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4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 League Match - 1

Hughes Software Systems Vs Coca Cola Hughes won the toss and elected to bat first. The decision to bat on a perfect batting wicket was the right choice as Ashwani Dosaj 20 runs and Sriram 40 runs made partnership of 78 runs for the opening wkt in 7.3 overs. The bowlers had tough time as Sriram showed no mercy and smashed the ball to all parts of the ground hitting 20 boundaries and 1 six to score 121 runs in 65 balls only, scoring first century of the tournament in the inaugural match itself. Sriram & Jalaj 52 runs contributed 131 runs for the 2nd wkt. Tarun 33 not out & Sandeep 19 not out kept the momentum going for Hughes to reach huge score of 283 runs in 25 overs. Coca-cola bowlers did not bowl according to the field and in all 8 bowlers were tried who gave 38 extra runs. All the Hughes batsmen looked in total command and Sriram in particular played gem of an inning to play shots with good timing to get maximum result with minimum efforts. While chasing the target, Coca-cola lost wkts at regular intervals and Ravi was the only batsmen to reach double figure mark scoring 15 runs. Remaining batsmen could not sustain the pressure but they made sure to play all 25 overs to get the maximum practice from this match for the future games. The Man of the Match was not a difficult decision to make, as Sriram was the only contender for wonderful batting display.

Hughes Software Systems 283 for 3 wkts in 25 overs

K.A. Sriram - 121(65 Balls) (4 x 20) (6 x 1) Jalaj Puri - 52 (34 Balls) (4 x 6) Tarun Makkar - 33 Not Out (20 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Extras - 38 Ravi Shankar - 4-0-33-1

Coca-Cola 77 for 8 wkts in 25 overs

Ravi Shankar - 15 (62 Balls) (4 x 2) Dhananjay Goyal - 9 Not Out (11 Balls) (4 x 2) Extra - 21 Ashish Mishra - 4-2-10-2 Tarun Makkar - 3-2-7-1

Reebok Man of the Match – K.A. Sriram (Hughes Software System)





HUDCO Vs FCS Software Ltd.

Electing to bat HUDCO could not manage to get the start they were looking for as 2 wkts fell at the score of 23 runs in 5.3 overs. After losing both the openers at the individual score of 6 runs, Dilbagh tried to provide some stability to his side as he made 14 runs in 21 balls but lost the partners at the other end. The highest partnership came for the 8th wkt of 14 runs in which V.K. Shukla 10 runs & 3 runs were contributed by Suresh to take the score to 61 runs in 12.2 overs. HUDCO was dismissed to modest total of 67 runs as Vinay bowled exceptionally well to take 5 wkts conceding only 20 runs including a hat-trick. FCS won this match in style as they reached the target in 10.4 overs and resister victory with bonus point. Vinay scored 33 runs not out and Himanshu 14 runs to take the score to 30 runs in 6.3 overs for the opening stand and Rajeev who scored 12 runs not out made sure to win it comfortably for his side. The Man of the Match was awarded to Vinay Yadav for contributing with bat & ball and first hat trick and five wkts haul in this tournament.

HUDCO 67 all out in 15.2 overs Dilbagh Singh - 14 (21 Balls) (4 x 1) Vinay Yadav - 4-0-20-5 Rajeev Trehan - 2-0-10-2

FCS Software Ltd. 68 for 1 wkt in 10.4 overs Vinay Yadav - 33 Not Out (34 Balls) (4 x 5) Dhananjay Goyal - 14 (16 Balls) (4 x 2) Rajeev Trehan - 12 Not Out (14 Balls) (6 x 1) Dilbagh Singh - 2-0-21-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Vinay Yadav (FCS Software Ltd.)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 League Match - 3 ICICI Bank Vs NDTV

NDTV won the toss and invited ICICI to bat first. The opening pair of Vikas 30 runs & Sanjeev 3 runs collected 36 runs in 4.2 overs for the 1st wicket. Jitender 15 runs & Vikas 9 runs had partnership of 26 for 2nd wkt to take the score to 62 runs in 8.3 overs. Jitender who look in good touch played super knock and went on to make 113 runs, second century of the tournament. A huge partnership of 138 runs for 3rd wkt wherein Rohit made 36 runs gave him all the support by providing maximum strike to Jitender to score 206 runs in 25 overs. The bowlers bowled only 4 wide deliveries and conceded just 15 runs extras in the entire inning but failed to maintain good length as Jitender in his 113 runs hit 15 boundaries and cleared the fence 3 times for six. The fielding was not up to mark and few chances were floored that enabled the batsmen to score freely. Ranjit was the only bowler to pick 2 wkts as rest of the bowler proved expensive. NDTV started on a positive note as Deepak 11 runs & Ranjit 7 runs had a decent start to contribute 20 runs for the 1st wkt. The 2nd wkt fell on 26 runs adding only 6 runs to the previous score but Ravi 28 who made most of the contribution for the 3rd wkt added 35 runs to take the score to 61 runs in 7.2 overs. The bowlers did manage to get wkts frequently but small contribution kept the scoreboard moving as another good partnership of 47 runs came from Mukul 25 runs & Suresh 22 runs took the score to 117 runs in 17.2 overs to keep the hopes alive for their side. This was not the end as Amit 25 runs along with Mukul 46 not out runs managed to save bonus point for their side. The bowlers of ICICI did well to check the flow of runs at the end of the innings with some fine support by the fielders. Manish took 2 wkts & Sanjeev who bowled good spell conceded only 5 runs in his 3 overs to pick 2 wkts as well. The Man of the Match was Jitender Diwan for his fine batting display.

ICICI Bank 206 for 4 wkts in 25 overs Jitender Diwan - 113 (75 Balls) (4 x 15) (6 x 3) Vikas Prashad - 39 (30 Balls) (4 x 6) (6 x 1) Rohit Kirola - 36 (37 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Ranjit Kumar - 4-0-34-2

NDTV 178 for 8 wkts in 25 overs Mukul Khetarpal - 46 (46 Balls) (4 x 4) Ravi Kumar - 33 (26 Balls) (4 x 6) Amit Kumar - 25 (16 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Suresh Singh - 22 (21 Balls) (4 x 4) Sanjeev Singh - 3-0-5-2 Manish Ghoshal - 5-0-32-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Jitender Diwan (ICICI Bank)





Reliance Infocom Vs Airtel

Airtel won the toss and elected to bat first and openers Shyam 16 runs & Ashish 20 runs gave a good start to score 47 runs in 7.3 overs. Shiva & Ashish shared 17 runs for the 2nd wkt to take the sore to 64 runs in 10.2 overs. The bowlers of Reliance picked wtks at regular intervals as all the batsman got out after having a good start and collected runs in small partnerships except 29 runs which came for 7th wkt from Sachin & Iniyan to take the score to 135 runs in 23.1 overs. Sandeep scored 8 runs and 11 runs were made by Navneet to end the innings at 157 runs in 25 overs. Sanjeev took 3 wkts and 2 wkts each were shared by Sunny, Sandeep & N.P. Singh but 22 extras were gifted away. Reliance had a poor start as they lost 3 wkts of 5 runs on the board as Vishesh took 2 wkts off consecutive balls. Ritesh 11 runs who came as opener played sensibly to provide support to Nitin 42 runs and shared partnership of 68 runs for the 4th wicket. Ritesh played a calculated knock by scoring 13 runs until 12.5 overs but collected quick 46 runs for 6th wkt wherein Sandeep contributed only 10 runs and the score moved to 134 in 20.5 overs. The match was heading toward a close finish as 23 runs were required in 25 balls and 4 wkts were still in hand. The captain of Airtel brought his ace bowler back and he provided him with the prize wicket of Ritesh when Shiva himself took a brilliant catch to dismiss him. Shiva then took last 3 wkts to win the match from the jaws of defeat. The Man of the Match was Vishesh Khanna for his fine bowling performance but everybody present on the ground applauded for the fine knock played by Ritesh for his side.

Airtel 157 all out in 25 overs Ashish Khurana - 34 (44 Balls) (4 x 5) Sanjeev Lakara - 4.5-0-37-3 Sandeep Kaura - 5-0-22-2 Sunny Kaul - 4.1-0-18-2

Reliance Infocom 145 all out in 25 overs Ritesh Soin - 59 (62 Balls) (4 x 5) (6 x 3) Nitin Sharma - 42 (35 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 2) Vishesh Khanna - 5-0-22-4 Shiva Kumar - 3.5-1-16-3

Reebok Man of the Match – Vishesh Khanna (Airtel)





Citi Bank Vs NIIT

NIIT on winning the toss elected to field first. The Citi Bank openers Gaurav 50 runs & Diwakar 9 runs contributed 60 runs in 10.2 overs for the 1st wkt. After loosing 3 quick wkts Jagdish 10 runs & Tarun 9 runs tried to provide some stability to their side by adding 22 runs to reach 95 runs in 19.1 overs but lower order failed to score runs as 5 batsmen contributed only 17 runs and finished at 113 runs in 25 overs. Ashish & Hemant took 2 wkts each as 4 batsmen were run out due to some brilliant fielding. NIIT chased the target in 18.4 overs as Ashish 33 runs & Abhishek 24 runs gave good start collecting 67 runs in 13 overs, both the batsmen played sensibly to placed the ball in gaps to pick singles, rotated the strike and took 93 balls to score 67 runs. Hitesh 17 runs & Abhishek 11 runs contributed 29 runs for the 2nd wkt to reach 96 runs in 16.3 overs. The attacking inning by Hitesh earned NIIT the bonus point as he took 10 deliveries to score 17 runs hitting 3 boundaries. The Man of the Match was Ashish Prashad as he not only contributed with ball & bat but also fielded well.

Citi Bank 113 all out in 25 overs Gaurav Shukla - 50 (51 Balls) (4 x 4) Jagdish Salwan - 10 (27 Balls) Ashish Sachdeva - 5-1-20-2 Hemant Nayyar - 5-0-25-2 Ashish Prashad - 5-0-22-1

NIIT 114 for 3 wkts in 18.4 overs Abhishek Wason - 40 (53 Balls) (4 x 1) Ashish Prashad - 33 (40 Balls) (4 x 3) Karanvir Singh - 4-0-24-1 Kaustav Ganguly - 3.4-0-30-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Ashish Prashad (NIIT)





KLM Cargo Vs Anand Auto

Anand Auto won the toss and decided to field. The KLM openers Vishal 39 runs & Manish 16 runs gave good start to score 59 runs in 9.5 overs both the batsmen collected runs in single and picked boundary off lose deliveries. Sameer 29 runs & Mahesh 22 runs consolidated the inning as 62 runs partnership came for the 3rd wkt to take the total at 139 runs in 19.1 overs. Uday managed to remove 3 quick wkt that provided some relief to his side and at the loss of 6 wkts KLM were 146 runs in 20.5 overs. Kapil scored 28 runs not out in 14 balls clearing the boundary with lofted shots to finish the innings at 186 runs for 7 wkts in 25 overs. While chasing the target Ramaswamy 14 runs & Hashibjullah 13 runs made 32 runs for 1st wkt and seemed to chase the target but once they got out, the entire team was bowled out for 94 runs. Shivi bowled exceptionally well to take 3 wkts & Kapil claimed 4 wkts conceding 6 runs only. The Man of the Match was Kapil for his all-round performance.

KLM Cargo 186 for 7 wkts in 25 overs Vishal Asthana - 52 (50 Balls) (4 x 6) Sameer Sharma - 32 (29 Balls) (4 x 4) Kapil Madhok - 28 Not Out (14 Balls) (4 x 4) Extra - 24 Uday Bhandari - 5-0-29-3 Rakesh Yadav - 5-0-39-2

Anand Auto 94 all out in 25 overs Hashibullah Ansari - 19 (32 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 1) Ramaswamy - 14 (17 Balls) (4 x 1) Kapil Madhok - 3.1-0-6-4 Shivi Mehta - 5-0-17-3

Reebok Man of the Match – Kapil Madhok (KLM Cargo)





Hero Honda Vs William E Connor

William E Connor won the toss and elected to field first. The opening pair J. Ganguly 15 runs & Atul 9 runs collected 27 runs in 5.1 overs to provide good start to their side. After the fall of 1st wkt 25 runs were added between J. Ganguly 14 runs & Sumant 3 runs to take the score to 52 runs in 8.1 overs and 33 runs for the 3rd wkt as Bhaskar scored 18 runs & J. Ganguly 12 runs to keep the scoreboard moving to reach 85 runs in 13.2 overs. The highest partnership of 46 runs came from Raghuveer 11 runs & Sanjeev 25 runs to reach 144 runs in 21.2 overs. Sanjeev who remained not out on 35 runs played some good shots to reach 174 runs in 25 overs. The bowlers gifted away 31 extra runs, few runs came due to miss fielding & few dropped catches helped opponent to put on decent total. Narayan was the only bowler to pick 2 wkts as rest all proved expensive. While chasing the target, they had a poor start as 2 wkts fell at the score of 15 runs in 4.3 overs. Manish who made 25 runs contributed most of the runs for 3rd & 4th wkt to reach 46 runs in 10.3 overs. The wickets fell at regular intervals as most of them got out while attempting to clear the fence. The highest partnership of the inning came for 7th wkts between Abhishek 11 runs & Vivek 20 runs. They collected 37 runs to take the score to 98 runs in 19 overs and last 3 wkt adding 1 to the total. The Hero Honda bowlers maintained good line & length and were equally supported by their fielders as well. The Reebok Man of the Match award was awarded to Sanjeev Sharma for his all round performance.

Hero Honda 174 for 5 wkts in 25 overs Joy Ganguly - 42 (38 Balls) (4 x 6) Sanjeev Sharma - 35 Not Out (31 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 2) Raghuveer Singh - 22 (25 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 1) Narayan Fartayal - 5-0-31-2

Willam E Connor 99 all out in 25 overs Manish Sharma - 25 (24 Balls) (4 x 4) Vivek Verma - 20 (24 Balls) (4 x 3) Abhishek Chawla - 15 (14 Balls) (4 x 1) Bhaskar Jajoria - 2-1-9-2 Raghuveer Singh - 4-1-14-2 Sanjeev Sharma - 4-1-15-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Sanjeev Sharma (Hero Honda)





Delphi Auto Vs EXL Service

Delphi Auto opted to bat on perfect batting track after winning the toss. The opening pair Abraham 14 runs & Sanjay 2 runs collected 22 runs in 3.2 overs. EXL introduced spin from one end with a new ball and their spinner Rikki picked 3 wkts to remove the top order of Delphi and restrict them to 38 runs in 5.3 overs. Amit 16 runs & Manish 22 runs provided some stability but both the batsmen were dismissed by Sidhant who picked 4 wkts sending batsmen no 6 & 7 back to pavilion for no score and restricting opponent to 76 runs in 14 overs. Sajal did the remaining job as he picked 2 wkts to bowl out Delphi at the modest total of 81 runs in 17 overs. EXL lost 2 quick wkts as both the openers got out for 5 runs in 3 overs due to brilliant bowling by Hitender. Himanshu who came at the fall of 2nd wkt played cautiously showed some nerves as he scored 21 runs 48 balls due to some accurate bowling but Gaurav attacked to hit 6 boundaries in his knock of 31 runs off just 23 balls to take the score to 60 runs in 13 overs. At this stage EXL were comfortably heading towards victory but required 21 runs in 26 balls to win with bonus point. Delphi was keen to save the bonus as fielder were charged up and bowler kept the ball straight but Anurag 14 not out cashed on the lose deliveries bowled by Kartick to hit 3 boundary in 18th overs to reach the target and register win with bonus. The Delphi bowlers were spot to put pressure from the start of the inning and they gave only 5 extra runs. Though Sidhant bowled well to take 4 wkts but Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Rikki for his fine bowling performance as he removed the top order batsmen.

Delphi Auto 81 all out in 25 overs Manish Sharma - 22 (35 Balls) (4 x 4) Amit Sareen - 16 (11 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 1) Abraham Joseph - 14 (10 Balls) (4 x 2) Sidhant Saxena - 5-0-21-4 Rikki Anand - 5-0-27-3 Sajal Basu - 1-1-0-2

EXL Service 82 for 4 wkt in 17.4 overs Gaurav Malik - 31 (23 Balls) (4 x 6) Himanshu Anand - 21 (48 Balls) (4 x 3) Anurag Singh - 14 Not Out (14 Balls) (4 x 3) Hitender Hans - 4-1-14-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Rikki Anand (EXL Service)





Airports Authority of India Vs Airtel

Airports Authority of India on winning the toss elected to bat but lost 2 quick wkts at the score of 9 runs in 4.1 overs. Deepak 33 runs & Sanjeev 29 runs built partnership of 68 runs for the 3rd wkt to take the score to 77 runs in 16.1 overs. Airtel bowlers came back strongly to pick 3 wkts and restrict AAI to 92 for 6 wkts in 19.1 overs. But S. Nandi 21 runs not out & Raj Kumar 29 runs pulled AAI out of trouble to reach a respectable total of 150 runs in 25 overs. Zeeshan who was expensive took 4 wkts but Vishesh bowled extremely well to pick 2 wkts. While chasing the target Airtel managed to put on 77 runs for the 1st wkt in 14.2 overs as Ashish 36 runs & Shiva 32 runs provided them the kind of start their team was looking for. Spinners did the trick for AAI as Rajiv who picked 6 wkts completely changed the completion of the game & turned the match for his side. Airtel who at one stage were 107 runs for 3 wkts in 21.5 were bundled out for merely 122 runs in 24.2 overs. The credit for this victory goes to Reebok Man of the Match Rajiv Gupta for taking 6 wkts conceded only 14 runs in his 5 overs.

