CCCC innings

SPCC was finally going to play their first season opener after waiting for a long time. CCCC won the toss and elected to bat. Tarun and Deepak started the bowling for SPCC. Bharth and Imran came out to open for CCCC. Tarun gave SPCC first break through, with wicket of Imran, Mani taking an excellent catch at second slip.

Subashis and Praveen were introduced after 11th over. But both Bharath and Jinal were in good form. It turned out to be a great day for Praveen. He was troubled all the batsmen by excellent bowling. He accounted 2 wickets in 2 overs. Trilok was introduced on 17th over and he got rid the danger man Rushabh on the very first ball, Harish taking an excellent judge catch. Baseer came in to bowl and he picked up the wicket of Mayank. CCCC lost 8 wickets after just making 135 runs.

Thunder storms soon arrived to spoil the game. After raining for about 20 minutes, host team members worked to prepare the ground to ready again to restart the game. When the game started CCCC lost one more wicket after adding just one run to the score. But last pair of Waseem and Amol put a 51 run partnership to take their score to 187 runs. For SPCC Praveen claimed 6 wickets and Baseer had 2 wickets. Bharath (40), Jinal (35), Waseem (28) and Rushabh (26) were the main contributors for CCCC.

SPCC innings

Swapan and Sumit started the innings with good confidence. Waste and Bharath opened the bowling attack for CCCC. Swapan played really good and confidently. He was well supported by Sumit. After Sumit lost his wicket to a LBW decision, Trilok was joined Swapan in the middle.

Trilok was a treat to watch. He was hitting the ball well and was constantly putting pressure on the opponent bowlers. Swapan meanwhile after hitting some splendid boundaries got out. Tarun was departed with out scoring to make the score 42 for 3. SPCC did not have too many runs on the board and needed some solid partner ship. That is what Trilok and Mani provided. They both played very sensible innings and gave SPCC a good partner ship of 91 runs.

Trilok was unfortunately run out just after completing his fifty. Baser was soon on the crease. Mani was also soon out after completing his fifty. Harish joined Baseer at the crease. It was left to Baseer to take SPCC to finishing line. CCCC was not ready to give up and putting up a good show in the field.

Harish hit some good shots but he was also soon out while chasing a wide the ball. Rajesh joined Baseer and there were still some 26 runs left to score. Some intelligent batting by both the batsmen helped SPCC move closer to the target. SPCC reached its target in the 22nd over with a huge six from SPCC captain. SPCC won the match by 4 wickets.