IISc beat Basvangudi CA

28 November 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Without the services of several key players, IISc defeated Basvangudi Cricket Academy by three wickets albeit with help from some guest players. 

Lefty opener Nikhil (68) was the only BCA batsman who looked comfortable throughout his stay at the crease. Once Sunil got him out, Lalit (3/48) and Shimjith (3/12) ran through the BCA batting line up setting the home team an easy target of 204 in 50 overs.

In reply, IISc were reduced to 44/4 at one stage before sanity prevailed with a stabilizing partnership between Shimjith (25) and Lakshadeep (45). The job was completed by Vasanth (41*) and Manjunath (22*) with plenty of balls to spare.

Brief Scores:

BCA - 203 allout in 49 overs

(Nikhil 68, Harish 24, Sunil 1/27, Vasanth 1/26, Lalit 3/48, Shimjith 3/12)

IISc - 206/7 in 47.4 overs

(Shimjith 25, Lakshadeep 45, Vasanth 41*, Manju 22*, Harish 2/37, Manoj 2/20, Reddy 1/59)

Result: IISc won by 3 wickets

Man-of-the-match: Shimjith Madayi

Upcoming match: Sunday, 28 November 2010

IISc Gymkhana vs Basvangudi Cricket Academy

50-overs Friendly Match

9:30AM, Sunday, 28 November 2010

IISc Gymkhana Ground

Updates: Oct-Nov 2010

After the euphoria of making it to the super league stage of the KSCA Metro Shield 2010,  team IISc has been kept waiting for the super-league fixtures. By the looks of it, some teams haven't yet played all their first round matches and then there were the KSCA elections to add to the delay. The super league matches are tentatively expected to start from mid-December.

In the mean while, IISc played four friendly matches, losing one and winning two, while one match was washed out. Here are the brief scores.

24 October 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: 

IISc vs BEL RC - 40 overs friendly match 

IISc - 192 allout in 40 overs

(Shimjith 52, Vasanth 72, Sounik 39, Narasimha 5/35, Bhushan 2/47, Ajay 1/12)

BEL RC - 196/6 in 30.1 overs

(Santosh 39, Manju 25, Kishan 53, Narasimha 20, Varun 2/51, Teja 2/32, Jaidev 1/18, Lalit 1/25)

Result: BEL RC won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: Narasimha

7 November 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: 

IISc vs BEL RC - 50 overs friendly match 

IISc - 260/5 in 50 overs

(Varun 72, Vasanth 38, Salil 30)

Result: Match abandoned due to rain

Man of the Match: Varun Raturi

14 November 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: 

IISc vs Jayanagar Union CC - 25 overs friendly match 

JUCC - 154 allout in 24 overs

(Prasad 38, Roshan 27, Harsha 4/11, Ashith 2/32, Vikram 2/39)

IISc - 158/5 in 21.1 overs

(Teja 31, Ashith 23, Vikram 37, Delip 2/21)

Result: IISc won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match: Vikram Chaturvedi

21 November 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: 

IISc vs Sahakarnagar CC - 45 overs friendly match 

IISc - 283/9 in 45 overs

(Shimjith 134, Sounik 56, Lalit 29)

Sahakarnagar CC - 125 allout in 26 overs

(Aravind 34, Sudhir 3/25, Lalit 2/28) 

Result: IISc won by 158 runs 
Man of the Match: Shimjith Madayi

Salil's defiant ton seals momentous victory

10 October 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: In a epic battle that swayed from one side to the other, IISc wrestled out Rajajinagar Colts to win by a slender two-wicket margin with barely two balls to spare. A fine unbeaten ton by Salil (108*) and his stubborn partnerships with Varun (26) and Teja (47) were the cornerstone of IISc's victory, their fourth successive win that propels them into the Super League stage of the KSCA IV Division League for the first time since 1997. Batting first, Rajajinagar Colts were jolted early by Debajit who knocked out the openers with a couple of corkers. The one that swung in to castle an utterly bemused Praveen could easily have toppled even the best of first division players.  Reeling at 11/2, the visitors orchestrated a stinging counter-attack in the form of Rahul and Sandeep. While the former played some classy cover-drives, the latter clobbered boundaries with disdain. Sounik promptly brought Vikram into the attack and immediately sparks started flying with some streaky shots and verbal exchanges. Sandeep nicked one to the keeper evoking an animated send-off from Vikram. The volatile situation that followed was diffused only after intervention from the umpires and other players. Rajajinagar Colts were tottering at 139/5 at one stage. However, with some help from the lower-order, Rahul (87) essayed substantial partnerships that took them to a healthy 251/9. For IISc, Debajit and Arindam claimed three wickets each. IISc went into the match without the services of regular opener Shimjith and run-machine Ashith. A split webbing suffered by Vikram further compounded their woes. Mahadev and Pramod wrecked havoc in the IISc camp reducing them to 60/5 by the twelfth over. The odds were stacked strongly against IISc and the matched seemed all but over. Salil and Varun started rebuilding the innings brick-by-brick defending stoutly and scoring whenever the opportunity presented itself. But IISc sunk further to 146/6 with Varun's departure. Teja walked in and gave company to Salil's symphony at the other end. With Salil scoring freely through a broad array of sweetly timed strokes, Teja took his time to settle in before opening up and thumping some telling blows. A couple of sixes from him seemed to derange the opposition as their fielders started wilting under pressure. Salil was down with cramps and was barely able to run. After some arguments between the umpires and the opposing captain, Lalit was allowed in as substitute runner. Teja was stumped with 12 needed of 12 balls. Out walked Vikram with six stitches on his hand and smote the most crucial of boundaries flat over mid-wicket. The drama didn't end there though. Four runs were required off the last over. With the confidence of five wickets under his belt, Pramod conceded two off the first two balls and snared Vikram off the third ball. Three balls, two runs. Arjun  walks in and all the fielders close in. What does he do? He scoops the ball over fine-leg for a boundary sending the IISc camp into raptures. The small crowd that had gathered at the benches and the stairs at the IISc Gymkhana ground were treated with a royal roller-coaster ride.

Brief Scores: Rajajinagar Colts - 251/9 in 50 overs

(Rahul 87, Sandeep 24, Vinay 25, Bhaktavatsal 22, Raghavendra 32, Debajit 3/81, Arindam 3/83) IISc - 254/8 in 49.4 overs (Salil 108*, Varun 26, Teja 47, Pramod 6/88, Mahadev 2/100)

Result: IISc won by 2 wickets

Man-of-the-match: Salil Kashyap

Upcoming match: Sunday, 10 October 2010

IISc Gymkhana vs Rajajinagar Colts

50-overs KSCA Group-I, IV-Division Match

9:30AM, Sunday, 10 October 2010

IISc Gymkhana Ground

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