After Volley ball, now it was the turn of Cricket. We were up against our seniors. We had another good day. Yahooooo… we are the iiitb cricket champions. Thanks to chandru for making our day memorable.
The match started at 3.30PM on 8th march. Intially we thought of playing 15 overs. Later both the team captains, Rakesh and Dhruv agreed to play 12 overs. Dhruv won the toss and elected to bat first. Sun was beating down hard. As usual Chandru started off with the new ball for us. I cannot stop myself from appreciating our bowlers. They did a fantastic job on a hot day. They ran in hard and made life difficult for the batsmen. The batsmen could not adjust. Our bowlers got wickets at regular intervals. Especially our captain Rakesh bowled well. The batsmen tried to disturb his line and length, but they found themselves getting out in that act. A fine show by our bowlers meant that we had to chase only 70. I must say anything under 7 an over is excellent in our playing conditions. The boundaries are too short.
In the break all of us had one thing in mind. If we play for 12 overs we would come out as winners. I and Jadoo aka Santhosh went into bat. Jadoo took strike. Jadoo was our inform player. However, soon he returned to the pavilion without troubling the scorers. Rakesh also departed in the same over when he went for an expensive shot over the bowlers head. However, he got a leading edge and the keeper took the catch safely. In the second over, I got a juicy full toss from Ankit and I was in two minds, whether to loft the ball over the mid-on or play along the ground. Finally I just scooped it to mid-on.
Anna and Guru followed soon. Our top order went down like pack of cards. We were reeling at 11/5 at the end of fourth over. We were down and out at this stage. We were looking down the barrel. Someone in the crowd said that we could end up scoring the lowest score in the tournament. We required another 59 from 8 overs, with just 2 wickets remaining. Chandru joined Srinidhi. Sagar was the next batsman to come in. The target seemed next to impossible. With Srinidh still at the crease we had hopes of winning.
Our seniors had upper hand. However, they got complacent and they wanted to keep Chandru on strike. They moved their fielders in when Chandru was on strike. Chandru is more a bowler than a batsman. We wanted Srinidhi to keep strike most of the time as he was better than Chandru when it comes to batting. Chandru was nervous for the first two balls. Somehow he managed to keep the ball away from stumps. For the third ball he swung his bat and the ball just raised to the boundary, much to the delight of spectators and us.
Next over Chandru backed his abilities and launched two sixes. This brought some life into our innings. We all thought to ourselves that we still had a good chance to win. However the chances of winning were bleak as we just had two wickets in hand with just one batsman in Srinidhi remaining. One good ball could shatter all our dreams.
Meanwhile Chandru called for a help runner.. Guru went onto the field to run for Chandru. Chandru continued his good form and kept hitting sixes consistenlty. Srinidhi just remained as a spectator. I must say he had the best seat in the ground non-striker to watch the innings played by Chandru. Chandru took most of the strike. Contrary to what we were thinking when chadru went in. We wanted srindihi on strike for most of the time. However Chandru’s mix of aggression and defense meant that we moved closer to victory. Within no time Chandru moved into 40’s. The required rate came down drastically because of some lusty blows from Chandrus bat. We needed just 20 from last 4 overs. Chandru and Srindhi kept the partnership going. They did not want to leave it for Sagar, the next man to come in. We required 5 of the last two overs. At this point Chandru was on strike and was batting on 45. We could hear the ringing bells of victory. Chandru defeneded intial two balls and the third one, he deposited over mid wicket for a six. This shot sparked off wild celebrations in all of us. Chandru kept running. We kept running towards Chandru and caught hold of him and patted him on his back for his excellent innings and put him in pond. After that all of us gathered together and celebrated the victory. The match could have gone either way. Our seniors had done a good job. In the end we were better than them on that day
In the evening we went to Dominos. We had pizzas. Overall the tournament went well. All our teammates put up great performances. Cannot wait for the Spandan 2009.. :)
The match started at 3.30PM on 8th march. Intially we thought of playing 15 overs. Later both the team captains, Rakesh and Dhruv agreed to play 12 overs. Dhruv won the toss and elected to bat first. Sun was beating down hard. As usual Chandru started off with the new ball for us. I cannot stop myself from appreciating our bowlers. They did a fantastic job on a hot day. They ran in hard and made life difficult for the batsmen. The batsmen could not adjust. Our bowlers got wickets at regular intervals. Especially our captain Rakesh bowled well. The batsmen tried to disturb his line and length, but they found themselves getting out in that act. A fine show by our bowlers meant that we had to chase only 70. I must say anything under 7 an over is excellent in our playing conditions. The boundaries are too short.
