Siyarams win Milan Memorial 40 Overs League: Jitendra Gupta hits 61*; defeat Kotak by 6 wickets
Venue: Prabhu Jolly Ground
In yet another one-sided finale of the season, Siyarams defeated Kotak Mahindra by 6 wickets to win the Milan Memorial 40 Overs league. The writing was clear on the wall after the first innings itself when Kotak were shot out for 130 runs. It was just a matter of time when Siyarams overhauled the target in the 27th over to walk away with the trophy.
Kotak won the toss and elected to bat first. But soon they were on the back foot as neither they could score runs at a decent pace nor prevent the wickets from falling down too quickly. This is evident from the fact that none of their batsmen were able to cross the 25 run mark. Things generally don’t go in your favor when 2 of your top 3 batsmen go out for a duck. Kotak just could not get out this shock till the very end of the innings. It was only due to small yet important contributions from Ajit (21), Bhavesh (20) and Premal (17) that they were able to cross the 100 run mark.
For Siyarams, Harsh Panchal bowled a brilliant spell scalping 4 wickets while Vinod Mishra walked away with a three wicket haul.
In reply Siyarams were also off to a bad start as they lost both the openers with the scoreboard reading 16 in the 5th over. The match could have gone either way had they lost a couple of wickets more but some sensible batting from Man of the Match Jitendra Gupta (61*) and Dinesh Pawar (25) ensured that there were no further hiccups in chasing the target. Siyarams lost 2 more wickets while reaching the target and Jitendra Gupta remained unbeaten to see his team through.
For Kotak, Premal bowled a brilliant spell capturing 2 wickets but the score they were defending was too less to pose any trouble for Siyarams.
Following awards were given in the presentation ceremony:
Man of the match – Jitendra Gupta ( Siyaram Poddar Team )
Man of the Series – Premal Saraiya ( Kotak Mahindra Bank Team)
Best Batsman – Jigar Shiroya ( Siyaram Poddar Team )
Best Bowler – Sunil Yadav ( Sitaram Poddar Team )
Brief Scores:
Kotak: 130 All out in 35.3 overs (Ajit 21, Bhavesh 20, Harsh 4/47, Vinod: 3/15
Siyarams: 131/4 in 26.3 overs (Jitendra 61*, Dinesh 25, Premal 2/30)
Match Report by:
Sumanyu Jain
Regional Manager & Editor @CricketGraph