october 17, 2009 (Diwali), Match against PGPMI guys... GMPians winning the match by 7 wickets, seems winning is already a habit of team GMP.
Posting the match details as captured and narrated Shuvdeep-- the average guy :)
"The evening before the match our captain Dubeyji confirmed that we are going to play against a team whose right name of the batch no one knew exactly.On this news a few players started living in the field from that moment.The guy who was on the field was not a great player but he kept dreaming about big things for the next match.Lets call this guy Average.Average even overheard a small discussion which our opponents were having at Daduu's.Average is a loyal guy and he immediately told his captain what he overheard at daddoo's.
The Team:
Architect-Our player,umpire,scorer and the best teammate.He is our lucky charm.He is making us win.Dubbeyjee (captain),rest all are equal so no special mention with their names.
The night before:
Chotee Diwali,lights all around, all our blocks garlanded with necklaces of yellow pearls.The nearest wine shop yesternight saw a sharp increase in sales at 1945hrs and the at 2130hrs.I hope u will figure it out yourself why I gave these two times and whats the relation with the wine shop.Out of playing 11,4 drank heavily on that night and one was even gambling his luck till 400 hrs.Let's call him Mines.
The morning before:
Out of these 4 one was Average he drank like a fish.With two different sets of his friends,enjoyed both of them heavily and again forgot to call his wife.Anyway that was nothing new for Average.We had a huge breakfast with sewai kheer being served as a what we dont know.Average's head was aching pretty badly.By 830 hrs the team reached the ground.Everyone started warming up,Average was reluctant to even catch the ball.Dubbeyjee was active as usual counting the number of balls and max overs and deciding on other regulations for the game.Others saw a tall guy wearing cap with Magenta colored shorts bowling to one of our players(as a practice ball).He was great and damn accurate.He bowled another ball and the bails were dislodged.Everyone behaved as though they have not seen it.He bowled very well.
The pitch:
The pitch was damp,the outfield was damp and Average's spirits were also damp because of last night's spirit consumption.
The Toss:
Dubbeyjee went for the toss and he won it.Dubbeyjee said initially batting first but later he changed it to bowling first.Dunno,who made him the captain even he cannot call the toss properly.Average heard straight from the captains mouth that we have to bowl first.He was shocked,bowling with the hangover and with our batsmen not very good in chasing.He even profoundly claimed that it was a bad decision.Well,now nothing can be undone.
The Match:
Dubbeyjee opened the bowling with a great ball and suddenly all the players were again the 18 years old.Even average started getting back to life.The next over was bowled by Average and by 3rd ball he has forgotten his hangover,wife,tests and was concentrating to get an early wicket.Dubeyjee took the first wicket and completed by a great catch by Sun(another TT table finalist from B section) Then for the 5th over dubbeyjee introduced our first change bowlers PSS and MG (who are actually better than the opening bowler-Average).TataSteel took great catches while talking on his phone.Dubbeyjee made a sudden change and offered Placecom(our another player) bowling.Two batsmen were getting settled there.Placecom came and took a brilliant wicket and broke the partnership.The batsmen were cornered to the core and they were neither scoring runs nor were able to keep wickets.PSS and MG bowled very well.It was a delight to see their bowls hitting the right areas on the pitch.PSS took a lightening quick catch which coming right on his face.The last over was bowled by Average and he gave a 4.I dont remember exact figures butI think on an average everyone shared 2 wickets,except Average who didnt get a wicket.Our fielding was exceptionally well with everyone taking catches and stopping the runs.Average dived for a catch and missed it.Captain even got a bit angry with him.Well,he deserved that.The scientist from DRDO was calm,silent and very energetic throughout the session.Before I wind up our bowling I would like to say that Placecom and Mines executed a brilliant run-out.I'm sorry, it cannot be described,it can just be seen and enjoyed.
BRILLIANT!!!!!
We were supposed to chase 59 in 15 overs.Our openers,Mines and Headstrong,decent pair, both of them great players and very fit too.Has a bad reputation of getting themselves run-out.The Magenta colored short wearing lambuu opened the bowling for their team.I suddenly felt after seeing his first bowl,that lambuu has peaked ,he will not be able to bowl well.Our batsmen started well,trying their best not to get other run-out.Then we lost Headstrong,He was so frustrated(about I dunno what),he chased a leg-side wide and gave a catch to the wicket-keeper.Headstrong was substituted on the pitch by Sun.The technically best in the team,generally a low scorer because techniques and score are as different as profit and cash.But very reliable and very good in analysing the balls.Today,he removed the tag of low scorer and scored handsome amount of runs and delighted us by his perfectly timed shots.Then Sun decided to set and he got out.His catch was very well taken by the player from the opposite side.Then ,entered the batting arena -the Doctor.Doctor has a peculiar requirement.U know he can Bowl,field,bat ,be a TT champion but he cannot run.While Headstrong at leg-umpire position was very contented that he and Mines didnt get each other run-out,he was again called for being runner with the partner as Mines.The irony was Mines again got run-out and the partner was Headstrong.Though this time Headstrong had no contribution in this wicket.Doctor kept on batting very well with his legs and then even batted very well with his bat later on.He finished the match with a brilliant cover-drive which drove the bowl to the boundary.It was 13th over running.
Everyone batted very well with special performances by Mines,Sun and Doctor.PSS,MG,Placecom,Tatasteel(though he played a few deliveries),Dubbeyjee,Average(not much sure about batting talent).Dubbeyjee was delighted.Average was also happy.He was pondering that who should be man of the match.He felt Dubbeyjee,with his brilliant decisions and captaincy.Bowling first,bringing in Placecom and then performing well too. Well Thats,it from myside.Sanjeev Reddy the IIML champ was our special scorer,the Architect was the umpire for our innings and he was very good and strong in his decisions.Occasional visitors were there.Samtel stayed till last bowl.He is also one of the semi-finalists from section A.I would also congratulate Misha and his team for being able to complete the TT tournament.His patience,perseverance and voice kept the fire alive for the TT tournament.
Cheers Happy Diwali This is Average signing off! "
Good Read for a cricket buff.
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