Kun Chevrolet Cricket Tourney update

ISB KNOCKS OUT AEGIS

 

ISB defeated Aegis in a day night encounter played on Sunday to finish second in its group at the end of the league stages of the KUN CHEVROLET CORPORATE CRICKET CUP 2006.

Aegis won the toss and put ISB in to bat. ISB had a poor start as RK was dismissed in the first over. There was a brief stand between Nishant Tiwari and Srikant before Srikant was dismissed for 16. By this time Nishant had gotten into rhythm. Naresh joined Nishant but was soon retired hurt after hurting his knee. Prateek joined Nishant in the middle but he too was dismissed soon. Then came the partnership that turned the match for ISB. Naresh came back, this time with a runner, and gave Nishant much needed support in the middle. Nishant blazed his way to 76 (4’s – 6, 6’s - 4) while Naresh at the other played a calm knock of 18 giving Nishant most of the strike. Some hefty blows at the end from Neeraj and Mahesh took ISB to 166/7 in 20 overs.

Aegis began their reply on a strong note putting on 47 for the first wicket before Kartik Agarwal struck for ISB. Soon RK joined the party picking up 2 quick wickets. It was anybody’s game as Aegis required 60 of the last 8 overs with 7 wickets in hand. But Kartik, RK and Venu bowled a tight line giving nothing away and picking up a few wickets in the bargain. Kartik’s spell was exceptional. Mahesh chipped in with a couple of wickets at the death and ISB were home by 8 runs. Rehan and Nishant did some good work on the field with a stumping and a catch respectively. Amrit top scored for Aegis with 56.

ISB finished the group stages with 3 victories and a defeat. Watch this space for updates on the Pre Quarter finals.

Team for the day: Nishant Tiwari, L Ramakrishna (C), N S Srikant, Naresh Mahadevan, Prateek Garg, Mahesh Shenoy, Neeraj Kumar, Venu Gorti, Kartik Agarwal, Rehan Habeeb(WK), Shankar Balakrishnan.

Scores in brief:

ISB – 166/7 (Nishant – 76, Naresh – 18, Srikant – 16, Raj Kumar – 3/30, Rakesh – 2/20, Rasheed – 2/36)

Aegis – 158/8 (Amrit – 56, RK – 3/29, Kartik – 2/19, Mahesh – 2/35, Venu – 1/23)

Posted by Mahesh Shenoy