world of cricket. Kanga league is the platform which gives a cricketer the opportunity to showcase his talent.
Anyone who has started their cricket journey from the city of dreams, Mumbai will be familiar with the importance of Sunday morning practices even in the Monsoon season.  Khau Galli at cross maidan will always be the place for all Mumbai cricketers to hold their unofficial  brief team meetings while enjoying their cutting chai on Sundays. It is an undisputed ritual for all, the player, umpire, observer, club officials and also MCA officials to spend their Sunday on the field, performing their respective duties & responsibilities and then team spends the next seven days planning their strategy for the upcoming game on their next holiday.
 
The romance of the Kanga League has been typified by the sheer enthusiasm of some of India’s leading Test cricketers as they turn up in support of their former clubs, irrespective of international schedules. Former Mumbai captain Milind Rege says, “I remember Sunil (Gavaskar) arriving from Heathrow (London) at 6am, dropping his luggage and joining me and Dilip Vengsarkar to play a Kanga League game. Today, that’s impossible. I had the privilege of playing against legends like Polly Umrigar and Vijay Manjrekar, and for us, it was a great opportunity to learn from them. Not just the way they played, but also how they conducted themselves.”
The wet and soft pitches in Monsoon will definitely test the skills of the batsmen and cricket pundits have always considered Kanga league as a big contribution to why Mumbai has produced so many batsmen with excellent techniques. Kanga League is like the board exam for a batsman and even if he gets to score 30 or 40 runs, it would be considered equivalent to a century on any other day. In such conditions everyone involved in the game would have to be on their toes, irrespective of whether one is a batsman, bowler, fielder or an umpire.

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