02/04/2020
Finding good things to focus on takes some creativity in quarantine, but there’s an obvious opportunity at home: that trove of photos and videos of vacations, outings, and celebrations that you’d never had time to go through. And what's better than relishing the most iconic moment in our IITD cricket's history: The Golden Dream of Hattrick of Golds.
So on the 9th anniversary of India's 2nd World Cup success, we are back with the second segment of our Inter IIT Diaries.
We will now be discussing the dominant performance of the team against IIT Ropar for a spot in the quarter finals.
Ruchit won the toss for the second time in the tournament and decided to bat first. Him along with Adarsh provided a tremendous start, taking complete advantage of the field restrictions. However, a string of poor shot selection followed by some tight bowling caused a mini collapse. While Ruchit scored a free flowing 30, Adarsh scored a steady 18. IITD couldn't take away much from the blistering start and went from 51/0 from 6 overs to 75/4. Masoom and Harry tried to steady the ship but IIT Ropar managed to clinch wickets at regular intervals. Valuable contributions from Narender and Venu helped IITD post 128/9 on the board.
IIT Ropar might have been very happy the way they managed to stop IITD's explosive batting lineup, they however, couldn't see that the IITD's bowlers had already planned their decimation.
IIT Ropar came up with a strategy to see off the new ball but just when IIT Ropar might have have thought the enduring phase is over, they didn't realise that it was just the silence before the storm. Introduction of Venu into the attack was the catalyst for the downfall and IIT Ropar crumbled from 20/0 to 22/5. They never recovered from this position as the spinners put brakes on the runrate while also clinching wickets. Prabhat, who grabbed 2 wickets, put the final nail in the coffin and IIT Ropar collapsed for just 62.
Venu, Harsh, Amit and Narender picked up 1 wicket each.
For his all round performance, Venu, who had brilliant figures of 3-1-6-1 was named the Man of the Match.
Next time we will be back with the quarter finals of the tournament.
Stay tuned.