Milan Memorial 40 Over Final: CapGemini romp Abbott by 166 runs; win title
Venue: Parsee Cyclists
A decent batting performance followed by a devastating bowling show from the opening bowlers handed CapGemini the title of Milan Memorial 40 Over league by a whopping margin of 166 runs. Such a margin of victory will force the readers to think that CapGemini must have made a really big score and then bowled out the opposition. But it’s their bowling that enabled them to secure the victory by such a huge margin even without scoring a very high score.
CapGemini had their luck with the coin and they decided to put runs on the board. Openers Vishwas and Umesh provided a decent solid start to the innings, scoring 52 runs for the first wicket. Due to some solid contributions from the middle order comprising Yogesh and Paresh’s 21 and 45 respectively and some late overs slogging by Jayshil Churi enabled CapGemini to post a competitive 219 in their allotted 40 overs.
Sandesh Agare and Sandesh Bhoir captured a couple of wickets each while other bowlers managed a wicket each for their team.
220 was a challenging total to chase in 240 balls. Add to that the pressure of finals. That is what took Abbott by surprise. What also took them by surprise was the opening bowling combination of Cap Gemini. The pair of Jayshil and Ashwin bowled the spells of their lives and shared all 10 wickets between themselves. The just demolished the batting line up of Abbott, as they folded for mere 53 runs in the 15th over, thereby losing by 166 runs. Not a single Abbott batsmen could withstand the bowlers as they succumbed to the pressure. Jayshil captured a 6 wicket haul while Ashwin walked away with 4.
This without a doubt can be termed as one of the most one-sided victories in a tournament final. Jayshil Churi bagged both man of the match and man of the series awards. CapGemini skipper Umesh was adjudged the best batsman and Sandesh Bhoir from Abbott was given the best bowler award.
Rehman Siddique from Abbott says, “It was a great tournament and in the finals we did well to restrict the opposition to below 230. I feel that if we had saved wickets early in our innings, we would have stood a chance. Congratulations to CapGemini for such an excellent bowling performance and winning the tournament.”
Umesh from CapGemini says, “It was a wonderful tournament and our young team performed really well. We hope to continue in the same manner and come back again next year to retain the title.”
Brief Scores:
CapGemini: 219/9 in 40 overs (Paresh 45, S. Bhoir 2/22, S Agare 2/41)
Abbott: 53 all out in 14.2 overs (Ajit 17, Churi 6/20, Ashwin 4/8)
Match Report by:
Sumanyu Jain
Regional Manager & Editor@ CricketGraph