Keyur's v/s Chandu's
Match result :
Game-6:--- Keyur's team beats Chandu's team with 31 balls to spare.
Chandu's side is the best bowling unit in this tournament and they are up against the second strongest batting line-up of Keyur's side. The only worry for Chandu's side is their batting, with Chandu not contributing as much as he has previously and with Ajit bordering on in-consistency their batting is fragile. Chandu's side won the toss and decided to bat first and everything that could go wrong went wrong. With just 30-35 runs on the board both Chandu and Ajit were back in the pavilion. Sandeep tried his best but did just enough to save them a few blushes. They scored just 56 in 10 overs. The lowest total of the tournament. Well bowled Keyur and teammates. But the match was far from over.
It boiled down to run rate and the scenes all around field house were that of anxiety and confusion. Manzeer was working furiously on his laptop and the rest of the players mobbed him. If they all hated maths all their life it was not evident here as they all lapped every bit of numbers that Manzeer mumbled. The magic numbers required by Keyur's side were 57 in 5 overs.
Can they do it against the fast and furious duo of Sandeep and Chandu? Just to remind you earlier these same bowlers had turned the tables on Jayashankar's side while defending 70 odd runs in an previous match, but that was 10 overs, this is 5. Do they have enough steam left? Will Keyur and Varma show us some black magic? Magic, it was, as Keyur turned into a necromancer and did some vodoo on the opening bowler Chandu as he clubbed him for 4 sixes in the very first over. The match was effectively sealed, but not before Sandeep showed everyone why he is the most feared bowler at Utah state university as he took out both Keyur and Varma (or Aditya(bad memory!!)), but it was too little too late for them. With just 10 required of the last over Chandu faltered again and then bowled 4 continuous wides to hand Keyur's side an emphatic victory. A victory to cherish not just because now they had qualified for the finals, but also because they had been pushed to the wall and they had to come up with something special to stop the rut they had put themselves in. A special victory for a special team. Keyur shone the brightest but the victory was set up some accurate bowling first up by all bowlers including Aditya,shanti,Varma and Keyur himself.
The net run rate chart below shows how close keyur's and Jaya's side were.
Formula used: ((No. of runs scored/No.of balls faced) - (No. of runs given/No. of balls bowled))
Team 1: ((69+72+55/60+48+60) - (137+61+56/60+48+29)) = -0.6874 (Chandu)
Team 2: ((126+83+56/60+60+29) - (131+142+55/60+60+60)) = -0.0437 (Miscalculated the score as 142)
((126+83+56/60+60+29) - (131+137+55/60+60+60)) = -0.0159 (Keyur)
Team 3: ((131+61+99/60+48+60) - (126+72+100/60+48+58)) = -0.0630 (Jayashankar)
Team 4: ((137+137+100/60+60+58) - (83+69+99/60+60+60)) = +0.7067(Swadesh)
Can they do it against the fast and furious duo of Sandeep and Chandu? Just to remind you earlier these same bowlers had turned the tables on Jayashankar's side while defending 70 odd runs in an previous match, but that was 10 overs, this is 5. Do they have enough steam left? Will Keyur and Varma show us some black magic? Magic, it was, as Keyur turned into a necromancer and did some vodoo on the opening bowler Chandu as he clubbed him for 4 sixes in the very first over. The match was effectively sealed, but not before Sandeep showed everyone why he is the most feared bowler at Utah state university as he took out both Keyur and Varma (or Aditya(bad memory!!)), but it was too little too late for them. With just 10 required of the last over Chandu faltered again and then bowled 4 continuous wides to hand Keyur's side an emphatic victory. A victory to cherish not just because now they had qualified for the finals, but also because they had been pushed to the wall and they had to come up with something special to stop the rut they had put themselves in. A special victory for a special team. Keyur shone the brightest but the victory was set up some accurate bowling first up by all bowlers including Aditya,shanti,Varma and Keyur himself.
The net run rate chart below shows how close keyur's and Jaya's side were.
Formula used: ((No. of runs scored/No.of balls faced) - (No. of runs given/No. of balls bowled))
Team 1: ((69+72+55/60+48+60) - (137+61+56/60+48+29)) = -0.6874 (Chandu)
Team 2: ((126+83+56/60+60+29) - (131+142+55/60+60+60)) = -0.0437 (Miscalculated the score as 142)
((126+83+56/60+60+29) - (131+137+55/60+60+60)) = -0.0159 (Keyur)
Team 3: ((131+61+99/60+48+60) - (126+72+100/60+48+58)) = -0.0630 (Jayashankar)
Team 4: ((137+137+100/60+60+58) - (83+69+99/60+60+60)) = +0.7067(Swadesh)
Team 2 sneaked ahead with the skin of their teeth with the difference in run rate between theirs and Jaya's being in 2nd decimal places. They now face the all conquering juggernaut of Swadesh's side. They have the momentum with them and this win gives them the right shot of adrenalin to probably put up a good fight. The grand finale should be interesting, it will be match between high spirits of one team and the tremendous consistency of the other.
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