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MATCH NO. 19 MATCH NO. 20

Syntel Won the toss and elected to bat first. bowling he went not out on 25 but he has taken Siemens won the toss and invited IBM our goaL is
32 balls to do so which was below par as per T-20 to bat first to deny yours
Iit was surprising as we have seen that at Brilliant standards. At the end of 20th over Syntel was 113 for
Sports Academy chasing was always bit easy in 8 wickets IBM lost their opener Srinath in second over
morning matches due to early morning dew Gautam and Swapnil started Yardi’s inning and and of the match but from there onward gurjeet
Syntel openers started bit cautiously due to dew and Swapnil was aggressor in the inning he has scored and Sankalp started to build the inning for IBM
but Shivaji was undone by Pramod with beautiful quick fire 42 runs from 36 balls where he has hit 2 both of them added 48 before sankalp got out in try
piece if bowling and it was evident from there that sixes and 3 boundaries while on other end gautam to hit big by coming out to Sanjay and missed the ball
this match is going to be low scoring and Yardi was his usual best scoring in boundaries at the start where wicketkeeper Tushar completed the stumping. On
added further firepower to it with their strict line and scored 22 at the strike rate of 122, once gautam the other end IBM lost two more wickets and was on 104/5 in
and length bowling Sabir sheikh started with was out Pramod has taken the role of anchoring the 14 overs they needed someone to play the last 36 balls for atleast
two big hits but not lasted the long and inning and playing for team to reach near the target for another 5-55 runs and Pryag Mane was the man who has taken
syntel’s batsman was not in proper shape and scored 13 runs from 26 deliveries before he got that responsibility up his sleeves and started to run havoc all over
to play the quality bowling from Yardi, out when tarun came on strike he was knowing the ground and played the inning of 42 runs from 22 deliveries which IBM
Prashant Shendge consolidated the that his role is now only to finish the match in included 3 sixes and 4 fours and finished the inning at 169 for IBM, Vs.
inning to make his team cross fashion and he does the same as he ended the match team IBM was happy that they have scored a good defendable
Yardi 100 run mark but it was never with six and four total on the surface which was flat and btsman friendly Siemens
sufficient he was aware
First over first wicket and team IBM was on seven heaven
Vs of that and once he Swapnil was given Man of the match for his allround atul started playing cautiously as he has lost his opening
performance of 42 runs from 36 balls and taking
Syntel started to opening three wickets in his quota of four over by giving away partner from other end tushar started hitting and
up for scoring
atul was more than happy to give more and more
just 21 runs and one maiden over
big he was strike to Tushar as he was middling the ball
denied by quite nicely tushar was out on 32 in 5th
good Over when team score was 45 Vishal raina
was the next man in and he has started where
tushar left the game in the meantime Atul was
struggling and was lost the patient and lost his wicket
Himanshu Joined Vishal and the match which was
looking balanced or can say that which was looking more
in favor of IBM has shifted towards Siemens at the
blink of eye and both the batsman have tear apart
the IBM bowler team management was running
to find the balls out of the park as both the
batsman has hit 7 sixes together in no
time and won the match for their team
with 4.1 overs to spare chasing a
whopping 170 that too in 15.5
balls, it was a humiliation, it
was a heartbreaking for
team IBM but they
have lost it….
Vishal Raina was man
of the match for his sublime
taLk with your pads,
inning of 65 from 38 balls
pLay with your heart

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