Match Summary:
Date: 19-Nov-2011
Ground: Swamy Narayan Gurukul
Teams: Polaris vs Wipro
Toss won by - 'Wipro' and put 'Polaris' into batting.
Polaris Innings:
Once again a good start is given by Polaris openers (Madhu & Susheel) by putting 66 runs in the first 10 overs. Madhu(34 runs in 33 balls) played yet another good knock and a nice support from Susheel(13 runs). After loosing openers quickly, Praveen(14 in 17 balls) and Ratna(19 in 15 balls) took the charge by rotating the strike well and keep moving the scoreboard. They added 35 valuable runs for the 3rd wicket. But, Polaris fumbled in the last 5 overs and could not give huge total as target. It was bcoz of excellent bowling performances by Gopal(3/24 in 4 overs) & Ganga(2/21in 4 overs) and a good support from Rajesh(1/24 in 4 overs) too. Finally, 'Polaris' managed to score 132/8 in 20 overs.
Wipro Innings:
Wipro lost first wicket early as Niranjan removed Ravi. Sree(39 runs) continued his touch with bat in this match also. Got support from Mehul(19 runs) and put more than 60 runs for 2nd wicket in 8overs. Both of them executed excellent shots and it was the match of Wipro requiring another 60 runs to win. Niranjan came back with 2 quick wickets of Mehul and Rajesh in the same over. Scenarios got changed when Arun removed in form Sree and later a brilliant run out by Praveen. Though Wipro lost half of their wickets..still it's anyone's game as the run rate was under control. But, Ratna and Chandra bowled very economically and put pressure on batsmen as the required run rate got increased. Chandra and Mouli took important wickets of Sahoo and Ganga. But, Jawahar(13 runs) at one end trying his best. Requiring 25 runs in 4 overs with 3 wickets remaining..came down to 19 runs in 2overs bcoz of 2 tight overs by Polaris. It's Chandra again.. ruled in the 19th over of the innings by taking all the 3 wickets. Chandra was well supported by Susheel behind the stumps. Chandra(4/11 in 4 overs) and Niranjan(3/34 in 4 overs) were pick of the bowlers..supported well by Arun(1/24 in 4 overs), Ratna(12runs in 3overs) and Mouli (1/10 in 1 over. 'Wipro' were all out for 115 runs in 19 overs.
Yet another close match in the tournament and a wonderful display by both teams.
'Polaris' won the match by 17 runs.
Chandra earned 'Man of the match' for his magical spell( 4-0-11-4 ). This was the 2nd 'Man of the Match' for Chandra in the tournament..first was against 'Zentech'.
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