In the break all of us had one thing in mind. If we play for 12 overs we would come out as winners. I and Jadoo aka Santhosh went into bat. Jadoo took strike. Jadoo was our inform player. However, soon he returned to the pavilion without troubling the scorers. Rakesh also departed in the same over when he went for an expensive shot over the bowlers head. However, he got a leading edge and the keeper took the catch safely. In the second over, I got a juicy full toss from Ankit and I was in two minds, whether to loft the ball over the mid-on or play along the ground. Finally I just scooped it to mid-on.
Anna and Guru followed soon. Our top order went down like pack of cards. We were reeling at 11/5 at the end of fourth over. We were down and out at this stage. We were looking down the barrel. Someone in the crowd said that we could end up scoring the lowest score in the tournament. We required another 59 from 8 overs, with just 2 wickets remaining. Chandru joined Srinidhi. Sagar was the next batsman to come in. The target seemed next to impossible. With Srinidh still at the crease we had hopes of winning.
Our seniors had upper hand. However, they got complacent and they wanted to keep Chandru on strike. They moved their fielders in when Chandru was on strike. Chandru is more a bowler than a batsman. We wanted Srinidhi to keep strike most of the time as he was better than Chandru when it comes to batting. Chandru was nervous for the first two balls. Somehow he managed to keep the ball away from stumps. For the third ball he swung his bat and the ball just raised to the boundary, much to the delight of spectators and us.
Next over Chandru backed his abilities and launched two sixes. This brought some life into our innings. We all thought to ourselves that we still had a good chance to win. However the chances of winning were bleak as we just had two wickets in hand with just one batsman in Srinidhi remaining. One good ball could shatter all our dreams.
Meanwhile Chandru called for a help runner.. Guru went onto the field to run for Chandru. Chandru continued his good form and kept hitting sixes consistenlty. Srinidhi just remained as a spectator. I must say he had the best seat in the ground non-striker to watch the innings played by Chandru. Chandru took most of the strike. Contrary to what we were thinking when chadru went in. We wanted srindihi on strike for most of the time. However Chandru’s mix of aggression and defense meant that we moved closer to victory. Within no time Chandru moved into 40’s. The required rate came down drastically because of some lusty blows from Chandrus bat. We needed just 20 from last 4 overs. Chandru and Srindhi kept the partnership going. They did not want to leave it for Sagar, the next man to come in. We required 5 of the last two overs. At this point Chandru was on strike and was batting on 45. We could hear the ringing bells of victory. Chandru defeneded intial two balls and the third one, he deposited over mid wicket for a six. This shot sparked off wild celebrations in all of us. Chandru kept running. We kept running towards Chandru and caught hold of him and patted him on his back for his excellent innings and put him in pond. After that all of us gathered together and celebrated the victory. The match could have gone either way. Our seniors had done a good job. In the end we were better than them on that day
In the evening we went to Dominos. We had pizzas. Overall the tournament went well. All our teammates put up great performances. Cannot wait for the Spandan 2009.. :)
2 comments:
Good clean theme ! Congrats on your victory .. Hope you would be part of our Spandan 2009 team :) I had already taken your word long time back .. But this comment will be a gentle reminder if you try to divulge from your words :D
thanks buddy....i can never forget this day in my life !!
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