Larsen & Toubro crowned Champions of Dreamz Trophy Regular B; defeat Learn Quest by 34 runs
Summary
L & T: 178/7 in 20 overs (Abhimanyu 48, Faizan 41, Shamim 3/26)
Learn Quest: 144 All out in 19.5 overs (Vishal 47, Rohan 23, Siddhesh 2/6, Faizan 2/11)
Match Report:
A match defining opening partnership followed by some spirited bowling performance helped Larsen & Toubro win the Dreamz Champions Trophy Regular B Title by defeating Learn Quest in the final.
Surprisingly enough, not a single half century was scored in the match from either side, despite the match not being a low scoring one. L & T won the toss and decided to put runs on the board. What happened next became the highlight of the innings and the match. Openers Faizan and Abhimanyu gave their team a rollicking start by plundering 108 runs in just 11.2 overs before being separated. Faizan was particularly aggressive smashing 41 runs from just 23 balls. Abhimanyu scored a 37 ball 48. Both fell to Shamim in the 12th over.
No. 4 Siddhesh did not let their effort go in vain and scored a quick fire 19 ball 27. Learn Quest bowlers were able to control the batsmen towards the end and prevented them from scoring what was looking a comfortable 200. Shamim picked up 3 wickets Nikhil scalped a couple of wickets for his team.
179 was a stiff target to chase but Learn Quest started well by scoring 32 runs in 4 overs. After Ankur fell, Vishal and Rohan maintained a steady run rate and took the score to 76 in just 8 overs. At the halfway mark Learn Quest were 3 down for 93. Things were in control and wickets were remaining for the final onslaught.
But here is where L&T bowlers turned the game on its head. Wickets fell in a heap and none of the lower half of the batting line up could cross double digits and were all out on the penultimate ball of the match and 34 runs short of the target. Vishal top scored with 47 and Rohan scored 23.
Credit should go to the bowlers to bringing their team back in the match and making it look one-sided at the end. They bowled superbly to curb the flow of runs and pick wickets at the same time. Faizan, Siddhesh and Vetrivel captured a couple of wickets each.
Shoeb from L & T says, “We always wanted to start positively. We basically tried to keep everything simple and at the same time be aggressive. We stuck to our strengths. We got to a flying start from our openers and we were able to put a good score on the board to defend and our bowlers responded very well. Learn Quest played well and gave us a good fight. It was just a matter of putting everything together as a team and we did that with perfection. We were here to win and we have done it in style.”
Awards:
Man of the match: Faizan (L & T); Man of the Series: Abhimanyu (L & T); Best Batsman: Ashish More (Learn Quest); Best Bowler: Nikhil (Learn Quest)
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Match Report by:
Sumanyu Jain
Regional Manager & Editor @CricketGraph