AAI 150 for 8 wkts in 25 overs Deepak Kumar - 42 (55 Balls) (4 x 4) Raj Kumar - 29 (15 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 3) S. Nandi - 21 Not Out (15 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 1) Zeeshan - 5-0-43-4 Vishesh Khanna - 5-0-28-2

Airtel 122 for 9 wkts in 24.2 overs Ashish Khurana - 36 (54 Balls) (4 x 3) Shiva Kumar - 32 (35 Balls) (4 x 3) Rajiv Gupta - 5-0-14-6 Mahesh Chand - 5-0-29-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Rajiv Gupta (AAI)





HECL Vs E-Funds

Electing to bat HECL’s openers Vineet 7 runs & Ranjit 28 runs made 42 runs for the 1st wkt. Ranjit who made individual score of 49 runs did the bulk scoring as he played on the merit and collected 8 boundaries, his shot selection was wonderful as he capitalized on bad deliveries. Ranjan contributed 13 runs and 10 came as extras. HECL was well placed at 2 for 63 when rain came down heavily. The match was reduced to 18 overs a side. E-Funds were in trouble early in the innings as they lost 4 wkts for 22 runs in 7.1 overs. None of their batsmen tried to stay at the wicket or made any adjustment to place the ball in gapes to pick runs in single or twos. They attempted big shots to clear the fence resulting in soft dismissals and most of them got out giving easy catches. Hardeep 21 runs & Bhupinder 15 runs only among the run scorer and to reach double figure mark. The entire team got out on 58 runs in 13.1 overs not even managing to save the bonus point. This is one of the biggest upset of the tournament so far. Ranjit not only contributed with bat but also picked 5 wkts giving away only 9 runs to become Reebok Man of the Match for his all round performance. It will not be wrong to state that he only demolished a strong team like E-Funds against all odds.

HECL 91 for 4 wkts in 18 overs Ranjit Narayan - 49 (46 Balls) (4 x 8) Rajan Berry - 13 (16 Balls) (4 x 1) Amit Mishra - 5-1-12-1 Ajay Bhahdari - 5-1-22-1

E-Funds 58 all out in 13.1 overs Hardeep Singh - 21 (23 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 1) Bhupinder Singh - 15 (13 Balls) (4 x 3) Ranjit Narayan - 4-1-9-5 Pawan Juneja - 2.1-0-8-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Ranjit Narayan (HECL)





NDTV Vs Citi Financial

NDTV invited Citi Financial to bat first after winning the toss. The bowlers of NDTV did well to pick 3 wkts for 29 runs in 7.4 overs. The 5th wkt partnership of 52 runs between Javed Khan 30 runs and Sumeet 24 runs took the score to 85 runs in 20.1 overs. At this stage 3 more wkts fell adding only 9 runs but handy 21 runs came for the 9th wkt as Satyen made 14 runs off 12 balls to take the total to 115 runs at the close of the innings. All the bowlers of NDTV bowled well and their fielding was sharp as they held on to all the catches. Deepak took 4 wkts & Ritesh took 3 wkts while Jiten managed to pick 2 wkts to restrict opponent to getable total. NDTV had similar start as of Citi Financial losing 3 wkts for 29 runs on board but the disaster did not ended soon. They could not bear the pressure and entire team got out at the score of 70 in 19 overs to lose the match and bonus point as well. The bowlers did not experimented much with the ball as batsmen themselves gifted their wickets. Rakesh took 3 wkts to do the early damage while Vaibhav & Sumeet picked 2 wkts each. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Rakesh Makkar for his fine bowling performance.

Citi Financial 115 all out in 24.5 overs Javed Khan - 30 (42 Balls) (4 x 1) Sumeet Chander - 24 (27 Balls) (4 x 2) Deepak Sharma - 4.5-0-37-4 Rishi Kumar - 5-1-10-3

Jiten Bhutani - 5-0-25-2 NDTV 70 all out in 19 overs Ravi Kumar - 14 (18 Balls) Extras - 20 Rakesh Makkar - 5-2-15-3 Vaibhav Gupta - 3-0-6-2 Sumeet Chander - 4-0-12-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Rakesh Makkar (Citi Financial)





NIIT Vs Global Vantedge

NIIT won the toss and elected to bat first. The openers Ashish 22 runs & Abhishek 17 runs collected 45 runs for the opening stand. At this stage NIIT was in a comfortable position and seemed to carry on to post decent total but bowlers of Global Vantedge started picking wkts to the extent that the entire team was bundled out for 86 runs in 24.1 overs. This was mainly due to tight bowling by Mohit & Atul who took 3 and 2 wkts respectively giving away only 30 runs together. NIIT batsmen never looked comfortable against the spinners introduced by the skipper of Global Vantedge. This seemed to be bowler’s day as Global Vantedge who looked favorites to win the game lost 4 wkts for just 18 runs as Ashish Prasad removed the top order. Manan 22 runs was the only batsmen to keep the hope of his team alive as he was concentrating on singles to keep the score board moving. The batsmen of Global did not apply themselves and un-necessary panic button was pressed to ran themselves out. 13 runs were required off last 4 overs with 2 wkts in hand. Batsmen were supposed to just stay on the wicket but pressure caught hold of them as they got themselves out by taking un-necessary runs. They were all out at 77 with 3 overs remaining. The bowlers for NIIT bowled extremely well and were superbly supported by their fielders. This was more of Ashish Prasad Vs Global Vantage and as such he was declared Reebok Man of the Match.

NIIT 86 all out in 24.1 overs Ashish Prasad - 35 (54 Balls) (4 x 2) Abhishek Wason - 17 (28 Ball) Mohit Kumar - 5-0-17-3 Atul Bhardwaj - 4.1-0-13-2

Global Vantedge 77 all out in 22.4 overs Manan Vashisht - 22 (45 Balls) (4 x 1) Girish Chugh - 12 (27 Balls) Ashish Prasad - 4-1-6-4 Kapil Gupta - 4.4-0-12-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Ashish Prasad (NIIT)





KLM Cargo Vs Hero Honda

KLM Cargo on winning the toss invited Hero Honda to bat first. The opening pair made 26 runs in 4.2 overs in which maximum contribution of 17 runs came from Joy Ganguly and 35 runs partnership for 2nd wicket was shared by Joy 17 runs & Satbinder 12 runs took the score to 61 runs in 8.4 overs. The KLM bowlers managed to dismiss middle order batsmen for 35 runs only and restrict the opponent to 96 for 8 wkts in 18.2 overs but Khazan Singh made quick 25 in 21 balls along with Souray 14 runs and they contributed 33 runs to reach 132 in 23.1 overs. Shivi 4 wkts & Mahesh 3 wkts bowled good line to unsettle the batsmen and picked wkts at regular intervals. KLM lost their 1st wkt at the score of 14 runs and 2nd at 35 runs on board. The KLM batsmen got out while attempting big shots instead of picking singles which were available but due to lack of coordination and poor calling they missed out on them as a result last 6 batsmen contributed only 16 runs and entire team collapsed for 76 runs in 16.1 overs. The bowlers of Hero Honda Bhaskar 4 wkts and 3 each were shared by Sanjeev & Khazan bowled economical spells, they gave no room to hit freely and most of the batsmen got out in the mid field region. The Reebok Man of the Match award went to Khazan Singh for his all round performance.

Hero Honda 132 all out in 23.1 overs Joy Ganguly - 34 (29 Balls) (4 x 5) Khazan Singh - 25 (21 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Shivi Mehta - 5-1-15-4 Mahesh Sharma - 5-0-19-3

Anil Bhagat - 5-0-25-2 KLM 76 all out in 16.1 overs Manish Kumar - 19 (18 Balls) (4 x 2) Mahesh Sharma - 16 (12 Balls) (4 x 3) Bhaskar Jajoria - 4.1-1-10-4 Khazan Singh - 5-1-13-3 Sanjeev Sharma - 4-0-21-3

Reebok Man of the Match – Khazan Singh (Hero Honda)





Lucent Technologies Vs EXL Service

Lucent Technologies won the toss and elected to bat on a perfect batting wicket but lost 2 wkts for just 2 runs in 1.1 overs. Ram Nath 19 runs & Manish 5 runs took the score to 28 runs in 7.4 overs. Manish who scored 41 individual runs contributed 39 runs for 4th wkt & 21 runs for 6th wkt, played responsible innings and helped his team score 94 runs in 20.4 overs. EXL bowlers never allowed the lower middle order to settle as 4 batsmen lost their wks without scoring a run to finish at 110 runs in 24 overs. Kunal was most successful bowler to pick 3 wkts, Gregory taking 2 wkts and 3 brilliant run out due to some sharp fielding restricted opponents from piling big score. EXL lost their 1st wkt for 8 runs only but Gregory 39 runs not out & Amit 51 runs contributed 90 runs for the 2nd wkt and Gaurav who scored 3 boundaries on 3 deliveries to win the game in 13.2 overs with the bonus point did the rest. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Amit Rawat for his brilliant batting performance.

Lucent Technologies 110 all out in 24 overs Manish Saklani - 41 (65 Balls) (4 x 5) Ram Nath Singh - 19 (24 Balls) (4 x 4) Extra - 24 Kunal - 2-0-15-3 Gregory - 2-0-5-2

EXL Service 113 for 2 wkts in 13.2 overs Amit Rawat - 51 (37 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 2) Gregory - 39 Not Out (38 Balls) (4 x 5) Gaurav Malik - 12 Not Out (3 Balls) (4 x 3) Amit Vijh - 4-0-34-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Amit Rawat (EXL Services)





British Gas Vs Reliance Infocom

British Gas won the toss and decided to bat first in a 21 over match as the wicket was wet. The early break through provided by Nitin who took 2 wkts in his very first over with no runs on the board. Narender 13 runs showed some resistance to built highest partnership of 25 runs for the 3rd wkt. Wickets kept falling as none of the batsmen could get use to pace of the pitch and failed to reach double figure mark. Entire team got out for 53 runs in 20.2 overs as Sandeep & Sunny bowled magnificent spell to take 3 wkts apiece after Nitin who did the early damage to take 2 wkts. Reliance achieved the target in 5 overs as Ritesh made 31 runs not out and 20 runs came from extra to register win with bonus point. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Sunny Kaul for his fine bowling & fielding performance.

British Gas 53 all out in 20.2 overs Narender Singh - 13 (22 Balls) (4 x 2) Extra - 15 Sandeep Kaura - 4-0-8-3 Sunny Kaul - 4-0-15-3

Nitin Sharma - 5-2-14-2 Reliance Infocom 54 for 1 wkt in 5 overs Ritesh Soin - 31 Not Out (25 Balls) (4 x 5) Extra - 20 Vinod Aggarwal - 3-0-35-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Sunny Kaul (Reliance Infocom)





Coca Cola Vs Hewlett Packard

Coca-Cola on winning the toss elected to bat and made a solid start to collect 78 runs for the 1st wkt as Ravi 39 runs & Stephen 40 runs played with great sense of responsibility, ran hard between the wkts to score runs in singles & doubles and did not spare the bad deliveries. At this stage Coca-Cola team was heading towards a big score but fall of two quick wkts applied breaks on the flow of runs. Sanjeev did most of the damage with his left arm spin bowling, picked 6 wkts to restrict them to 137 in 25 overs. He bowled right line & length and did not allow batsmen to hit freely. While chasing the target HP openers contributed 43 runs as Sandeep made 21 & Sanjeev 19 runs. Vishal Arya did not let the bowlers to come on top as he hammered the bowlers to pick 9 boundaries and a six to take his team close to victory. Vivek Dwivedi 23 runs not out gave him the support to finish the match in 16.4 overs and thus register victory for their side with bonus point. All the bowlers of Coca-Cola proved expensive as they gave room to play shots and had very little support from their fielders as well. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Sanjeev Sharma for his fine bowling performance taking 6 wickets while conceding only 16 runs.

Coca-Cola 137 for 9 wkts in 25 overs Stephen Matto - 40 (47 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Ravi Shankar - 39 (56 Balls) (4 x 3) Shivesh Mishra - 23 (17 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 1) Sanjeev Sharma - 5-1-16-6

Hewlett Packard 138 for 3 wkts in 16.4 overs Vishal Arya - 58 (37 Balls) (4 x 9) (6 x 2) Vivek Diwvedi - 23 Not Out (31 Balls) (4 x 2) Sandeep Tikoo - 21 (17 Balls) (4 x 3) Shadab khan - 4.4-0-18-1 Shivesh Mishra - 5-0-28-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Sanjeev Sharma (Hewlett Packard)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 League Match - 17 Citi Financial Vs Ericsson

Citi Financial won the toss and elected to bat first. The openers Vishal 15 runs & Mohit 30 runs made 57 runs in 8.1 overs. Vishal 30 runs added 53 runs for the 2nd wkt partnership along with Nitin 14 runs to reach 110 runs in 15.1 overs and provided the platform required to put on big score. Vishal played attacking innings and collected his runs through boundaries. Sumit 47 runs consolidated the innings as he shared 2 vital partnerships of 43 runs & 22 runs for 4th & 5th wkt to reach 179 in 22.3 overs. The extra 27 runs given away by the bowlers helped Citi Financial reach huge total of 202 in 25 overs. Vikas was the only successful bowler to pick 2 wkts as rest all proved very expensive. While chasing Ericsson lost 2 quick wkts for 22 runs in 3.1 overs. Sandeep 19 runs & Ramesh 25 runs made 31 runs for the 3rd wkt to reach 53 runs in 6.4 overs. Amit who made quick 18 runs took the score to 90 runs in 12 overs at this stage Ericsson was comfortably placed and had all the chances to reach the target. Manish 28 runs kept the score moving as he collected 22 runs for the 7th wkt and took the score to 131 in 17.5 overs but once he was out the team collapsed and last 4 batsmen could manage to score only 7 runs to finish at 141 runs in 20.3 overs. All the middle order batsmen got out after getting a good start, as they could not sustain the pressure. The Citi Financial bowler Hari 3 wkts, Rakesh & Atul who shared 2 each did manage to pick wkts at regular intervals but failed to keep check on extra 39 runs, were gifted away by them. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Vishal Gambhir for his half centaury.

Citi Financial 202 for 6 wkts in 25 overs Vishal Gambhir - 54 (47 Balls) (4 x 8) (6 x 1) Sumit Chander - 47 (38 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 3) Extra - 27 Mohit Bhalla - 30 (29 Balls) (4 x 5) Vikas Mandan - 5-0-27-2

Ericsson 141 all out in 20.3 overs Manish - 28 (18 Balls) (6 x 3) Ramesh Maurya - 25 (21 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Extra - 39 Hari Haran - 4.3-0-17-3 Atul Sharma - 4-0-21-2 Rakesh Makkar - 4-0-26-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Vishal Gambhir (Citi Financial)





Airports Authority of India Vs British Gas

Airports Authority of India on winning the toss elected to bat and collected 39 runs for the 1st and added 26 runs for 2nd wkt to reach 65 runs in 6.1 overs. Deepak who was on 38 runs went on to make 147 in 69 balls collecting 116 runs through boundaries and 100 runs in just 50 deliveries. This was one the best knock witnessed which made AAI to score highest total of the tournament 286 in 25 overs. Sanjeev 25 runs, Raj Kumar 29 runs & Mahesh 28 runs provided all the support to Deepak who played some brilliant drives & lofted shots at will. Vinod & Ketan picked 2 wkts each but rest all the bowlers proved very expensive as they gave enough room and allowing them to score freely, even line was not perfect as they conceded 27 extra runs. British Gas lost 2 quick wkts for 19 runs in 4.2 overs. Vijay 20 runs & vinod 13 runs was the highest run scorer as the entire team got out on 70 runs in 17.4 overs. The AAI bowlers in particular Vikram who took 5 wkts bowled decent line and was supported by S.Nandi & Pritam who picked 2 wkts each. The Reebok Man of the Match was Deepak Kumar for his great knock, which gave AAI victory with bonus point.

AAI 286 for 7 wkts in 25 overs Deepak Kumar - 147 (69 Balls) (4 x 17) (6 x 8) Raj Kumar - 29 (18 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 2) Mahesh Chand - 28 Not Out (9 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 2) Extra - 27 Vinod Agarwal - 5-0-39-2 Ketan Pancholi - 5-0-45-2

British Gas 70 all out in 17.4 overs Vijay Karki - 20 (21 Balls) (4 x 3) Vinod Agarwal - 14 (17 Balls) (4 x 3) Vikram Singh Chouhan - 5-0-12-5 Pritam Singh - 3-0-12-2 S. Nandi - 4-0-19-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Deepak Kumar (AAI)





W E-Connor Vs Anand Auto

WE-Connor won the toss and elected to bat but could not get the kind of start they were looking for and lost 4 wkts for 14 runs in 5.4 over. Sumeet 29 runs & Kishore 23 runs had partnership of 48 runs to keep he scores moving & reached 82 runs in 18.4 over. The bowlers who contained the batsmen early in the innings picked another 3 wkts for 16 runs to restrict opponent to 98 runs in 22.3 over. Vineet in the end collected 12 runs to take the tally to 114 runs in 24.2 over. The bowlers bowled good line right from the start of the match & maintained the pressure to contain them to a small target. Vivek took 3 wkts and 2 wkts each by Joginder & Uday. While chasing the target Ramaswamy 27 runs & Uday 18 gave a good start to collect 46 runs in 4.4 over for the 1st wkt. Gyanender 28 runs not out & Deepak 19 runs not out played very intelligently rotated the strike and with out taking extra risk they managed to reach the target in 14.1 over to register win with bonus point. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Ramaswamy for fine batting & taking 4 brilliant catches behind the stumps.

W E-Connor 114 all out in 24.2 overs Sumeet Roy - 29 (42 Balls) (4 x 2) Kishore Vohra - 23 (28 Balls) (4 x 1) Extra - 20 Vivek Dharwadkar - 4.2-0-20-3 Uday Bhandri - 4-1-12-2 Joginder Singh - 5-0-21-2

Anand Auto 115 for 3 wkts in 14.1 overs Gyanender - 28 Not Out (30 Balls) (4 x 3) Ramaswamy - 27 (14 Balls) (4 x 5) Deepak Kaul - 19 Not Out (12 Balls) (6 x 1) Sumit Roy - 5-0-26-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Ramaswamy (Anand Auto)





Reebok Vs FCS Software

FCS Software won the toss and invited Reebok to bat first came as surprise since at the start of the play they had only 7 players present on the ground. Reebok lost the 1st wkt for 9 runs in 2.3 over & 2nd wkt for 17 runs in 5 over. Ritesh 10 runs & Siddharth 12 runs picked 23 runs for the 3rd wkt to reach 40 runs in 9.1 over. The wkts were falling at the regular intervals as after getting good start none of the top order batsmen tried to stay at wkt & consolidate the innings. Abhilash 17 & Sandeep 23 collected 37 runs for the 8th wkt to push the score to 92 in 20.5 over and just 2 runs more were added to the score to finish at 94 runs in 22.4 over. The bowler for FCS did not experimented much but maintained straight line to end up with fine analysis as Vinay & Parak claimed 3 wkt each & Mohan 2 wkts. In all they conceded only 46 runs to share 8 wkts among themselves. FCS while chasing the target lost 1st wkt at the score of 10 runs in 2.3 over but Himanshu 53 runs not out & Taral 23 runs not out achieved the target in 6.5 over to win their second league game with bonus point. The Reebok Man of the Match was given to Himanshu for making half centaury.

