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| Chemplast team wins Moin-ud-Dowlah Cup for the first
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| The Chemplast cricket team lifted the prestigious
Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup for the first time this year. The tournament
featured strong teams with many cricketers who have played international
cricket taking part in it. |
| The Chemplast team gave a fine demonstration of
the art of scoring runs when needed, recording a remarkable seven-wicket
win over India Pistons (IP) in the final of the tournament at the
Gymkhana Grounds, Secunderabad, on September 11, 2000. |
| The final promised to be a high scoring match with
both the teams boasting a strong batting line-up. After skipper Robin
Singh won the toss and elected to bat, IP suffered an initial set
back losing former test opener Vikram Rathore, run out by a brilliant
direct hit. Hemanth Kumar showed maturity in his knock of 134. His
110 run partnership with Robin Singh helped IP put up a challenging
total of 280. |
| Chemplast in reply got off to a good start but lost
3 quick wickets including the prolific Dinesh Mongia to be reduced
to 68 for 3. The match looked evenly balanced when Jatin Paranjpe
joined Sujith Somasunder in the middle. Jatin made his intentions
clear by attacking the bowlers smacking three lovely boundaries in
an over of Shahbuddin to begin with. As the innings progressed, he
punished every bowler who dared to turn his arm smashing as many as
6 sixers, some of them soaring very high. The ten boundaries were
also struck with power and authority. On the other hand Sujith was
composed and gave Jatin admirable support but never lagged behind
in keeping the score board ticking. He was unlucky not to post his
century. The pair put on 216 runs in an unbroken fourth wicket stand
in 30.1 overs bringing about Chemplast’s triumph in the coveted
Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup. Jatin Paranjpe hit an unbeaten 115 (90 balls,
10 x 4, 6 x 6) and the superbly-paced, unbeaten 97 (128 balls, 9 x
4, 3 x 6) by opener Sujith was just what Chemplast badly needed, chasing
a huge target of 281. |
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| Chemplast team which won the Coromandel King
Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup cricket tournament |
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| Despite Hemanth Kumar’s century in the IPs
innings, Chemplast had vital breakthroughs when Veeranan (two for
34) chipped in, backed by off-spinner Ganesh Kumar who was instrumental
in putting the brakes in the final overs of the IPs innings. |
| The semifinal promised an exciting contest. Pentasoft
had a strong batting line up in their skipper and Indian opener Sadagopan
Ramesh with Hrishikesh Kanitkar and S S Das to follow. Ramesh and
Arvind gave their team a rousing start putting on 59 in just 9.3 overs.
Pentasoft looked set for a big score posting 120 for 1 off 17 overs
until an excellent catch by Sujith Somasunder running 20 yards backwards
ended Ramesh’s innings. Thereafter two brilliant run outs of
S S Das and Hrishikesh Kanitkar set panic in the Pentasoft camp as
they frittered away the advantage of a rousing start and were dismissed
for a modest 213. The bowling honours belonged to Dinesh Mongia who
conceded just 22 runs for 3 wickets off ten overs. |
| Chemplast began their chase with Sujith and Ganesh
laying the foundation with an opening stand of 54. Southpaw, Dinesh
Mongia made a mockery of the modest target in notching up a classy
unbeaten 112. He executed some glorious cover drives and was severe
on the short balls. It was a tribute to his excellence that none of
the Pentasoft bowlers including Test discard Venkatapathy Raju could
pose any problems. His 112 of 98 balls ensured a victory in the 36th
over. |
| Chemplast played like true champions throughout,
winning all their matches convincingly for the well deserved title. |
| The scores of the final: |
| India Pistons: 280 for nine in 50 overs (Madanagopal
31, Hemanth Kumar 134, Robin Singh 44) lost to Chemplast: 283 for
three in 43.1 overs (Ganesh Kumar 33, Sujith Somasunder 97 not out,
Jatin Paranjpe 115 not out). |
| The scores of the semifinal: |
| At NFC grounds: Pentasoft 213 in 48.4 overs (S Ramesh
35, T Pavan Kumar 46, Veeranan three for 36, Dinesh Mongia three for
22) lost to Chemplast 214 for three in 35.4 overs (Ganesh Kumar 63,
Dinesh Mongia 112 not out). |
| At Gymkhana: India Pistons 218 (Vikram Rathore 38,
Robin Singh 80 not out, D J Gokulakrishnan four for 46) beat India
Cements 169 in 47.4 overs (Sunil Oasis 77, Satyajit Medappa three
for 26). |
| League 1: Chemplast 252 for 7 in 50 overs (Dinesh
Mongia 101, Vasanth Saravanan 38, Jatin Paranjpe 25, Ajay Kudua 25
not out, A Piprode 2 for 29, Amol Jickhar 2 for 57) beat Vidharbha
128 in 35 overs (Ali Akbar 30, Balajee 2 for 30, Veeranan 3 for 59,
Vasu 2 for 7, Ganesh Kumar 3 for 12). |
| League 2: Chemplast 287 in 47.3 overs (Sujith 104,
Jatin 96 not out, Ajay Kudua 34, Shivaji Yadav 2 for 44) beat Hyderabad
170 for 9 in 50 overs (D Madhu 33, Veeranan 3 for 28, Ganesh Kumar
2 for 28). |
| League 3: BPL 188 for 8 in 50 overs (Nizamuddin
25, Yeragoud 101 not out, Sadab Jakathi 30, Balajee 2 for 32, Veeranan
2 for 30) lost to Chemplast 188 for 5 in 39.4 overs (Jatin Paranjpe
122, Ajay Kudua 31 not out, Nithin Mukhin 3 for 16). |
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