Despite the Ramadan fasting we stuck together as a team and showed our commitment in the game today. Full marks to the bowlers - Suhail, Mushtaq, Shuja and Sumit - Job Well done! We restricted Daredevils to a total of 52, we basically ran through their batting line up and finished with 4 balls to spare - 52 all out off 15.2
Everything worked as per our plan, winning the toss was crucial and we did and we put them into bat, the ground was surprisingly very heavy with the over night dew.
I am sure everyone will agree that our man of the match was none other than our 'Munnu', he hung around till around the 10th over and took the pressure off us under difficult batting conditions - the cracking square-cut for a boundary and the six past square leg was brute force and it stands out in his well made '30'.
Nice decent all-round performance from Suhail as well (9 not out and 9/1 off 4 overs).
There were two brilliant runouts by Mushtaq (mid-wicket) and Adil (cover-point). Both the throws were to me the wicketkeeper and landed on top of the stumps.
Since the ground was heavy with the overnight dew our bowlers used it to good effect, the ball was skidding off the track and we made it difficult for their batsmen.
Daredevils did pretty well to defend their 52, they bowled fuller and yorker length deliveries and made batting difficult for us. Faheed and Sumit fell early, I went in next and decided that I will not get out and give as much support as I can to Muneer who was batting really well. I went in when it was the 6th over and batted with Muneer until the 10th over when Muneer went to clear the boundary for the second time and was bowled after picking one nicely off the middle to put it over the square-leg boundary fielder for a six off the previous delivery. Suhail came in next and batted pretty well until the 13th over when I threw away my wicket when there were 3 runs required to win. I was waiting for a loose ball and got one and wanted to square-cut it to the boundary to finish it off but I didn't middle it well, it hit the bottom of my bat and went up for point to go backwards and catch it, we lost one valuable point there, Shuja came in next and made sure we didn't lose anymore wickets, Suhail hit the winning runs with a boundary and finished it off in the 15th over.
A very satisfying victory Indeed!
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