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MATCH NO. 13                                                                                                           MATCH NO. 14






          Barclays Won the toss and elected to field, the      the next man in and Sankalp started to build the                  Cognizant Won the toss and elected to            teamwork makes
          obvious decision to exploit the early morning        inning and started to bell out their team out of the              bat first                                                  the dream work
          conditions and due to last night due it was evident   situation. Both of them seen through the middle
          that team winning the toss will bowl first           innings in his inning of 34 vijay has hit 3 sixes and             After winning the toss and elected to bat first
                                                               he was looking very dangerous where Vilakshan
          First ball of the day swing movement and wicket the                                                                    Cognizant faced the early jolts in terms digvijay
          ideal decision ideal condition and Barclays on the   was back on attack and scalped the wicket of Vijay                & Prathmensh. All the next three batsman have got
          top of the game. Sankalp was in and he has come      and in his fourth over he has taken one more wicket               the start but was not able to convert something in the
          with commitment (Sankalp) to stay on ground and      of well-set Sankalp to Sankalps Sankalp came to                   inning where they can control the game. As cognizant
          negotiate the early morning advantage for bowlers.   an end. Mohit played some elegant hit to make his                 was facing this issue for long they wanted someone to see
          As he started very watchful, by the time both the    team to cross the very good and competitive score                 them through the inning and make the score which their
             batsman started to handle the situation in 4th    of 152. Team Barclays used as more as 7 bowlers for               bowlers can bowl on to opposition, there comes there super star
                over vilakshan dadwal who has taken the first   20 overs..                                                       in form of Aditya who have scored good healthy inning at run rate
                   wicket taken the brilliant catch to send the   As now the time for Barclays to bat Sachin got out             of 200 and scored 57 runs, apart from him it was team performance
                     second opener home on the bowling of      early giving away the hopes to IBM to come back in                and at the end of 20th Over team Cognizant was on 150 runs at the loss
                        Pankaj and at this stage Sankalp who   as he was run out in search of non-existing run, but              of 9 wickets and on this pitch any team could have taken the score of                 Cognizant
                           was trying to play at good speed    Daatatray was in no mood to leave the match lying                 150 to chase down as pitch was good to score…                                               Vs
              IBM             again was on halt. Change in     like this and went after all the bowlers of the IBM               Both the openers have started off really well for Harman and                           Harman
                                 the bowling and it again
                                                               and as he has told in post-match presentation he
                                                                                                                                 it was looking that they can control the game from the
               Vs                   worked for Barclays as     was in hurry to go home so he has exploited all the               situation. But once rakesh and nipun got the wicket
          Barclays                     they have taken one     bowlers and scored the 87 runs in 45 deliveries he                of both the openers Harman team was looking like
                                                               has hit six sixes in this inning so we can say 36 runs
                                          more wicket and
                                                                                                                                 a pack of cards and all the players was in hurry
                                             at blink of eye   from 6 deliveries only, after he has bowled good                  to go to their home and in the 16th over
                                                IBM was 3      4 overs by giving away only 15 runs and taking 3                  complete team of Harman was folded out
                                                   down.       valuable wickets of IBM.                                          for mere 96 runs.
                                                      Vijay    Team IBM used as much as 8 bowlers to restrict                    Aditya Saraswat was the man of the match for his

                                                               somehow to Datta but he was in no mood, in                        inning of 57 runs with six sixes and 2 boundaries…..
                                                               side Kanishak also played the handy knock and
                                                               scored his 50. Team Barclays won the match quite
                                                               comfortably in 13. 4 overs
                                                               Dattatray was given the Man of the Match for his all-
                                                               round performance in the match





















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