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MATCH NO. 3 MATCH NO. 4

On opening day we have seen some strange contest Match No-04 started Sunguard won the
where 01st match TCS has scored the 164 runs and toss and elected to they have started well CriCket, the food
in second match 1st inning varitas was folded down Amol&Pawan opened and scored the of our souL
on 109 so it’s fresh day fresh morning and above run freely at the end of the 7th over Amol
all its Sunday, Sunday matches are always special
specifically for IT’ians and it’s between fairly two thrown away his good start which he had got at
good teams Tech Mahindra and LnTInfotech, its the score of 54 Sunguard was looking set to score
morning start LnT won the toss and invited Tech M a good score with Pawan at one end but sunguard was
to Bat first. not able to capitalize on start they have got and as many

Sandip Atri started wonderfully for LnT and in as 5 wickets were fail without scoring in double digit, Kunal
no time Tech Mahindra was 3 down at the was tried to play with Pawan but it was too late by than Pawan
score of 32 Runs in powerplayAmitosh and was out to the pressure from other end on the individual score of
Javedstable the sinking ship and by the Mahindra was on 86 Runs and there comes a 58 from 50 deliveries which include 7 boundaries and2 sixes, Sunguard
10th over Tech M was scoring exactly wonderful innings from Pratik &Rajat, Rajat was was all out at the score of 122 at the end of 19th over Barclays
at the rate of 6 Runs per over and middling every balls which is coming his way and
Amitosh thrown away his wicket getting past the boundary ropes at ease and by the It was always going to be the easy chase on the track where if Vs
LnT and Javed was struggling to end of the 19th over score was 147 when prateek batsman apply themselves they can score runs easily, but SunGard
got out it was the last over and rajat was nearing his
middle the bowl and was
1st inning hero PawanAnand have different plans as he
Vs sink further and due half century and new man in priyanshu has done scalped 2 pricy wickets in the first over itself the score
what he exactly needs to do by taking single on the
Tech Mahindra to pressure and was first ball he faced and given the strike to Rajat tech which was looking easy to chase was now looking
out in 14th over
by the end of Mahindra reached at 164 by end of the 20th over challenging for Barclays but than Abhishek and
15th over and rajat was 1 short of his 50 but he has done the Pramod joined hands and started rotating
Tech wonderful job of scoring 49 from 21 balls with 5 big the strike and getting the odd boundary
hits and 3 boundaries in his wonderful inning they fought well to come out of tough time but
Tech Mahindra batsman have done their job when Barclays was looking to get away with game
quite decently and it was now time for bowling fourtune turned upside down and abhishek and
department to restrict the opposition from reaching Pramod fell down in quick succession, again we were
the 165 run mark. Kuntal deb and ArmanPatnaik in the situation where Sunguard was looking to dominate
started LnT inning but Tech Mahindra bowlers and in 12.1 overs Barclays was on 76 runs asthere batting was
are bowling at such a wonderful line and length
that it was proving difficult for LnT to score runs looking solid Akash and Raj were started scoring in singles and
though LnT haven’t lost any wicket in first five overs doubles to keep the scoreboard moving and getting the match to
but they were not able to score at will Kuntal deb close to the target where Pawan again got the better of Raj when Barclays
have played more dot deliveries and succumbed to looked to win it soon it was looking very close encounter when Routhy hit
pressure of scoring fast he has taken 23 deliveries one big six and turn the match in Barclays favor and Barclays won the match in
to score his 6 runs which proved costly to 19th over with four wickets.
LnT and even after good good cameo from
subham and steady inning vikasLnT PawanAnand was the Nimble- I Player of the Match for his inning of 58 Runs in 50
was 28 Short of Tech Mahindra balls and 3 wickets in his 4 over’s although he was not able to win the match for
his side b ut for his wonderful contribution for making the match out of
Rajat Bhatalwar was the it.
Nimble- I Player of the
pLay on the Match for his powerful
big hitting inning of 49
Runs in 21 balls
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