10 March 2012, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: The first semifinal of the IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2012 produced as see-saw battle between the hosts IISc Gymkhana and Presidency College which the latter finally won on sheer batting might.
IISc skipper Ashith won the toss and promptly elected to bat. Vikram got IISc off to a brisk start but soon perished. But Ashith (75) played a captain's knock expertly building the innings with help from Raviteja (30) and Rauf (23) towards the end. The IISc innings closed at a healthy 182/7 in 25 overs.
Presidency also started aggressively before some spirited bowling and good catching pegged them back to 73/4. At the 15 overs stage, with ten overs to go, the visitors were placed at a dicey 91/4. From then on, Aman Raj (72*) and Vijay Kumar (30) orchestrated a stinging counter-attack that was laced as much with boundaries as with athletic running between the wickets cashing in on some lack-luster fielding from the home team.
Presidency scaled the target with five balls and six wickets to spare, thus sending the defending champions out of the tournament.
Brief scores: (25-overs match)
IISc Gymkhana - 182/7 in 25 overs
(Vikram 22, Ashith 75, Raviteja 30, Rauf 23, Anand 2/44, Girish 1/40, Mahendra 2/30, Rajkumar 1/21)
Presidency College - 184/4 in 24.1 overs
(Rajkumar 27, Nischith 25, Aman Raj 72*, Vijay Kumar 30*, Raviteja 2/25, Ashith 1/26)
Result: Presidency College won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: Aman Raj
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