Ashfaque ton ousts IISc

16 January 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: A swashbuckling century from Ashfaque (111*) coupled with some inept bowling and catching from IISc brought an end to what had been a dream season for IISc. Indiranagar Cricketers thus go through to the semi-finals of the KSCA IV Division League 2010-11. The end of the season also marks the passing of the baton - team IISc now has a new captain and vice-captain.

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2011/01/ashfaque-ton-ousts-iisc.html

Ace Cricketers shock IISc

9 January 2011, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: The game never ceases to amaze. IISc went into the match on the back of a five-match winning streak while Ace Cricketers came in having been beaten twice in the Super League stage to be all but out of the KSCA IV Division League 2010-11. The match seemed to be going according to script with the latter being skittled out for 115. Yet, the visitors pulled the proverbial rabbit out of the hat by bundling out IISc for a dismal 81 thus securing a 34 run victory. 

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2011/01/ace-cricketers-shock-iisc.html

IISc win Boxing Day bout

26 December 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: The KSCA Metro Shield Super League match between IISc and Sirur Park was much like a boxing bout. Both sides threw measured punches and jabs at opportune moments. It was a hard-fought battle till about 20 overs into the second innings when IISc started the hijack and took total control. Debajit (4/38) and Ashith (4/39) did the trick for IISc with a veritable exhibition of swing bowling.

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/12/iisc-win-boxing-day-bout.html

Young Lions hunt down IISc

19 December 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Masterful half centuries from Nihal (78) and Santosh (53) coupled with some inept fielding from IISc helped Young Lions Cricket Club prevail over IISc in a friendly match here. 

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/12/young-lions-hunt-down-iisc.html

Dominant IISc decimate V.V.Puram

12 December 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: A red hot IISc nonchalantly dismissed a clueless V.V.Puram Cricket Club for a paltry 119 and then chased it down with close to 30 overs to spare. This has to count among one of their most comprehensive victories in recent past.

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/12/dominant-iisc-decimate-vvpuram.html
 

IISc go down fighting

5 December 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: In a closely fought 50-overs friendly match against BEL Colony Recreation Club, IISc lost by a slender thirteen run margin. It was a match in which IISc tried out quite a few experiments - new opening pairs in bowling as well as batting departments.

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/12/iisc-go-down-fighting.html

IISc beat Basvangudi CA

28 November 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: A clinical team effort helped IISc beat Basvangudi Cricket Academy by three wickets in a 50 overs friendly match here.

 

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/11/iisc-beat-basvangudi-ca.html

IISc Cricket Updates: Oct-Nov 2010

The super league matches of the KSCA Metro Shield 2010 are tentatively expected to start from mid-December. In the mean while, team IISc played four friendly matches, losing one and winning two, while one match was washed out. The brief scores can be accessed here:

http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/11/updates-oct-nov-2010.html

Salil's defiant ton seals momentous victory

10 October 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: In a epic battle that swayed from one side to the other, IISc wrestled out Rajajinagar Colts to win by a slender two-wicket margin with barely two balls to spare. A fine unbeaten ton by Salil (108*) and his stubborn partnerships with Varun (26) and Teja (47) were the cornerstone of IISc's victory, their fourth successive win that propels them into the Super League stage of the KSCA IV Division League for the first time since 1997.

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/10/salils-defiant-ton-seals-momentous.html

IISc drub Sangam

3 October 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Riding on a sparkling unbeaten century by guest-player Vasanth (109*), IISc drubbed Sangam Cricketers by four wickets in a friendly match.

 

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/10/iisc-drub-sangam.html

Fancied Malleswaram SC surrender to IISc

12 September 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Spurred by Ashith's all-round heroics, team IISc thumped fancied opponents Malleswaram Sports Club by a resounding six-wicket margin thus completing a hat-trick of victories in the ongoing KSCA Metro Shield. They are now strong contenders for making it to the super-league stage of the tournament for the first time in fifteen years.

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/09/fancied-malleswaram-sc-surrender-to.html

Varun, Vasanth star in facile win

5 September 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: A stunning five-wicket haul from newcomer Varun and an aggressive unbeaten 89 from guest player Vasanth helped IISc drub BEL Colony Recreation Club by five wickets in a 50-over friendly match.

 

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/09/varun-vasanth-star-in-facile-win.html 

IISc trounce Spartons SC

29 August 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Playing their third match of KSCA Metro Shield 2010, IISc thrashed Spartons Sports Club by seven wickets with a sparkling display of team effort - a four-wicket haul, two three-wicket hauls and two fifties.

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/08/iisc-trounce-spartons-sc.html

Close Shave

14 August 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: In a dramatic finish to their second match of this year's KSCA Metro Shield, IISc snatched a narrow two-wicket victory against Gary Cricketers. Debajit's spell of 4/58 and Vikram's knock of 44 were the highlights of IISc's performance.

