HUL win Dreamz Trophy Elite Group; defeat Deutsche Bank by 6 wickets
Venue: National Cricket Ground, Cross Maidan, Mumbai | Match Scorecard | Tournament Details
In the final of Dreamz Trophy Elite Group Plate Division, HUL displayed some high quality cricket to defeat their opponents Deutsche Bank by 6 wickets and win the trophy. After an excellent team bowling effort, that restricted the opposition to a below par total, HUL batsmen kept the game in control and won it comfortably with almost 4 overs to spare.
HUL captain Sachin won the toss and considering the dampness in the pitch, opted to bowl first. His decision was spot on as they got the wicket of opener Siddharth on the very first ball of the match. All the HUL bowlers bowled with a tight line and length and were well supported by their fielders. As a result, Deutsche Bank could not really boost up the run rate. This is evident from the fact that No. 3 Vishi took 36 balls for his 21. It was only due to Abhishek’s quick fire 19 ball 30 and some last overs hitting from Gaurav and Rahul took them past 120. Respectable total yet unsafe. Sanjay and Nilesh captured a couple of wickets each while Rajesh picked up a solitary wicket.
126 was relatively an easy target to win the match and more importantly the tournament. But HUL did not have a great start to their innings either as they lost their openers early in the innings. But Dhiraj and Rajesh held the innings together and took the game away from the opposition with some excellent batting display. Dhiraj scored a match winning knock of 43 while Rajesh remained unbeaten on 33 from just 21 balls. He sealed the game for his team by hitting a huge six in the 17th over. Deutsche bowlers could not do much while defending a low score and match was lost well before it ended.
With this, HUL are the winners of Dreamz White Ball Tournament. Dhiraj Shetty won the man of the match award for his superb batting display while Rajesh Jadhav grabbed the best bowler title.
While speaking to CricketGraph, HUL skipper Sachin said, “We bowled really well and our fielding made the difference. After we lost our first wicket, Dhiraj batted well along with Rajesh to take us home. We are really happy to win the tournament.”
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Brief Scores:
Deutsche bank: 125/7 in 20 overs (Abhishek 30, Vishi 21, Nilesh 2/12, Sanjay 2/17)
HUL: 129/4 in 16.1 overs (Dhiraj 43, Rajesh 33, Nath 2/22, Pawanish 1/14)
Match Report by:
Sumanyu Jain
Regional Manager & Editor @CricketGraph