Match Summary:
Date: 26-Nov-2011
Ground: Babukhan Grounds
Teams: Polaris vs NCR
Toss won by - 'Polaris' and elected batting.
Polaris Innings:
First match in the 'Babukhan' ground, 'Polaris' won the toss and preferred for batting. Unlike previous matches, 'Polaris' could not start well as they lost their 'in-form' batsman 'Madhu' in the first over. It was 'Suryavir', who bowled excellent yorkers & in-swinging deliveries and took 2 wickets in his first 3 overs. Well supported by 'Kranthi' too. At one stage 'Polaris' were 17/3 after 5.1 overs, where 'Seetaram' joined 'Arun'. Both, played steadily by taking team score to 47 at the end of 10 overs. Accelerated the innings in next 5 overs by rotating the strike and punishing the loose balls to take the score to 89 at 15 overs. Both put 91 runs stand for 4th wicket before 'Arun' dismissed in the 17th over. 'Arun(25 runs)' played sheet-anchor role. Seetaram was aggressive once settled at the crease and played some nice cover drives & square cuts. After 'Arun', it was the turn of 'Mahesh' who dominated bowlers right from the beginning and his quick fire of 25 runs(4 fours & 1 six) came in just 11 balls. 'Seetaram' scored 65 runs(8 fours & 1 six) in 46 balls before being 'retired hurt'. Good bowling spells by Suryavir (2/10 in 4 overs) & Uday(1/18 in 4 overs). Finally, 'Polaris' managed to score 141/5 in 20 overs.
NCR Innings:
Good initial overs bowled by Degula & Arun, where in Degula took Kranthi's wicket in the 3rd over of the innings. Niranjan took a brilliant catch by running towards deep-point. Satish(21 runs) played some good shots and tried to build the innings by taking score to 28/1 after 5 overs. Seetaram came into bowling and caught Uday & Satish in front of wickets(LBW) in his first 2 overs. 'NCR' were 54/3 at the end of 10 overs. Chandra started his spell with a wicket and this was another nice catch taken by Ratna at long-leg. Somaraju(30 runs) at one end struck to crease and played diligently by moving the score to 82/5 in 15 overs. He was bowled out for an excellent delivery from Ratna in the 17th over when score was at 89. Ratna took 2 more wickets in his next two deliveries by registering the first hat-trick for 'Polaris' in this tournament. Overall, good bowling performances by 'Polaris' bowlers Degula(1/7 in 2 overs), Seetaram((2/8 in 4 overs), Ratna(3/20 in 4 overs) and Chandra(1/11 in 4 overs). 'NCR' finished at 94/9 runs in 20 overs.
Match has seen some good catches by Niranjan, Ratna & Satish(NCR) and couple of runouts made by Arun with his quick reflexes in the field. Also, witnessed few dropped chances and mis-fieldings from both the teams.
'Polaris' won the match by 47 runs.
Seetaram awarded 'Man of the match' for his all-rounder display( 65 runs in 46 balls & 2/8 in 4 overs ).
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