IISc hammer YBCA

18 September 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: IISc got their KSCA IV Division League campaign off to a rosy start hammering Young Boys' Cricket Association by seven wickets in their very first match this season.

The IISc bowlers led by Debajit (3/12) and Roy (4/16) wrecked havoc in the YBCA camp picking up wickets at regular intervals never allowing any decent partnership to develop. Opener Manjunath (45) was the only opposing batsman who showed some semblance of fight as the visitors were bundled out for a paltry 122. 

IISc's reply was shaky to start with when they lost three wickets with 44 on the board. But from there on it was smooth sailing, as Pranesh (39*) and skipper Ashith (39*) took them home without any further alarms.

Brief Scores:

Young Boys' Cricket Association - 122 all out in 37 overs
(Manjunath 45, Debajit 3/12, Teja 1/21, Arindam 1/13, Alok 1/44, Roy 4/16)
IISc - 124/3 in 24.3 overs

(Salil 30, Pranesh 39*, Ashith 39*)

Result: IISc won by 7 wickets

Man-of-the-match: Anirudha Dutta Roy

Newspaper reports:
"Deccan Herald"

"The Hindu"

 

KSCA Metro Shield 2011

The 2011 edition of the much-awaited KSCA IV Division League also known as the Metro Shield got underway on 3 September. A total of 48 teams split into eight pools of six teams each are in the fray. 

Teams play out round-robin matches within each pool and the top two teams from each pool go to the super-league stage which in turn shall have four pools of four teams each. Round-robin matches in the super-league stage are followed by the knock-out phase - semifinals and finals. The finalists get promoted to the III Division next season.

Typically, the tournament goes on for 4-5 months as all the matches are held on weekends only. Last season, IISc Gymkhana's excellent performance - including a five match winning streak - ensured a finish at 9th position out of 48 teams. This year, team IISc has its sights set on bettering that.

IISc is in pool-E and the schedule of its first round matches is given below.

Sunday, 18 Sept: IISc Gymkhana vs Young Boys' Cricket Association

Saturday, 24 Sept: IISc Gymkhana vs Vivekanagar Cricketers

Sunday, 02 Oct: IISc Gymkhana vs Vikram Cricket Club

Sunday, 09 Oct: IISc Gymkhana vs Vivekananda Union Cricket Club

Sunday, 16 Oct: IISc Gymkhana vs Merchants Cricket Club (1)

Hours of play:
09:30am to 12:50pm - First Innings
12:50pm to 01:50pm - Lunch
01:50pm to 05:10pm - Second Innings

Venue: All league stage matches of IISc will be held in the IISc Gymkhana ground.