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For many it feels like home away from home. Since the start of the Indo-Australian Harmony Cricket series last year, hundreds of young and old are seen busy with their IPL-style Sunday community cricket being played in Parramatta.

In spite of all the bad media in the recent days back in India against Australia, the young subcontinent community along with the wider Australian community is definitely untouched as they are enjoying the ongoing 20/20 MIT Sydney Cup. 18 teams are vying for the prestigious 20/20 MIT Sydney Cup this year, a contest which will open its doors to 18 new teams, with a total of 36 teams, in its next edition.

With more than 500 players registered, this has become a way of life for many New Australians and International Students studying in various universities and colleges here in Sydney.

After four rounds in the current series, Ryde Automotives and MIT Reds along with Limra have claimed the top spots in the ongoing 20/20 MIT Sydney Cup.

Stars of the Week

Sukhendra Dahiya of Ryde

Automotives Haryana Bulls who hails from the state of Haryana (district Rohtak village Rohna) has played most of his cricket back in India, with state representation at a young age. In the MIT Cup, he earned a Man of the Match award against Indian Marts West Ryders. His fantastic last ball 6 brought back memories of Javed Miandad’s famous 6 off the bowling of Chetan Sharma. Sukhendra claims he will never forget this memorable knock and the last ball 6 to clinch a memorable victory against Indian Mart’s West Ryders.

Harjinder Singh Harry (pictured right) would like to thank his wife Pardeep Kaur who has encouraged him to keep playing cricket upon moving to Australia. Harry believes his strength has more than doubled ever since he was blessed with a daughter Harnoor Kaur, his first child, on 16 Nov 2009. He says, “I’d like to thank everyone who had faith in me and gave me a chance to play in their team to show my skills. Special thanks to MIT and

Sanjiv Dubey who come up with such a great competition”. Harry has put MIT Red in stellar form as he anchored two emphatic wins with two Man of the Match performances, one in which MIT scored an upset win against Mantra Ryde Chandigarh.

Mohammad Jahangir of Limra earned a Man of the Match award with his performance against ICAI Challengers that has also helped put his team earn the top spot in their group. The hardhitting Jahangir has played a key role in his team’s success.

Gaurav Rohinton hails from the state of Gujarat, village Navsari, where he played local cricket. The son of a farmer, he is now enjoying the community cricket series and won a Man of the Match award for his team MIT. His school Meridian College, where he was studying commercial cookery, has closed down – he is still awaiting admission into another institution.

Teams of the Week

Macquarie Eleven as the team of the week for the true sportsmanship they have shown on and off the ground. With a win in their last game, their spirit would have really gone high. The team members, most of who live in Auburn, have backgrounds of Indian, Pakistan and Afghanistan heritage and have played with a great spirit under the leadership of Sohail. The tournament is still wide open for this young team and they are just 3 more wins away to qualify in the knock-out stage.

The team members of Macquarie Eleven are Jameel, Shakeb, Sanketh, Baba, Jasim, Sohail (Junior Captain), Sohail (Senior Captain), Wasif, Asgar, Umjad and Zubair.

MIT Reds have shown great team effort and surprised one and all as they have maintained a clean chit in all of their three outings. Made up of students from the Melbourne Institute of Technology, Sydney, under the leadership of Maharshi Dave, the team needs to continue with the same effort to progress into the knock-out stages of the

The team members of MIT Reds are Maharshi (Captain) Gaurav, Jass, Monil, Jack, Karan, Ashu, Vicky, Hary,