2 days into the tournament, and we already have witnessed more exciting matches than we can probably fathom.
For the uninformed here is how the teams have fared so far :
UnderDogs : Played 3
Won 1 (Purple Haze)
Lost 2 (Red Hawks, Amateurs)
Red Hawks : Played 2
Won 2 (UnderDogs, The Villains)
16 Radians : Played 1
Won 1 (Barmy Army)
Purple Haze : Played 1
Lost 1 (UnderDogs)
The Villains : Played 1
Lost 1 (Red Hawks)
Barmy Army : Played 1
Lost 1 (16 Radians)
The Amateurs : Played 1
Won 1 (UnderDogs)
As the statistics show (or even if they don't) Red Hawks (erstwhile Knickers United/Blockbusters) have been playing fantastic cricket, they have looked solid and with Abhinav Maker's return they seem to be gelling well.
16 Radians played very well and outclassed a good team in their first match. But with the increase in competition, they cannot be termed as the sole favourites this time.
Purple Haze continue to be unpredictable, their batting as always has been good, but their bowling continues to haunt them. I, however, continue to hope that they will go on to cause a few upsets in the series.
Now, The Villains, their team looks good on paper, but they lose decisively against Red Hawks today, it may have been bad luck, or it may have been the tough opposition, that we cannot say for sure, but the answers will be there by tomorrow.
Barmy Army, consists of first year students, and they lost their tough match against 16 Radians, but for newcomers, they played out of their skins and managed to impress, they too could cause a few upsets. Their batting line up seems very good.
As regards the Amateurs, I have mixed opinions. On one hand, two of their batsmen played tremendously today, and looked good enough to take their team through the 10 overs, but on their dismissals, the rest of the team just collapsed. As regards their bowling is concerned,once again, two of the bowlers, (one being one of the batsman I just wrote about) proved to be excellent.
Of the two bowlers, one in particular terrorised our batsmen with his off spin.
But, the team, in totality is probably not good enough to last throughout the tournament.
As regards our own performance, I would be discussing it a bit later, so keep watching this space.
For the uninformed here is how the teams have fared so far :
UnderDogs : Played 3
Won 1 (Purple Haze)
Lost 2 (Red Hawks, Amateurs)
Red Hawks : Played 2
Won 2 (UnderDogs, The Villains)
16 Radians : Played 1
Won 1 (Barmy Army)
Purple Haze : Played 1
Lost 1 (UnderDogs)
The Villains : Played 1
Lost 1 (Red Hawks)
Barmy Army : Played 1
Lost 1 (16 Radians)
The Amateurs : Played 1
Won 1 (UnderDogs)
As the statistics show (or even if they don't) Red Hawks (erstwhile Knickers United/Blockbusters) have been playing fantastic cricket, they have looked solid and with Abhinav Maker's return they seem to be gelling well.
16 Radians played very well and outclassed a good team in their first match. But with the increase in competition, they cannot be termed as the sole favourites this time.
Purple Haze continue to be unpredictable, their batting as always has been good, but their bowling continues to haunt them. I, however, continue to hope that they will go on to cause a few upsets in the series.
Now, The Villains, their team looks good on paper, but they lose decisively against Red Hawks today, it may have been bad luck, or it may have been the tough opposition, that we cannot say for sure, but the answers will be there by tomorrow.
Barmy Army, consists of first year students, and they lost their tough match against 16 Radians, but for newcomers, they played out of their skins and managed to impress, they too could cause a few upsets. Their batting line up seems very good.
As regards the Amateurs, I have mixed opinions. On one hand, two of their batsmen played tremendously today, and looked good enough to take their team through the 10 overs, but on their dismissals, the rest of the team just collapsed. As regards their bowling is concerned,once again, two of the bowlers, (one being one of the batsman I just wrote about) proved to be excellent.
Of the two bowlers, one in particular terrorised our batsmen with his off spin.
But, the team, in totality is probably not good enough to last throughout the tournament.
As regards our own performance, I would be discussing it a bit later, so keep watching this space.
Contributed by : Kanishka Chakrabarti (VC)
