India Green v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-Blue-c794 – NKP Salve Challenger Trophy – Match Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vidarbha-c860 Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur, October 12, 2011.
Put into bat, the Green’s opening pairing of Robin Uthappa and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Srikkanth-Anirudha-c90816 have piled on 157 in just 18 overs against a lacklustre bowling attack.
Both sides lost their opening match against the Indian Red, and now need a win in order to qualify for the final. In a hope that his bowlers will do the early damage and restrict their opponents to a low score, Blue’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Subramaniam-Badrinath-c91587 opted to field first on a placid track.
Instead, the fans were treated to some real power hitting display by the two openers, with Anirudha starting his innings with back to back four off seamer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pradeep-Sangwan-c2202 to the long-on boundary for a humongous six.
Spin was introduced as early as the fifth over, however that also failed to stem the flow of runs with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-Uthappa-c2356 also getting into the act by hitting his first six of the innings. Hundred came in the 11th over of the game with both players well settled to amass big scores.
Both men brought their respective half-centuries and kept on scoring boundaries to all around the wicket to take the total pass the 150-run mark, while the scoring rate almost approaching nine an over.
The bowlers got plenty of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 and with the situation pretty much favouring the batting team, it is expected that the Blue will be chasing a score somewhere in the region of 350.
Green’s skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 said at the toss report that his side would have fielded first, however, given the start provided by their opener, he will be more than happy to be watching from the dressing room.
The winner of this match will face an inform Indian Red team, led by left-hander http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447. Their route to final was easy, winning their first match by inflicting a 5 wicket defeat to the Indian Blue, while triumphing over Greens by 8 wickets.
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