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The Redbirds took on Bindasht in their fourth game of the Super-12 stage. Redbirds were desperate for a win and Bindasht appeared to be quite confident after having almost chased down a decent score against Beetles a week ago. Vinod joined the Redbirds and ffter some initial conflicts with player availability and a last minute of bout minor concerns, the playing XI from the Redbirds took to the field as Bindasht elected to bat first.
Kedar and Vinod opened the bowling for the Redbirds, while Abhijit and Manish kept the scorecard ticking for Bindasht. Both batsmen kept rotating the strike without taking any risks and cruised to 28 for no loss at the end of the 7th over. The first bowling change came in the 8th over and Bindasht scored their first boundary in that over as well. At the end of 10 overs Bindasht were placed having scored 42 with both the openers still at the crease.
Imran got the first breakthrough in the 11th over for the Redbirds, as he bowled Manish out. After taking some wood in the next over, Dheeraj took a beautiful catch off of his own bowling to dismiss Abhijit after he had scored 41 from only 39 balls. Dheeraj secured another wicket when he had Sudhir caught behind in the 15th over. Vinod and Imran took a wicket each in the 17th and 18th over respectively as Bindasht scored 128 runs from their allotted 20 overs. This was the highest total that the Redbirds have had to chase (or scored) so far in this tournament.
Kedar and Varun opened the batting for the Redbirds and took on the bowlers quite comfortably. As Varun played deft shots and intelligently rotated strike, Kedar went for some hitting. He hit Manish for to back to back sixers in the 4th over that got 17 runs for the Redbirds. As the Redbirds seemed to be all set having scored 34 runs for 4 overs, Varun was run out in the most unfortunate manner as Kedar hit a ball back to the bowler who unfortunately deflected it back to the stumps (as a result of missed catch) and caught Varun out of his crease.
Kiran was the next one to go as he stood outside his crease after missing a shot only to be cleverly stumped by the wicket-keeper. Imran didn't trouble the scorers either as he played another impatient shot and sent the ball straight into the hands of the fielder at the leg-slip. Kedar went next as he missed the line and was caught with his back foot infront of the stumps. Dheeraj and Vinod kept the ball rolling for the Redbirds after that and put together a 52 runs partnership for the 5th wicket. Vinod played with a lot of patience and kept rotating the strike as Dheeraj hit a couple of sixers and a boundary as he scored 31 runs.
Dheeraj was caught attempting to play a huge shot. Ramakanth (RK) was up next was out without even facing a delivery as he was run-out. Sudheer lasted for only one delivery and got out without scoring anything. Neeraj came in next and displayed some beautiful shots as he chased down the score with Vinod with a boundary with four balls to go. Vinod remained unbeaten having scored 26 runs.
This victory has given a chance for the Redbirds to secure a place in the semi-finals. Even though this chance is thinner than Nicole Richie's zombie hands, this was a well deserved victory by the Redbirds. Neeraj appears to be a bright young player and an invaluable addition to the team. Inspite of other committments, Kedar finished his committment to the Redbirds and played a wonderful knock of 25 runs from 16 balls. Dheeraj was declared as Man of the Match for his 31 runs that he scored during a 52 run stand for the 5th wickets and 2 wickets from his bowling.
The Redbirds face off against Spartans on Saturday, August 18th.
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