A good day of Cricket today, and the tournament seems pretty much open.
The first match was between The Unicorns & Red Hawks, both teams touted as the favourites.
The Unicorns batted first and were dealt a double blow in the form of the dismissal of Abhishek Chaturvedi and Vipul Jain pretty early. Jeet steadied the innings to some extent with his useful 16 runs contribution before getting dismissed.
Nirav Meena was not really comfortable today, and the Red Hawks smartly used Sagarnil against him, restricting him further. After sticking around for a while and scoring a couple of runs, he eventually got dismissed. Sunny did not really last long and Manish Kanth stepped in as the last batsman. His massive Sixer in the last over of the innings took the tally to 27 runs.
While the score may not seem like much, chasing it would not be as easy, as the team boasted of impressive bowlers.
Mahendra fell early, and Abhinav Maker too got dismissed earlier than he would have liked to. Kalpit tried his best to exploit the bowlers, but the class bowling on display ensured that he did not score much. Much to the dismay of the Red Hawks, the match was slowly turning against them.
Eventually, Suvojit came in and hit a classy overboundary, raising some hopes, but just as he looked steady and likely to take the match all the way, he too fell.
Deva Prasad came in, and tried his best, scoring a few, but the Unicorns were bowling with excellent precision and dismissed Deva with only 8 runs remaining for the win.
The Unicorns prevailed in this match, and they are surely a force to be reckoned with in this series.
The next match was between Purple Haze and GJ 6. The odds were heavily stacked in GJ 6's favour, and most believed that this would be a cakewalk for them.
GJ 6 batted first and scored 52 runs, while this is a very competitive score, it wasn't unbeatable, as Purple Haze have mostly batted well and average around 40 something runs in their innings.
Sarthak Guru and Raunak Jain did not really click with the bat but Alfus Rocky did, and how!
He scored 38 himself to take his team to an unlikely victory and cause a major upset in the process, he played patiently, and hammered the loose balls.
Indeed, an excellent match, and a much needed boost for Purple Haze.
The next match was between The UnderDogs and HIV 6, they won the toss and elected to bat.
We were lucky to have Romit dismissed pretty early, as he has been playing magnificently in recent times, and lately his batting in the ground have led to some even declaring him as the 'golden player'. With Romit dismissed, Amit Sharma came in, but he did not last long either, and we were pretty much happy with ourselves and the way the game was heading.
Johnny came in and scored some runs, but was dismissed eventually.
Then Seetanshu came in and started scoring runs without much fuss, and the game was suddenly on again, things were starting to look difficult for us but Vinit prevented further damage by dismissing him. Abhinav Saxena came in and was looking in reasonably good touch, at the end of 10 overs, they had managed to score 42 runs. A reasonable and competitive total which would have been much more if it wasn't for Sachins tight bowling.
Sachin opened the innings for us and after scoring a few, got dismissed. Vijay went in, but he too did not last long. The situation seemed grim for us. But, Vinit went in and seemed determined to stay in the crease, he scored runs sensibly and kept the 'Required Run Rate' at bay.
He eventually got out when the team needed 22 more runs to win with Vardhan, Anand and myself left.
Vardhan went in and took his time initially, however, as he got the hang of things, he played a gem of an innings and proved his maturity as a batsman, but he was dismissed eventually with merely 3 runs required for the victory.
The last over was remaining and Abhinav Saxena was bowling with everything he had, Anand hit some grounded shots but the ball just refused to touch the boundary, eventually Anand tried for the aerial route and succeeded, The UnderDogs thus scored a vital win in the series.
The next match was between HIV 6 (playing back to back) and Purple Haze(second match of the day). HIV 6 batted first and once again lost their first two wickets quickly. However, Seetanshu once again saved the day for them, and later on Yash (a last minute replacement for Nakul, following the latter's absence) too scored runs without much difficulty. Purple Haze failed to capitalise on their excellent opening and gave away around 60 runs by the end of the innings.
HIV 6 did not make any mistakes while bowling and refused to let any batsman of the Purple Haze settle. They dismissed Purple Haze very cheaply and went on to achieve a huge victory. Purple Haze completely failed with the bat this time around.
The series is pretty much open, and the only teams yet to register a victory are the Red Hawks and GJ 6, but knowing the calibre of these two teams, they are sure to bounce back. Tomorrow, we may be better enabled to estimate which of the teams would be likely to reach the semi finals.
And yes, The UnderDogs face Purple Haze tomorrow.
Keep checking for updates.
