Nothing Runs Like Winners

This has been the story all about the Sunday special league match between Rocks and Pistons. Pistons who appeared to be the real warriors after the previous game, turned out to be the deck of cards this time when they had to go through the litmus test.
While taking the wring decision to ask the Rocks to play on the comparatively dry pitch in second match of the day, Pistons had given the sign of wrong thinking about the match. One has to robust enough to chase till the end, thats the thumb rule in cricket. As one can not survive with few Aces in the deck.

So the Rocks were able to take the total above 80 first beating the last over from Pistons to 21 runs.

Then there was real charm awaited from the firecrackers by pistons. But this time it was again Rocks who fired a triple gun shots to make the Pistons lame in very second over of their inning. Good Job by Tarun Sood here.
Now Rocks are unchallenged till semifinals, where someone else from other teams might get the mileage to score against their seamers from Rock.

Let us hope for the better fights in the forthcoming days, with some entertaining innings by both parties again. Cheers

Bulls forceless but Power Rangers lost their Range as well

Guys I can not make this complex as it involves me.
Just have a look at the final scores of the second match on Saturday Morning. This seemed like everyone was in a rush.
Power Rangers: 37 / 7 in 8 overs. 4 vickets gone for just a dreadful figure of 13, I do not exactly remember, pardon me if anyone knows the right figure ;-D

Bulles: Bullish like everyone on the ground as they had done a miraculous bowling to have the force limited to the lowest score of the tournament. 1 out for 1. 2 out in twenties, 3rd followed up while 4rth took time so thet they get into 30s. the real fun started in the 5th over from Rocky when they started throwing away wickets because they were not willing to take such an easy win. After all what for SPL is , if their is not pulse rate of more than 120 in last few overs of the match. bulls need 8 runs in 3 overs, 3 wickets safe. Bats man send ball for follow through catch but the bowlers could not get hold of it, so batsman decided to take the another root to take most dire needed run and their is the run out. next few balls he is also back to have some rest and see how others play, in his team. Last pair on ground and power angers feel the force to breadth now. But in vain catches win matches and they dropped one. So Bulls got the gift they had been awaiting for last couple of days.
One thing is clear : No one has got strategy for playing matches, but once they are in, their haphazard moves becomes Dhoni's unlikely decisions to crumble the other side down. I hope we are better managers for our development teams than for our cricket teams. Thats happy ending at least for me :-)

Yet another Geek's weekend in Ground !

Dear Pals

This time there has been much awaited encounters between previous week's losers and the winning bull riders. Though this became another disaster for one of the teams but for most others previous losers it has been a relieving weekend to save their faces :-) .

yes you read right save their faces with as they are expected to win their matches by their fans like you sleeping at home , while champs were fighting for a single-single run at the late wee hours of Saturday and Sunday. We should thank the Indra for not blessing us with the another soothing shower previous night.

Anyways, you are interested in the commentary on the matches more than this wheather and time report I know but relax it was important as this only tells you that I am real cricket blog writer than just another geek putting up rough scrap over here. Who knows who is on the other side in this world of internet. This time it turned out to be the another sour tablet for Monsters and they could not bite the bullets from Hawk side.
They started bowling nicely putting initial pressure on Hawks but soon they started faltering as this time the skipper had changed in Hawk squad and this was none other than Mr. Ajay Tewari. Hawks soon started rolling the ball to their favor by sending the towards different nooks of the ground in later half of the batting inning. Inning summed up at a modest total of 74 for Hawks which seemed to be a chase able total for monsters with their biggies in good form till date.
Now see the other side of the story which is as interesting as anything can be. Monsters started well with bat and were quite impressive till the time another inter-state player in the league mr. Bharat sent their best players back in an over to have rest till the next match coming week. So in nut shell this time again Monsters had bite the sour bullet while Hawks could forget the last over lose in last weeks encounter against PRMF.
So Monsters are no more monsters as they will need to win all their coming matches to settle the score with Rocks and Hawks if they want to in the Semifinals.

