Milan Cup While Ball: ICICI thrash Piramal by 8 wickets courtesy Kuldeep’s 53*
Venue: LIC Plot 4 (Cross Maidan Mumbai | Match Scorecard | Tournament Details
In what could be termed as one of the most one sided victories of all, ICICI first restricted Piramal for just 97 and then chased it down in double quick time. While it was somewhat a combined bowling effort first up, it was absolute disdain of bowling by Kuldeep Panda who smashed an unbeaten 53 in just 29 balls to see his team over the line.
Piramal won the toss and chose to bat first. It was a reason they regretted later on as their batting just did not click and they folded inside 100. After openers failed, it was No. 3 Anand Chawla who salvaged some respect by scoring run a ball 35 and was the major factor in his team reaching the score they eventually did. Apart from him no other batsman could reach even double digits. Much credit should be given to the ICICI bowlers who did not let any Piramal batsman to explode. Harshad took 3 wickets while four other bowlers managed a wicket each.
98 was too easy a target for ICICI but they made it look too easy by some power hitting. The match was over by the 10th over as they chased down the target scoring close to 10 runs an over and 8 wickets to spare. The innings was only about one man, ICICI opener Kuldeep Panda. He thrashed Piramal bowlers to all corners of the park and scored 53 runs in just 29 balls to seal the victory for his team. He was deservingly given Man of the Match for his scintillating knock.
Brief Scores:
Piramal: 97/7 in 20 overs (Anand 35, Harshad 3/20, Shinde 1/08)
ICICI: 103/2 in 10 overs (Kuldeep 53*, Vinod 21*, Stanley 1/22)
Match Report By:
Sumanyu Jain
(Regional Manager & Editor @CricketGraph)