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Rare
double by Chemplast cricket team |
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| In
a thrilling YSCA final |
| Chemplast beats India Cements |
| The Chemplast cricket team defeated India
Cements and lifted the YSCA trophy at the M A Chidambaram Stadium
on July 8, 2001. D Vasu and S R Ganesh Kumar made useful contributions
with both bat and ball to guide Chemplast to a 13-run victory. |
| Brief scores: Chemplast 134 for 8 in 30 overs
(Sujith Somasundar 19, D Vasu 23, S R Ganesh Kumar 34, Sunil
Oasis 4 for 32) bt India Cements 121 for 8 in 30 overs (S Suresh
15, S Sharath 30, Sunil Oasis 20, George John 21, Ganesh Kumar
2 for 20, Vasu 2 for 37, Satish 2 for 19). |
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| The Chemplast team, winners of the YSCA trophy.
Sitting (from left): Ajay Kudua, B Arun, Bharat Reddy, Vijay
Sankar, Abdul Jabbar (Coach), D Vasu (Captain) and Sujith Somasundar.
Standing (from left): S R Ganesh Kumar, S Raja, S Badrinath,
J Harish, R Satish, Aditya Srikkanth, Tamizh Kumaran, R Ramkumar,
Jinju Joseph, Sandeep Sawal, M Vikram Kumar, Padmanabhan (Fitness
Trainer) and Babu. |
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| Teamwork
to the fore: |
| Chemplast lifts KSCA trophy |
| Team work and team spirit helped a young Chemplast
team win the KSCA trophy. Their star batsmen Dinesh Mongia and Jacob
Martin were doing national duty in Sri Lanka when the All India KSCA
Diamond Jubilee tournament was held at Bangalore in August this year.
Chemplast won the trophy in 1997 and were runners-up last year. |
| Left arm spinner R Ramkumar took 7 for 98 against
BPL in the first match of the tournament. In a thrilling semifinal,
Chemplast defeated star studded Karnataka who had Anil Kumble, Sunil
Joshi, Vijay Bharadwaj and David Johnson in their ranks. Helped by
a brilliant 158 by Vijay Bharadwaj, Karnataka amassed 365 for 9 in
the allotted 90 runs. Top order batsmen S Badrinath (102) Sujith Somasundar
(92) and Aditya Srikkanth (43) fashioned a challenging reply, but
Chemplast fell short by 16 runs. In the second innings restricted
to 40 overs Chemplast bundled out KSCA for 177 through by some inspired
bowling by medium pacer L Balajee (5/61) and Ramkumar (5/79). Needing
195 for victory Chemplast were tottering at 127 for seven at the end
of 31 overs. Ramkumar and T R Arasu then batted heroically and Chemplast
snatched a thrilling victory with nine balls to spare. |
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The winning team with the KSCA trophy. Kneeling
(from left): R Ramkumar and Jinju Joseph. Sitting (from left):
B Arun, Ajay Kudua (Vice Captain), Bharat Reddy, D Vasu (Captain),
Sujith Somasundar, S R Ganesh Kumar and T R Arasu (Wicket Keeper).
Standing (from left): J Harish,
C Ganapathy, S Badrinath, J Satish, Aditya Srikkanth, L Balajee,
E Jaikumar (Fielding Coach), Tamizh Kumaran and A G Srinivasan. |
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| In the final against Roofit Mumbai –
Roofit were cruising along merrily at one stage (203/2) but
young Balajee broke the back of the middle order by picking
up five wickets for 36 runs in a destructive spell. Roofit were
all out for 263 and Balajee had impressive figures of seven
for 73 from 24.3 overs. Chemplast in reply fell short by 14
runs. In the second essay Roofit found Balajee too hot to handle
again and crumbled to 141 all out from a comfortable position
(101 for 2 of 12 overs). Chasing 156 for victory, Chemplast
romped home after initial hiccups, with Ajay Kudua (50) and
Jinju Joseph (63) who batted well. |
| Ramkumar’s all round abilities and Balajee’s
fast medium bowling (21 wickets) were a revelation. J Harish,
Aditya Srikkanth, Jinju Joseph showed a lot of promise. |
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