26 December 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: The KSCA Metro Shield Super League match between IISc and Sirur Park was much like a boxing bout. Both sides threw measured punches and jabs at opportune moments. It was a hard-fought battle till about 20 overs into the second innings when IISc started the hijack and took total control.
Sirur Park was comfortably placed at 80/2 in the seventeenth over, chasing a par score of 215. In the twelve overs that followed, they lost 7 wickets for the addition of a meager 13 runs. It was a veritable exhibition of swing bowling from Debajit (4/38) and Ashith (4/39) backed up by some intense fielding. Skipper Sounik lead by example pouching four catches behind the stumps. Both medium-fast bowlers moved the ball prodigiously leaving the opposing batsmen totally clueless. That the visitors did not get bundled out below 100 was thanks to a stubborn last wicket partnership of 43 runs.
Earlier, IISc were put into the unfamiliar position of setting a target after having successfully chased for four successive league matches. The start wasn't good as IISc were 26/2 by the sixth over. Birthday boy Salil (27) and Ashith (16) steadied the ship. Salil's dismissal - a dubious lbw - brought to the crease Vikram (25) and his pyrotechnics. But his promising innings was cut short by another lbw call that left him fuming at the umpire. In the mean while, Ashith held his end up diligently playing out time and warding off the danger of a collapse.
Later Harshan (34) reproduced the kind of form he'd shown of late and Shimjith (37) show-cased his finishing abilities repeatedly playing horizontal bat shots to upset the spinners. Coming off a rich harvest of 25 wickets in five matches, Udupa (4/53) was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors.
Sirur Park might have been reasonably satisfied with the way they restricted IISc. But soon IISc showed them who the boss is. This 78-run victory extends IISc's winning streak in the tournament to five.
This was IISc's last match in 2010. Their record this year has been staggering; played-35, won-23, lost-9, no result-3. Considering only tournament matches i.e. excluding friendly matches, the stats are: played-13, won-10, lost-3. The detailed track record can be accessed here.
Sirur Park was comfortably placed at 80/2 in the seventeenth over, chasing a par score of 215. In the twelve overs that followed, they lost 7 wickets for the addition of a meager 13 runs. It was a veritable exhibition of swing bowling from Debajit (4/38) and Ashith (4/39) backed up by some intense fielding. Skipper Sounik lead by example pouching four catches behind the stumps. Both medium-fast bowlers moved the ball prodigiously leaving the opposing batsmen totally clueless. That the visitors did not get bundled out below 100 was thanks to a stubborn last wicket partnership of 43 runs.
Earlier, IISc were put into the unfamiliar position of setting a target after having successfully chased for four successive league matches. The start wasn't good as IISc were 26/2 by the sixth over. Birthday boy Salil (27) and Ashith (16) steadied the ship. Salil's dismissal - a dubious lbw - brought to the crease Vikram (25) and his pyrotechnics. But his promising innings was cut short by another lbw call that left him fuming at the umpire. In the mean while, Ashith held his end up diligently playing out time and warding off the danger of a collapse.
Later Harshan (34) reproduced the kind of form he'd shown of late and Shimjith (37) show-cased his finishing abilities repeatedly playing horizontal bat shots to upset the spinners. Coming off a rich harvest of 25 wickets in five matches, Udupa (4/53) was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors.
Sirur Park might have been reasonably satisfied with the way they restricted IISc. But soon IISc showed them who the boss is. This 78-run victory extends IISc's winning streak in the tournament to five.
This was IISc's last match in 2010. Their record this year has been staggering; played-35, won-23, lost-9, no result-3. Considering only tournament matches i.e. excluding friendly matches, the stats are: played-13, won-10, lost-3. The detailed track record can be accessed here.
Brief Scores:
IISc - 214 all out in 49.2 overs
(Salil 27, Vikram 25, Harsha 34, Shimjith 37, Udupa4/53, Harish 2/45)
Sirur Park Sports Club - 136 all out in 40.2 overs
(Anurag 34, Madhvesh 23, Prateek 29, Debajit 4/38, Ashith 4/39)
Sirur Park Sports Club - 136 all out in 40.2 overs
(Anurag 34, Madhvesh 23, Prateek 29, Debajit 4/38, Ashith 4/39)
Result: IISc won by 78 runs
special thanks to salil for making himself available for this match. congrats team iisc
ReplyDelete@ ASR: I agree. Thanks Salil :)
ReplyDeleteCongrats to entire IISc team...keep the spirit up...long way to go......
ReplyDelete@ rijil: Thanks Rijil. You are right. Still a long way to go!
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