NCR excells in the thriller

Match: NCR vs. WIPRO on Dec. 10th 2011 from 1:30 - 4:30 at Gurukul Grounds
Toss: Won by WIPRO and elected to bat
The match was reduced to 17 overs a side due to wet pitch conditions

Wipro Batting: 114/8 in 17 overs
NCR opened the bowling attack with a magical spell from Suryavir in-swinging the ball as usual. Suryavir claimed his first wicket of a magnificent in-swinging delivery getting Wipro's captain(Sree) bowled in his first over. Rajesh Joshi who stepped in next watched the ball closely of Suryavir in-swinging deliveries. Rajesh was patient and rotated the Strike,putting odd ball to fence with beautiful flick shots. Suryavir claimed his second wicket(Ankur) in his second over plumb-in front with another excellent full length delivery.
Sumith who stepped in next continued to support to Rajesh but didn't last long and was out for another good length ball of Kranthi for LBW. Kranthi was almost unplayable in his initial spell with excellent out-swingers. Dr.Gopal came in 3rd down started to build the partnership with Rajesh and glancing the odd balls to fence.
Dr.Gopal was very aggressive and continued to rotate the strike and pulling bad balls to boundaries scoring most of the runs leg side. He was finally bowled for a straight ball from Kranthi.Dr.Gopal Scored 34 runs (5 fours) leaving Wipro at 107/4 at the end of 15 overs. Rajesh was impressive with a well made 29 runs(3 fours) was out in 16th over of Suryavir bowling.
Suryavir and Uday bowled the last 2 overs and claimed 2 wickets each and Wipro made a decent total of 114/8 at the end of 17 overs. NCR put a good show on-field collecting all catches cleanly and also some good work on field & some dot balls in slog overs saved valuable runs which proved crucial.

NCR Bowling:
Suryavir - 4/27(4 overs) & Kranthi 2/15(4 overs) were impressive.

NCR Batting: 116/8 in 17 overs.
NCR opened the innings with Naveen Padala and Sateesh;with Naveen Padala on Strike. It was a strategy to change the order and swap the positions which worked well for NCR. Naveen hit a beautiful shot in the 2nd over which reached boundary very quickly. Naveen tried to tick the scoreboard quickly & lofted a good length ball by Dinesh which went high-up in the air,Sree was well positioned to collect;However, the ball scooped out of his hands and was caught on 2nd attempt by Ganga who was close to him. Uday who stepped in next took calculated risks and started to build partnership. Sateesh was bowled for a good in-swinging ball from Ganga.
Prasad was in for the next wicket continued to build partnership with Uday putting odd balls to fence and continued to play on the merit of the balls. Prasad started to hit the boundaries once he was comfortable middling the ball. The partnership was going and NCR was scoring almost 7 runs/over.NCR was going well and was at 61/2 in 9 overs needing 54 runs in 8 overs.
Uday 10 runs (2 fours) was stumped with some good work from Bharani trying to clear the fence stepped out of crease in Rajesh bowling. Pradeep was in next and started to build the partnership with Prasad taking calculated risks. Prasad 23 runs (3 fours) was plumb in front of an excellent yorker from Rajesh. Pradeep 20 runs (2 fours 1 six) was out for an excellent catch by Rajesh trying to clear fence of Sree Bowling.
NCR was at 92/5 at the end of 13 overs requiring 23 runs in the last 4 overs. Kranthi and Naveen C were at crease taking the responsibility of rotating the strike and taking NCR home with Singles. Naveen C was bowled for an excellent delivery by Arun leaving NCR at 96/6 in 14 overs.
KVB Reddy and Kranthi continued to rotate the strike and was successful in taking singles respecting the good balls. The match was evenly balanced at the end of 15 overs with NCR needing 11 runs of 12 balls.
Here comes the final over from Ganga where he was almost unplayable and NCR could only manage 3 singles of his over needing 8 runs in the final over with 4 wickets in hand.
The last over was suspense and Dr.Gopal was given to win the match for Wipro.

The 6 balls went like this:
1st ball - Kranthi was on-strike and took a single. NCR need 7 runs in 5 balls.

2nd ball - Reddy took another good run giving Kranthi the Strike.NCR need 6 runs in 4 balls.

3rd ball - Dot ball.The arm ball from Dr.Gopal was quick enough to beat the batsman and get into the safe hands to Keeper.

NCR need 6 runs in 3 balls.

4th ball - Kranthi tried for a big shot.However the ball scooped in air near the pitch and Dr.Gopal took an excellent Single handed running catch taking Wipro almost HOME. Reddy crossed Kranthi by the time the catch was taken and Reddy was ready to take strike for the 5th ball. NCR need 6 runs in 2 balls.

5th ball - Reddy tried to clear the fence but couldn't succeed and ball was inside the 30yrd circle.Reddy wanted to take the strike for the final ball and took a risky run committing himself a suicide run out. NCR need 5 runs of the last ball.

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Tensions all-round and all the fielders were on the edge of the boundaries to save the ball.Wipro were almost there.....and required one good ball to finish the formalities from Wipro's senior-most bowler Dr.Gopal. However,the batsman who stepped in at 9th wicket Hemachandra had other thoughts.

6th ball - Dr.Gopal put a good length ball and Hema went onto the Line of ball and connected the ball right of the middle of the bat. The moment it hit the bat produced the sweet sound and the time the ball was in air gave enough confidence of clearing the outer ring of Gurukul Cement Boundary.Everyone from NCR ran down to the Pitch to lift Hemachandra,winning the match for NCR hitting last ball to Six;
"NCR's Miandad" and cheers alround :-)
Many people on Ground literally had hearts in their mouth and relaxed only after that shot. It was a sensational match in NCR History to Win the match off the last ball thriller and this Victory against Wipro will remain as one of greatest Wins for NCR in Corporate History and truly recorded in NCR's Hall of Fame.
Congratulations for NCR Squad for winning this historical win(last ball six) against Wipro(one of the best corporate teams in Hyderabad).
Even though NCR lost against IBM,Polaris,Zen,Trianz in HSCL at league stage;will stay in-hunt for the Semi-finals chance with one match remaining with Siemens with 8 points in hand currently.

Wipro Bowling:
Ganga - 1/14(4 overs) ; Arun - 1/21(4 overs); Sree - 1/12(2 overs) were impressive.
Result: NCR won the match by 2 wickets.
Man of the Match: Suryavir Singh.
Suryavir Singh was named "Man of the Match" for his excellent bowling figures of 4/27 taking 4 crucial wickets of Wipro and Cheers all-round.