OC finally registered a W on the board

Being 0-4, it was a must win game for OC. OC won the toss and elected to field. Things didn’t start the way OC would had hoped. Roy and Manjulla gave an excellent start to Century as the score raced away to 91/0 at the first drinks break. Eashwar brought himself into the attack and along with Panda bowled a tight spell to bring the run rate down. OC finally struck first blow in the 31st over when Devraj got the better of Manjulla. Roy soon followed as he was brilliantly stumped by Ajit of bowling of Panda. Both Manjulla and Roy played an excellent innings as they scored 69 and 80 respectively. Century was on course to pass the 300 mark. OC bowled tight spells to control the flurry of runs and Century ended their innings with a solid 248 on the board. Excellent bowling by Eashwar (2/39) and Panda (3/33) to bring OC back in the game. OC openers came out in the middle with one mission which was to score and score quick. Both Devraj and Panda played some brilliant shots to keep the run rate above 8 as OC raced to 95 in just 12 overs. Devraj departed at 38. Ravi came out to the middle and it was no looking back after that. Both Panda and Ravi kept playing their shots. Panda was dismissed soon after he crossed his 50. Eashwar and Abhik were soon to follow as they lost their wickets cheaply. Ravi meanwhile was doing the bulk of the scoring and joined by the calm Chirayu saw OC home. Ravi was eventually run out on 97. The match was a high scoring affair with some excellent display of batting by both teams. In the end the experience of Ravi saw OC home and in my books was the man of the match for his 97. OC finally registered a W on the board.