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Hyderabad|India|Oct'2008: The 19th match of the
ICL 20s Indian
Championship featured the much anticipated cricket
encounter, with defending champions
Hyderabad Heroes
take on ICL- 2008 domestic Champions
Chandigarh Lions,
at the Tau Devi Lal stadium Gurgaon. In the end it was a wonderful Sunday
Biryani afternoon for the Hyderabad side making easy mince of the
Chandigarh Lions with a big nine wicket victory. Abdul Razzaq was declared
man of the match for his sparkling half century.
Chandigarh Lions won the toss and elected to bat. Sarabjit Singh & Lou
Vincent opened the innings, getting a solid start; placed at 29 for no
loss at the end of the third over. Harris brought on his spinner IS Reddy
in the fifth over who struck immediately trapping the dangerous Vincent to
end the 39 run partnership for this first wicket. Vincent's little cameo
was worth 20 runs off 15 balls and included 3 fours and 1 six. At the end
of the first five overs the Lions from Punjab were placed at 43/1. Quick
wickets of Cairns and Sarabjit in the 7th & 8th over
respectively, had the Chandigarh Lions in a bit of a bother at 56/3. Boje
& Reddy were bowling well in tandem restricting the Chandigarh side at
64/3, at the half way mark of their innings. The usually explosive TP
Singh & Mongia were unable to find any momentum in their batting;
compounded by some disciplined spin bowling from the Hyderabad stable.
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(Abdul
Razzaq in action) |
The 14th over mark had Chandigarh Lions struggle at 93/3. The
pressure eventually got to TP Singh, scoping one to long off to give the young
IS Reddy his second scalp of the match in the 15th over. The
impressive Inder Shekar Reddy ended his four over quota with impressive figures
of 2/ 15.
The introduction of Nicky Boje in the 18th over spelt success for the
Hyderabad Heroes with immediate effect; ending Dinesh Mongia's fighting knock of
38 off 32 balls, laced with 4 fours and 1 six. The Hyderabad bowlers managed to
consistently maintain their stranglehold throughout the Chandigarh innings,
restricting them to a partly 141/6 in their allotted 20 overs. The standout
bowlers for the Hyderabad Heroes were their two left arm spinners Boje & Reddy,
who ended with 2 wickets a piece.
The Hyderabad Heroes chase got off to a confident start with the experienced
combination of Razzaq & Maher getting 30 runs off the first three overs. The
solid partnership between the two prolific openers crossed the fifty run mark
off 43 balls in the 7th over, putting the defending champions in an
absolute drivers' seat at that stage of the match. Razzaq cut loose in the 11th
over from Mongia, getting 16 runs of it, to power the scorecard to 89/ no loss.
Razzaq brought about his fourth ICL fifty in the 12th over off 40
balls including 5 fours and 2 sixes. The marathon partnership of 123 runs for
the opening wicket came to an end with the wicket of Abdul Razzaq out, for a
well made 66 runs inning. In the end the Hyderabad Heroes made easy mince of
the modest target, romping home to a 9 wicket victory with over 10 balls to
spare.
Brief Scores:
Chandigarh Lions 141/6 in 20 overs (Mongia 38, Vincent 20, Sarabjit 20, Reddy
2/15 Boje 2/21) lost by 9 wickets to Hyderabad Heroes 145/1 in 18.2 overs (Razzaq
66, Maher 48* Uniyal 1/32).
Match
19: ICL 20s Indian Championship.