GITAM University Hyderabad has seen it all right from hosting a Football match over 2 days (The first official Football match on campus :P), to conducting classes in semi-constructed classrooms,and now it is the time for a new “feather”(Sarcasm at its best :P),in its cap.
The cricket tournament which was held in connection with the Independence day celebration,finally concluded today,after close to 45 days(That is well over a month !!),But the good news is that ,it finally did happen,thanks to our good P.D,who had to push the proposal hard to get the match conducted,what with exams around the corner.
THE MATCH:
The match witnessed the clash of CSE(seniors),and the Mech(A) which walked in as favourites,given that it showcased exceptional performance in sports(It won the Volleyball cup)and put up a good fight in Football.
The match which was scheduled to start in the afternoon session,started at about 11’ odd,and this last minute change,caused a low turnout initially.
As the message spread that the final match started,coupled with our SMS Channel alert,the crowd slowly picked up,We did all we could to spread the word,but not many braved to watch the match due to the heat .
FIRST INNINGS:
The match started off with the CSE batsmen taking to the filed,and two overs down the road,Mech looked all in control,and the score was moving up very slowly with the run rate at about 7,for a team which is known for its power packed line up(It has history of hitting 120-130 odd runs in a 10 over match!),the Mech team looked formidable.
Even thought,the start was slow,amidst some clumsy fielding,and above average bowling on part of the Mech Dept,the CSE seniors put up a score of 87 runs in 12 over's.
The other things,which went against the CSE team is that,it has been over 45 days since they took part in a match as a team,while the Mech team won a match yesterday evening,and were in a good form, carrying forward the momentum into this match,energetic since they were backed with the strong support of Juniors from various quarters,along with the massive turnout of the Mech dept(the B section guys were extremely loud in their support!!),and most of the juniors were backing the Junior team.
And the senior team,had more at stake to risk if it would have lost the match than the junior team,since By wining the Match the seniors could make a statement and prove that seniors will remain seniors,and we juniors will have to remain their juniors,and respect them,without hurting our self respect,since any wrong move on their part can result in hordes of juniors r*p*ing them apart :D(Just kidding),Coming back to the match.
The target of 88 in 12 overs,looked like a cake walk with batsmen like Ramakanth (Mech A),who earned a name for himself,of being one of the best batsmen on campus,and a heavy hitter.
SECOND INNINGS:
A loud round of applause greeted the Mech Dept,when it took to the field,louder than the kind of pomp CSE dept received when they walked in the first innings(Due to the presence of a large number of audience)
After the first couple of overs,(hen the fourth over started with 42 to win from 8 overs) winning seemed to be a distant team for the senior team,but the tables changed once the sixth over started,with a couple of wickets down in a particular over,the game looked evenly posed,and even Paul(the octopus) wouldn’t have guessed the result for sure :P.
Slowly the game seemed to move in favour of the seniors,with some exceptional fielding and bowling in the last four overs,another major role could have been the cheering Dept. of CSE which introduced close to 50-60 odd CSE junior supporters,who were pretty loud,and since the game was titling towards the CSE team,more juniors followed suite,suddenly the cheering for Mech was a mere whisper compared to the tremendous support the Seniors team received,not to forget that being seniors,they also got support from their fellow batch mates :D,Enough of this shitty Cheering stuff,back to the game!!(Again!!)
With the wickets falling down in succession,and the fielding of the CSE team improving,the rear of the mech Dept,was shattered into pieces, since the batsmen themselves were able to meet the pressure,the rear couldn't but face the heat.
In the last over,the Mech team had to score about 18-20 runs ,and this was a direct implication that the match was a goner.
The last ball of the match,and the Mech team was in utter shambles,with 6 runs to win,They could but only wish for a Laagan styled final ball,which failed to materialize ,and they had to bow down to the seniors,not because they were seniors but since they deserved to win,all due to the way they changed the game.
CELEBRATIONS:
The celebrations never stop once they start,and both the teams were seen celebrating,the seniors especially seemed to have hung around the canteens right from the time they won the match till the evening,thought the Mech students were disappointed,they had reasons to celebrate,there hard work didn’t go in vain :)
UMPIRES:
This match will also be remembered as one of those which had some very bad decisions made,especially by the leg umpires,who were totally oblivious of the fact that a match was going,in the Second Innings,and that too for a final match we could have done with some better guys in place of the current leg umpires,but then the game is over.
LOW TURNOUT:
The low turnout can be attributed,to the vacation mood which has kicked in,and the general strength of the campus itself was relatively low,but this didn’t in any way deter the progress of the match :)
CONCLUSION:
The day ended on a bright note,and CSE was crowned the king of Cricket,the most popular game on campus.
Post details:
Contribution : LAGH correspondent(s).
Branch : CSE,EEE.
Editing By : lifeatgitamhyd Team.
Campus : GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.
Regards,
lifeatgitamhyd.
