The sixteenth match of the ICL 20- 20 domestic tournament featured the Ahmedabad Rockets take on the Mumbai Champs at the Lahari resorts ground Hyderabad. Champs led by opener Dheeraj Jadhav registered their first win of the tournament, beating the Rockets by 13 runs.
Earlier in the day S.Sriram won the toss and elected to field. For the Champs their inform openers Paul & Morris got off to a good start scoring 43 runs for the first wicket. Morris who has emerged as the most successful batsman for the Champs in this tournament fired a match winning 69 off 62 balls including five fours & three mighty sixes, justifiably winning the man of the match award.
A solid 20, late in the innings from south-paw captain Dheeraj Jadhav saw the Champs set the Rockets a competitive target of 141 runs. The most successful bowler for the Rockets was rookie Kunal Lal who finished his spell at 2/27 in his allotted four overs.
The Rockets’ chase saw opener Sachin Dholpure get off to a good start scoring 28 off 20 balls , however the fall of his wicket in the fifth over gave the Champs the upper hand. With cheap dismissals of the other recognized Rockets batsmen, saw them in deep trouble at 88/6 in the 14th over. The chief architect of the Champs bowling performance was left arm spinner Avinash Yadav, picking up three important wickets in his allotted four overs.
The only other significant batting contribution from the Rockets’ line up came in the form of Pallav Vora’s fighting 20 off 15 balls.
In the end the Rockets feel short of the target by 13 runs helping the Champs register their first win of the tournament.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
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