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Vivekananda College wins IIT
Sanmar Inter Collegiate
Cricket Tournament |
| Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College made a mammoth
307 runs in 50 overs to crush the other finalists Pachaiyappa’s
College by a huge margin to win the IIT Sanmar Inter Collegiate Cricket
Tournament at the IIT Chemplast cricket ground on February 20, 2000.
The Vivekananda lads indulged in some big hitting with Rajat Bhatia
(130 in 131 balls, 11 fours and 2 sixes) and Venugopala Rao (152 in
147 balls,16 fours and 1 six) putting on over 200 in a rollicking
opening partnership. Venugopala Rao who also had a good match with
the ball was a member of the India Under-19 team which won the World
Cup in Sri Lanka. Rajat Bhatia, a trainee at the MRF Pace Foundation,
recently made an exciting debut for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy
rescuing a tottering side with a brilliant 72 batting at no.10. |
| Pachaiyappa’s were bowled out in just 32 overs
scoring only 128 runs with Venugopala Rao taking five wickets for
29 runs. |
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| Syed Kirmani giving away the trophy to the winners. |
| Scores: |
| Vivekananda College 307/6 in 50 overs (Rajat
Bhatia 130, Venugopala Rao 152) |
| Pachaiyappa’s College 128 all out in
32 overs (S Aravind 36, J Arul 38, Venugopala Rao 5 for 29).
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| Man of the Final |
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Venugopala Rao |
| Man of the Tournament |
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Rajat Bhatia |
| Best Bowler |
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C Harish |
| Best Batsman |
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Venugopala Rao |
| Best Fielder |
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C Hemant Kumar |
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| The winning team with the trophy. |
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| The runners up, Pachaiyappa·s College, seen receiving
the cup from Syed Kirmani. |
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| All the awards were won by students of Ramakrishna
Mission Vivekananda College. |
| Former India wicket keeper Syed Kirmani, who gave
away the prizes, was an enthusiastic and keenly observant spectator
at the final. He had several words of advice for the youngsters, mostly
of the commonsense variety. Kirmani was known for his no-nonsense
approach to his cricket and his ability to rise to the occasion both
behind and in front of the stumps. “An outstanding ground and
pavilion”, was his comment on the IIT Chemplast cricket ground.
N Kumar and Vijay Sankar were also present at the prize distribution
ceremony. |
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Syed Kirmani in conversation with N Kumar, Vice Chairman,
Sanmar group. |
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