Posted By : Kanishka Chakrabarti
The first match was between The Unicorns & Red Hawks, both teams touted as the favourites.The Unicorns batted first and were dealt a double blow in the form of the dismissal of Abhishek Chaturvedi and Vipul Jain pretty early. Jeet steadied the innings to some extent with his useful 16 runs contribution before getting dismissed.
Nirav Meena was not really comfortable today, and the Red Hawks smartly used Sagarnil against him, restricting him further. After sticking around for a while and scoring a couple of runs, he eventually got dismissed. Sunny did not really last long and Manish Kanth stepped in as the last batsman. His massive Sixer in the last over of the innings took the tally to 27 runs.
While the score may not seem like much, chasing it would not be as easy, as the team boasted of impressive bowlers.
Mahendra fell early, and Abhinav Maker too got dismissed earlier than he would have liked to. Kalpit tried his best to exploit the bowlers, but the class bowling on display ensured that he did not score much. Much to the dismay of the Red Hawks, the match was slowly turning against them.
Eventually, Suvojit came in and hit a classy overboundary, raising some hopes, but just as he looked steady and likely to take the match all the way, he too fell.
Deva Prasad came in, and tried his best, scoring a few, but the Unicorns were bowling with excellent precision and dismissed Deva with only 8 runs remaining for the win.
The Unicorns prevailed in this match, and they are surely a force to be reckoned with in this series.
The next match was between Purple Haze and GJ 6. The odds were heavily stacked in GJ 6's favour, and most believed that this would be a cakewalk for them.
GJ 6 batted first and scored 52 runs, while this is a very competitive score, it wasn't unbeatable, as Purple Haze have mostly batted well and average around 40 something runs in their innings.
Sarthak Guru and Raunak Jain did not really click with the bat but Alfus Rocky did, and how!
He scored 38 himself to take his team to an unlikely victory and cause a major upset in the process, he played patiently, and hammered the loose balls.
Indeed, an excellent match, and a much needed boost for Purple Haze.
The next match was between The UnderDogs and HIV 6, they won the toss and elected to bat.
We were lucky to have Romit dismissed pretty early, as he has been playing magnificently in recent times, and lately his batting in the ground have led to some even declaring him as the 'golden player'. With Romit dismissed, Amit Sharma came in, but he did not last long either, and we were pretty much happy with ourselves and the way the game was heading.
Johnny came in and scored some runs, but was dismissed eventually.
Then Seetanshu came in and started scoring runs without much fuss, and the game was suddenly on again, things were starting to look difficult for us but Vinit prevented further damage by dismissing him. Abhinav Saxena came in and was looking in reasonably good touch, at the end of 10 overs, they had managed to score 42 runs. A reasonable and competitive total which would have been much more if it wasn't for Sachins tight bowling.
Sachin opened the innings for us and after scoring a few, got dismissed. Vijay went in, but he too did not last long. The situation seemed grim for us. But, Vinit went in and seemed determined to stay in the crease, he scored runs sensibly and kept the 'Required Run Rate' at bay.
He eventually got out when the team needed 22 more runs to win with Vardhan, Anand and myself left.
Vardhan went in and took his time initially, however, as he got the hang of things, he played a gem of an innings and proved his maturity as a batsman, but he was dismissed eventually with merely 3 runs required for the victory.
The last over was remaining and Abhinav Saxena was bowling with everything he had, Anand hit some grounded shots but the ball just refused to touch the boundary, eventually Anand tried for the aerial route and succeeded, The UnderDogs thus scored a vital win in the series.
The next match was between HIV 6 (playing back to back) and Purple Haze(second match of the day). HIV 6 batted first and once again lost their first two wickets quickly. However, Seetanshu once again saved the day for them, and later on Yash (a last minute replacement for Nakul, following the latter's absence) too scored runs without much difficulty. Purple Haze failed to capitalise on their excellent opening and gave away around 60 runs by the end of the innings.
HIV 6 did not make any mistakes while bowling and refused to let any batsman of the Purple Haze settle. They dismissed Purple Haze very cheaply and went on to achieve a huge victory. Purple Haze completely failed with the bat this time around.
The series is pretty much open, and the only teams yet to register a victory are the Red Hawks and GJ 6, but knowing the calibre of these two teams, they are sure to bounce back. Tomorrow, we may be better enabled to estimate which of the teams would be likely to reach the semi finals.
And yes, The UnderDogs face Purple Haze tomorrow.
Keep checking for updates.
Posted By : Kanishka Chakrabarti
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