The VVCL team in its third season has at last found its prolific batting performance in today’s game. Their two batting stalwarts; namely Rahul Kamat & Selvakumar P, contributed heavily with the bat to ensure victory for their individual teams. The ball found boundary line on numerous occasions as both made a mockery of decent bowling attacks. Rahul in particular was severe in his inning that consists of 4 sixes, while Selva’s knock came just in time during the final’s ensuring the 2-1 series victory for Chetan’s side. Vijay’s knock in finals was excellent too as he was able to consistently find the sweet spot on the bat and send the ball towards boundary to gather crucial runs. One particular cover drive which enables him to collect three runs was probably the ‘shot of the day’.
The ground fielding continues to be inconsistent which added to the Captains woes, although there was a noteworthy improvement in catching. Bowlers from both sides did a fair job as most were on target except for an over or two. Chetan, the best bowler of the lot continues to struggle with his new bowling action which does not yield him the swing or pace that once use to be his flagship weapon. Even though he did not leak runs in dozens, but the lack of wickets would hurt his claim of being the premier bowler.
This season the players appear fitter with extra loads of stamina filled inside them. The batters have used the long handle well to keep sailing the ball long in air, the bowlers are able to put some excellent over’s and only if the ground fielding improves drastically the team would be ready to put their foot forward and register into their initial tournament.
The hopes are high in some of the players who wish to take this serious bunch of cricketers into the next level.
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