JNS Jaguars-‘Dad’s team’ set for another thrilling season !

In 2015, five sports fanatics came together with just one common thing at heart- their love and passion for cricket. These five people were the fathers of the kids studying at the Jamnabai Narsee School (JNS) and this was the beginning of a successful team, JNS Jaguars.

Mehul Shah,Vivek Manchanda, Kapil Arora,Keyur Shah and Kunal Zaveri are the five mainstays who look after the JNS Jaguars. The Jaguars is essentially a team of dad’s who are well established in life and are very passionate about cricket . All the players are well settled but they take their cricket just as seriously as their jobs. This common passion and love for the sport has brought this team together ! They play together to relive their school days and to keep themselves fit. 

Now into their 5th year, the JNS Jaguars have already won 12 titles and had a trophy-laden 2018-19 season. They won the Bayside Sports School Dads Cricket Championships Gold 2018-19, Zooter International School Dads Championship 2018-19 and were Elite Champions in the My Child My Anchor Tournament 2018-19.

Not only are the JNS Jaguars successful in domestic tours but they are also winning on international grounds. The JNS Jaguars toured Sri Lanka for their first international series in 2017 and won the series 2-1 and haven’t looked back since! This was followed by a tour Down Under where the played against Sydney Shires cricket club and won the series 2-1. In 2018, the JNS Jaguars toured UK and continued their overseas winning streak by beating the middlesex county 2-1. Jaguars also won the series on their Dubai tour in December 2018.

The upcoming season promises to be another thrilling one for The JNS Jaguars as they tour Dehradun, New Zealand, Dubai, Delhi and Goa.

One of the main reasons behind the success of the JNS Jaguars is its international quality coaching staff. Bimesh Shah, a former Ranji player of Mumbai, is the coach of Jaguars alongside Farhad Daruwala, who has played for Gujarat and was also involved in the IPL with Rajasthan Royals. Umesh Patwal, who has coached international teams like Afghanistan and Nepal is the consulting coach of the team.

The Jaguars practice at the Juhu gymkhana throughout the year. The JNS Jaguars are managed by Janus Sportz. The Janus Sportz have invested in all the top class training facilities to ensure the players are in the best possible shape and form. Bowling machines and PitchVision help batsman analyse their game while Speed Guns are used by bowlers to work on their pace.

The Jaguars work just as hard off the field as the work on it. The JNS Jaguars supports Urvashi foundation, a non-profit organisation with the aim to educate and provide opportunity to children across India to learn and excel.

Cricketgraph will be the media partners for JNS Jaguars as they will be aiming for another trophy-laden and an adventurous season ahead. This ‘Dad’s team’ is truly still young at heart.