by Chaitanya Halgekar As Ketaj kolhapure, captain of Anand Cricket Academy walked at the crease to bat, the scoreboard read 65 for 3 wickets in 11.5 overs. Tension was mounting in Anand Cricket Academy’s dough-out as their last chance of getting in the finals looked obscured. At the toss, Raju Patil the opposition skipper said […]
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BPL Update – The backfired strategy
by Chaitanya Halgekar Death bowling has been one of the strong points of Anand’s Cricket Academy in Nitin Shirgurkar’s Belgaum Premier League. They have won more than twice solely on their effective death bowling. The reason behind their effective death bowling is their strategy of keeping the best bowlers for the final overs. Parappa Morade, […]
BPL Update- The one ball game
by Chaitanya Halgekar When Darshan Kadam, playing on 28, offered a simple catch at long off on the bowling of Parikshit Shetty, everyone at Union Gymkhana were stunned. So far he looked untroubled and his 28 runs included some eye pleasing strokes. But on the third ball of the 8th over, he came down the […]
BPL Update- The need to take responsibility
by Chaitanya Halgekar Today while chasing 136 runs Sairaj Yuvraj Warriors managed to get 125 runs in their 20 overs. They lost the match to Anand’s Cricket Academy by 11 runs. Their highest scorer was Vishal Gorgonda. He scored 22 runs. Yesterday they fell short by 17 runs while chasing 154 runs against Neena Sports […]
BPL Update – Bowling Partnerships
by Chaitanya Halgekar 61 runs required from 60 balls and all the ten wickets in hand, AK United looked all set to complete a one sided victory over Super Express Vijaya. But in the 11th over Tahir Saraf sent Zahanuddin Shaikh back in the pavilion and things started changing. From overs 11 to 16 AK […]