IISc, RNSIT enter final

7 May 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: In a cliff-hanger of a semifinal, IISc beat DSCE by two runs to reach the final of the IISc Centenary Cup 2011. It was the home skipper's show all the way as Ashith scored 76 off 60 balls and then claimed 4/17.

IISc's innings revolved around Ashith's fifty with hardly any substantial contributions from the rest of the batting order apart from a couple of cameos. In pursuit of 171, DSCE were off to a flying start with Dyuthidhar and Maan putting on 63 in eight overs. But IISc fought back with some excellent catching and fielding. Arjun's stupendous running catch at long-off to dismiss a rampaging Dyuthidhar was one of the turning points of the match. DSCE needed eight runs of the final over when Ashith brought himself on and conceded just five runs to script a nail-biting victory.

Brief Scores: (Semifinal-1 IISc Centenary Cup 2011)

IISc - 170/9 in 25 overs
(Ashith 76, Vikram 23, Nosthush 2/9, Sarfaraj 3/35)
DSCE - 168/9 in 25 overs
(Dyuthidhar 64, Maan 20, Kiran 32, Ashith 4/17)
 

Result: IISc won by 2 runs
Man-of-the-match: Ashith Shyam

7 May 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: RNSIT shocked MSRIT registering a facile five-wicket victory that booked them a berth in the final of the IISc Centenary Cup 2011. 

The toss happened to be the only thing that went MSRIT's way on the day. Dabeet (47) stood tall amongst the ruins as he saw his team-mates come and go in a procession. MSRIT's batsmen simply did not have answers for RNSIT's bowlers led by Vinay (3/21) and were dismissed for 128. RNSIT chased down the target with verve riding on Vinay's 47.

Brief Scores: (Semifinal-2 IISc Centenary Cup 2011)

MSRIT- 128 allout in 24.4 overs
(Dabeet 47, Vinay 3/21, Abhishek 2/12, Naveen 2/19)
RNSIT - 132/5 in 20.3 overs
(Maharshi 25, Vinay 47, Lohith 30, Nishant 3/22)
 

Result: RNSIT won by 5 wickets
Man-of-the-match: Vinay R.

RNSIT, DSCE enter semis

22 April 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: RNSIT bulldozed past RBANMS with an emphatic ten wicket victory thus reaching the semifinals of the IISc Centenary Cup 2011. Vinay R did the star turn for RNSIT claiming a four-for and then scoring 27 unbeaten runs in pursuit of the meager target.

Brief Scores: 

RBANMS- 60 allout in 18.4 overs
(Syed Razzaq 22, Vinay 4/7, Naveen 3/8)
RNSIT - 61/0 in 18 overs
(Vinay 27*, Aditya 30*)
 

Result: RNSIT won by 10 wickets
Man-of-the-match: Vinay R.

24 April 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: DSCE annihilated SJBIT by a handsome 80 run margin to make it to the semifinals of the IISc Centenary Cup 2011. Defending a healthy total of 163 - made possible by  contributions right through the batting order - the DSCE bowlers demolished SJBIT, bowling them out for a mere 83.

Brief Scores: 

DSCE- 163/9 in 25 overs
(Dyuthidhar 23, Maan Ahmed 28, Ali 33, Dheeraj 26, Mohit 3/20)
SJBIT - 83 allout in 17.3 overs
(Sarfaraj 2/23, Nosthush 4/13)
 

Result: DSCE won by 80 runs
Man-of-the-match: Nosthush

DSCE defeat SIT

16 April 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: DSCE bundled out SIT for 136 and then chased down the target with three wickets and nine balls to spare. Mithun top scored for DSCE with 47.

Brief Scores:

SIT - 136 allout in 24.4 overs

(Vineeth 41, Nanjundesh 35, Kavin 3/24,  Dyuthidhar 3/31)

DSCE - 139/7 in 23.3 overs

(Mithun 47, Ali Akbar 23, Nishant 3/18)

Result: DSCE won the match by 3 wickets

Man-of-the-match: Mithun

IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2011

9 April 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: The IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2011 got underway today. Notable faculty members and active sportsmen Prof. Chanakya and Prof. Arindam Ghosh graced the inaugural function as the guests of honor. Senior sports officer Mr. C.P. Poonacha and coach of the IISc Cricket Team Mr. Sreedhara were also present. This is the second edition of the tournament featuring eight teams representing colleges and institutes of repute from various parts of Bangalore. The first edition of the tournament held in IISc's centenary year 2009 had featured various KSCA IV Division teams. 

In the tournament opener, MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology thumped Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering by a handsome margin of 53 runs to set the ball rolling. 

Tomorrow (10 April 2011), hosts IISc take on RNSIT at 8:30am while BMSCE lock horns with RVCE at 1:00pm. All matches will be played at the IISc Gymkhana Ground.

You can also keep track of happenings on the Facebook page of the IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2011.

Brief Scores:

MSRIT - 185/6 in 25 overs

(Dabeet 81, Nishant Hegde 30, Prashant 30, Manoj 3/29)

DSCE - 132 allout in 22.3 overs

(Maan Ahmed 34, Ankit 2/30, Vineet 2/36, Sandesh 2/15, Prashant 2/18)

Result: MSRIT won by 53 runs

Man-of-the-match: Dabeet

The pretty trophies that the teams are playing for.

Prof. Arindam Ghosh and Prof. Chanakya shake hands with players before start of play.

The opening match of the IISc Centenary Cup 2011 in progress.

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