The weather was gloomy and so was the mood in Si-Camp. The first match went real close... but at the end Infy had the last laugh.
Infy Vs. Siemy - 1st Match:
Infy batted first. The going was tought as the wickets kept fallng regularly. Infy, who were all out in the last over, set a target of 68 in 10 overs for the Siemy. Gagandeep Nanra was the star batsman and helped the team to reach a respectable score of 68.
Siemens started poorly scoring just 28 runs in first 5 overs. Infy bowling was good with all the bowlers pitching in as required. Puneet bowled an excellent first over taking two wickets, followed up by sine economical spells from other bolwlers. From Siemy side, Saket and Umakant displayed good running (between the wickets) skills and added valuable runs. But at the end, Siemy fell short of few runs and lost the match.
Infy Vs. Siemy - 2nd Match:
Winners to bat so Infy batted first. Siemy started well with the bowling and fielding but Infy had some key players for the show. An explosive opening by Vikram helped the team reach 25 in 3 overs after which the rain pitched in. Once again Gagan scored fluently to help the team reach 71. The 2nd half of the first inning was played amid the rain. The unpredictably-bouncy-pictch (thanks to rain) and good spells by Infy bowlers the match was almost decided in favor of Infy. Siemy tried their best but lost by ~28 runs (these were the runs that came off boundaries in the Infy innings).
* Thanks to Pranav for giving more inputs on the match statistics. Rest of the contents is based on what I remember :). Feel free to correct if you think they are wrong.
The description of the matches from the POV of Infosys.
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Infy batted first. The going was tought as the wickets kept fallng regularly. Gagandeep Nanra was the star batsman and helped the team to reach a respectable score of 68. Bowling was exceptional with all the bowlers pitching in as required. Puneet bowled and excellent first over taking two wickets, followed up by very economical spells from Parag, Pawan, Pranav and Gagandeep which helped us restrict the Siemens and win the match.
Match 2 :
Winners to bat so Infy batted first. An explosive opening by Vikram helped the team reach 25 in 3 overs after which the rain pitched in. Once again Gagan scored fluently to help the team reach 71. In the bowling department, good spells were bowled by Jagraj, Pawan, Puneet, Gagan, Pranav, Amit Saxena and Keshav which helped us win game number 2!