Reebok 94 all out in 22.4 overs Sandeep Mathur - 23 (21 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 1) Abhilash Chopra - 17 (38 Balls) (4 x 1)

Vinay Yadav - 4.4-2-3-3 Parak Kapoor - 5-0-25-3 Mohan Kumar - 5-2-18-2

FCS Software 96 for 3 wkts in 16.1 overs Himanshu Khurana - 53 Not Out (44 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 1) Taral Vaidya - 23 Not Out (31 Balls) (4 x 2) Vishnu Bhagat - 4-0-27-2 Ritesh Saxena - 3-0-17-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Himanshu Khurana (FCS Software)





Pepsi Vs TCS

Pepsi won the toss & elected to bat first. The 1st wkt fell at the score of 16 runs but Kulbir 40 runs & Rajeev 27 runs shared partnership of 72 runs to take the score to 81 runs in 13 over both the batsmen played some good drives and collected runs in singles & doubles by rotating the strike. TCS bowlers took 2 quick wkts to apply some breaks as they managed to pick 3 wkts giving away 10 runs only as Pepsi were 91 runs for 5 wkts in 14.5 over. The vital partnership of 52 runs came for the 6th wkts as Sunny 27 runs & Sanjiv 25 runs took the score to 143 runs in 23.2 over with few runs added by the lower order to finish at 152 runs in 24.3 over. Ankit was only successful bowler to take 2 wkts but 24 runs were conceded as extra. TCS started the innings at a slow space as 33 runs came in 9.3 over with out loosing a wkt but Pepsi bowlers got the break through and restricted them to 47 runs in 12.4 over. TCS batsmen could not take the pressure and kept throwing their wkts while trying to score on very delivery this lead to complete collapse and with help of 34 runs given by opponent managed to reach 100 runs only in 20.3 over. Pepsi won the game with bonus point & Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Sunny Mehra for his fine bowling & contribution with bat as well.

Pepsi 157 for 7 wkts in 25 overs Kulbir Bindra - 40 (42 Balls) (4 x 6) Sunny Mehra - 27 (27 Ball) (4 x1) (6 x 1) Rajeev - 27 (31 Balls) (4 x 3) Sanjiv Saxena - 25 (23 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 1) Ankit Malhotra - 5-0-37-2

TCS 100 all out in 20.3 overs Pankaj Goel - 15 (33 Balls) Vikash Gupta - 14 (12 Balls) (4 x 2) Extra - 34 Sunny Mehra - 4.3-1-10-3 Rajeev - 4-0-13-3 Sunil - 3-0-13-3

Reebok Man of the Match – Sunny Mehra (Pepsi)





Lucent Technologies Vs Orient Express

Lucent Tech. won the toss & elected to bat but could not take the advantage of the perfect batting wicket as they lost half the side for 62 runs in 13.2 over. Karan 24 runs & Ramnath 13 runs were only batsmen to reach double figure mark. The last 5 batsmen added just 1 run to finish at 65 runs in 15.1 over. Janie 4 wks & Anshul 3 wkts did most of the damage as they gave away only 3 runs to pick 7 wkts in 3.1 over. While chasing the modest total Sumant 35 runs not out & Janie 20 runs not out managed to reach the target in 8.5 over at the loss of 1 wk. only. The Reebok Man of the Match was given to Jane for his all-round performance.

Lucent Technologies 65 all out in 15.1 overs Karan Singh - 24 (30 Balls) (4 x 3) Ramnath - 13 (24 Balls) Janie Stuart - 2.1-1-1-4 Anshul Bagai - 1-0-2-3

Gaurav - 4-0-19-2 Orient Express 67 for 1 wkt in 8.5 overs Sumant Pasricha - 35 (21 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Janie Stuart - 20 (16 Balls) (4 x 3) Rajesh Thakur - 3-0-22-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Janie Stuart (Orient Express)





JRA Vs HECL

JRA on winning the toss elected to bat and got to a decent start as they scored 22 runs in 4.5 over. Rajesh 39 runs & Ashwin 22 runs shared partnership of 55 runs to take the score to 79 runs in 14.4 over both played sensibly and pulled their team out of trouble. Ravi who made 52 runs not out made all the efforts to put on a big total but had very little support from the partners as JRA managed to reach 149 runs with help of small partnership with major contribution coming from Ravi Chandran. Manish-bowled consistence line & length to take 3 wkts while other 5 bowlers shared 1 wicket each. HECL had a similar kind of the start as they lost 1st wkt for 27 runs on the board. Ranjit 32 runs & Murthy 31 runs contributed 59 runs for the 2nd wkt to reach 86 runs in 14.5 over. Murthy continued to pick the gapes and collect his runs along with Dharmender 30 runs not out took away the match from JRA as 27 runs were required in 27 deliveries but both the batsmen concentrated hard picked the right ball placed them to perfection & register victory for their side. Murthy Sharma was declared the Reebok Man of the Match for his patient innings.

JRA 149 for 9 wkts in 25 overs Ravi Chandran - 52 Not Out (36 Balls) (4 x 7) Rajesh - 39 (41 Balls) (4 x 4) Ashwin - 22 (26 Balls) (4 x 1) Manish Verma - 5-0-28-3

HECL 150 for 3 wkts in 24 overs Murthy Sharma - 55 Not Out (56 Balls) (4 x 5) Ranjit Naranyan - 32 (34 Balls) (4 x 4) Dharmender Singh - 30 Not Out (29 Balls) (4 x 2) Sampath - 5-0-30-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Murthy Sharma (HECL)





GE Capital Vs Hutch

Hutch won the toss & elected to bat but had a poor start as they lost 2 wkts quickly for merely 5 runs in 4.1 over. Sumeet 19 runs & Amit 7 runs took the score to 29 runs in 7 over. Amit who made 21 runs for the 4th wkt along with Gaurav 20 runs put on 36 run partnership to take the score to 65 runs in 16.3 over. GE bowlers Achin in particular bowled superbly as he tossed the ball with variety of variation to trap the well settled batsmen and bowl out lower order cheaply to bundle out opponents at 107 runs in 24.2 over. GE got off to flying start as Arijit 40 runs & Joginder 18 made contribution of 68 runs for the opening stand. Arijit played some beautiful cover drives & flick shots but was out due to fine return catch taken by Amit. At this stage GE was in a comfortable position to win the match but to earn the bonus & finish the match quickly they lost 7 wkts to reach the target in 20 .2 over. Gaurav made 17 runs not out to help his side win the game but Hutch managed to save the bonus point as Amit 2 wkts & Rohan 2 wkts bowled with in the stumps and were equally well supported by the fielders. The Man of the Match was awarded to Achin for his fine bowling also for taking 2 catches & was involved in direct run out.

Hutch 107 all out in 24.2 overs Amit Verma - 32 (50 Balls) (4 x 1) Gaurav Saxena - 20 (31 Balls) (4 x 4) Sumeet Sehgal - 19 (22 Balls) (4 x 3) Achin Biyani - 5-0-19-4 Gagan Jot Singh - 4.2-0-11-2

GE Capital 109 for 7 wkt in 20.2 overs Arijit Mukherjee - 40 (35 Balls) (4 x 5) (6 x 1) Joginder Sehgal - 20 (33 Balls) (4 x 2) Gaurav Sahgal - 17 Not Out (9 Balls) (4 x 3) Amit Verma - 5-0-18-2 Rohan Kapoor - 3.2-0-15-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Achin Biyani (GE Capital)





Hughes Software Vs Hewlett Packard Hughes Software elected to bat after winning the toss but lost their 1st wkt on the first ball of the match but K.A. Sriram 28 runs & Jalaj 31 runs made 59 runs for the 2nd wkt. Tarun who made 31 runs shared partnership of 18 & 28 runs to put on 105 runs in 17.4 over but 2 wkts fell in quick succession which restricted them to 120 runs in 20.4 over. Sandeep played good knock of 19 runs not out of 19 balls along with Jasbir who made 9 took the score to 146 runs in 25 over to give their bowlers a decent target to defend. Sanddep Tickoo & Sanjeev picked 2 wkts each as Vivek managed to pick 1 wkt early in the innings. HP had a bad start as they lost 2 quick wkts for 9 runs in 3.2 over but 60 runs were added for the 3rd wkt as Sandeep 35 runs & Vivek 26 runs picked the gapes available and scored runs mostly in single & doubles to put their side back in game. Neeraj 34 not out & Amit 14 runs reduced the margin further having partnership of 40 runs to get close to the target reaching 120 runs in 21.4 over. Now 26 runs were required of 20 balls as Neeraj was on 24 and Amit yet to open his account added 23 runs to reach 143 in 24.4 balls. Tarun who bowled the last over took the 2 wkts that of Amit & Rawat particularly Amit’s who was playing well. The 5th delivery of the last over was wide and now 3 runs were required to win the match but Tarun managed to bowl dot ball to but on the last ball due to bad throw HP took 2 runs to draw the match. HP could have won this match in case they could have avoided forcing the same error again and again, of not completing the second run on more than 3 occasions in last couple of over. The Reebok Man of the Match went to Tarun Makkar as he bowled the last over taking all the responsibility as HP was knocking the doors of victory before the start of the last over.

Hughes Software 146 for 6 wkts in 25 overs Tarun Makkar - 31 (28 Balls) Jalaj Puri - 31 (46 Balls) (4 x 2) K.A. Sriram - 28 (22 Balls) (4 x 3) Sanjeev Sharma - 5-0-24-2 Sandeep Tickoo - 5-0-27-2

Hewlett Packard 146 for 8 wkts in 25 overs Sandeep Tickoo - 35 (50 Balls) (4 x 1) Neeraj - 34 Not Out (21 Balls) (4 x 5) Vivek Diwvedi - 26 (33 Balls) (4 x 2) Tarun Makkar - 5-0-30-2 Ashwani Dosaj - 5-0-33-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Tarun Makkar (Hughes Software)





Global Vantegde Vs Citi Bank

Global Vantedge on winning the toss decided to bat and the openers Manan 22 runs & Prakash 14 runs contributed 31 runs in 6.3 over adding 27 runs to the pervious score the 2 wkts fell and in 13.5 over total reached to 58 runs. Sumit 10 runs & Amit 25 runs pushed the score as they had partnership of 22 runs to reach 80 runs in 17.3 over while Atul contributed 10 runs to the reach 96 for the loss of 6 wkts in 16 over. All the batsmen made small contribution instead of playing long innings after getting good start. Ahmar who remained not out on 12 runs pushed the score to 122 runs in 25 over. Karan Veer bowled good line to check the flow of runs & Diwakar who took 2 wkts did contain the batsmen from scoring freely. Citi Bank lost 9 wtks for merely 46 runs in 12.1 over on the board as Shushant 24 runs was the only batsman to score in double figure as other threw their wkts while attempting wild shots. Global Vantedge was heading towards wonderful victory but Jagdish 25 runs not out & Tarun who came in as last batsman scored 21 runs to share partnership of 29 runs & save the bonus point for their side. The bowlers after doing so well failed to get the last man out and had to wait for victory for 12 over. Girish who had economical analysis picked 3 wkts while Atul & Manan shared 2 wkts each. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Jagdish Salwan as his patient knock and to avoid defeat from big margin.

Global Vantedge 122 for 8 wkts in 25 overs Amit Verma - 25 (33 Balls) (4 x 1) Manan Vashisht - 22 (25 Balls) (4 x 2) Prakash Tappo - 14 (30 Balls) Karan Veer Singh - 5-0-29-3 Diwakar Pundir - 5-0-22-2

Citi Bank 96 all out in 24 overs Jagdish Salwan - 25 Not Out (35 Balls) (4 x 2) Shushant Gupta - 24 (34 Balls) (4 x 3) Tarun Bora - 21 (40 Balls) (4 x 2) Girish Chugh - 5-0-10-3 Atul Bhardwaj - 5-0-12-2 Manan Vashisht - 5-0-31-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Jagdish Salwan (Citi Bank)





HCL Technologies Vs Dhir Group

HCL Tech. on winning the toss invited opponents to bat first. The openers Sunil 17 runs & Harsh 17 runs scored 43 runs in 6.3 over to provide good start to their side but fall of 3 quick wkts restricted them to 47 runs in 8.5 over. Ajay 23 runs & Bal Krishan 21 runs made 50 runs for the 5th wkt to reach 97 runs in 17.1 over. The collapse of the lower order as last 5 batsmen contributed only 21 runs restricted them to a total of 134 runs in 25 over. The 22 extra runs gifted away came in as handy for the opponents to put up a fight-able target. Abhishek bowled exceptionally well as he gave the early break through to his side removing both the openers and finishing at individual tally of 5 wkts in an innings and Yogesh picking 2 for his team. The runs for HCL looked flowing as Samir 61 runs not out & Yogesh 55 runs made sure the victory with a bonus point as they had a partnership of 122 runs & highest of the tournament for the opening stand. The fine batting did put both the openers in the contention of man of the match but Abhishek Sharda was unanimously declared the Reebok Man of the Match for taking 5 wickets.

Dhir Group 134 all out in 25 overs Bal Krishan - 32 (37 Balls) (4 x 4) Ajay Tiwari - 23 (24 Balls) (4 x 1) Harsh Dhir - 17 (20 Balls) (4 x 3) Extra - 22 Abhishek Sharda - 5-0-24-5 Yogesh Kumar - 5-0-23-2

HCL Technologies 135 for 2 wkts in 19.2 overs Samir Kapoor - 61 Not Out (72 Balls) (4 x 8) Yogesh Kumar - 55 (46 Balls) (4 x 7) (6 x 1) Riyazuddin - 2-0-10-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Abhishek Sharda (HCL Tech.)





HUDCO Vs Royal Stag

HUDCO elected to bat on winning the toss but were in deep trouble as they lost 3 wkts for 20 runs on the board. Mukesh came to the rescue of his side as he scored 19 runs along with Shashi 34 runs to share partnership of 62 runs and take the score to 82 runs in 15.3 over. Mukesh added another 47 runs for the 5th wkt to take the score to 141 runs in 25 over and reach to individual total of 72 runs not out, played sensible innings as he collected runs in singles & hitting loose deliveries to fence. Kartik who gave the early break through picked 2 wkts and Deepak also picked 2 wkts for his side. Royal Stag lost their 1st wkt for no score but Vijay 32 runs shared 2 vital partnerships of 26 & 39 runs second with Prathmesh 30 runs to take the score to 65 in 12.4 over. Ranjan 13 runs & Vijay 17 runs contributed 32 runs for the 5th wkt to reach 97 runs in 18.4 over. Suresh Negi in his 3rd over picked 3 wkts & picking 1 more in his 4th over did not allow lower order to settle down restricting them at 105 runs in 22 over to take away the bonus point and the match. Mukesh who scored the maximum runs also contributed by taking 2 wkts along with Ramesh who took 2 wkts as well. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Mukesh for his all-round performance.

HUDCO 141 for 4 wkts in 25 overs Mukesh Kumar - 72 Not Out (68 Balls) (4 x 6) (6 x 2) Shashi Bhusan - 34 (33 Balls) (4 x 5) Deepak Basantani - 5-0-23-2 Kartik Mohindra - 5-0-28-2

Royal Stag 105 all out in 22 overs Vijay Rajan - 32 (53 Balls) (4 x 3) Parthmesh - 30 (33 Balls) (4 x 5) Suresh Negi - 4-0-18-4 Ramesh Negi - 4-0-11-2 Mukesh Kumar - 5-0-21-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Mukesh Kumar (HUDCO)





Delphi Auto Vs Orient Express

Delphi on winning the toss invited opponents to bat first on AAI ground and their bowlers stood up to the task to claim 3 quick wkts for 26 runs in 6.3 over. Anshul 18 runs & J.Sturat 16 runs took the score to 71 runs in 19.3 overs as they shared a partnership of 45 runs for the 4th wicket. The last 6 batsmen were out for 14 runs only but 19 extra runs which came as highest contribution enabled Orient Express reach 86 runs in 22.5 over. Ashok who did the early damage picked 3 vital wks, Atul Dhyani also took 3 wkts while Neeraj Mathur (2 wkts) finished with economical & impressive figures. Chasing the target Delphi got off to a decent start as Abraham 21 runs & Sanjay 14 runs took the score to 31 runs in 3.5 overs. Amit 18 runs & Neeraj 15 runs added 26 runs for the 2nd wkt to reach 57 runs in 7 over while 15 extra conceded by the bowlers helped Delphi reach the target in 12.1 over to register the victory with bonus point. Anshul was the only successful bowler to take 2 wkts as other’s proved expensive. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Ashok Kumar for his wonderful bowling spell.

Orient Express 86 all out in 22.5 overs Anshul Bagai - 18 (48 Balls) (4 x 2) Jamie Stuart - 16 (32 Balls) (4 x 2) Extras - 19 Atul Dhyani - 2-0-9-3 Ashok Kumar - 5-0-16-3 Neeraj Mathur - 3.5-1-9-2

Delphi Auto 88 for 4 wkts in 12.1 overs Abraham Joseph - 21 (12 Balls) (4 x 4) Amit Sareen - 18 (21 Balls) (4 x 4) Neeraj Mathur - 15 (16 Balls) (4 x 1) Anshul Bagai - 3.1-0-16-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Ashok Kumar (Delphi Auto)





Havells India Vs Dhir Group

Havells decided to bat after winning the toss on AAI ground but lost 2 wkt quickly at the score of 19 runs in 3 overs. Jaideep 53 runs & Mohit 10 runs made useful contribution of 42 runs for the 3rd wkt as most of runs were scored by Jaideep, who played some lovely drives that were a treat to watch. The middle order completely collapsed as some of them failed but Sumit 22 runs not out who came to bat at the fall of 8th wkt shared a useful partnership of 23 for 8th wkt and 11 runs each came from the 9th & 10th wkt partnerships to post a decent total of 137 runs in 24.4 over. Sandeep took 3 wkts for his side as Sunil, Subash & Ajay shared 2 wkts each. Dhir Group while chasing the target lost 2 wkts at the score of 7 runs in 3 overs but 22 runs were added for 3rd wkt, 25 came from 4th wkt and 25 runs were added for the 6th wkt to reach 85 runs in 18.2 overs. At this stage, Havells seemed to be heading for victory with big margin but Sunil Karra stood in their way. He scored 24 invaluable runs to reach close to the target and not letting it to be a cakewalk for the opponents. The bowlers did manage to pick wkts at regular intervals but gifted away 30 extra runs as most of them came as wide. Vikas, Jaideep & Sumit picked 2 wkts each ending up with economical figures while other bowlers were expensive. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Jaideep for his all-round performance.