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/08/close-shave.html

Resilient IISc beat Ranji CC

8 August 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore:  A resilient IISc chased down 251 with three wickets to spare in a friendly match against Ranji Cricket Club. Sounik (68*) starred with the bat while Arindam bagged four wickets.

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http://cricket-iisc.blogspot.com/2010/08/resilient-iisc-beat-ranji-cc.html

IISc start league with huge loss

1st August, 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: IISc sunk to an abysmal 125-run defeat against Vivekanagar Cricketers in their opening match of this year's KSCA Metro Shield. Consistent performances in 2010 (Played-17, Won-11, Lost-4, No Result-2) had lead to high expectations from IISc this season. Hence this kind of a start can best be described as a damp squib.

Batting first, Vivekanagar Cricketers were off to a good start with an 80-run opening stand between Jagadish (20) and Paramananda (67). Arindam got IISc the first breakthrough. He and Vikram bowled well in tandem to reduce the visitors to 107/4. But Prasanth and Sunil put together a counter-attacking 116-run fifth wicket partnership to wrest back the control. The innings closed at 252 allout after a few late wickets. Arindam bagged a five-wicket haul for IISc.

No sooner had IISc started their innings they were tottering at 5/3 with the top three back in the hut. Ashith and Arindam tried to restore sanity with a 79-run fourth wicket alliance. But once Arindam was dismissed, the rest of the batting collapsed against the wiles of a thirteen-year old off-spinner Kevin.  He castled three IISc batsmen en-route to an impressive fifer.

Brief Scores:
Vivekanagar Cricketers - 252 allout in 49.3 overs

(Paramananda 67, Prasanth58, Sunil 52, Arindam 5/72, Vikram 2/26, Debajit 2/43)
IISc - 127 allout in 31.2 overs
(Ashith 44, Arindam 30, Kevin 5/12, Abhishek 2/30)

Result: Vivekanagar Cricketers won by 125 runs

Man-of-the-match: Kevin

Newspaper Reports:

"Deccan Herald"

"The Hindu"

A rude wake up call

4th July, 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Sangam Cricketers handed IISc a rude wake up call just as the KSCA IV Division League comes knocking. With a bag-full of victories in the past few months, some complacency had crept into IISc's game which saw them putting up a rather weak show in all departments of the game. This defeat should spur IISc to iron out their flaws and be at their prime by the time the league matches arrive.

Batting first, IISc failed to stitch together meaningful partnerships. The entire line-up caved in for a paltry 175 in 35 overs. Shimjith (42) and Sounik (33) were the only ones to make sizable contributions. Kate was impressive for Sangam with his sharp in-swingers that troubled many of the IISc batsmen.

Sangam's reply featured a match-winning 107-run third-wicket partnership between opener Deepak (69) and two-down Vasanth (43). IISc helped Sangam's cause by generously conceding 25 wides and dropping as many as five catches. A flurry of wickets fell towards the end of the match, to make the margin of defeat look less menacing. Debajit picked up his second three-wicket haul in as many matches.

Brief Scores:

IISc - 175 allout in 35 overs

(Shimjith 42, Sounik 33, Satish 4/47, Kate 2/25, Shrinivas 2/50)

Sangam Cricketers - 178/7 in 45.1 overs

(Deepak 69, Vasanth 43, Debajit 3/54, Vikram 2/28)

Result: Sangam Cricketers won by 3 wickets

Man-of-the-match: Deepak

Purple patch continues in June

Team IISc played three matches this June and continued its purple patch winning the last two while the first one was washed away with the match still hanging in the balance.

13th June, 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Though the weather gods didn't allow the match to come to fruition, it will still be remembered as the farewell match of former skipper, Sandeep Pathak, who served IISc cricket remarkably well for a long time. To make the day special, Sandeep turned in a parsimonious spell with figures of 7-0-22-0. Ashith picked up four wickets to help IISc bowl out Young Lions for 166 in 38 overs. IISc were 45/4 in 10 overs with Arindam and Sounik at the crease when the skies opened up preventing any further play.

Brief Scores: (40-overs match)

Young Lions - 166 allout in 38 overs

(Nihal 48, Sharath 27, Ashith 4/23, Roy 2/24, Dibyendu 1/16, Teja 1/21)

IISc - 45/4 in 10 overs
(Ganapathy 20, Santosh 3/17)

Result: No Result (Match washed out due to rain)

Man-of-the-match: --

20th June, 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Teja's fiver and Gana's 44 helped IISc clinch a facile 4-wicket win over Young cricketers. The visitors posted 143 in the stipulated 35 overs which IISc chased down with more than nine overs to spare.

