25 February 2012, HAL Ground, Bangalore: Playing their first match of this year's YSR Cup, team IISc beat Sirur Park Sports Club by a narrow two-wicket margin thus making it to the second round of the knock-out tournament organized by KSCA.
Sirur Park were tottering at 45/5 before the sixth wicket alliance of Prathik (44) and Vijeth (93*) steadied the ship with a stubborn partnership. Sudheer (3/17) and Lalit (3/21) picked up three wickets apiece for IISc in restricting Sirur Park to 236/8 in 50 overs.
Kiran's characteristic blitz (74 off 55 balls) at the top of the innings put IISc's chase on course before the loss of a few quick wickets put IISc at a precarious 124/5. Varun (32) and Lalit (21) took IISc closer to the target but another mini-collapse meant that the job of getting the last 31 runs was left to number nine and ten. Sudheer (9) and Rajath (12) held their nerve in the tense chase to guide IISc home with sixteen balls to spare.
Brief scores: (50-overs match)
Sirur Park SC - 236/8 in 50 overs
(Prathik 44, Vijeth 93*, Sudheer 3/17, Lalit 3/21, Rajath 1/29, Pranesh 1/33)
IISc Gymkhana - 237/8 in 47.2 overs
(Kiran 74, Varun 32, Lalit 21, Madhu 2/20, Kempraj 1/51, Vijeth 2/52, Shanthraj 3/44)
Result: IISc Gymkhana won by 2 wickets
Man of the Match: Kiran Gangadharan
P.S. IISc Gymkhana handed a walk-over in their second round match of the YSR Cup - scheduled to be played versus Vultures CC at RSI ground - owing to non-availability of players on weekdays.
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