IISc Rout Sangam Cricketers

Kiran played some delightful cover drives and lofted drives on his way to 94

24th August, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: IISc kick started their KSCA IV Division 2014 campaign with an emphatic seven wicket win over Sangam Cricketers. IISc won the toss and promptly elected to field given that rain was predicted to play a part in the game later in the afternoon. Sangam openers were off to a steady start before Varun nicked out Vinod for 18 in the 9th over. Mithun then joined Sidharth and continued to play in a steady fashion.  Just when it seemed that Sangam had laid down a solid foundation to reach a respectable total, IISc's spinners struck three crucial blows on either side of the drinks break.  The first to go was Sidharth, who holed out to long off trying to force the pace.  The second wicket partnership of 69 came in 18 overs. Mithun soon followed top edging a paddle sweep towards forward short leg. The edge stayed up long enough for the wicket keeper (Kiran) to run across and dive full stretch to gobble it. Sagar barely got set before he tried to slog one out of the park but only managed to find Ankit at long on. The quick strikes dented Sangam's innings, reducing them to 119/4 in the 32 over. Ranjith tried to grab the momentum back by finding the boundary regularly with his unorthodox strokeplay. But, Arindam towards the end of his marathon spell that spanned 12 overs, picked two crucial wickets to ensure that Sangam entered the death overs with no momentum whatsoever. Sangam's lower batting order had no answers to Ankit's tantalising line and Ashit's cleverly disguised slower ones as they ended up getting all out for 202 in the 50th over.

IISc's openers began the chase positively, striking some boundaries early in the innings off Dayanand. Captain Raghu brought himself on early to hold one end up with his nagging line. Nikhil was in the midst of an impressive spell at the other end, troubling both openers with sharp in duckers. Both openers dug deep and fought off the difficult period to ensure IISc came unscathed in the first 10 overs. Kiran then shifted gears and took charge of the proceedings by playing some delightful cover drives and lofted drives off the spinners to bring up his half century in 54 balls. Kiran looked like he was in a hurry to finish things as the next 30 balls he faced produced 44 runs. IISc went into the drinks break at 123 for no loss at the end of the 24th over.  Kiran looked all set to get to his first century this season as the bowlers hardly produced anything that troubled him. However, in a bid to get to his century quickly, he miscued a flighted delivery off Sidharth to long off to go for 94 off just 84 balls. The 135 run first wicket partnership came off 160 balls. Gaurav fell the next over trying to force the pace for a steady 40 of 80 balls. Vikram (39* off 43 balls) completed the formalities by ending the chase in the 39th over. IISc now face Dolphin Cricket Club in their next encounter on 31st August. IISc will not be taking them lightly as they beat Unique Cricket Club in their first game.

 Brief Scores:

Sangam Cricket Club: 202 All out in 49.4 Overs

Sidharth 44, Mithun 40, Ranjit 43

Arindam 12-0-49-3, Ashit 10-2-34-1, Roy 6-0-36-2

IISc Gymkhana: 203 for 3 in 38.0 Overs

Kiran 94, Gaurav 40, Vikram 39*

Raghu 11-0-63-2, Sidharth 2-0-10-1

Result: IISc Gymkhana won by 7 wickets

Man of the match: Kiran KG

Detailed Scorecard: IISC Vs Sangam KSCA IV Division 2014 Scorecard

In the newspapers: 

Sangam Beats IISc

17 February, 2013, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore:

Brief scores (Practice Match : 50 overs):

IISc Gymkhana - 227 all out in 49.5 overs
(Salil 96, Ashith 17; 

Sunil 10-1-27-4, Arun 8-1-33-3)

Sangam cricketers- 230-8 in 45 overs  
(Lakshdeep 50, Sagar 41, Harish 30;  

Syam PV 10-1-27-3, Doney Alex 10-2-42-3)

Result: Sangam won by 2 wickets
Man of the match: Salil Kashyap

IISc drub Sangam

3 October 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Riding on a sparkling unbeaten century by guest-player Vasanth (109*), IISc drubbed Sangam Cricketers by four wickets in a friendly match. 

 

Sangam lost half their side with hardly 70 runs on the board. Arjun scalped an impressive three-wicket haul besides effecting a sharp runout. But Deepak (99*) and Kate (37) put together a commendable rear-guard action helping Sangam post a challenging total of 233/7.

IISc's chase had an assured start before it went into overdrive with Arindam (42) and Vasanth unleashing some furious blows to all corners of the ground. Such was the dominance of the batsmen that IISc reached home with more than twelve overs to spare.

With their run-machine Ashith unavailable for the all important league match versus Rajajinagar Colts, a stern test awaits team IISc coming Sunday.

 

Brief Scores:

Sangam Cricketers - 233/7 in 50 overs

(Jeevan 22, Deepak 99*, Kate 37, Arjun 3/38)

IISc - 235/6 in 37.5 overs

(Arindam 42, Vasanth 109*, Sounik 28)

Result: IISc won by 4 wickets

Man-of-the-match: Vasanth

Upcoming match: Sunday, 3 October 2010

IISc Gymkhana vs Sangam Cricketers

50-overs Friendly Match

9:00AM, Sunday, 3 October 2010

IISc Gymkhana Ground

IISc lose T25 friendly match

22 August 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: It was a T25 friendly match. With as many as six regular players unavailable, a depleted IISc put up a brave fight against Sangam Cricketers, but in the end, lost the match by three wickets. Sangam were comfortably placed at 99/0 chasing a target of 141. However, a flurry of wickets at the closing stages took the game into the last over.

IISc's batting was efficient without being extravagant thanks chiefly to a polished knock by Varun (42) who anchored the innings commendably. Sounik (21) and Teja (27) delivered handy cameos. In the end, the total of 140/8 was a good 10-20 runs short of a winning score.

Sangam's openers Praveen (33) and Shivu (51) went about the chase in a composed and organized manner. But at 99/0 the hara-kiri started with seven wickets falling within a space of 41 runs. Needing a solitary run of the final over, a streaky edge through the vacant first slip region ended the match in favor of Sangam. Sunil and Varun captured two wickets apiece for IISc.

Brief Scores:

IISc - 140/8 in 25 overs
(Sounik 21, Varun 42, Teja 27, Vasant 2/14)
Sangam Cricketers - 144/7 in 24.2 overs
(Praveen 33, Shivu 51, Varun 2/15, Sunil 2/21)

Result: Sangam Cricketers won by 3 wickets

Man-of-the-match: Shivu