Teams:RCB-X1: Deepak, Harish Jr,Ajay,Prashant, Madhu, Balappa, Guru & Myself.Swamis: Nithya, Harish (sr), Pradeep, Srikant, Sudeep, Venu & Santosh.
At Last Swamis broke their jinx of losing series after series when they beat the RCB X1 in nail baiting final match to win the series 2-1.This was highly required for the SNCG cup, as
RCB-X1 were convincing winners usually at this venue and the spectators & contract players were diminishing
slowly.. It was high spirited tournament today with both teams played some high quality cricket along with few quality fights(Dishum-dishums) both with in the teams as well as with
opponents..Madhu was centre of attraction for the fight once more with initially for a RUN OUT claim while later for leaving the field in lieu of his dating with deepika kaif after
completing his batting amidst the last match. There is also rumours floating around in vidyapeet circle that he got out early in the crucial final tie for a match fixing with Swamis fixing Deepika kaif for a dating. Overall statisticians feel it was a welcome change and is good for cricket at SNCG. Else slowly due to matches being one sided, it was creating a risk in the minds of the fans that the cup might be called off
slowly. But the well fought series brought a glitter in the eyes of fans so that they can eagerly wait for the next series...
OOPS forgot to mention about the prim nary Patrice match,To improve swamis team's performance before the series, It was requested and was asked to give them a practice match, as the stars of the RCB hadn't come yet, myself had to help them in getting the
much required practice before the series. amidst one of the RCB starts ajay came along and joined the session.. Where mentor Nithya was all over captain Pradeep and beat them by 10 runs with venu contributing significantly for their overall target of 24..
Match summary:Again after the selection of playing teams swamis again had issues with their attack and requested few replacements. RCB obliged for the same with the changes to make the competiton more competitive...though it was spirited at he end. Now it seems there is few eye brows raised for captaincy as Pradeep is under tremendous pressure to keep his role n the stiff competition in he team.
Match 1:Swamis won the toss and elected to bat on the overcast condition on freshly laid pitch.RCB pacers deepak, Harish Jr, prashant and ajay restricted the opposition to 35 with madhu providing the much
required variation with spinning option.for Swamis Sudeep held the innings together with harish & venu contributing well to get the respectable score.Sudeep scored the first six of the
day. chasing a decent total RCB faltered initially by losing 2 quick wickets but madhu and deepak held the innings together and tried to steer the innings together but swamis did well to
peg back the run rate with good bowling led by srikanth ,harish and nithya, and at one stage RCB X1 was 8 after 4 overs and 12 after 5 overs. They failed to rotate strike and It required the
4th bowler in the form of pradeep for RCB to get going. it was an eventful over with madhu getting few boundaries away but pradeep got the all important break through in the form of
deepak.amidst again Madhu was centre of attraction. An appeal for run out was made on the non- striker end and Umpire said "Not out" but Nithya felt otherwise and that led to the heated
discussion where Deepak joined and few more were involved and finally "UMPIRES DECISION WAS made FINAL" and hence not out.. but final heroics from prashant, Ajay & Madhu couldn't provide the
required impetus and they required 4 of the final delivery and Swamis succeeded in 3 runs victory with sudeep bowling the all important final over taking up the mantle from captain Pradeep..
Match 2:This match turned out to be a joke when Swamis were thrashed by RCB in the completely single sided match. It was thorough professional performance from RCB-X1.
Swamis again winning toss elected bat but were bundled out for partly 14, with Harish Jr picking 3 wickets in an over changed the direction of the match.
Deepak, Ajay and Prashant gave the required support at the other end to finish up the innings. and Swamis decided to voluntarily declare the match and start the next Match and toss was also
made for the third match which RCB even won and elected to bat. but suddenly the Swamis think tank thought otherwise. giving away a match without even bowling would provide a bad impact to
their sponsorship as well as the team would become soft target in the media. So they decided to bowl it was just a formality and SAntosh opened the attack but couldn't do much as the target was
too less to defend. RCB won the match with in 3 overs with balappa being the highlight of the Run chase.
Match 3:The RCB won the all important toss in the final match and elected to bat. They scored well slowly but steadily. Even though they kept losing the wickets they kept scoring the runs steadily.Balappa was the first get out. and Madhu came to the crease. the much awaited dating offer came along at the same time from Deepika kaif to madhu and he couldn't resist the offer and got out
immediately and left the playing area with in few seconds. and suddenly there was confusions all around for some time on the replacement. Mean Time Guru replaced his place and the match
continued. Prashant initially and later Harish jr provided the much required impetus to set a respectable target of 40.A boundary from prahsnat had initiated a agitations between their coach and mentor on
the few field settings. Harish jr Got a huge six on the leg side and got out trying to repeat the same feat once again. Chasing a decent target, Swamis got off to a flier with pradeep and
venu going great guns. Though they had lady luck laughing on them on few ovations which frustrated the Deepak.Harish was pick of the bowlers with 2 brilliant overs. Deepak was a relived man when Pradeep
got out with he himself taking his catch. Prashant went for few (including 6) first over came back strongly bowling a the first maiden over of the day at the all important time bowling the 6th over of the innings. Making sure the required run rate is over 6 per over for opponents. The Swamis required 13 of the last 2 overs. also a few discussions happened when a shot from sudeep was in place of run or no-run Zone. But
finally it was decided not to take runs for the same. The Penultimate over was bowled by deepak and a hit went for a four which tilted the game in Swamis favour but mean time run out
nithya made it interesting. the final over required 5 of the last over and their senior member Guru took over the responsibility of handling the pressure. Swamis kept their nerve and played sensibly to get the 5 of the over and win the series 2-1.
In post match conference, RCB came out with few pointers on their loss to swamis. but the end it was decided that it was one of those days where swamis put forth their best efforts. The
light refreshment of sweet lime juice was served at the end of series and few of the players missed the same.
So it should be an interesting series next week when these two teams meet again as at last some completion is seen and fans are excited about the same.. The Cheerleader was missed in the
game who was absent today. and was not available for comment.
Till next week Just relax.. nd save all ur energies for weekend Saturday to get up at 6:30..
SO
Today's subhashita is: UMPIRE's DECISION IS FINAL DECISION"
TIP OF the day : always sports needs to be played with the spirit of the sports irrespective of rules & Regulations. Just keep ur self in others shoes at that particular juncture. then probably lot of dichum dishum will be a MAYA(n kannada)
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