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 !
1 comment:
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
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