A few days off from spl matches and aftermath

Do not worry guys, matches will be on from this Saturday ;=)

BULLS : Got Carried Away once they saw Pistons??

Bulls turned out to be all words and no action when they meekly resigned to powerful display of hitting by Pistons batsman especially Amit Chawla. They were themselves to be blamed for the pathetic display of fielding where it appeared that they were catching fireballs than cricket whenever the ball decided to kiss their hand in its straight flight from Piston players bat to their lovely soft hands. Did they practice less ! No Way ! Pistons by their awsome diplay of grit and determination has made the punters to rethink as to the challengers to the top slot. Bulls you did not play well, learn from your mistakes and correct before its too late. Dont use bulls head, use bull power man! Good luck on your remaining Journey

Catches win matches ! Thats right guys....

Bulls down with Piston's last minute lucky shots ! The notion, 'Catches win matches' proved to be quite true in the crucial SPL league match of today as well. Though Bulls started off with poor opening of the match but the things have been quite controlled by the end of the inning when they summarized their inning with 79 runs. Thanks to impressive shots by Sony John and middle order stay by Sameer Sood. They had a defend able total at the end as compared to the previous two league matches.

As soon as Pistons started with their opening fierce opening pair Susheel and Amit Chawla, the match was at its pinnacle of charm with their deliberate lofty shots. Soon the game was in swirl again like the previous encounter between Hawks and Power Rangers. Though Sushil departed with fewer shots but it was Amit and Sanvir who took the team towards goal. This would have been an easy chase if the bowlers from Bulls would not have tried their extra bit in last two overs. But , Alas! they had not dropped those two important catches , which made them feel low at the end.
Pistons got their nerves back in the 5th ball of last over with a blistering sixer from Amit , who got life in the earlier delivery. Pity on me, who lost that catch :-(

Cheers to spirit of the game and first round of league matches between all teams! Watch out for more action this weekend.

Suggestions for Power Rangers and Hawks

Posted on behalf of Ajay Sir:

Power Rangers needs to really work on their batting if they need to make an indelible impression on the tournament, which I think they deserve to considering the depth of talent they possess. As far as Hawks are concerned, someone has to loose, the better team who could handle the pressure, WON ! Congratulations to Power Rangers : Job Well done.

Hawks team : Don’t lose heart...Remember Mumbai Indians in the IPL. As said, in the team brief at the start of the match, “play to enjoy” don't worry about winning/loosing. I am sure people did enjoyed what we could do considering our opponents and what we could not do in the end, also let to enjoyment and excitement: isn’t it ? :) .Rest assure we will be remembered for our entertainment value we will add to SPL

The match has given the desired competitive streak to the SPL and yes we managed something..No boundaries to the opponent..record difficult to beat and so is the record of loosing on the last ball :)

But ...

We will Work hard and try to put up a better show next time.

VIVA ...SPL

Practice session a bitter experience for Bulls

Mohali 9:41 am:
This has been a really bitter experience in the first practice session at the tournament ground today for Bulls team. They got a Ton to chase by the other team of mixed player from SD. which they could not chase to smell the win in 8 overs.

So I think Pistons are going to be the tough nut to crack tomorrow if we do not improve our fielding and coordination. Bowling strategy needs to be redefined along with better batting focus.

Let us see which way the wind blows tomorrow. It has been good for shane Warn last time I suppose ;-)
if you do not get it see the image LOL.

Swinging match favored the luckier guys in a clash between Hawks and Power rangers

Mohali June 22nd 2008:

Match is won by Hawks , this would have been the title if the last ball run out would not have been there for Power Ranger. Earlier in a dull looking match power rangers did a modest start with with initial pair Raman and Piyush. While Raman tried to smash some big hits but was not reach towards boundary before he was caught at mid wicket. With all singles and doubles, just saluting to the nice bowling and fielding attack by Hawks , Power Rangers could only make a small total of 57 runs in 8 overs.