Havells India 137 all out 24.4 overs Jaideep Chowdhary - 53 (32 Balls) (4 x 8) (6 x 2) Sumit Jha - 22 Not Out (23 Balls) (4 x 3) Sandeep Kochar - 5-1-42-3 Ajay Tiwari - 4.4-0-15-2 Sunil Kara - 5-0-20-2

Dhir Group 126 all out in 23.4 overs Sunil Kara - 24 (17 Balls) (4 x 2) Karan Verma - 21 (34 Balls) (4 x 2) Extras - 30 Jaideep Chowdhary - 5-0-9-2 Vikas Khatri - 4-1-14-2 Sumit Khatri - 5-0-25-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Jaideep Chowdhary (Havells India)





Coca Cola Vs Xansa

Coca Cola opted to bat first after winning the toss on Palam A ground and got off to a flying start as Ravi 38 runs & Steve 38 runs scored 90 runs for the 1st wkt in 13.2 overs. Both the batsmen picked the gaps very well to take singles and doubles while dispatching bad deliveries to the fence. P.C. Pandey dismissed both of them to apply breaks on the flow of runs as batsmen to follow could not cash the advantage and kept losing wkts without making much contribution. Dhananjay 14 runs was the only batsmen to reach double figure mark and the entire team was out for 153 runs in 25 overs in which extra 26 runs were gifted by the Xansa. Vishal Sharma, the wicket keeper of Xansa played major role in 7 dismissals as he stumped 4 batsmen took 2 catches and was involved in run out to restrict Coca Cola from posting huge total. Xansa while chasing scored 26 runs in 3.2 overs and added another 48 runs for the 2nd wkt as Atul 29 runs & Vikas Keer 27 runs played calculated innings & pushed the score mostly in singles to reach 74 runs in 10.3 overs. Himanshu 44 runs not out played a wonderful knock as he not only shared 2 vital partnership of 35 & 38 runs but also pushed the non striker to runs hard between the wickets to achieve target in 23.4 overs. Coca Cola lost the match after posting a fightable total due to poor fielding and extras conceded by them. The Reebok Man of the Match was given to Himanshu for fine batting display.

Coca Cola 153 for 8 wkts in 25 overs

Steven Matto - 38 (40 Balls) (4 x 4) Ravi Shankar - 38 (47 Balls) (4 x 3) Extras - 26 P.K. Roy - 5-0-22-2 P.C. Pandey - 5-0-25-2

Xansa 154 for 4 wkts in 23.4 overs

Himanshu Jain - 44 Not Out (43 Balls) (4 x 4) Atul Gupta - 29 (26 Balls) (4 x 3) Vikas Keer - 27 (38 Balls) (4 x 3) Ravi Shankar - 5-0-23-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Himanshu Jain (Xansa)





E-Funds Vs JRA

E-Funds on winning the toss on Palam A ground elected to bat first but lost 2 wkts for 34 runs in 5 overs. Parminder 43 runs & Amit 25 runs consolidated the innings with a partnership of 52 runs & reach 86 runs in 13.1 overs. This partnership took the pressure off from the batsmen to follow as Robin 26 runs not out & Bhupinder 44 runs not out collected runs sensibly by not attempting big shots but running hard while placing the ball in gaps to post 173 runs in 25 over. L.Vishwanthan & Sampat took 2 wkts each & bowled well to finish with good analysis but fielders did not put up a good show as they misfielded on many occasion to give away 18 additional runs. JRA were in trouble in the early stage as they lost 5 wkts for 22 runs in 6.2 overs but Sampat 20 runs & Rangnathan 22 runs tried to pull out their side out of trouble having made 40 runs for the 6th wkt to reach 62 runs in 14.1 overs. The entire team got out on 85 runs as none other batsmen made effort to stay on the wicket for the full 25 overs and at least save bonus point to reduce margin of defeat. Wasim took 3 wkts & pick of the bowler Pankaj claimed 4 wkts to take the Reebok Man of the Match award.

E-Funds 173 for 4 wkts in 25 overs Bhupinder Singh - 44 Not Out (30 Balls) (4 x 4) Parminder Negi - 43 (34 Balls) (4 x 4) Robin Atary - 26 (32 Balls) (4 x 1) Sampat Krishnan - 5-0-30-2 L. Vishwanathan - 4-0-25-2

JRA 85 all out in 18.3 overs D. Ranganathan - 22 (23 Balls) (4 x 3) Sampat Krishnan - 20 (38 Balls) (4 x 1) Pankaj Mohanty - 5-0-20-4 Wasim Sidiquui - 4.3-0-20-3

Reebok Man of the Match – Pankaj Mohanty (E-Funds)





Reliance Infocom Vs Airports Authority of India

Airports Authority of India won the toss & elected to bat on Palam B ground. The first wkt fell for just 1 runs but Rajiv who went on to make 67 runs contributed 88 runs for the 3rd wkt as Sanjeev made 42 runs to reach 120 runs in 15.1 overs. Rajiv who came as opener played with patience to stay at the wicket till 21st over and rotated the strike very well. 26 extras given by Reliance enabled AAI to finish at 190 runs in 25 overs. Nitin took 4 wkts for his side as Sandeep & Sunny managed to pick 2 wkts each. Reliance while chasing the target scored 55 runs in 7.5 over as Ritesh 41 runs & Aashish 10 runs gave them good start but middle order failed completely as 5 wkts went down for 28 runs and they were restricted to 83 runs in 17 overs. Sunny who contributed 20 runs not out made good effort to push the score but had very little support from the batsmen to follow and entire team collapsed at 109 runs in 20.4 overs to provide victory to AAI with bonus point as well. Pritam & Atul shared 3 wkts while S. Nandi took 2 wkts to win all league games, retain top slot in their pool, and qualify for the next round. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Rajiv for his wonderful batting performance.

AAI 190 all out in 25 overs Rajiv Gupta - 64 (52 Balls) (4 x 6) (6 x 1) Sanjeev Kumar - 42 (35 Ball) (4 x2) (6 x 2) Extras - 26 Nitin Sharma - 5-0-19-4 Sunny Kaul - 5-0-33-2

Reliance Infocom 109 all out in 20.4 overs Ritesh Soin - 41 (27 Balls) (4 x 7) (6 x 1) Sunny Kaul - 20 (10 Balls) (4 x 2) Atul Kanojia - 2.4-0-3-3 Pritam Singh - 5-0-19-3 Mahesh - 5-1-18-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Rajiv Gupta (AAI)





Reebok Vs HUDCO

HUDCO won the toss on Palam B ground and opted to bat first on a prefect-batting track but lost their 1st wkt on 12 runs in 4 overs. Dilbagh & Jitender took the score to 26 runs in 6.3 overs but Abhilash got the break through by dismissing Dilbagh. Vishnu Bhagat took the prize wkt of Mukesh (their strike batsmen for no score) and he dismissed Jitender who was all set to make a big score. HUDCO could not recover from this stage and were dismissed for 74 runs due to some fine captaincy by Vishnu Bhagat as he not only rotated his bowlers cleverly but also placed the fielders at the right spot. All the bowlers maintained good line to check the flow of runs & were economical at the end. Vishnu, Abhilash & Sandeep shared 2 wkts each while 1 each was shared by Ritesh & Dinesh. Reebok chased the target in 10.3 overs to register victory with bonus as Ritesh scored 42 not out & Abhilash 16 not out runs, they played shots on the merit to ensure win without any further loss. Ritesh was awarded Reebok Man of the Match for his fine batting as he scored briskly to make sure that the target is achieved as early as possible to improve the run rate of his team.

HUDCO 74 all out in 21.3 overs Jitender Madan - 22 (26 Balls) (4 x 3) Dilbagh Singh - 11 (19 Balls) (4 x 1) Extra - 14 Sandeep Mathur - 5-1-11-2

Vishnu Bhagat - 5-0-15-2 Abhilash Chopra - 4-0-14-2

Reebok 78 for 2 wkts in 10.3 overs Ritesh Saxena - 42 Not Out (39 Balls) (4 x 6) Abhilash Chopra - 16 Not Out (21 Balls) Ramesh Negi - 4-0-21-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Ritesh Saxena (Reebok)





ICICI Bank Vs Citi Financial

Citi Financial on winning the toss invited the opponents to bat first on Palam A ground. The early exit of opening pair & batsmen no 3 restricted ICICI to 22 runs in 5 overs. The bowlers took the advantage of the early morning dew, kept the ball with in the stumps to claim 2 more wkts as 5 wkts fell at the score of 49 runs in 9.1 overs. Harpreet and Gaurav came to the rescue as they scored 32 runs of 28 balls and 20 runs of just 17 balls respectively to take the score to 140 runs 21.2 overs and put on a fighting total on board with help of 23 extras given by the fielding side. The bowlers did manage to pick early wkts but could not maintain good line & length during the later part of the innings. Vishal, Sumit & Javed took 2 wkts each for their side. While chasing the target Mohit 18 runs & Vishal 7 runs made 23 for the opening stand while adding 5 more they lost another wkt at 28 runs in 5.1 overs. Javed 32 runs & Satyen 27 runs added 48 runs for the 4th wkt as Javed contributed most of the runs in this partnership to score 85 runs in 15.1 overs. ICICI bowlers came back strongly to pick 3 quick wkts to restrict them to 106 runs for 7 wkts in 20.1 overs. Vishal 11 runs tried to turn the match in his favor but managed only to reduce the margin of defeat as they finished at 133 runs 25 overs. The credit for this victory goes to the entire team of ICICI Bank as they recovered from the early damage while batting but bowlers bowled according to their field as Manish & Sharry claimed 3 wkts each to end up on winning note. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Manish Ghosal for his fine bowling performance.

ICICI Bank 140 all out in 21.2 overs Harpreet Arora - 32 (28 Balls) (4 x 2) Gaurav Manchanda - 20 (17 Balls) (4 x 2) Vishal Walia - 4-0-24-2 Javed Khan - 3.2-0-22-2 Sumit Chander - 3-0-23-2

Citi Financial 133 for 9 wkts in 25 overs Javed Khan - 32 (28 Balls) (4 x 4) Satyen Rai - 27 (36 Balls) (4 x 3) Mohit Bhalla - 18 (22 Balls) (4 x 3) Manish Ghosal - 5-1-29-3 Sharry Sharma - 4.4-0-27-3

Reebok Man of the Match – Manish Ghosal (ICICI Bank)





Havells India Vs Daksh

Havells won the toss and elected to bat first on Palam A ground. Mohit Kaushal provided early break through by taking 2 wkts to restricted opponents to 24 runs for the loss of 2 wkts in 5 overs. Mohit Kaushal dismissed Jaideep with a beauty of a delivery that beat him all ends up to take his off stump while he was playing a defensive shot. Mohit (57 runs) played sensibly to hold the innings together despite being hit by the ball on his face while he was trying to pull a delivery. Mohit Kaushal in particular bowled exceptionally well to claim 4 wkts and Mohit Wadera took 3 wkts. Daksh got to a flying start as openers Mayur 36 runs & Mohd. Awais 20 runs collected 60 runs for the 1st wkt. Both the batsmen looked in total command, as they played good cover drives and ran hard between the wicket to rotate the strike and pick easy singles. Chandan who made 17 runs in 16 balls collected 39 runs for the second wkt as Awais contributed 19 runs to reach 99 runs in 15.2 overs. At this stage Daksh were comfortably placed heading for victory and seemed to take the bonus point also but bowlers of Havells came back strongly to pick 4 wkts and restrict them to 124 runs in 20.1 overs. Mohit 9 runs not out and Partha 6 runs not out did manage to reach the target in 22.5 overs. Havells gave them a good fight back and in the end managed to save the bonus point. The Reebok Man of the Match went to Mohit Kaushal for his fine bowling performance including the prize wicket of Jaideep.

Havells India 136 all out in 25 overs Mohit Kumar - 57 (57 Balls) (4 x 4) Sumit Khatri - 17 (25 Balls) (4 x 2) Mohit Kaushal - 5-0-25-4 Mohit Vadhera - 5-0-15-3

Daksh 137 for 6 wkts in 22.5 overs

Mohd. Awais - 39 (46 Balls) (4 x 4) Mayur Bora - 36 (26 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 1) Chandan Singh - 17 (16 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 1) Sumit Khatri - 5-0-26-2 Jaideep Chowdhary - 5-0-24-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Mohit Kaushal (Daksh)





Ericsson Vs NDTV

Ericsson on winning the toss invited their opponents to bat first Palam B ground. NDTV lost an early wkt on 1 run in very first over. Deepak 22 runs & Rakesh 43 added 77 runs to reach 78 runs in 10.3 overs as both of them played with authority to pick few boundaries and rotated the strike very well. Deepak who went on to score 39 runs made another useful contribution of 32 runs partnership with Gautam who made 9 runs while maximum runs came from the blade of Deepak to score 110 runs in 17.2 overs. Triguna was brought into attack, he did not allow batsmen to settle, and the last 7 batsmen could make only 14 runs to finish at 135 runs in 24.1 overs. Triguna bowled good line kept the ball straight was well supported by Vikas claming 3 wkts. Ericsson got a decent start as Vivek 22 runs & Amit 28 runs put on 45 runs in 8.3 overs. Vikas 9 runs & Manish 22 runs had a valuable partnership of 28 runs to push the score to 104 runs in 19.4 overs and adding 12 more to the total reaching 116 runs in 21 overs. At this stage, Ericsson required 20 runs of 16 balls but due to some poor bowling and extra 10 runs gifted away by the bowlers of NDTV. Unbeaten knocks by Kalicharan 5 runs and Yashpal 2 runs help their side win this game. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Triguna for excellent bowling performance.

NDTV 135 all out in 24.1 overs Rakesh Gaur - 43 (38 Balls) (4 x 7) Deepak Sharma - 39 (48 Balls) (4 x 4) Extras - 29 Triguna - 4-0-14-4 Vikas Madan - 4.1-1-16-2

Ericsson 136 for 8 wkts in 24 overs Amit Kalra - 28 (41 Balls) (4 x 4) Manish Kumar - 23 (12 Balls) (4 x 5) Vivek Vashisht - 22 (25 Balls) (4 x 4) Gautam Agarwal - 5-0-20-3 Jitin Bhutani - 5-0-42-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Triguna (Ericsson)





Kuehne & Nagel Vs NIIT

Kuehne & Nagel won the toss & decided to bat first Palam B ground but lost 5 wickets for 39 runs only. Ponit was the lone man fighting as he scored 78 runs in just 63 balls, he came to bat in 3rd over and stayed at the wicket till 24th over. He hit 10 boundaries and played a gem of an inning to score the maximum for his side and take them to a respectable total of 131 runs in 24.3 overs. NIIT put on 84 runs for the 1st wkt as Gaurav 34 runs & Abhishek 40 runs played a patient knock collecting runs in single & doubles. Abhishek who went on score 63 not out contributed 25 runs for the 3rd wkts as Kapil made 12 runs to reach 120 runs in 19.2 overs. NIIT inching towards victory were 126 runs in 20 over and required 6 runs in 2 balls to win with bonus point which they managed to as Abhishek hit four on the 1st delivery & collected 2 runs on the next ball to top their pool and qualify for the next round. The brilliant performance by Abhishek did put him in contention for man of the match but Deepak who bowled superbly taking 5 wkts was awarded Reebok Man of the Match. Kuehne & Nagel 131 all out in 24.3 overs Ponit Sharma - 78 (63 Balls) (4 x 10) Extras - 19 Deepak Srivastva - 4.3-0-31-5 Kapil Gupta - 5-0-19-2

NIIT 132 for 3 wkts in 20.2 overs Abhishek Wason - 63 Not Out (62 Balls) (4 x 5) Gaurav Kapoor - 34 (39 Balls) (4 x 2) Kapil Gupta - 12 (9 Balls) Pankaj Sharma - 3.2-0-21-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Deepak Srivastva (NIIT)





Hughes Software Systems Vs Xansa

Xansa on winning the toss invited opponents on CSG-II ground to bat first on a wet wicket as the match got delayed due to Thursday night showers and was reduced to 20 overs match. Xansa got an early break through in the 2nd over but Sriram 25 runs & Virender 19 runs collected 31 runs for the second wkt to reach 34 runs in 8.4 overs. For 3rd wkt 23 runs were added to reach 57 runs in 11.4 overs. Ashish 56 runs not out and Jasbir 28 runs came together at the fall of 4th wkt and added 84 runs in only 6.3 overs to take the match away from Xansa. While chasing the target, Xansa lost 2 wkts for 13 runs as Vijender dismissed both the openers. Vikas 11 runs & P. C. Pandey 10 runs took the score to 40 runs in 5.4 overs adding 27 runs for the 3rd wkt. The bowlers for HSS picked wkts at regular intervals and did not allow any batsmen to put on big score as they bowled out the entire team for 101 runs in 16.4 overs. Amit was the most successful bowler to claim 3 wkts as Vijender & Ashish took 2 each. The Reebok Man of the Match award was given to Ashish Mishra for his gutsy knock of 56 runs in 32 deliveries and claiming 2 wkts for 18 runs.

