We won

We all knew that we are too good a team to lose 3 straight matches and we finally broke the jinx and won the match quite comprehensively.

Going into the details, opponents United XI won the toss and elected to bat. This is a 45 over a side match. Only 11 of the our teammates made it to the ground so no selection hassles for our captain. I again shared new ball with Mohinder and this match will be remembered for his efforts. He sacrificed pace for the accuracy and full length and it paid off beautifully. He bagged 6 wickets and literally unplayable throughout the match. I think he has a long way to go as a cricketer, all he need is some nurturing.

Coming back to my efforts with the ball, bowled 4 overs, not much to write/talk about. Normally i don't bowl on the leg side, but this time i did and i must say they did not take full advantage of it. Lack of practice is clearly showing. In this match as well i bowled short but luckily i got a wicket with such ball only. Batsman tried to pull the one which is reasonably short but hit it right into the hands of the only fielder on the leg side. Lucky break i must say...finished with the figures of 4-0-25-1. With the wickets falling regularly, they were on the back foot throughout the match and finished with 143 in 27+ overs.

I personally had no bad experiences in the field and i contributed to a run out indirectly :), but the credit completely go to the Chaitanya. I hit the stumps directly from short square leg, batsmen wanted to steal a single off the rebound. Chaitnya was quick and good underarm throw at the runners end finished the job.

We experimented with Ravi as opener and he did not let the team down. Both the openers Sridhar and Ravi scored 48 and 43 respectively. You can clearly make out the difference between these 2 batsman, Sridhar being regular opener played freely and fearlessly while Ravi took his time to get going. After settling in he also played few good shots. Especially Sridhar was a joy to watch on with good flicks on the leg side.When these two got out eventually with match firmly on our hands, Sarma(captain) and Chaitanya played well and finished it off. I always wondered how good a batsman Sarma really is because Vatsav always rated him very high. Well i got a glimpse of his class in this match, sweep of the left arm spinner of the 2nd ball he faced is the shot of the match for me. We reached the target in 23 overs and headed home early and happily.