Match Summary:
Date: 24-Dec-2011
Ground: NFC Ground, ECIL.
Teams: IBM Vs Wipro ( Semi-finals)
Wipro won the toss and opted to bat first. Sree and Mehul opened the innings.
Narein and Sai started off the IBM bowling attack. Captain Sree was the first one to be dismissed in 3rd ball when he tried to play a ball to onside,closing the phase of bat early which took a leading edge which went straight into the hands of player at cover region.
With some extras and byes wipro could manage to score 17 runs in 1st over.Otherend Sai bowled his first spell to perfection by conceding 7 runs in 3 overs with 1 wicket of Ramakanth.
Debut bowler Pavan bowled meticulously( 13 runs in 4 overs) with variation in pace and tight line.
The Duo Rajesh(25 runs) and Manish steadied the innings for few overs.( 55/3 in 10 overs). Just when rajesh was looking good with his bat, he was given LBW out for a pullshot where the ball kept little low than he anticipated hitting his right thigh.
Veteran leg break bowler "Madhav" who took 2 quick wickets in his 1st over caused some damage to wipro batting order at that stage
Manish who looked fluent in making 35 added some crucial runs in last overs and Wipro managed to get 27 runs in last 3 overs. and overall scoring 127/8 in 20 Overs.
With target as 128 on board,'IBM'couldnt start well as they lost their in-form batsman "Aquib" in 1st over who was bowled out to Left Arm pace bowler "Ganga". 1 down batsman 'Raju' was also unlucky as he was caught out by 'Ramakanth' who took a brilliant catch in covers. Next set of the batsmans who tried to score some runs couldnt manage to keep the score board ticking and were sent back to pavilion early.
Skipper savi who tried to go for some shots was caught out at gully region scoring 13 runs.
some good overs bowled by Ganga ,Gopal, Arun restricted IBM batsmans to score any boundaries at that stage (35/5 in 10 overs). It was apparent to the spectators that match will be won by Wipro.
It was left hand batsman'Pavan' who changed the course of the game with some big hits and well timed shots over cover region, provided some entertainment to the crowd. He was well supported by batsmans Goverdhan, sidharth. IBM were (71/6 in 15 overs). IBM had to score 56 runs in 30 balls with 4 wickets remaining.
"Pavan" who scored useful 40 runs in 26 balls was bowled out by 'Arun'.
Wipro still had an edge over victory but hopes were dashed off when batsmans 'sher' and 'Naren' who took some quick singles converting 1's into 2's Plus some extras, which kept Wipro team under pressure.
Catch drop of "Sher" by rajesh at long on proved costly for wipro. IBM had to score 12 runs in final over and bowler Sahoo bowled couple of wide deliveries, Batsman "Sher" connected every ball well, both naren and Sher took risky singles with good running between the wickets and IBM had to score 3 runs in last 1 ball.
"Sher" hit the last ball towards the cover region and after slight misfield by fielder 2nd run was taken quickly, finally scores were equal. Commendable performance at the end by "Sher" and "Naren" who kept their whole hearted efforts to make IBM win.
As the scores were leveled,Umpires decided for super over and IBM had to bat first.
Wipro Left Arm Pacer 'Ganga'who bowled good spell in the entire match, struggled little with his line and gave some extras in initial deliveries "Aquib" smashed couple of deliveries to boundary on the square legside and at other end "Pavan" who was in good form rotated strike, giving chance to "Aquib" to score the maximum. IBM finally scored 18 runs in 1 over.
With target 19 on board, Wipro batsmans "Ramakanth" and "Mohit" were sent to crease.
IBM team decided to handover the charge to "Pavan", who bowled couple of wide balls initially and wipro batsmans could manage to just take singles every ball.
IBM won the match comprehensively with 11 runs
This is 8th win for IBM over 9 matches played so far in HSCL-2.
"Pavan" was adjudged as "Man of Match" for his allround performance.
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