Hughes Software 151 for 5 wkts in 20 overs Ashish Mishra - 56 Not Out (32 Balls) (4 x 6) (4 x 2) Jasbir Singh - 28 (14 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 2) K.A. Sriram - 25 (30 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 1) I. J. Thomas - 4-0-25-1 P.C. Pandey - 4-0-27-1

Xansa 101 all out in 16.4 overs Vikas Kheer - 27 (36 Balls) (4 x 3) Adiyta Jain - 15 (17 Balls) (4 x 2) Amit Khullar - 4-0-18-3 Ashish Mishra - 3-0-18-2 Vijender - 2-0-18-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Ashish Mishra (Hughes Software Systems)





EXL Service Vs Orient Express

EXL Service decided to bat on CSG-II ground after winning the toss and got off to a flying start as openers Anurag 51 & Gregory 14 runs contributed 81 runs for the 1st wkt in 9.4 overs. Anurag went on to make a brilliant 111 runs, he smashed the bowlers to every corner hitting 15 boundaries. He added 56 runs along with Himanshu 21 runs for the 2nd wkt to take the score to 137 runs in 18.1 overs. Gurjot (17 runs) and 24 extras helped the EXL to post a huge total of 197 runs in 25 overs. Jamie Sturat despite of his back injury was the only successful bowler to take 3 wkts as rest of the bowlers proved very expensive and failed to keep the ball at right spot and gave too many extra runs. While chasing the target Jamie 21 runs shared partnership of 18 runs for the 1st wkt with Sumant & 25 runs for the 2nd wkt with Vikas Gujral (18 runs) to score 43 runs in 6.4 overs. The middle order batsmen failed to consolidate the inning and got out attempting rash shots but the lower order batsmen made some handsome contribution as Sanjay 24 runs not out shared 3 vital partnership of 23, 20 & 24 runs for 8th, 9th and 10th wkt respectively to finish at 146 runs. The bowlers bowled initially with focus but their casual approach towards the end enabled number 9, 10 & 11 to score 67 runs. Amit who took 3 wkts, was very economical while Anurag, Varun & Rikki, took 2 each. With 3 wins in all their league matches, EXL Service have qualified for the knockout stage and are going to top the rank chart of qualified teams. The Reebok Man of the Match was an easy pick as Anurag Singh who not only scored century but also picked 2 wickets of top order batsmen.

EXL Service 197 for 6 wkts in 25 overs Anurag Singh - 111 (76 Balls) (4 x 15) (6 x 1) Himanshu Anand - 21 (29 Balls) (4 x 1) Jamie Stuart - 5-0-36-3

Orient Express 146 all out in 25 overs

Sanjay Minotra - 24 (23 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 1) Jamie Stuart - 21 (26 Balls) (4 x 1) Vikas Gujral - 18 (12 Balls) (4 x 4) Amit Rawat - 5-0-13-3 Anurag Singh - 5-1-17-2 Rikki Anand - 4-0-20-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Anurag Singh (EXL Service)





Airtel Vs British Gas

British Gas did not report on Palam - B ground as most of their players had to go for an official meeting outside Delhi. Hence, they were forced to concede a walkover and Airtel was awarded the match and all the 6 points from their last league match. With these 6 points, Airtel qualified for the knockout stage of 4th Eventus Cup.





FCS Software Vs Royal Stag

Royal Stag won the toss and elected to bat on Palam-B ground and got off to a flying start as Prathmesh 44 runs & Vijay 21 runs shared a partnership of 69 runs in 14 overs for the 1st wkt as both the batsmen collected runs while running hard between the wkts and picking boundaries of bad deliveries. Vijay added 9 runs more to his individual total along with Rana 11 runs and added 30 runs to take the score to 99 runs in 17.2 overs. Royal Stag did well to score 152 runs in their allotted 25 overs to put pressure on FCS Software team. Parakh was the only bowler to take 3 wkts but he also conceded more than 7 runs per over. 65 runs partnership for the 2nd wkt between Himanshu & Parakh in 8.4 overs laid the foundation of victory for FCS but the middle order crashed to an excellent spell from Deepak Kutty and FCS were struggling at 101 for 7. Karan Trehan did very well to play sensibly and take the bonus point from the match that helped them qualify for the next round. In this match we saw how team efforts can do wonders and casual approach can make any team lose a match from winning position. Though entire team of Royal Stag should be complimented for this victory but Reebok Man of the Match went to Deepak Kutty for his excellent spell.

Royal Stag 152 for 5 wkts in 25 overs Prathmesh - 44 (42 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Vijay Ranjan - 30 (56 Balls) (4 x 2) Extras - 26 Parakh Kapoor - 5-0-36-3 FCS Software 131 all out in 21.4 overs Parakh Kapoor - 39 (42 Balls) (4 x 3) Himanshu Khurana - 25 (28 Balls) (4 x 2) Extras - 19 Deepak Kutty - 5-0-17-4 Raja Banerjee - 5-0-29-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Deepak Kutty (Royal Stag)





HCL Technologies Vs Daksh Daksh on winning the toss elected to bat first on Palam-A ground to surprise everybody, as wicket was wet. The openers started well as Mayur 9 runs & Md. Awais 21 runs took the score to 32 runs in 5.4 overs. Mayur who made 31 runs had partnership of 25 runs for the 2nd wkt as Mohit 7 runs took them to 57 runs in 10.2 overs. Manish 12 runs & Mohit 13 took the score to 80 runs in 14.2 overs. Chandan 12 runs further took the score to 99 runs in 17.2 overs. The HCL bowlers did a good job to contain the opponents to 124 runs as they managed to pick last 5 wkts for just 17 runs and contain them to achievable total. Abhishek took 2 wkts and supported Samir who took 3 wkts & bowled very well to contain the opponents. HCL made a good start as the openers Yogesh 27 runs & Samir 17 runs put on 47 runs in 9.3 overs. Daksh were in trouble, as it seemed that these 2 batsmen would take the match away from them. Chandan made the right move to introduce spin and Charanjeet provided the prize wkt of Yogesh. Daksh picked 4 quick wkts to restrict HCL to 68 for 5 in 18.3 overs. Amit 27 not out gave a good fight to save the bonus point and keep the hope alive for his team to win the match but had very little support as none of the batsmen to follow tried to rotate the strike. They attempted big shots to throw their wkts and lose the game by just 11 runs. With this win Daksh has qualified for next round with 1 match still to play whereas winner of HCL and Havells will qualify as the 2nd team from their pool. Charanjeet took 4 wkts to finish with excellent figures while Mohit & Mayur shared 2 wkts each. The Reebok Man of the Match went to Charanjeet Bedi for fine bowling performance.

Daksh 124 all out in 23.4 overs

Mayur Bora - 31 (35 Balls) (4 x 5) Md. Awais - 21 (18 Balls) (4 x 4) Samir Kapoor - 4-1-15-3 Abhishek Sharda - 5-0-28-2

HCL Technologies 113 for 9 wkts in 25 overs

Yogesh Kumar - 29 (29 Balls) (4 x 5) Amit Gangal - 27 (21 Balls) (4 x 4) Samir Kapoor - 17 (34 Balls) (4 x 1) Charanjeet Bedi - 5-1-15-4 Mayur Bora - 5-0-13-2 Mohit Vadera - 3-0-28-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Charanjeet Bedi (Daksh)





Vertex Vs E-Funds Vertex on winning the toss elected to bat first on Palam-A ground. The openers Rohit 5 runs & Sushant 11 runs put on 21 runs for the 1st wkt in 4 overs. Rohit and Jatin added 32 runs for the 2nd wkt to take the score to 53 in 10.5 overs. After losing 2 quick wkts at 62 runs in 13.2 overs their side was in trouble but Pankaj 31 runs played a gutsy inning to share 2 vital partnerships of 20 & 29 runs for the 5th & 6th wkt to reach 111 runs in 23.3 overs. The bowlers of E-Funds bowled good line to keep the check on flow of runs but due to miss fielding 15 runs were added and helped the opponent reach 119 runs in 25 overs. All the bowlers of E-funds finished with impressive figures but Hardeep & Bhupinder managed to pick 2 wkts each. E-Funds planned their innings well as Hardeep was playing cautiously whereas Vikas went after the bowling and they shared 22 runs for the 1st wkt. Hardeep 52 not out & Rishi 36 not out made sure that their side wins this game with a bonus point. Both these batsmen played cautiously till the drinks interval (68 for 1 after 13 overs) and then changed gears to finish the match in 17.3 overs. This win with bonus point assured them a place in knockout stage. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Hardeep for his all round performance.

Vertex 119 for 7 wkts in 25 overs Pankaj Ahuja - 31 (33 Balls) (4 x 2) Rohit Peter - 27 (37 Balls) (4 x 4) Anuj Ghakar - 12 Not Out (25 Balls) Bhupender Singh - 5-1-17-2 Hardeep Singh - 5-0-16-2

E-Funds 120 for 1 wkt in 17.3 overs Hardeep Singh - 52 Not Out (50 Balls) (4 x 5) (6 x 1) Rishi Singla - 36 Not Out (42 Balls) (4 x 5) Sushant Khullar - 3-1-10-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Hardeep Singh (E-Funds)





Lucent Technologies Vs Delphi Auto

Lucent Technologies opted to bat on Palam-A ground after winning the toss. The openers collected 14 runs in 2.5 overs but both of them got out at the same score. Manish 27 runs shared partnership of 32 runs with Gaurav to take the score to 46 runs in 11.5 overs. The last 7 batsmen to follow could not make much contribution as they added only 20 runs and entire team got out on 66 runs in 18 overs. Amit Sareen troubled the batsmen with his flight and turn to take 3 wkts while Manish took 2 wkts. Chasing the target Delphi lost 2 wkts for no score to give some hope for Lucent to come in game but Ashok 40 runs not out & Atul 16 runs not out enabled their side register to win with bonus point and move to the next round. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Amit Sareen for his fine bowling performance.

Lucent Technologies 66 all out in 18 overs Manish Saklani - 27 (41 Balls) (4 x 2) Karan Rawat - 11 (11 Balls) (4 x 2) Amit Sareen - 4-0-17-3 Manish Sharma - 4-2-7-2

Delphi Auto 67 for 2 wkts in 13.5 overs Ashok Kumar - 40 Not Out (47 Balls) (4 x 5) Atul Dhyani - 16 (33 Balls) Rajesh Thakur - 4-1-17-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Amit Sareen (Delphi Auto)





Hero Honda Vs Anand Auto Anand Auto on winning the toss invited Hero Honda to bat first on Palam-A ground. The opening pair of Joy Ganguly 24 runs & Satvinder 12 runs collected 40 runs in 6.4 overs. Joy Ganguly who made 45 runs in all contributed 20 runs for the 5th wkt along with Sanjeev 5 runs to reach 75 runs in 14.2 overs. Sanjeev & Raghuveer who made 12 runs each pushed the score to 93 runs in 17 overs. The small partnership and extra 16 runs helped their team to reach 126 runs in 23.4 overs. Only Joy Ganguly with his experience managed to convert the good start into big inning and tried to hold the innings together. Gyanendra bowled exceptionally well to pick 3 wkts while Rakesh & Hassan took 2 each. Anand Auto started off well to put on 20 runs for the 1st wkt but 3 wkts fell adding only 3 runs to score 23 runs in 5.1 overs. A. U. Hassan (34 runs) played with lot of responsibility to take the total to 76 runs in 18.6 overs and seemed quite determined to win the match for his side. Once he was out the entire team collapsed & bowled out for 87 runs in 18.5 overs to lose bonus point and the game. Hero Honda moved in to the next round with all 18 points from league matches. Kiran who picked 3 wkts finished with impressive figures while Sanjeev Sharma & Khazan Singh took 2 wkts each. The Reebok Man of the Match award went to A. U. Hassan for his brilliant batting and bowling performance.

Hero Honda 126 all out in 23.4 overs

Joy Ganguly - 45 (46 Balls) (4 x 7) Raghuveer Singh - 12 (14 Balls) (4 x 1) Sanjeev Singh - 12 (15 Balls) (4 x 1) Gyanendra Yadav - 5-1-21-3

A. U. Hassan - 3-0-9-2 Rakesh Yadav - 5-0-27-2

Anand Auto 87 all out in 18.5 overs

A. U. Hassan - 34 (33 Balls) (4 x 3) Ramaswamy - 13 (9 Balls) (4 x 2) Kiran Kotru - 5-1-20-3 Sanjeev Sharma - 5-1-27-2 Khazan Singh - 3.5-0-15-2

Reebok Man of the Match – A. U. Hassan (Anand Auto)





Pepsi Vs Hutch

Pepsi on winning the toss elected to bat first on Palam-B ground and made 22 runs for the 1st wkt. Manoj 49 runs & Rajiv 46 runs added 84 runs for the 2nd wkt and took the score to 106 runs in 18.5 overs. Both the batsmen played with great patience as they not only ran hard between the wkts to collect runs in single & doubles also cleared the fence on bad deliveries to post 115 runs in 20.5 overs. Sunny 41 runs not out kept the score board moving as Amit who made 11 runs took them to a defending total of 174 runs in 25 overs. The bowlers proved expensive as could not maintain good line and fielder miss fielded to add 35 runs to help the opponents reach massive total. Hutch lost 3 quick wkts at the score of 13 runs in 3 overs but Sumeet who came to open the innings along with Amit 25 runs added 79 runs for the 4th wkt to take the total to 92 runs in 13.3 overs. Pepsi bowlers did manage to remove wkts at regular intervals but failed to contain Sumeet as he went on score a brilliant 101 not out and take the game away from the opponent. This was one of the most exciting matches of the tournament and Pepsi are themselves to blame for this defeat. They dropped Sumit on the first ball and on the last delivery of the match. 11 runs were required off last 2 overs with 2 wkts in hand, Rajiv Kak gave away 7 runs but bowled Ashish on the 5th ball. Now 4 runs were required off 6 balls with 1 wkt in hand. Sumeet who stood there like a rock did the trick for his side as he took a single on the 1st delivery. Rajiv took single of 2nd ball and Sumeet mistimed his shot while he tried to lift the 3rd ball over midwicket. Rupinder dropped the catch under pressure and Sumeet took 2 runs to complete his century and victory for his side in this nail biting game that both the teams would remember for long. The Reebok Man of the Match went to Sumeet Sehgal for excellent century 101 not out and for carrying his bat through out the innings.

Pepsi 174 for 5 wkts in 25 overs

Manoj Gupta - 49 (53 Balls) (4 x 6) Rajiv Kak - 46 (50 Balls) (4 x 6) Sunny Mehra - 41 Not Out (22 Balls) Rajiv Nair - 4-1-26-1

Hutch 175 for 9 wkts in 24.3 overs

Sumeet Sehgal - 101 Not Out (71 Balls) (4 x 12) Amit Verma - 25 (26 Balls) (4 x 1) Ritesh Kumar - 5-0-21-4 Sunny Mehra - 4-0-37-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Sumeet Sehgal (Hutch)





Tata Consultancy Service Vs GE Capital

TCS opted to bat first after winning the toss on Palam-B ground and scored 14 runs for the 1st wicket. A. K. Mann 22 runs & Deepak 19 runs added 18 runs for the 2nd wkt to take the score to 32 runs in 5.1 overs. Ankit 14 runs & Mann made useful 29 runs for the 3rd wkt to reach 61 runs in 9.5 overs adding another 21 runs for the 4th wkt to score 82 runs in 13.3 overs. At the half way mark, TCS was in a comfortable position and were scoring runs in small partnerships but due to some fine bowling by Joginder, who took 3 wkts, changed the complexion of the match. He took 2 wkts of well-set batsmen to apply breaks on flow of runs and restrict them from posting a big total. Navneet & Arun scored 11 runs each to help the side reach 113 runs in 22.1 overs. GE Capital reached the target in 13.4 overs due to some brilliant knock by Joginder 51 runs and quick fire 40 runs by Manmohan both the batsmen hit 7 boundaries each and extra 16 runs contribution made them win the match with a bonus point. The Man of the Match was awarded to Joginder Sehgal for his all round performance.

TCS 113 all out in 22.1 overs A. K. Mann - 22 (24 Balls) (4 x 2) Deepak Taneja - 19 (20 Balls) (4 x 2) Ankit Malhotra - 14 (16 Balls) (4 x 1) Extras - 18 Joginder Sehgal - 5-0-18-3 Manmohan Gusain - 2-0-6-2

GE Capital 115 for 4 wkts in 13.4 overs Joginder Sehgal - 51 (45 Balls) (4 x 7) Manmohan Gusain - 40 (22 Balls) (4 x 7) Aman Arora - 1-0-1-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Joginder Sehgal (GE Capital)





Citi Bank Vs Kuehne & Nagal

Citi Bank won the toss & decided to bat first on Jamia Millia ground. The openers Gaurav 42 runs and Shushant 4 runs provided good start as most of the runs for 1st wkt came from the blade of Gaurav who played sensibly to hit the shots with good technique & timing. Sushant who added 40 runs more to his total remained not out, played a patient knock to collect mostly runs in singles along with Diwakar 33 runs had a partnership of 79 runs to take the score to 131 in 20.3 overs. The extra 26 runs came in very handy to reach 152 runs in 25 overs. Cyril was only bowler to contain the opponent, as others were very expensive. Kuehne & Nagel were in deep trouble after they lost their 1st wkt at the score of 15 runs in 3.4 overs, as they kept on losing wkts and were all out for 65 runs in 17.5 overs. Jaspal 15 runs, Satya 11 runs & Ritesh 12 runs could manage to reach double figure but failed to put a big score. Citi Bank tried 4 bowlers and all finished with economical figures as Diwakar took 3 wkts and 2 each were shared by Rakesh, Kaustav & Chetan. The Reebok Man of the Match went to Gaurav Shukla as he played brilliant knock and all the shots executed by him were a treat to watch.

Citi Bank 152 for 2 wkts in 25 overs Shushant Gupta - 44 (72 Balls) (4 x 2) Gaurav Shukla - 42 (31 Balls) (4 x 6) Diwakar Pundir - 33 (35 Balls) (4 x 1) Extras - 26 Cyril Varghese - 4-0-19-1

Kuehne & Nagel 65 all out in 17.5 overs Ritesh Chopra - 12 (17 Balls) (4 x 1) Jaspal Singh - 15 (24 Balls) (4 x 2) Diwakar Pundir - 3.5-0-15-3 Rajesh Raghuvanshi - 4-0-16-2 Kaustav Ganguly - 5-1-23-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Gaurav Shukla (Citi Bank)





ICICI Bank Vs Ericsson

Ericsson won the toss & decided to bat first on Jamia Millia ground. The early loss of 3 wkts for 10 runs in 5.1 overs forced them on back foot. Ramesh 13 runs & Manish 13 runs pushed the total to 39 runs but were soon struggling at 40 for 5 wkts in 11.2 overs. Atul who made 16 runs added 22 runs along with Rajesh 5 runs to have the highest partnership of the inning to reach 78 runs in 20.2 overs. The entire team got out on 82 runs in 21.5 overs. ICICI Bank bowlers maintained the pressure right from the very start as Jitender & Gaurav (2 wkts each) took early wickets whereas Neeraj picked 3 wkts. ICICI Bank chased the total in 14 overs as Jitender 30 runs & Rohit kirola 19 runs not out built partnership of 51 runs for the second wkt to reach 70 runs in 11.2 overs. Shrray 10 runs not out & Rohit helped their side reach the target comfortably & win the game with bonus point and enabled their side to qualify for the knockout stage. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Jitender Diwan for his all round performance.

