CC drags PP into super over before going down
CC managed to almost pull off an upset in the tournament by holding PP to a tie and driving it into a super over. Playing at home, CC won the toss and put PP in to bat, calculating that if PP's total was made low enough, they'd have trouble defending.
Having included Twastha & Utpal, CC decided to try a change of tactics by opening the bowling w/ Twastha. Agastya took a single, but Ashwin2 had problems. After hitting out at Twastha for 5 balls, he finally holed out to mid on and was caught for a duck.
PP then sent in debutant Blueasura to bat. Blueasura batted w/ Agastya and held Nishumbha & Taare at bay, but in the last ball of Nishumbha's 2nd over, he managed to remove Agastya. Kamadev then joined them, and at the end of 8 overs, PP was 50/2.
After the timeout, Nahusha introduced Utpal, who made short work of Blueasura. This brought Lakshman to the crease. Nahusha now introduced himself into the bowling and bowled a slower delivery at Lakshman. Lakshman, furious at how PP had been tied down, had a rush of blood and hit out, and was caught at the boundary by Nishumbha w/o scoring. Nahusha then kept a pace-spin combination of Taare & Bhrigni operating, so that a few more PP wickets fell - Shilpi, Tarakasura & Kamalaksh. Finally, Kartikeya stabilized the batting and along w/ Veerbhadra, saw the team to a total of 110/8.
CC then sent in Twastha to open the batting w/ Ashwin1. They batted valiantly, and saw off the opening 4 overs of Tarakasura & Kamalaksh, w/o losing a wicket. In the 5th over, Kartikeya brought himself in and removed Twastha, while Kamalaksh removed Ashwin1. Nahusha then sent Utpal in to bat, and he hit some lusty shots, particularly against Taki. At the end of 8 overs, PP was 60/2.
Kartikeya then sent in Kamadev for a spell, and he removed Utpal. Nahusha now joined Bhrigni and they both batted hard, but Kartikeya had now brought in his trumps of himself & Veerbhadra earlier. Veerbhadra soon removed Bhrigni, while Nahusha held his won against Kartikeya. Sesha came in and batted valiantly, but was soon removed by Veerbhadra, while Kartikeya removed Taare. Murli Mahadev arrived and along w/ Nishumbha, resisted valiantly, until he was removed by the last ball of Veerbhadra's spell.
Veerbhadra & Kartikeya both got done w/ their 4 overs by over# 19, and that meant one more over left, w/ 10 runs remaining. This was given to Lakshman, and Nishumbha, who was batting, managed to scamper on for a single. Nahusha was back in, and he hit a 4 off the next delivery, leaving 5 runs to get in 4 balls. The next delivery of Lakshman was an yorker, and Nahusha just managed a single. Lakshman managed 2 more yorkers, and both Nishumbha & Nahusha could only manage singles. It finally came down to the last ball, w/ 2 to win. Nishumbha sent the ball aside and managed to take a single, but got run out attempting the 2nd run. THE SCORES WERE TIED.
As a result, this went into the super over, where CC had to bat first this time. They picked Bhrigni & Utpal to bat, while Kartikeya gave bowling duties to Veerbhadra. Veerbhadra bowled his first ball and Bhrigni managed only a single, getting Utpal on strike. In his next ball, Veerbhadra removed Utpal, and this brought Nahusha to the middle. The third delivery, Nahusha managed a 4, but the next one was a single. In the 5th delivery, the ball got top-edged but flew off for 6, but in the 6th ball, Veerbhadra clean bowled Bhrigni.
In response, PP sent in Tarakasura & Lakshman, and CC decided to go w/ Bhringni. Nahusha hit Bhrigni for a 4 and then a single, and that brought Lakshman back. Lakshman was this time more cautious and took a single to give Taki back the strike. Taki then hit 2 boundaries, and PP managed to avoid an embarrassment.
Veerbhadra was the man of the match for his bowling figures of 3/16. Utpal got the naya soch award for the creative ways in which he was used.
Score summary:
PP: 110/8
Blueasura - 45
Kartikeya - 20
Veerbhadra - 15
Nishumbha - 3/37
CC: 110/8
Utpal - 35
Nahusha - 25
Bhrigni - 10
Veerbhadra - 3/16
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