IISc lose T25 friendly match

22 August 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: It was a T25 friendly match. With as many as six regular players unavailable, a depleted IISc put up a brave fight against Sangam Cricketers, but in the end, lost the match by three wickets. Sangam were comfortably placed at 99/0 chasing a target of 141. However, a flurry of wickets at the closing stages took the game into the last over.

IISc's batting was efficient without being extravagant thanks chiefly to a polished knock by Varun (42) who anchored the innings commendably. Sounik (21) and Teja (27) delivered handy cameos. In the end, the total of 140/8 was a good 10-20 runs short of a winning score.

Sangam's openers Praveen (33) and Shivu (51) went about the chase in a composed and organized manner. But at 99/0 the hara-kiri started with seven wickets falling within a space of 41 runs. Needing a solitary run of the final over, a streaky edge through the vacant first slip region ended the match in favor of Sangam. Sunil and Varun captured two wickets apiece for IISc.

Brief Scores:

IISc - 140/8 in 25 overs
(Sounik 21, Varun 42, Teja 27, Vasant 2/14)
Sangam Cricketers - 144/7 in 24.2 overs
(Praveen 33, Shivu 51, Varun 2/15, Sunil 2/21)

Result: Sangam Cricketers won by 3 wickets

Man-of-the-match: Shivu