Ericsson 82 all out in 21.5 overs Atul Dutta - 22 (18 Balls) (4 x 2) Ramesh Maurya - 13 (22 Balls) Neeraj Anand - 3-0-6-3 Jetinder Diwan - 5-2-17-2 Gaurav Marwha - 3-0-10-2

ICICI Bank 83 for 2 wkts in 14 overs Jitender Diwan - 30 (24 Balls) (4 x 2) Rohit Kirola - 19 not out (31 Balls) Extras - 14 Triguna - 2-0-14-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Jitender Diwan (ICICI Bank)





Hutch Vs TCS

TCS on winning the toss decide to field first on CSG-I ground. The opening pair Sumeet 58 runs & Saurabh 50 runs made 109 runs in 12.3 overs, both the batsmen looked in good touch and played sensibly to rotate the strike and take full advantage of the bad deliveries. Deepak 18 runs & Gaurav 25 runs contributed 40 runs for the 4th wkt to reach 207 runs in 25 overs. The bowlers of TCS proved to be very expensive, they did not bowl at right line & length. While chasing the target, TCS kept on losing wkts at regular intervals as such they were bowled out for 132 runs only. Amit took 3 wkts while 2 were taken by Sumeet but all the bowlers tried by Hutch could not keep the check on extra as they gave away 42 runs and one of the highest contribution made by the bowlers in the tournament so far. The Reebok Man of the Match awarded to Sumeet Sehgal for his all round performance.

Hutch 207 for 5 wkts in 25 overs Sumeet Sehgal - 58 (56 Balls) (4 x 7) Saurabh - 50 (34 Balls) (4 x 9) Gaurav Saxena - 31 Not Out (25 Balls) (4 x 4) Aman Arora - 5-0-45-2 Arun Yadav - 5-0-28-1

TCS 132 all out in 24.3 overs Ankit Malhotra - 23 (32 Balls) Pankaj Goel - 21 (31 Balls) (4 x 3) Extras - 42 Amit Verma - 5-0-28-3 Sumeet Sehgal - 5-1-12-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Sumeet Sehgal (Hutch)





Havells Vs HCL Technologies

Havells won the toss and elected to bat first on CSG-I ground. The openers collected 16 runs in 3 overs but 3 wkts fell quickly to restrict them to 42 runs in 9.2 overs. Mohit & Shailender added 49 runs for the 5th wkt to reach 91 runs in 15.4 overs. Shailender who made 62 runs shared another good partnership of 55 runs with Bhushan 11 runs, took the score to 150 runs in 23.2 overs and Sanajy 11 runs helped his side to post a target score of 166 runs in 24.2 overs. The bowlers who did well early in the innings could not maintain the same line as they gave away extra 27 runs. Govind, Abhishek & Sandeep took 2 wkts each for their side. HCL Technologies lost both the openers for no score and were in trouble as they lost 2 more wkts at the score 39 runs in 7.3 overs. Amit 56 & Aditya 51 runs had a good partnership of 72 runs to bring their side back in game. Aditya hammered the bowlers hitting 9 boundaries to get close to the target but was out at 111 runs in 15.4 overs. Amit who carried on to built 2 very useful partnership of 20 & 24 runs to make this game a nail bitter finish as scores were level and HCL required 1 run to win with 3 balls remaining. 2 maiden balls brought more excitement in the match but HCL was lucky to win the match as the wicketkeeper did not gather the throw properly and batsmen completed the winning run on the last ball. Jaideep was the only successful bowler to take 3 wkts as Vikas & Bhushan took 1 each. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Amit Gangal for fine batting as he took the responsibility & played a patient knock to pull out wonderful victory. In the end Amit shared his award with Aditya to add more flair to team sprit.

Havells 166 for 8 wkts in 25 overs

Shailnder Singh - 62 (50 Balls) (4 x 5) Govind Sachan - 5-0-18-2 Abhishek Sharma - 5-0-40-2 Sandeep Goyal - 3-0-30-2

HCL Technologies 167 for 8 wkts in 25 overs Amit Gangal - 56 (64 Balls) (4 x 2) Aditya Kishore - 51 (30 Balls) (4 x 9) Jaideep Chowdhary - 5-0-20-3

Reebok Man of the Match – Amit Gangal (HCL Technologies)





Global Vantedge Vs Kuehne & Nagel

Global Vantedge won the toss and elected bat but lost their 1st wkt on 5 runs in the second over. Girish 29 runs & Sumit 15 runs added 34 runs for the 2nd wkt to push the score to 39 runs in 7 overs and partnership of 24 runs between Gaurav & Hussain 9 runs took the score to 76 runs in 13.1 overs. Hussain who made 62 not out played sensibly, the shot selection was perfect to put on 71 runs partnership with Atul who made 38 runs gave good support scored at faster pace hitting boundaries at will to reach 147 runs in 21.1 overs. Ankit made a useful contribution of 11 runs to contribute 18 runs for 6th wkt with Hussian pushed the score to 165 runs in 23.2 overs. The extra gifted by opponent helped Global Vantedge reach 183 runs in 25 overs. Sarvar & Bijender managed to pick 2 wkt each but all the bowlers were very expensive as they did not bowl according to their field and even the fielding was not up to mark. Kuehne & Nagel lost 3 quick wkt for 24 runs in 5 overs. Vinoth 31 runs not out & Sarvar added 53 runs for the 4th wkts to reach 77 runs in 13 overs as both of them put on good fight to give some hopes to reach the target but last 6 batsmen to follow contributed just 6 runs and entire team got out on 99 runs in 19.4 runs. The 5 penalty runs were added to their total as a fielder of Global Vantedge left the field without informing the umpires. Mohit 4 wkts bowled exceptionally well as Atul 3 wkts & Ankit picking 2 wkts for his side supported him. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Atul Bhardwaj for his all round performance.

Global Vantedge 183 for 6 wkts in 25 overs

Ahmar Hussain - 62 Not Out (55 Balls) (4 x 9) Atul Bhardwaj - 38 (24 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 1) Sarvar Bharti - 5-0-18-2 Bijender Rawat - 5-0-40-2

Kuehne & Nagel 104 all out in 19.4 overs

Vinoth Kumar - 31 Not Out (46 Balls) (4 x 3) Sarvar Bharti - 31 (24 Balls) (4 x 5) Mohit Kumar - 3.4-0-9-4 Atul Bahrdwaj - 5-0-23-3 Ankit Bhatia - 5-1-25-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Atul Bhardwaj (Global Vantedge)





Daksh Vs Dhir Group

Daksh on winning the toss elected to bat on a perfect batting track and the openers Mayur 20 runs & Chandan 19 runs scored 53 runs in 4.3 overs. Mayur who went on to make brilliant 112 runs, smashed bowlers with some good cover drives and hitting 15 boundaries. He put on 109 runs partnership with Manish 23 runs to reach 162 runs in 16.5 overs, most of the contribution came from the blade of Mayur 98 runs. Charanjeet scored 30 runs to take his team to a huge 232 runs in 25 overs. Sunil Kara was the only successful bowler to pick 3 wkts and end up with economical figures while Sandeep took 2 wkts was expensive along with the other bowler tried. While chasing Dhir Group lost 4 wkts quickly on 15 runs in 5.2 overs but with few small partnerships, they reached 43 runs at the loss of 6 wkts in 12.4 overs. Sunil 31 runs put up a brave fight and played some wonderful shots to contribute 34 runs partnership with Sandeep 13 runs to reach 77 runs in 17.3 overs. The bowlers for Daksh kept the pressure on right from the start and Mohit, Vaibhav & Pritiman took 2 wkts each. The Man of the Match was given to Mayur Bora for wonderful century.

Daksh 232 for 6 wkts in 25 overs Mayur Bora - 112 (72 Balls) (4 x 15) (6 x 2) Charanjeet Singh - 30 Not Out (18 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Manish Chowdhary - 23 (28 Balls) (4 x 3) Extras - 31 Sunil Karra - 4-0-29-3 Sandeep Kochar - 5-0-47-2

Dhir Group 92 all out in 21.1 overs Sunil Kara - 31 (32 Balls) (4 x 5) Sandeep Kochar - 13 (18 Balls) (4 x 2) Vaibhav Sharma - 3-1-9-2 Pritiman Sarkar - 4-1-12-2 Mohit Kaushal - 3-0-9-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Mayur Bora (Daksh)





GE Capital Vs Pepsi

Pepsi did not report on Palam - A ground as most of their players had to go for an official meeting outside Delhi. Hence, they were forced to concede a walkover and GE Capital was awarded the match and all the 6 points from their last league match. With these 6 points, GE Capital qualified for the knockout stage of 4th Eventus Cup.





Hewlett Packard Vs Xansa

Xansa on winning the toss invited HP to bat first as they had to win this match with a bonus point to qualify on Palam-B ground. The opening pair Sandeep & Ashish made 32 runs in 6.4 overs but lost 3 quick wkts adding only 31 runs in 12.2 overs to reach 63 runs. Neeraj played a gem of an inning of 43 runs not out along with Gaurav who made 15 runs to add on 33 runs and reach 104 runs in 22 overs while 18 runs extra contribution helped them to finish at 131 runs in 25 overs. Kapil bowled well to pick 4 wkts, as P. C. Pandey managed to take 2 wkts for his side. Xansa had to win this match with a bonus point as they made no other option and it was a do or die situation for them to qualify for the knock out stage. The openers P. C. Pandey & Rajeev put on 30 runs for the 1st wkt and 31 runs partnership by Amit & Rajeev took the score to 71 for the loss of 3 wkts in 12 overs to keep the hopes alive for Xansa. Atul who made 23 runs tried his best to win the game with bonus but had very little support from the lower order batsmen as last 5 of them contributed just 9 runs and in the end team got out for 126 runs in 20 overs. Xansa could only mange to save the bonus point but gave away the 5 match points to HP to qualify for the next round. Sanjeev Sharma bowled exceptionally well to pick 6 wkts to become the Reebok Man of the Match for his superb bowling performance.

Hewlett Packard 131 for 9 wkts in 25 overs Neeraj - 43 (39 Balls) (4 x 5) Sandeep Tickoo - 15 (23 Balls) (4 x 2) Ashish - 14 (22 Balls) (4 x 1) Kapil Chouhan - 5-0-22-4 P. C. Pandey - 5-0-25-2

Xansa 126 all out in 20 overs Amit Wadhwa - 30 (19 Balls) (4 x 4) Rajeev Khanna - 29 (37 Balls) (4 x 3) Atul Gupta - 23 Not Out (16 Balls) (4 x 1) Sanjeev Sharma - 5-0-33-6

Reebok Man of the Match – Sanjeev Sharma (HP)





JRA Vs Vertex

Vertex on winning the toss invited the openers to bat first. JRA lost 2 quick wtks on 16 runs in 3.1 overs. Varun 19 runs & Sameer 29 runs had partnership of 28 runs to reach 44 runs in 8 overs adding 23 runs more to the total they reached 67 runs in 12.4 overs. Rangnathan 18 runs & Sameer put on another 23 for the 5th wkt to reach 90 runs in 16.1 over. The last 5 batsmen failed to get to double figure mark as the entire team got out on 115 runs in 21.3 overs. Vertex bowler bowled good line & length to contain the opponent as Gaurav picked 4 wkts and five bowlers picking 1 wkts each. Varun is the youngest member of JRA squad, schoolboy took on the challenge to open the innings for his side and played with lot of authority. He took the field as Vertex showed sportsmanship to allow him to play. In this match both father (D. Ranganathan) and son (Varun) played. While chasing the score, Vertex were in trouble as they lost 2 wkts for 6 runs but Jatin 47 runs & Pankaj 32 runs made it safe for their side to win this game in 12.4 overs as both the batsmen played some clean hits to the fence. The Man of the Match was awarded to Gaurav Kr. Singh for his fine bowling performance.

JRA 115 all out in 21.3 overs Sameer Malik - 29 (47 Balls) (4 x 2) Varun - 19 (21 Balls) (4 x 3) D. Rangnathan - 18 (15 Balls) (4 x 3) Extras - 28 Gaurav Kr. Singh - 5-0-24-4

Vertex 119 for 4 wkts in 12.4 overs Jatin Arora - 47 (36 Balls) (4 x 7) Pankaj Ahuja - 32 (15 Balls) (4 x 6) Rohan Kapoor - 19 Not Out (16 Balls) (4 x 2) Rangnathan - 2-0-14-1 Sunny Mehra - 4-0-37-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Gaurav Kr. Singh (Vertex)





KLM Vs William E-Connor

William E-Connor won the toss and elected to field. KLM lost the 1st wkt on 3 runs but Vishal & Mahesh had partnership 42 runs to reach 45 runs in 8 overs. Raminder & Manish built another useful partnership of 41 runs to take the score to 107 runs in 15.4 overs as they rotated the strike very well. Sameer & Dheeraj carried the innings further as they contributed 27 runs for the 6th wkt to reach 148 runs in 21.3 overs. KLM managed to post total of 177 runs but got out in 24.5 overs. Abhishek picked 4 wkts & Prakash took 3 wkts but the other bowlers proved to be expensive as they failed to bowl right line. While chasing the target, they got off to a good start as Manish & Sumit put on 41 runs for the 1st wkt. Bowlers of KLM came back strongly to dismiss the entire team on 98 runs in 17.3 overs as eight batsmen made only 24 runs, threw their wkts while attempting rash shots. Mahesh was the most successful bowler as he picked 6 wkts with economical figure to take away the Reebok Man of the Match award.

KLM 177 all out in 24.5 overs Vishal Asthana - 29 (35 Balls) (4 x 5) Manish Kr. - 28 (15 Balls) (4 x 4) Mahesh Sharma - 26 (20 Balls) (4 x 5) Sameer Sharma - 26 (20 Balls) (4 x 3) Abhishek Chawla - 4.5-0-44-4 Chandra Prkash - 5-0-31-3

William E-Connor 98 all out in 17.3 overs Sumit Roy - 23 (22 Balls) (4 x 3) Manish Sharma - 17 (19 Balls) (4 x 4) Abhishek Chawla - 14 (12 Balls) (4 x 2) Extras - 20 Mahesh Sharma - 4.3-0-23-6

Reebok Man of the Match – Mahesh Sharma (KLM)





Reebok Vs Royal Stag

Reebok on winning the toss elected to bat but lost both the openers cheaply at the score of 15 runs on board in 5.5 overs. Ritesh 49 runs & Abhilash 75 runs shared highest partnership of 130 runs of the tournament so far. They took the responsibility on them rotated the strike, picked the gaps to score in singles & doubles to consolidate the innings and cashed on the bad deliveries to reach 145 in 19.1 overs. Abhilash scored a brilliant century 101 runs not out by hitting a boundary on the very last ball of the inning. He showed tremendous amount of patient and paced his knock very sensibly hitting 13 boundaries and a six in just 61 balls. He pushed the score further along with G. P. Singh 35 runs to reach 213 runs in 25 overs. Royal Stag lost 3 quick wkts for just 33 runs in 6 overs but 33 run partnership between Shiv 22 runs & Parminder 11 pushed the score to 66 runs in 11.3 overs. Parminder & Kartik 23 runs added 37 runs a useful partnership to reach 103 in 17.3 overs. Ranjan 21 runs not out played a good knock to push the score 123 runs in 20.2 overs while Deepak made 15 runs to get close to target and finish scoring 156 in 25 overs. Ritesh was the most successful bowler to pick 4 wkts for his side. The Man of the Match was awarded to Abhilash (veteran cricketer) for scoring an unbeaten century.

Reebok 213 for 4 wkts in 25 overs Abhilash Chopra - 101 (61 Balls) (4 x 13) (6 x 2) Ritesh Saxena - 49 (46 Balls) (4 x 5) G. P. Singh - 35 (28 Balls) (4 x 3) Deepak Basantani - 4-0-27-1

Royal Stag 156 for 8 wkts in 25 overs Shiv Shankar - 39 (35 Balls) (4 x 5) Kartik Mahindra - 23 (22 Balls) (4 x 4) Parminder Singh - 25 (31 Balls) (4 x 2) Ranjan Das - 21 Not Out (26 balls) (4 x 1) Ritesh Saxena - 4-0-26-4 Vishnu Bhagat - 5-0-29-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Abhilash Chopra (Reebok)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 League Match - 60 Vertex Vs HECL

HECL on wining the toss opted to field first on Palam-B ground. Vertex got of to a good start as openers Sushnat & Rohit had partnership of 31 runs in 5 overs after losing few quick wkts they reached the score of 93 runs in 15.2 overs. In spite of wkts falling at regular intervals Vertex maintained the average of 6 runs per and Virender who came to bat at no 6 made 39 runs to built partnership of 44 runs for the 7th wkt with Gaurav (14 runs) & took the score to 137 runs in 20.1 overs. Vertex who look to post a huge total were contained by HECL bowlers in the end as they restricted them to 149 runs in 22.1 overs and could not manage to play full 25 overs. Laxman & Murthy took 3 wkts each as Ranjan picked 2 wkts. This was very crucial match for both the team as Vertex had to win this with bonus and HECL just had to save the bonus point to qualify for the next round. HECL right from the start played for the bonus point only, they had to cross the magic figure of 117 runs to get the bonus point. Ranjan & Vineet gave a good start as they made 34 runs of the 1st wkt adding few more after losing 2 wkts they reached 88 runs in 16.2 overs. Gopal & Dharmender made useful contribution as the score move to 106 runs in 21.2 overs. At this stage HECL were placed very comfortably but Jiten who was introduced into attack changed the complexion of game by taking 3 wkts. The game went to the last over for the result, last pair was on the crease and 1 run was required of the last ball. Match could have gone either way but in the end HECL were able to score 1 run due to miss field as the ball went straight to fielder but the tense situation and pressure forced him to make an error. Vertex did win the match but had to exit from the tournament after putting up a great show. The Man of the Match award was given to Virendra Sapra for his wonderful batting.

