We had two awesome matches this past Sunday. After a long time we saw two very well balanced teams pitched against each other. The weather was perfect too, quite sunny but the sun was beating down as much. In fact it was quite pleasant. Another great thing was most of the players were on the ground by 7:40, we are definitely making some progress here. After some catch practice Rajesh and Pankaj stepped aside to form teams and after the toss the winning team took center stage and the game began. Team A: Venki , Siddharth , Pratik (new guy), Rajesh and Abhijeet J Team B: Pankaj , Amit , Partha , Chandru and Anand - Vamshi was common player in the first match. - In the second match Rajesh left and so Vamshi played for Team B and I played for Team A I think Team A won the toss and elected the bat. Amit and Partha opened the innings. I am not sure how they both got out, but I think one of them got out within the first two overs and I went in as a replace...
What an awesome day it turned out to be. We had a near-record turnout, everybody who signed-up and promised that they would come, showed up. By the time the two teams were formed there 8 players a side with one common player. We had couple of newcomers too. It was quite gratifying to see current and former superstars fight it out to claim the top spot. While nobody expected one of the newcomers to give them a run for their money, it made for a great competition ideal for vetting the talent assembled at the park. Swigging our favorite poison this easily could have been one of our fantasies, with one minor difference ... it was actually happening. You could literally see everybody on their toes trying to upend the other person. And that was good as everybody's game was taken to the next level. Unfortunately I had to leave early so couldn't enjoy the entire game, but was there long enough to verify for myself the reputation that preceded one of our new comers. The da...
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