Brief Scores:

Young Cricketers - 143 allout in 35 overs

(Vinayak 45, Balaji 35, Teja 5/29, Roy 2/16, Arjun 2/17, Arindam 1/28)

IISc - 149/6 in 25.2 overs
(Ganapathy 44, Shimjith 20, Satya 4/39, Vinayak 2/12)

Result: IISc won by 4 wickets

Man-of-the-match: Ravi Teja

27th June, 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: IISc blanked last year's KSCA IV Division semi-finalists BEL Colony with a clinical five-wicket victory. Riding on strokeful forties from sixth wicket partners Rajiv and Manjunath, BEL set IISc a challenging target of 150 in 25 overs. Debajit scalped a three-for while Ashith and Arindam picked up two wickets apiece. The ball of the match was Ashith's peach of an in-swinger that breached the defenses of the opposing No.4 to rearrange his furniture. 

The home batsmen attacked from the word go engineering yet another easy chase. Arindam scored a quick-fire forty to go with his two wickets earlier in the match.

Brief Scores:

BEL Colony - 149/8 in 25 overs

(Rajiv 48, Manjunath 47, Debajit 3/18, Arindam 2/19, Ashith 2/38, Dibyendu 1/23)

IISc - 152/5 in 22.5 overs

(Arindam 40, Sounik 31*, Salil 29, Sudhir 1/15, Kiran 1/29, Nagasima 1/33)

Result: IISc won by 5 wickets

Man-of-the-match: Arindam Ghosh

Gana shines as IISc clinch humdinger

Ganapathy S. [File photo: 24 February, 2009]

30th May, 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Ganapathy's attractive and chanceless knock of 95 and Harish's nagging spell of 3/29 helped IISc clinch a humdinger versus Basvangudi Cricket Academy (BCA) by four runs. In what could be easily one of the more celebrated victories of team IISc, they beat an opposition comprising of as many as four second division players and boasting a strong and deep batting line-up.

IISc batted first after a very long time - the last occasion was in the YSR Cup - and were soon in a spot of bother losing their first four wickets with only 29 runs on the board. Ganapathy and Sounik carried out the damage control with elan stitching together a fifth wicket partnership of 126 runs. After Ganapathy was dismissed excruciatingly close to a well-deserved century, Roy played a handy knock to put together another important partnership with skipper Sounik. IISc's innings didn't quite conclude with a flourish but still they had a healthy total of 247 in 45 overs. 

BCA were kept under a tight leash by Teja and Harish  both of whom bowled out their quota of nine overs each in the first 18 overs. Harish in particular bowled his heart out in a spell of metronomic accuracy that got him three important wickets. The pressure thus created kept IISc in the driver's seat with the visitors always playing catch-up. Things changed when the sixth wicket pair of Vineet and Manish came together and started a spirited counter-attack. Both batsmen scored brisk fifties with some audacious strokes and swift running between the wickets. A couple of smart catches in the outfield and some good death bowling from Jaidev and Ashith kept IISc afloat. Finally, with one wicket in hand and needing 5 runs off 5 balls, Abhilash got run-out sending the IISc players into rapturous celebrations.

Brief Scores:

IISc - 247 allout in 45 overs

(Ganapathy 95, Sounik 37, Roy 32, Raman 3/45)

 BCA - 243 allout in 44.2 overs

(Vineet 67, Manish 53, Sukruth 30, Shreyas 27, Harish 3/29, Roy 2/49, Jaidev 2/36)

Result: IISc won by 4 runs

Man-of-the-match: Ganapathy S

Dropped catches cost dear

23rd May, 2010, IISc Gymkhana Ground, Bangalore: Catches win matches says the age old maxim. Five dropped catches and an ordinary batting performance gave IISc their first defeat in five matches this season. True that Basvangudi Cricket Academy (BCA) - who had lost to IISc last week - came back with a team bolstered by a few KSCA Division-I and Division-II players while IISc was missing several of its key players. Still there are no excuses for elementary mistakes.

BCA batted first and posted 197/4 in 35 overs. Left-handed No.3 batsman Shreyas was the stand-out performer compiling an unbeaten ton. He was twice given reprieves courtesy butter-fingered catching from IISc. Abhilash also scored a quick-fire 46 again after an early reprieve.

IISc's riposte was aggressive. They were 82/2 in 10 overs as opposed to BCA's 38/2 at the same stage of their innings. But once Arindam perished after a blitzkreig fifty, the rest of the batting came a cropper against the BCA spinners. Sounik and Arjun made fighting thirties, but IISc simply didn't have enough fuel in the tank to go all the way. The innings folded at 175 allout, 23 runs short of the target. 

With many established players expected to return before the next match, team IISc hopefully would not have to see bad days like these anytime soon.

Brief Scores:

BCA - 197/4 in 35 overs

(Shreyas 101*, Abhilash 46, Sukruth 20, Teja 1/30, Arindam 1/31, Adarsh 1/38, Harsha 1/42)

IISc - 175 allout in 33.2 overs

(Arindam 51, Arjun 35, Sounik 31, Abhilash 5/22, Sukruth 2/14, Suraj 1/22, Mohan 1/30)

Result: BCA won by 22 runs

Man-of-the-match: Shreyas