Vertex 149 all out in 22.1 overs

Virendra Sapra - 39 (33 Balls) (4 x 3) Rohit Peter - 21 (15 Balls) (4 x 4) Sushant Khullar - 17 (22 Balls) (4 x 2) Laxman Bisht - 1.1-0-7-3 Murthy Sharma - 5-0-22-3 Ranjan Berry - 5-0-26-2

HECL

118 for 9 wkts in 25 overs

Vineet Chopra - 26 (34 Balls) (4 x 4) Ranjan Berry - 21 (20 Balls) (4 x 5) Dharmender Singh - 20 (27 Balls) Jiten Sahni - 2-1-5-3 Rohan Kapoor - 5-0-23-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Virendra Sapra (Vertex)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 Knockout Match – 1

E-funds (13) Vs Airtel (20)

E-Funds on winning the toss decided to bat first. Batsmen went after the bowlers to score a huge total of 205 runs. Hardeep (70), Rishi (27), Parminder (46) and Ajay (32) contributed with good batting performance while Shivakumar was the only bowler to impress for Airtel. In reply Ashish (30) and Vishesh (48) were the only significant run getters and enabled their side to score 144 runs. E-Funds won the match with 61 runs to march into the pre-quarter finals of the tournament. The Reebok Man of the Match went to Hardeep Singh for his all round performance.

E-Funds 205 for 5 wkts in 25 overs Hardeep Singh - 70 (61 Balls) (4 x 7) (6 x1) Parminder Negi - 46 (30 Balls) (4 x 5) Ajay Bhandari - 32 (17 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 1) H Sivakumar - 5-1-34-2

Airtel 144 for 8 wkts in 25 overs Vishesh Khanna - 48 (38 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 2) Ashish Khurana - 30 (47 Balls) (4 x 2) Bhupinder Singh - 4-0-27-2 Robin Atray - 4-0-28-2 Hardeep Singh - 3-0-15-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Hardeep Singh (E-Funds)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 Knockout Match - 2

Reebok (14) Vs HECL (19)

Reebok won the toss and decided to bat on Palam-B ground. Ranjit bowled fastest ball of the tournament that cut in sharply to disturb the furniture of Kunal Rekhi before his bat could come down. The best batsman of last year in this tournament scored 3rd consective duck this year. 2nd wicket fell in the 4th over and Abhilash walked in when his team was in dire strait. Vikas & Abhilash shared partnership of 66 runs in 8.4 overs to bring them back on track. Abhilash played with caution earlier but opened up in the middle of innings and then played the part of rotating strike while Dinesh was striking the ball well. From 83 for 2 from 12 overs, Reebok was 119 for 5 after 19 overs. In came Dinesh Tomar to play a gem of an inning and both of them shared unbroken partnership of 66 runs in the last 6 overs. Writing was on the wall when Dinesh dismissed 3 top order batsmen and HECL were struggling at 67 for 4 at drinks. Murthy was the only batsman to put some resistance and scored 49 runs. Abhilash & Vishnu took 3 & 2 wkts respectively to bowl out HECL for 143 runs. Though Abhilash performed well with bat and ball but Dinesh Tomar was adjudged Reebok Man of the Match for his gutsy knock and 3 early wickets.

Reebok 185 for 6 wickets in 25 overs Abhilash Chopra - 78 Not Out (67 Balls) (4x9) Dinesh Tomar - 38 Not Out (22 Balls) (4x6) Vikas Narula - 32 (27 Balls) (4x4) Murthy Sarma - 5-0-27-3

HECL 143 all out 24.2 overs Murthy Sarma - 49 (34 Balls) (4x4) Vineet - 21 (31 Balls) (4x2) Dinesh Tomar - 5-0-17-3 Abhilash Chopra - 5-0-35-3 Vishnu Bhagat - 5-0-28-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Dinesh Tomar (Reebok)





Global Vantedge (15) Vs HCL Technologies (18)

Put into bat by HCL technologies, Global Vantedge started off badly to lose 3 wkts for 35 runs in 10 overs. Atul and Sumit shared partnership of 43 runs to bring their side back in match. The later order batsmen did not apply themselves and could score only 128 runs. HCL Technologies for a change bowled and fielded well to concede only 16 extra runs. Amit Handoo was pick of the bowler for HCL as he claimed 3 wkts including the wicket of dangerous looking Atul. HCL lost their star batsman, Yogesh for 3 runs but Samir & Amit shared 40 runs for 2nd wkt and then 60 runs were added for the 3rd wkt between Samir and Sandeep to win the match. This was the only upset in the knockout stage where team ranked 18th defeated team ranked 15th. Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Sandeep Goyal for his unbeaten & match winning knock of 49 runs.

Global Vantedge 128 for 9 wkts in 25 overs Atul Bhardwaj - 36 (36 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x1) Sumit Sangal - 16 (29 Balls) Amit Handoo - 5-0-30-3 Ravi Negi - 5-0-17-2

HCL Technologies 129 for 5 wkts in 22.1 overs Sandeep Goyal - 49 Not Out (33 Balls) (4 x 7) (6 x 1) Samir Kapoor - 30 (52 Balls) (4 x 1) Atul Bhardwaj - 5-0-13-2 Girish Chug - 5-0-26-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Sandeep Goyal (HCL Tech.)





Delphi Auto (16) Vs Hutch (17)

Hutch won the toss and decided to field on Palam –B ground. Rajneesh bowled well take 2 early wkts and Delphi was struggling at 37 for 3. 50 runs partnership between Manish and Neeraj Mathur brought them back but Hutch fought well to reduce Delphi 129 for 8 after 20 overs. Sanjay Rathore (28 not out) played gem of an inning to take the team total to 172 runs. Hutch were themselves to blame as they conceded 28 runs as a result of misfielding, dropped 3 catches and missed a stumping chance. Sanjay Mittal with his slow off spin demolished the middle order to take 4 wkts. Hutch started off well to reach 35 runs in 3.4 overs but was struggling at 61 for 5 as Atul Dhyani took 3 wkts. Later Amit also took 3 wkts with his left arm spin and Hutch was bowled out for 121 runs. Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Sanjay Rathore of Delphi for his gutsy knock, 2 catches & 1 direct hit run out.

Delphi Auto 172 for 9 wickets in 25 overs Manish Sharma - 37 (35 Balls) (4 x 6) Neeraj Mathur - 29 (28 Balls) (4 x 3) Sanjay Rathore - 28 not out (19 Balls) (4 x 1) Sanjay Mittal - 5-0-28-4 Rajneesh Singh - 5-0-27-2

HUTCH 124 all out in 23.2 overs Rohan Kumar - 21 not out (21 Balls) (4x1) Deepak Pandit - 21 (20 Balls) (4x2) Sumeet Sehgal - 18 (14 Balls) (4x3) Atul Dhyani - 5-1-15-3 Amit Sareen - 4-0-15-3

Reebok Man of the Match – Sanjay Rathore (Delphi)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 Pre-quarter final Match – 1

EXL Service (1) Vs Delphi Auto (16)

On winning the toss EXL decided to bat on Palam –A ground. EXL were scoring runs but lost wkts at regular interval. They were 51 runs for 3 wkts after 10 overs when Gaurav & Kunal come together to smash Delphi bowlers, they collected 89 runs for the 4th wkt in 11 overs. At the fall of both these batsmen, Delphi came back strongly to restrict them to 164 runs. Abrham & Neeraj took 2 wkts each but Neeraj was more expensive. Delphi got off to great start as 19 runs came for the 1st over but soon Himanshu got rid of dangerous looking Abraham. Delphi kept the score board moving with small partnerships, they made 32 runs for the 1st wkts & 34 runs for the 2nd wkt while 44 runs came for the 3rd wkt between Neeraj & Manish. This partnership was broken due to unnecessary run out. Delphi required 55 runs from 10 overs. Neeraj Mathur took the entire responsibility on his shoulders & played a very calculated & matured knock to win the game for his side with 1.1 overs to spare. Neeraj knock was a lesson for both the teams as to how a target should be achieved without taking undue risk. Amit Rawat was the only bowler to impress as he gave away only 11 runs in his 5 overs to claim 2 wkts. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Neeraj for his match winning and unbeaten knock of 43 runs.

EXL Services 164 for 7 wkts in 25 overs Gaurav Malik - 48 (37 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x1) Kunal Punj - 47 (45 Balls (4 x 4) Himanshu Anand - 23 (30 Balls) (4 x 3) Abraham joseph - 5-0-29-2 Neeraj Mathur - 5-0-39-2

Delphi 167 for 6 wkts in 23.5 overs Neeraj Mathur - 43 Not Out (46 Balls) (4 x 4) Manish Sharma - 40 (36 Balls) (4 x 4) Abraham Joseph - 23 (12 Balls) (4 x 5) Amit Rawat - 5-1-11-2 Gregory Saldhana - 5-0-31-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Neeraj Mathur (Delphi)





Hero Honda (2) Vs HCL Technologies (15)

Hero Honda won the toss & decided to bat on Palam-A ground. After a decent start of 28 runs for the 1st wkt between J.Ganguly & Satish, wickets started to fall at regular intervals. The highest individual score was 14 runs as four batsmen scored 14 runs & even extra conceded were 14 runs. HCL Tech. fielded superbly to save 17 runs in this match and also initiated 2 run out to restrict Hero Honda to just 109 runs in 25 overs. HCL Tech. thought it would be easy victory for them but Hero Honda bowlers came back strongly to take 5 wkts for 49 runs. Abhishek who had won matches with his bowling earlier played a responsible knock of 21 runs & share a partnership of 31 runs for the 8th wkt. Bhaskar forced Abhishek to play lofted shot & Sanjeev took a great catch at logon. At this stage HCL required 19 runs from 5 overs with 2 wkts in hand, 9th wkt fell at 108 runs but the last batsmen lofted the ball over the cover region to win the match & enter the Quarterfinals. The Reebok Man of the Match went to Abhishek Sarda for his match winning performance & to score highest individual score of 21 runs.

Hero Honda 109 for 8 wkts in 25 overs D.S. Dogra - 14 (15 Balls) (6 x 2) Sanjeev Sharma - 14 Not Out (17 Balls (4 x 1) J. Ganguly - 14 (18 Balls) (4 x 1) Ravi Negi - 4-0-13-2 Samir Kapoor - 5-0-18-2

HCL Technologies 112 for 9 wkts in 21.3 overs Abhishek Sarda - 21 (23 Balls) (4 x 2) Aditya Kishore - 16 (16 Balls) (4 x 3) Extras - 21 Sanjeev Sharma - 5-1-24-3 Khazan Singh - 5-1-21-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Abhishek Sarda (HCL Tech.)





Airports Authority of India (3) Vs Reebok (14)

Reebok won the toss & elected to bat at Palam-A ground. Reebok got a good start for the first time in this tournament as Sanjay & Kunal collected 49 runs for the 1st wkt. AAI did not allow batsmen to score freely & soon 3 wkts fell for 73 runs after 14 overs. Abhilash & Ritesh shared partnership of 37 runs for the 4th wkt to take the score to 110 in 20.2 overs. In came Dinesh and he shared partnership of 53 runs with injured Abhilash in 4.4 overs to take the match & momentum away from AAI. Dinesh hammered 21 runs of the last over of the innings. AAI came back strongly to score 51 runs for the 1st wkt & were looking dangerous. Vishnu Bhagat who himself brought into attack produced a magic spell to break the opening partnership & change the complexion of the game as he bowled top 4 batsmen with his beautiful in-swingers. It was a coincidence that all the batsmen were bowled and every time their leg stump was uprooted. Pritam was only one to reach double figure mark as rest failed to put on big score to lose the match with 54 runs as entire team was bowled out on 109 runs. Though Dinesh played a gem of an innings of 37 not out runs but the Man of the Match was awarded to Vishnu Bhagat for his devastating spell.

Reebok 163 for 4 wkts in 25 overs Dinesh Tomar - 37 Not Out (18 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 2) Abhilash Chopra - 31 Not Out (24 Balls (4 x 4) Sanjay Arora - 31 (34 Balls) Ritesh Saxena - 20 (24 Balls)

AAI 109 all out in 21.3 overs Deepak Kumar - 35 (44 Balls) (4 x 2) Pritam Singh - 20 (29 Balls) (4 x 1) Rajiv Gupta - 19 (26 Balls) (4 x 1) Vishnu Bhagat - 5-0-20-4 Sandeep Mathur - 4-0-19-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Vishnu Bhagat (Reebok)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 Pre-quarter Final Match - 4

GE Capital (4) Vs E-Funds (13)

E-Funds made a wrong call of batting first on winning the toss on Palam-B ground as moisture was there on the wicket. Kartik bowled on a beauty of a delivery to dismiss Hardeep, which came in with the swing but changed its line after pitching and Hardeep was bowled while playing a defensive shot. Vikas & Rishi took the score to 49 and were well placed at 74 after 13 overs. Run rate came down with the introduction of spin and E-funds were 114 after 21 overs. Ajay & Bhupinder made 28 runs in the last to overs to take the score to 156. Ajay Shoukeen & Joginder laid the foundation of victory with 60 runs opening wkt partnership. Manmohan who scored quick-fire 53 runs to take the match away from E-funds capitalized this foundation to the maximum. Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Manmohan Gosain for not only scoring only half century of the match but he also took 3 catches behind the stumps in addition to a stump as well.

E-Funds 156 for 6 wickets in 25 overs Amit Mishra - 31 (32 Balls) (4x1) (6x1) Vikas Sharma - 21 (24 Balls) (4x3) Ajay Bhandari - 19 Not Out (11 Balls) (4x3) Joginder Sehgal - 5-0-22-2 Gaurav Sehgal - 5-1-27-1 S. Karthikeyan - 5-0-27-1

GE Capital 157 for 3 in 22.5 overs Manmohan Gosain - 53 Not Out (42 Balls) (4x5) (6x1) Joginder Saighal - 40 (46 Balls) (4x2) Ajay Shaukeen - 36 (31 Balls) (4x6) Ajay Bhandari - 4-0-19-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Manmohan Gosain (GE Capital)





NIIT (5) Vs KLM Cargo (12)

NIIT decided to bat on winning the toss but lost Ashish Prasad in the very first over. Abhishek & Prashant added 43 runs for the 2nd wicket but wkts started to fell at regular interval as Anand (3 wkts) and Dheeraj (4 wkts) demolished the middle order. Kapil Gupta was the only batsman to put some resistance and NIIT was bowled out for 127 runs in 24.3 overs. KLM also lost an early wkt but 20 runs came from the 2nd wkt, 22 from 3rd wkt and they were well placed at 99 for 5 after 18 overs. Hemant held a good catch to dismiss well settled Sameer for the match to take another turn. Kapil Madhok kept on fighting and scored runs despite wkts falling at other end. 20 runs were required from last 5 overs but Kapil Madhok made 14 in 2 overs. KLM now required 6 runs from 3 overs with 3 wkts in hand. Kapil Gupta forcibly took the ball from his captain and conceded 1 run to Kapil Madhok and dismissed other batsman. In 24th over also Kapil Madhok was given 1 run and other batsman was dismissed. In the last over of the game, Kapil Madhok was on strike and Kapil Gupta was ready to bowl. 4 runs were required for KLM to win whereas NIIT required 1 wkt to win. Kapil Madhok hit the ball hard but straight to the fielder and could get only 1 run but on the second ball Anand Rawat was caught right in front of the wicket to be declared out LBW. As such NIIT won an exciting match by 2 runs to enter the quarterfinals. Kapil Gupta was declared Reebok Man of the Match while both the teams applauded efforts of Kapil Madhok.

NIIT 127 all out in 24.3 overs Abhishek Wason - 29 (41 Balls) Kapil Gupta - 22 (20 Balls) (4 x 2) Prashant Nambiar - 21 (22 Balls) (4 x 3) Dheeraj Sharma - 3.3-0-9-4 Anand Rawat - 5-0-21-3

KLM 125 all out in 24.2 overs Kapil Madhok - 27 Not Out (28 Balls) (4 x 2) Balbir Singh - 27 (37 Balls) (4 x 3) Sameer Sharma - 25 (23 Balls) (4 x 3) Saurabh Sapra - 3-0-10-2 Kapil Gupta - 3.2-0-17-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Kapil Gupta (NIIT)





Daksh (6) Vs Citi Financial (11)

Electing to bat on CSG-I ground, Daksh started off badly losing both their openers for 21 runs in 4.1 overs. Mohit Wadhera & Mohit Kaushal took the score to 44 but soon both were dismissed too. Middle order collapsed & Daksh were struggling at 87 for 8 when Charanjeet Bedi shared 27 runs partnership with Pritiman to reach 114 runs in 18.4 overs. Rakesh and Sumit were responsible for destroying Daksh as they shared 3 wkts each among themselves. Writing was on the wall for Daksh but they came back strongly as Mohit Kaushal removed 4 top order batsmen to make a huge comeback in this match. Citi Financial were struggling at 30 for 5 but Atul & Nitin shared 29 runs for the 6th wkt. Both these batsmen were dismissed & now Citi Financial were 59 for 7 after 16 overs. Vaibhav & Sumit shared 18 runs for the 8th wkt and Vaibhav added another 22 runs with Vishal for the 9th wkt to reach 99 runs. Chandan provided the vital wkt of Vaibhav to win this match by 7 runs. Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Mohit Kaushal for his brilliant spell.

Daksh 114 all out in 18.4 overs Mohit Vadhera - 27 (20 Balls) (4 x 5) C.S. Bedi - 23 (13 Balls (4 x 2) (6 x 1) Extras - 20 Rakesh Makkar - 4-0-30-3 Sumit Chander - 5-0-31-3

Citi Financial 106 all out in 24.4 overs Vaibhav Gupta - 24 (31 Balls) (4 x 2) Atul Dixit - 23 (31 Balls) (4 x 3) Mohit Kaushal - 5-0-26-4

Reebok Man of the Match – Mohit Kaushal (Daksh)





ICICI Bank (7) Vs FCS Software Ltd. (10)

FCS Software won the crucial toss & decided to field, as there was moisture on the wkt due to the dew. ICICI Bank lost Vikas in the very first over but Jetinder Diwan & Sanjeev put on 29 runs for the 2nd wkt. The score was 41 for 3 when Vinay Yadav was brought in the attack. He took his second hat trick of the tournament with his first 3 deliveries of his first over. ICICI Bank was 56 for 7 but Amit Sahni (24 not out) brought some respectability to the total as he managed to cross 3-figure mark. It was not a cakewalk for FCS Software, they had to fight for every run as ICICI Bank fielded and bowled well. Batsmen of FCS Software played with caution and built small partnerships to reach the target score with 2.2 overs to spare. Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Vinay Yadav for his great spell and 2nd hat trick of the tournament.

