Day was bright and sunny with a wicket that suits both batsman and bowlers. Time was 12:30 pm when two captains went to the field and toss was won by e-Zest. e-Zest selected batting and was quietly sitting in the pavilion. They know exactly about the challenge laying in front.
Soon the field was set for the match and umpires were on the field. Then comes the turn of the two openers to take guard. Ashish was opening the innings with Binoy all set on opposite side.
First five balls of the over were quietly judged by Ashish. But then came the storm on the ground with Ashish hitting a huge six with a dashing pull on the last ball of the first over. Binoy on the other hand was quietly taking singles and doubles to move the score board ticking. Ashish in his knock of 28 had hit four glorious sixes on consecutive overs to set a perfect start of e-Zest innings. On the fall of Ashish’s wicket Sandeep Patil accompanied Binoy with his small but quick knock of 7 runs. Binoy on the other hand was playing a perfect sheet anchor role with doubles, singles and occasional boundaries to move the score board in the right pace. Sandeep Patil was followed by Amol with a brief score of 4 runs. After Binoy getting run out with a score of 28, e-Zest were already heading for a big score. Then came Rohit (skipper) who played a useful knock of 16 runs with runs flowing all around the field. Rohit was well accompanied by Prashant Gaikwad, (vice captain and wicket keeper) out on 4 and Vishant not out hitting 4 runs on last delivery of the innings to take e-Zest score to 111 in 12 overs.
While chasing the score Agribuys were set to a revised target due to slow over rate and was made to chase the score of 112 in 10 overs.
In the bowling department e-Zest used 4 bowlers and restricted Agribuys with a total of 63 (allout) in 7.3 overs for a convincing 49 runs win. Binoy's (4 Wickets) 3 wickets haul in 1 over turned the table towards e-Zest. Binoy got great support from Narendra Singh Rajput and other bowlers like Hemant (2 Wickets) and Rohit; Narendra's 3 wickets and a run out at the crucial point had shuttered all the hopes of the opposition.
At last one can surely say that e-Zest played like a champion team and is now one of the dark horse in the tournament. Cheers e-Zest.
Brief Score Board:
Batting
O Ashish Gupta 28
R Binoy Kumar 28
1 Sandeep Patil 7
2 Amol Pandey 4
3 Rohit Dekhane(C) 16
4 Prashant Gaikwad(VC and wk) 4
5 Nitin Kale 0
6 Hemant Kapadnis 0
7 Vijay Aneraye 2 (Not out)
8 Vishant Sarodia 4 (Not out)
9 Narendra Singh Rajput DNB
Total: 111/8 Overs: 12 Extra: 18
Bowling
Name Overs Runs Wickets
Rohit 2 23 0
Hemant 1 12 2
Narendra 2.3 16 3
Binoy 2 12 4
Result: e-Zest Won
Man of the Match: Binoy Kumar