When Hawks started the inning it look like an easy job as their opening pair mr. Ajay Tewari and Sudir Dadhwal looked in quite good form, hitting first ball of their inning to fence. They were deliberately kicking power ranger bowlers over and above the fence to make the target easily achievable. But the real tryst started when the match entered in to the 6th over with 17 runs required in 18 balls and 5 wickets remaining. This was a falling time for Hawks as they lost their start player Amandeep for nil as well as others followed the suit.

Still match was interesting till the last over when they needed 11 runs in 6 balls. Rocky was sent to fence and two doubles in first three balls but then came his high flying in swing balls and he could take the wicket of the bats man with it. Hawks needed 3 runs in last ball but Bharat could only manage 1 run and got out in a bit to make the second run for draw.
What a match and what an exciting second half. What I see problem with the batting plan of hawks is that they relied on big strokes and ignored the singles and doubles in between so giving chance to power Rangers to over power them .
What a Match guys !

First Big match of the tournament

Nothing get bigger than this. Will Power ragers overcome hawks? Will the superheros of power rangers penetrate through sharp skinned hawks group? Who will come out winner from these 2 star stunned teams? Just watch live action tommorow at 6:30 AM.

Monsters bogged down by Rocks

Mohali 21st june:
First clash between the monsters has been really an exciting experience here. While Monsters got chance to start the season's first batting inning things seemed to be favoring them till the middle of the first half. They were 50 for 4 in first 4 overs. But the fate turned rude when they just made 17 of the next 4 ours , making their total 67 in 8 overs.

Rocks Cheering after the win

Rocks started with their mix of young brigade members and their coach and captain Rakesh Pant. But nice they get started their was no looking back. Rakesh made 41 in their match winning streak. Their team just took 5.4 overs to finish the 68 runs at the loss of just two vickets.
Thanks to the young brigade of Rocks.

Its party time guys :-)

SPL Inaugral Match to start tomorrow 6:30 am

VS

Guys,

SPL's first match is going to start tomorrow morning 6:30 am. So be there to catch the action while Monsters and Rocks are going to lock the horns with each other in their first combat.
While Rakesh Pant's Team would like to start the league with a winning streak , but again Monsters are the hopeful of title having Deepak Sharma in their side being the best player of the last season.

Let us see who prevails and how !

Cheers

SPL Cricket Matches Schedule and Rules of the Game

League Matches Schedule:

Match Schedule
Date	Team 1		Team 2	Time(AM)
21-Jun-08	Rocks	Vs	Monsters	6:30
22-Jun-08	Power Rangers	Vs	Hawks	6:30
25-Jun-08	Pistons	Vs	Bulls	6:30

Rules of the Game
Both Side will have 8 players on their side.
Each Side will need to ball 8 over in 45 Mins. Extra time at the umpire discretion
In case the team bowls less than 8 over, they will only get the similar no. of over to play with, however a penalty of 1 run per no of balls bowled less than the stipulated 8 overs. The opposition team will get to play the entire quota of 8 overs.

Only one bowler/team will be allowed to bowl 3 overs, the remaining bowler shall not exceed a quota of 2 overs each.
If scores are level, the match decision will be taken by ball-out method.
Match abandoned due to inclement weather or other reasons, 2 Points will be awarded to each team.

Match winner will be awarded 4 Points.
Team coming late on schedule by 15 mins (all 8 players) will only be allowed to play with the players reported within this time, however a minimum of 5 players have to be there in the team for the match to continue or else the other team will be declared the winner
Decisions of the umpires shall be final and dispute has to be reported to the disciplinary committee within 24 hours of the dispute arising. The decision of the disciplinary committee shall be binding on all.
Incase a team looses a member due to injury or unforeseen circumstances, team will be allowed to pick up player of their choice from the remaining lot (no bidding or remaining SDEI’tes).This should be done in consultations with all the owners and done amicably.