ICICI Bank 119 all out in 22.5 overs Manik Kumar - 27 (33 Balls) (4 x 3) Amit Sahni - 24 Not Out (21 Balls) (4 x 3) Extras - 27 Vinay Yadav - 5-0-20-4 Rajeev Trehan - 5-1-14-2

FCS Software 123 for 4 wkts in 22.4 overs Parak Kapoor - 28 (43 Balls) (4 x 1) Mohan Kumar - 27 Not Out (20 Balls) (4 x 4) Rajeev Trehan - 26 (30 Balls) (4 x 3) Jitender Diwan - 5-1-18-1 Amit Sahni - 5-1-23-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Vinay Yadav (FCS Software)





Hughes Software (8) Vs Hewlett Packard (9)

HP won the toss & elected to field first at Palam-A ground. They got their first reward in 6th over & second in 9th over. In came Ashish Mishra played a responsible innings of 55 runs, he held the innings together as wkts kept falling at the other end as he came in to bat in the 9th over & was out in the last over. Vivek & Rakesh managed to pick 3 & 2 wkts respectively but proved very expensive. While chasing the target of 147 runs HP started off well to share opening partnership of 53 runs in 9.3 overs between Sandeep & Vishal. HSS came back strongly to take 6 wkts & hence HP was struggling at 103 for loss of 6 wkts after 20 overs. HP required 42 runs from 30 balls, 35 from 24, 25 runs of 18, 15 runs from 12 & 2 runs from 6 deliveries. Eventually HP won the match with 4 balls to spare. This was due to great team effort & brilliant knock by Sandeep Tickoo who enabled their side to pull off a fantastic victory & enter Quarterfinals for the first time in this tournament. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Sandeep Tickoo for his excellent batting performance.

Hughes Software 146 all out in 25 overs Ashish Mishra - 55 (46 Balls) (4 x 4) Tarun Makkar - 17 (21 Balls (4 x 1) Vivek Divedi - 5-0-36-3 Rakesh Choudhary - 5-0-39-2

HP 147 for 8 wkts in 24.2 overs Sandeep Tickoo - 63 (64 Balls) (4 x 10) Vishal Arya - 21 (24 Balls) (4 x 2) Extras - 21 Amit Khullar - 4-0-31-3 Tarun Makkar - 4.2-0-16-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Sandeep Tickoo (HP)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 Quarter-Final-1

HCL Technologies Vs FCS Software

HCL on winning the toss invited FCS to bat first on AAI ground. The decision proved to be right one as they lost wicket on the first ball of the match. Bowlers took advantage of early morning due and picked 2 quick wkts when 2 runs were on the board. Rajeev Trehan who made 25 runs pushed the score to 30 runs while wkts kept falling at regular intervals. Taral 29 runs & Karan 17 not out shared a vital partnership of 34 runs for the 8th wkt and enabled FCS Software to post 95 runs in 22 overs. This match was reduced to 22 overs a side due to the dense fog that got cleared around 10.00 a.m. Yogesh Mehra bowled a superb spell to pick 4 wkts, he was responsible for collapse of entire middle order of FCS and restricted them to a modest total. Govind & Amit gave him good support as they claimed 2 wkts each. While chasing the target, opening pair of Yogesh (31 runs) & Samir (24 runs) made 57 runs while playing aggressive but sensible cricket. They punished the bad deliveries and rotated the strike well by taking singles. Sandeep who made 16 runs not out helped his side to reach the target score in 14.3 overs and secure their place in Semi-finals. Team combination is doing wonders for HCL Technologies as the team ranked 18th has reached among the top four. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Yogesh Mehra for his all round performance.

FCS Software 95 for 9 wkts in 22 overs

Taral Vaidaya - 29 (40 Balls) (4 x 3) Rajeev Trehan - 25 (26 Balls) (4 x 5) Karan Trehan - 17 Not Out (33 Balls) (4 x 1) Yogesh Mehra - 5-1-13-4 Govind Sachan - 4-0-20-2 Amit Gangal - 2-0-12-2

HCL Tech. 96 for 3 in 14.3 overs

Yogesh Mehra - 31 (25 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Samir Kapoor - 24 (32 Balls) (4 x 3) Sandeep Goyal - 16 Not Out (13 Balls) (4 x 3) Vinay Yadav - 5-0-30-1 Arun Choudhary - 2-0-11-1

Reebok Man of the Match – Yogesh Mehra (HCL Tech.)





Delphi Vs Hewlett Packard Delphi on winning the toss decided to bat first on AAI ground. The early loss of 1st wkt at 10 runs did not made them panic as Abraham 81 runs not out & Manish 77 runs set the turf on fire to build the massive partnership of 137 runs for the 2nd wkt and help their side to post huge total of 188 runs in 25 overs. Abraham in particular played a gem of an inning, collected his runs through singles & doubles, hammered the bowlers on the bad deliveries, stayed at the wkts till the end and also helped his partner Manish to put on a good score as he too played some wonderful shots and did not miss out on every opportunity to pick runs which were available in singles & doubles. Vivek was the only successful bowler to pick 2 wkts, as all other proved very expensive. HP while chasing lost 2 quick wkts but Brijesh 24 runs & Sunil 14 runs put on 43 runs partnership to reach 53 runs in 8.1 overs. Sandeep (32 runs) shared 2 vital partnerships of 21 runs for 4th wkt & 30 runs for 5th wkt with Vishal who made 20 runs to reach 109 runs in 18.2 overs. Amit kept the hope alive for HP as he made quick 30 runs in just 15 deliveries to contribute 43 runs for the 7th wkt and get close to the target. HP scored 152 runs in 22 overs requiring 36 runs off 3 overs. Amit along with Gaurav collected 11 runs in 23rd over to reach 163 runs but Amit who looked dangerous was bowled by Manish and HP was all out at 172 runs falling 16 runs short of the target. Manish was the most impressive of the bowler as he took 3 wkts and 2 each were taken by Atul, Amit & Vivek but 29 extra runs given away helped opponents come

close to target as they can be match deciding factor and Delphi needs to keep check on extras to make it to the finals. It was a difficult decision to choose the Man of the Match between Abraham (81 n.o.) and Manish (77 runs & 3 for 28) but Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Abraham Joseph for his wonderful batting performance and carrying his bat through the inning. Age factor was also taken into consideration.

Delphi 188 for 3 wkts in 25 overs

Abraham Joseph - 81 Not Out (63 Balls) (4 x 7) (6 x 1) Manish Sharma - 77 (69 Balls) (4 x 7) (6 x 2) Vivek Dwivedi - 5-0-47-2

HP 172 all out in 24.5 overs

Sandeep Tickoo - 32 (41 Balls) (4 x 2) Amit Bhatiya - 30 (15 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 1) Brijesh Oberoi - 24 (22 Balls) (4 x 4) Extras - 29 Manish Sharma - 4.5-0-28-3 Amit Sareen - 5-0-21-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Abraham Joseph (Delphi)





GE Capital Vs NIIT

GE on winning the toss elected to bat first on palam ground. NIIT did not make use of the wrong decision taken by GE to bat while the wicket had moisture. The ball was moving but their bowlers gave too many wides in the initial overs to let GE off the hook. After losing the 1st wkt early, Ajay (30) & Nitin (21) consolidated the inning to share partnership of 69 runs to reach 80 runs in 11.4 overs. Adding 13 runs more runs to the total GE lost 2 wkts and were 93 runs in 14.1 overs. Manmohan who made 39 runs played a patient knock to contribute 37 runs for the 5th wkt along with Sharat (17) to reach 130 runs at the end of 20th over. GE kept losing wkts at regular intervals but small partnerships helped them to post a total of 176 runs while 36 extra runs conceded by NIIT came in as bonus runs to put on decent target. Kapil was the most successful bowler to pick 4 wkts as rest all were very expensive and failed to make much impact in crucial match. NIIT while chasing the target started of well to put on 29 runs for the 1st wkt. Abhishek 41 runs & Prashant 36 runs kept the hope alive for their side as they were picking runs in single & doubles to push the score, adding 77 runs for the 2nd wkt to reach 106 runs in 17.1 overs. GE bowlers came back strongly to remove 4 quick wkts and apply break on flow of runs to restrict opponents to 158 runs in 25 overs to reach the Semi-Final. NIIT middle order batsman failed to sustain the pressure as at half way mark they were ahead of GE while they had lost just 1 wkt. Manmohan bowled very well to pick 3 wkts while Prakhar & Gaurav shared 1wkt each. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Manmohan Gusain for his all round performance.

GE Capital 176 for 9 wkts in 25 overs Manmohan Gusain - 39 (35 Balls) (4 x 4) Ajay Shokeen - 30 (32 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 1) Nitin Ruhela - 21 (39 Balls) (4 x 2) Kapil Gupta - 5-0-33-4 Hemant Nayar - 5-0-22-1

NIIT 158 for 7 wkts in 25 overs Abhishek Wason - 41 (60 Balls) (4 x 1) Prashant Nambiar - 36 (34 Balls) (4 x 3) Manmohan Gusain - 3-0-21-3

Reebok Man of the Match – Manmohan Gusain (GE Capital)





Daksh Vs Reebok

Daksh on winning the toss elected to bat on palam ground and posted a massive total of 242 runs in 25 overs for no loss, both the openers Mayur Bora 117 not out & Mohit Vadhera 110 not out blazed the turf to create history in the corporate cricket. The batting was at its best as both of them ran hard between the wkts to pick single & doubles at will and played some sensational shot to every corner of the ground. They were simply unstoppable as they rotated the strike to support each other while executing shots with ease to get firm grip on the match. The huge total was piled due to some pathetic & poor fielding by their opponents as they gave away 80 runs due to miss fielding and so often singles were converted in doubles and doubles into 3 runs. Reebok while chasing the target made 39 runs for the loss of 2 wkts but 52 runs partnership came for the 3rd wkt as Dinesh 56 runs & Abhilash 15 took the sore to 91 runs 9.4 overs scoring nearly at the average of 10 runs per over. Once both these batsmen got out in the 11.2 overs the entire team fell like pack of cards in 13.4 overs to lose the match by 139 runs. Daksh marched into the Semi-Final with lot of confidence. The Reebok Man of the Match was difficult pick as both the openers played gem of an innings but Mohit Vadhera who later went on to pick 5 wkts conceding just 6 runs in 1.4 over made the task easy to take the award for his all round performance. Though between the two, Mayur Bora played a better knock.

Daksh 242 for no loss in 25 overs Mayur Bora - 117 Not Out (76 Balls) (4 x 14) (6 x 1) Mohit Vadhera - 110 Not Out (76 Balls) (4 x 12) (5 x 1)

Reebok 103 all out in 13.4 overs Dinesh Tomar - 56 (42 Balls) (4 x 7) Abhilash Chopra - 15 (12 Balls) (4 x 3) Extras - 21 Mohit Vadhera - 1.4-0-6-5 Mohit Kaushal - 4-1-22-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Mohit Vadhera (Daksh)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 Semi-Final-1

Delphi Vs GE Capital

Delphi won the toss & invited GE Capital to bat first in their Semi-Final match played at palam ground. The openers made 15 runs and adding 13 runs to the total they lost 2nd wkt for 28 runs on the board. Prakhar 27 runs & Sharat 24 added 26 runs for the 4th wkt to push the score to 71 runs in 14.2 overs. Sharat later made some useful contribution for the 6th wkt to take the score to 95 runs in 17.4 overs. Delphi bowlers did wonderful job, as they never allowed any batsmen to settle down and picked wickets frequently to bowl out GE for modest total 121 runs in 25 overs. Manish was the pick of the bowlers taking 3 wkts while Amit & Abraham took 2 wkts each. Delphi collected 45 runs in 6.4 overs as Abraham 36 made most of the runs sharing partnership of 26 & 19 runs. Neeraj 10 runs & Amit 5 runs added 18 to the total to reach 63 runs in 12 overs. GE bowlers managed to pick 3 quick wkts for just 6 runs to come back strongly in the game but Amit 28 not out stood in their way to bring 2 vital partnership of 19 runs for the 5th wkt and 22 runs for the 8th wkt and register victory for their side to reach the finals of the tournament. Joginder 2 wkts & Raj 1 wkt bowled an economical spell to contain the batsmen as it was not the defending total but still GE fought brilliantly and made Delphi to struggle for each and every run. The Reebok Man of the Match went to Amit Sareen for his all round performance.

GE Capital 121 for 9 wkts in 25 overs Prakhar Singhal - 27 (23 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 1) Sharat Ponia - 24 (20 Balls) (4 x 3) Manish Sharma - 4-0-17-3 Abraham Joseph - 5-0-20-2 Amit Sareen - 5-0-22-2

Delphi 122 for 8 wkts in 23.4 overs Abraham Joseph - 36 (27 Balls) (4 x 4) Amit Sareen - 28 Not Out (26 Balls) (4 x 3) Joginder Sehgal - 5-0-18-2 Manmohan Gusain - 3-0-22-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Amit Sareen (Delphi)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 Semi-Final-2

Daksh Vs HCL Technologies

HCL Tech. in the Semi-Final match played at palam ground elected to field on winning the toss. The opening pair Mayur 35 runs & Mohit 64 runs contributed 92 runs in 11.4 overs. Both the batsmen looked in good touch as they did not missed out single opportunity to smash a bad delivery and carried their innings in the similar fashion from were they left during their quarter final game. Mohit 34 runs pushed the score to 129 runs adding 22 runs for the 3rd wkt and 24 runs for the 4th wkt to reach 153 runs in 20.3 overs. Manish 14 not out & Vaibhav 11 runs helped Daksh put on 188 runs in 25 overs. HCL Tech. who early in the innings managed to keep check on the flow of runs due to some good fielding could not manage to continue the same rhythm. Amit who picked 3 wkts & Govind 2 wkts were only bowlers to finish with good figures as all other proved to be expensive. HCL Tech started off well to put on 25 runs in 5.2 overs was unfortunate to lose their strike batsmen Yogesh by direct throw. Samir 47 runs & Amit 27 runs had a partnership of 57 runs to reach 82 runs in 14.1 overs. They played sensibly, took minimum risk and collected runs by running hard between the wkts. After this pair got out HCL started losing wkts at regular intervals and most of them after reaching the double figure mark failed to carry the innings and make big score. Daksh bowlers did a fine job to restrict opponents to 162 in 24.1 overs as Mohit Kaushal, Puru & Mohit Vadhera bowled well to take 2 wkts each & ensure birth in the final. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Mohit Vadhera for his wonderful performance.

Daksh 188 for 7 wkts in 25 overs

Mohit Vadhera - 64 (50 Balls) (4 x 8) Mayur Bora - 35 (34 Balls) (4 x 4) Mohit Kaushal - 34 (23 Balls) (4 x 4) Amit Gangal - 5-0-32-3 Govind Sachan - 5-0-29-2 Samir Kapoor - 5-0-36-2

HCL Tech. 162 all out in 24.1 overs

Samir Kapoor - 47 (46 Balls) (4 x 5) Amit Gangal - 27 (31 Balls) (4 x 3) Mohit Kaushal - 5-0-30-2 Mohit Vadhera - 2.1-0-23-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Mohit Vadhera (Daksh)




4th Eventus Cricket Tournament 2004 Final

Daksh Vs Delphi Delphi won the toss in the final match played at palam-A and very rightly decided to field on a wicket, which had some moisture. The decision paid rich dividends as Daksh lost 3 quick wickets for 22 runs. Chandan who came in to bat with Mohit shared partnership of 47 runs to bring them back in match. Delphi bowlers hit back to remove dangerous looking Chandan and later at the score of 95 runs they managed to break the back bone of Daksh by dismissing Mohit at his individual score of 50 runs. Manish played sensibly to share 26 runs partnership with Vaibhav for the 7th wicket. Vaibhav who made 36 runs not out did most of the damage for Delphi as he smashed 26 runs in the last 2 overs to take the score to 160 runs to provide a defending total. Ashok Kr. bowled a good spell taking 3 wkts while Sunil took 2 wkts. Delphi started of well scoring 31 runs for the 1st wicket but Vaibhav continued his good work as he bowled brilliantly with the new ball to pick 2 wickets early in the innings. After 39 runs for 2 wkts Dorash joined Abraham to take the score to 78 after 13 overs. Delphi was struggling at 87 for 6 wkts as Charanjeet & Mayur Bora took wkts from both ends. The fight of Delphi team ended with the fall of their skipper Abraham and entire team was bowled out for 129 runs in 20.5 overs. Keeping wickets intact was the key for Delphi to win this match as even when they were bowled out, they had to score 32 runs from 25 deliveries. Mayur was most successful bowler to take 4 wkts as Charanjeet managed to pick 3 wkts. The Reebok Man of the Match was awarded to Vaibhav Sharma for his wonderful all round performance.

Daksh 160 for 8 wkts in 25 overs

Mohit Vadhera - 50 (53 Balls) (4 x 5) Vaibhav Sharma - 36 Not Out (25 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 1) Chandan Singh - 24 (18 Balls) (4 x 4) Manish Choudhary - 23 (26 Balls) Ashok Kumar - 4-0-18-3 Sunil Shah - 4-0-29-2

Delphi 129 all out in 20.5 overs

Abraham Joseph - 48 (53 Balls) (4 x 4) Hitender Hans - 21 (14 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 1) Extras - 23 Mayur Bora - 4.5-0-33-4 Charanjeet Bedi - 4-0-16-3 Vaibhav Sharma - 5-1-20-2

Reebok Man of the Match – Vaibhav Sharma (Daksh)




Outstanding Performances

Best Batsman – Mayur Bora (Daksh) Best Bowler – Sanjeev Sharma (Hewlett Packard) Best Fielder – Amit Gangal (HCL Technologies) Best Wicket Keeper – Sanjay Rathore (Delphi Automotives) Man of the Tournament – Mohit Vadhera (Daksh) Most Disciplined Team – Citi Financial

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