KCCB Vs PJB Summary
We lost the toss but PJB gave us a chance to field first. Their decision was perhaps based on the fact that they were only 8 people, so they didn’t want us to make them run all round the park for full 40 overs.
We started off our bowling with Gopi and Bharath. They did bowl first tow overs decently but a few gutsy shots from their openers in Kulraj and Manjeet made us re-think our game plan. They were soon 41/0 at the end of 6th over and I decided to replace Gopi with Srujal. He started off well in his usual manner. Looking at the state of the affairs with our front line fast bowlers, I decided to give spinners a chance to try their hand. Since Himanshu K was playing this game, I turned the bowl to him. And he did it. The rest is story as Himanshu and Mahesh bowled in tandem sharing 6 wickets in between them, 5 of them belonging to Himanshu. Himanshu ended with a bowling figure 26/5 in 7 overs ably supported by Mahesh who got one wicket and ended up with 9/1. Not to forget Srujal who got a crucial wicket of Kulraj their opener who scored the maximum from PJB side scoring 22. Parag who was keeping for B team for the first time caught him behind thanks to a fine effort. He did an excellent job behind the stumps and looks like a good prospect behind the stumps.
We started off our bowling with Gopi and Bharath. They did bowl first tow overs decently but a few gutsy shots from their openers in Kulraj and Manjeet made us re-think our game plan. They were soon 41/0 at the end of 6th over and I decided to replace Gopi with Srujal. He started off well in his usual manner. Looking at the state of the affairs with our front line fast bowlers, I decided to give spinners a chance to try their hand. Since Himanshu K was playing this game, I turned the bowl to him. And he did it. The rest is story as Himanshu and Mahesh bowled in tandem sharing 6 wickets in between them, 5 of them belonging to Himanshu. Himanshu ended with a bowling figure 26/5 in 7 overs ably supported by Mahesh who got one wicket and ended up with 9/1. Not to forget Srujal who got a crucial wicket of Kulraj their opener who scored the maximum from PJB side scoring 22. Parag who was keeping for B team for the first time caught him behind thanks to a fine effort. He did an excellent job behind the stumps and looks like a good prospect behind the stumps.
They were bowled out a little after the innings break in 21.2 overs. It was decided to continue with the second innings without a break and we did that. It seems batsmen from KCB were in a mood to finish things quite early in a mood to celebrate New Year eve with their girl friends and boy friends J, so as soon as the innings started, the PJB bowlers got blasted all over the park. In the process, we lost 3 wickets, but PJB never looked being into the game by any means. If at all they might have some hopes, which was washed off completely by Gopi who hammered 5 fours and a huge towering SIX straight over the head of the bowler and onto the roof of pavilion at Glendale. He was unbeaten at 33 and Himanshu at 14. KCB was home in just 12.1 overs. Amazing stuff and a fitting reply to the previous game that we had lost to them.
Cheers to everyone.
posted by Anand @ 2:42 PM
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