IISc lift Centenary Cup

The victorious team IISc poses with the IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2011 [Photo credit: Saurav Bhattacharya]

8 May 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: The final of the IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2011 produced a cracker of a contest. As the drama unfolded, the audience was kept on tenterhooks right till the very last ball was bowled.  It was a fairytale finish for the home team as they pipped RNSIT by a slender three-run margin to lift the intercollegiate trophy.

Opting to bat, IISc rode on an explosive half-century from Arindam Ghosh (71 off 42 balls) to post a healthy 168/8. Arindam’s blazing knock was laced with twelve boundaries. For the visitors, Vinay (2/18) and Jayanth (3/25) bowled nagging spells.

Though RNSIT lost Vinay early, Maharshi (81 off 66 balls) was on full-throttle right from the word go and kept them abreast with the required rate. IISc kept chipping away with crucial wickets at regular intervals to keep RNSIT in check. Ashith’s direct hit from covers to run out Lohith was a body blow to the visitors’ chase. 

Maharshi aka 'mango' seemed to be the man to do the job till he blasted one straight into the waiting hands of Vikram at covers. Abhishek hit a few meaty strokes to take RNSIT within ten runs of the target with an over to spare. Varun came on to bowl the last over - his first over of the tournament - and held his nerve conceding only six. The hosts emerge champions to lift the IISc Centenary Cricket Cup 2011.

Brief Scores: (Final, IISc Centenary Cup 2011)

IISc - 168/8 in 25 overs
(Arindam 71, Ashith 24, Vinay 2/18, Jayanth 3/25)
RNSIT - 165/7 in 25 overs
(Maharshi 81, Abhishek 27*, Ashith 2/38)
 

Result: IISc won by 3 runs
Man-of-the-match: Arindam Ghosh

Player-of-the-tournament: Ashith Shyam

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

IISc beat RNSIT in high scoring game

10 April 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: IISc set RNSIT a mammoth target of 210 in 25 overs in their first match of the IISc Centenary Cup 2011. RNSIT put on a good fight  but in the end succumbed to the pressure and fell short by 24 runs.

IISc's opening pair of Salil (41 off 41 balls) and Kiran (41 off 29 balls) put on 89 runs at searing pace with some delectable punches, drives and cuts. A mini-collapse in the middle order pulled IISc down to 125/6. But Varun (39 off 24 balls) played sensibly and ran hard to take his side to an intimidating total.

RNSIT took up the challenge head on scoring 81 runs for the first wicket. They were 158/1 by the 20th over and looked to be in a commanding position. Lohith's swash-buckling innings of 90 off a mere 56 balls was the cornerstone of the chase. But IISc pulled things back with some tight overs and key wickets thanks to the efforts of Teja and Vikram. Varun was a live wire in the field snaring two catches and effecting two run-outs. 

While team IISc will be happy with the win, they have a few gaps to fill for the upcoming matches. Reliable opener Salil fractured his wrist while middle-order batsman and former skipper Sounik bid farewell to the team.

Brief Scores:

IISc - 209 allout in 25 overs

(Salil 41, Kiran 41, Varun 39, Abhishek 4/37, Sachin 2/33)

RNSIT - 185/9 in 25 overs

(Lohith 90, Adil 26, Ruthvik 25, Teja 2/17)

Result: IISc won by 24 runs

Man-of-the-match: Varun Raturi

 Salil dishes out a classy straight drive.

Kiran in an aggressive mood.

Sounik clobbers a six over long on in his last innings for team IISc.

Varun resurrected IISc after the middle order misfired.

 

Team huddle as IISc go out to defend 209.

Teja bowled his heart out.

Team mates carry Sounik off the ground as he bids farewell to Team IISc.