We lost the toss for the first time this season and were put into bat on a damp wicket and outfield. It had been raining the past 2 days. It was an afternoon game and the sun dried up the outfield a but the runup needed lots of sawdust and sand.
We started miserably with Mutesa getting a roller from Lyndon first ball. Rahul and Moghe played sensibly until Rahul was caught on long off after not timing a hit.
Sid and Moghe steadied things and saw through Raj Ghai, who was bowling spot on. SidK then went after the spinners, mainly Rocky Singh - but going was tough with the slow outfield.
Ashish got out stumped and then SidK went to a swing in the 16th over to Ram M. The keeper clipped the bails or it was bowled, no one was sure. SidK walked, but it was probably not out since neither umpire was sure what happened.
After that, the batting collapsed but for some but hits by Bhoopati, who came back into form with this innings. We folded for 101 all out.
We bowled well in the first 10 overs keeping Vintage to 52 and got Hari out too to a fine catch by Rahul. Sid S and Sampath bowled well. But the target was not a stiff ask and we could not put pressure on them especially when Ghai and Lyndon started hitting after the break. They got there in ~15 overs.
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