In the sixth match of the ICL 50’s being played here at the Mayajaal Sports Village, Delhi Jets defeated Kolkata by 5 wickets. Kolkata Tigers skipper Deep Dasgupta won the toss and once again elected to bat. Delhi Jets batsman Monish Mishra was declared man of the match for his 118 runs.
The Kolkata Innings got of to a great start as the openers Anshu Jain and Parviz Aziz took the Tigers score to 145. Aziz scored quick 93 of 88 balls including 2 sixes. Jain scored a patient 44 and was the perfect foil for Aziz. Both batsmen fell in the space of 3 balls and that slowed down Kolkata’s innings. Rohan Gavaskar and Deep Dasguta then played some quick cameos to help the Tigers total along. Gavaskar scored 45 of 34 balls including 3 hits over the fence, while Dasgupta made quick 38. Shib Sagar Singh then joined his captain to strike some lusty blows and take the Tiger’s total one short of 300. For the Jets bowlers there was nothing to write home about. Though Abhinav Bali had amazing figures of 3 wickets for one run, thanks too some cheap wickets at the end of the innings.
Delhi Jets continue to dazzle when they are chasing. Today thanks to brilliant hundred by the other Delhi opener Monish Mishra, the Jets managed to chase down Kolkata’s target in just 45.4 overs. Mishra was the star for the Delhi Jets as he carried his bat right trough the innings to guide his side to victory. Mishra made 118 of 119 balls including 6 boundaries and 5 sixes. The loss of his opening partner when the score was 39 brought in Abhinav Bali. The young Delhi all rounder was in no mood to hang around as he made a quick fire 42 of 30 balls. The fall of two quick wickets gave Kolkata a glimmer of hope. But those hopes were soon dashed by Delhi skipper who put his foot on the pedal to smash quick 67 that included 5 big ones. He and Mishra put on a match winning 125 runs that took the game away from the Tigers. Mishra then completed the formalities with Ali Murtza to give the Jets a comfortable victory.
Delhi Jets look like the stand out team of the tournament so far after their scintillating chases in their last two games. I think captains will be weary about batting first in their games against Delhi from now on. Meanwhile after a low scoring first game, it has been a real run feast for the batsman on this placid wicket, and a nightmare for the bowlers.
Brief scores: Kolkata Tigers 299 in 50 overs (Parvez Aziz 93, Rohan Gavaskar 45, Anshu Jain 44, Abhinav Bali 3/1, Abbas Ali 2/43) beat Delhi Jets 300 for 5 in 45.4 overs (Monish Mishra 118*, J.P Yadav 67, Abhinav Bali 42, Shiv Sagar Singh 2/56) by 5 wickets.
Source : http://www.indiancricketleague.in/
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