Power Rangers Mystic Force smartdata

Power Rangers Mystic Force smartdata Team

Tagline

Rocky (Owner) Piyush Haider Hayaat Hussain Raman Behl Saurabh Attri Jatin Joshi Madan Mohan Saurabh Chandra Balwinder Singh Sunny Goyal

Pistons smartdata

Pistons smartData Team

Tagline .............

Gurdev Singh (Owner Capain) Shailendra Pralayankar Singh Chandan Srivastava Krishan Murari Ankur Goyal Arun Singh Sushil Kumar Vinay Narula Amit Chawla

Hawks smartData

Hawks smartData Team

Tagline .............

Ajay Tewari (Owner & Skipper

Amandeep Singh (Co Owner)

Rohit Verma

Raman Verma

Vikas Monocha

Sudhir Dadhwal

Gurinder Singh

Bharat Bhushan

Jasveer Singh

Saurabh Kumar Singh Vikramjit Singh

smartdata Monsters

smartdata Monsters Team

(Bulls are here to win)

Deepak Sharma (Captain & Owner) Madhur Kumaria (2IC) Maninder Shanker Sanjeev Ranjan Rupesh Kumar Khosla Alok Kumar Singh Jatin Purba Manoj Kumar Arvind Thakur Zubair Ahmed

smartData Rock

Bulls smartData Team

(Bulls are here to win)

Rakesh Pant (Owner) Vishal Sagar (Captain & Owner) Neeraj Thakur Rakesh Garg Vikas Moga Tarun Sood Vikram Vimal Atul Sood Naresh Kumar Vineet Sharma

Bulls smartdata

Bulls smartData Team

(Bullish to win)

Vivek Sharma & (Owner and Captain) Abhishek Maheshwari (Co Owner)

Munish Singla

Krishan Dutt

Sony John

Sumit Narang

Sameer Sood

Jaideep Thakural Hira Singh Amarbir Singh

Smartdata Premier League Teams

Pistons	Bulls
Gurdev	Vivek Sharma
Shailendra	Abhishek Maheshwari
Pralayankar Singh	Sony John
Chandan Srivastava	Manish Kumar Singla
Krishan Murari	Sumeet Nagang
Ankur Goyal	Samir Sood
Arun Singh	Hira Singh Nayal
Sushil Kumar	Jaideep Thakural
Vinay Narula	Krishan Dutt
Amit Chawla	Amarbir Singh
Hawks	Monsters
Ajay Tewari	Deepak Sharma
Amandeep Singh	Madhur Kumaria
Rohit Verma	Maninder Shanker
Raman Verma	Sanjeev Ranjan
Vikas Monocha	Roopesh Khosla
Sudhir Dowal	Alok Kumar Singh
Gurinder Singh	Jatin Purba
Bharat Bhushan	Manoj Kumar
Jasveer Singh	Arvind Thakur
Saurabh Kumar Singh	Zubair Ahmed
Rock	Power Rangers
Rakesh Pant	Rocky
Vishal Sagar	Piyush
Neeraj Thakur	Haider Hayaat Hussain
Rakesh Garg	Raman Behl
Vikas Moga	Saurabh Attri
Tarun Sood	Jatin Joshi
Vikram Vimal	Madan Mohan
Atul Sood	Saurabh Chandra
Naresh Kumar	Balwinder Singh
Vineet Sharma	Sunny Goyal

smartData Premier League Started

The Concept for the smartadata's own cricket league has been visualized and created by our patron Mr. Ajay Tewari it self which is one of the best move toward creating a harmonious and healthy atmosphere in the organization by utilizing the energies of the young brigade at smartdata towards their favorite sports alongside the Work we have been doing.
This League comprises six teams having their owners from the company itself, great cricket fans and players. Last week the Team players have been chosen by open bidding at the smartdata premise. check out the different teams and their team members on here on this SPL cricket blog.