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Bayer Boosters beat Koln CC by 9 wickets Rajakulasingam Thinesh 39(17) | Aman Kapoor 24(15) Aritharan Thivakaran 2-9(2) | Sharifollah Sherzad 1-16(1)
A thumping victory for the Boosters as they steamroll Koln cc without breaking any sweat. The only chance for Koln to come out on top against the powerful Boosters' outfit was to get early wickets inside the powerplay but that wasn't the case. Thinesh went all guns blazing after the wicket of Vaseekaran and caused the damage inside the powerplay with imperious batting as Boosters raced to 51 runs in 3 overs.
The boundaries were flowing all around the park and the target of 80 runs were chased in just 31 deliveries. There was hardly any contest in this match as the Boosters overpowered Koln with no fuss. It's interesting to see whether Koln recover quickly from this brutal beating as they go up against the same team shortly. Let's see what happens in the second match, but for now, this is Pragadeesh and Bidipto signing off
5.1 Smit Nandu to Enoch Dayanandan, BAYER BOOSTERS COAST TO VICTORY! Short and slow on leg-and-middle, the batter waits for it, gets in position on the back foot and hooks it over deep square-leg for a SIX!
Smit Nandu, slow left-arm orthodox, comes into the attack
Nothing is going in Koln's way. Both teams haven't set good standards on the field as we have seen many dropped catches so far in this match and another one is added to the collection
5
overs
74/3score
1
1
1
1w
1
1
6
runs
Thinesh rajakulasingam*
39(17)
Enoch Dayanandan
21(10)
Akshay Dhani
0/32
4.6 Akshay Dhani to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, SIX! Fuller on middle and heaved away from the crease over cow corner from the middle of the bat!
4.5 Akshay Dhani to Enoch Dayanandan, CHANCE MISSED! Fuller down leg, the batter steps out and backs away to hoick, it gets top edged high to long-on, the fielder gets to it but DROPS it to give away a single!
4.4 Akshay Dhani to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, full outside off, hit hard down to long-off off the front foot again, for a single.
4.4 Akshay Dhani to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, WIDE outside off with the right-arm round angle!
4.3 Akshay Dhani to Enoch Dayanandan, fuller on the legs and clipped to deep backward square-leg for a single.
4.2 Akshay Dhani to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, full outside off, hit straight down the ground to long-off from the front foot for one.
4.1 Akshay Dhani to Enoch Dayanandan, short on off and pulled to deep mid-wicket off the back foot for a single.
Akshay Dhani (1-0-20-0) comes back into the attack
No one can really stop this onslaught. It's just a matter of minutes for the Boosters to cross the line
4
overs
0/0score
0
1w
0
6
0
4
0
runs
Asmdin Zadran
3.6 Asmdin Zadran to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, short outside off, tapped down to backward point off the back foot, for no run.
3.5 Asmdin Zadran to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, FOUR! Fuller and just outside off and struck firmly and pretty straight to the right of long-off for a boundary!
3.4 Asmdin Zadran to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, short outside off and a play and a miss again! Dot ball.
3.3 Asmdin Zadran to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, SHOT! Good length ball on middle and hoisted away from the crease over long-leg for a SIX!
3.2 Asmdin Zadran to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, full on off-and-middle, an attempted drive through the off-side but no run for it though.
3.2 Asmdin Zadran to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, WIDE down leg this time!
3.1 Asmdin Zadran to Rajakulasingam Thinesh, bouncer, short over off and a play and a miss on the back foot! Dot ball.