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Semifinal - 2 Reebok Cup Date: 08-03-2009 Venue: Palam - A Tata Group Vs. Fidelity Information Systems Shrray Sharma leading the side for first time in the absence of Jitender Diwan called correctly and chose to field first. Pawan started by bowling a maiden over but Jitender & Dhiraj shared 45 runs for the opening wkt partnership from 8.4 overs. Pawan provided the break through while Deepak Yadav demolished the top order by taking 4 wkts reducing FIS to 95 for 5 wkts. Sonu Vaid, Arun & Aman bowled out FIS on the score of 127 runs. Tata Group lost both openers cheaply and their 3 rd wkt fell on the score of 27 runs. Sachin Mehta & Sonu Vaid not only rescued their team with 70 runs partnership but brought their team in the winning position. Tata Group required 13 runs from 18 deliveries when Deepak made 7 runs off 3 deliveries. 4 th delivery found Sachin in front of the stumps while Deepak was bowled on 5 th ball and when Pankaj Mohanty took a brilliant catch at mid-wicket on the last delivery to complete the first HAT-TRICK of this tournament. Ashwani Kumar gave away 4 runs in the penultimate over but removed Deepak Sharma on the last ball. In the last over, 2 runs were required but Anuj bowled a wide ball to level the scores after bowling a maiden ball. Batsman could not score on the next 2 deliveries whereas Arun was caught at mid-on on the 4 th ball. Tata Group required 1 run while FIS required 1 wkt, Pawan scored the winning run on 5 th ball and entire team of Tata Group ran to the lift him up and celebrate their victory. Fidelity Information Systems (127 all out in 24.3 overs) Jitendra Chowdhary - 27 (34 Balls) (4 x 3) Dhiraj Sharma - 20 (24 Balls) (4 x 3) Deepak Yadav - 5-1-22-4 Sonu Vaid - 5-0-25-2 Arun Choudhary - 1.3-0-08-2 Tata Group (128 for 9 wkts in 24.5 overs) Sachin Mehta - 49 (65 Balls) (4 x 1) Sonu Vaid - 25 (31 Balls) Deepak Sharma - 21 (17 Balls) (4 x 3) Anuj Bhardwaj - 1.5-0-09-4 Ashwani Kumar - 5-2-18-2 Tata Group defeated Fidelity Information Systems by 1 wicket. Deepak Yadav of Tata Group & Anuj Bhardwaj of Fidelity Information Systems
Quarterfinal 1 Reebok Plate Date: 01-03-2009 Venue: DDA Sports Complex, Pitampura Reliance Communication Vs. Steria Reliance opted to field first on winning the toss but Akhil & Babbal shared 30 runs partnership for opening wkt against disciplined attack of Reliance. Bowlers of Reliance bowled good line and length allowing no room for the batsmen to free their arms as such restricted Steria to 124 runs only. Chasing at the asking rate of 5 runs per over was further made easy when openers made 46 runs from 5.3overs. Reliance reached home comfortably with 2.1 overs to spare and entered the semifinal of Reebok Plate. Steria (124 for 7 wkts in 25 overs) Manish Babbal - 29 (34 Balls) (4 x 3) Akhil Singh - 22 (23 Balls) (4 x 3) Extras - 13 Vishnu Satish Shastri - 5-0-23-2 Nitin Sharma - 5-0-24-2 Naveen Malik - 2-0-10-2 Reliance Communication (128 for 5 wkts in 22.5 overs) Pramod Kumar - 39 (34 Balls) (4 x 7) Cristy Joshi - 18 (26 Balls) (4 x 2) Extras - 13 Chander Jaitley - 5-0-24-2 Reliance Communication defeated Steria by 5 wickets Pramod Kumar of Reliance Communication & Akhil Singh of Steria
Quarterfinal 2 Reebok Plate Date: 01-03-2009 Venue: DDA Sports Complex, Pitampura Hewlett Packard Vs. Colt Technologies Asked to bat first, HP got off to a flying start as Pandita & Sanjeev added 52 runs from 7 overs. Runs kept on coming as Pandita stood like a rock at one end while Vivek Dwivedi shared 38 runs partnership with him. On the score of 119, Bharat joined Pandita and they shared 63 runs partnership from 34 deliveries to post a mammoth total of 186 runs on the board. Rajeev bowled a good spell to take 2 wkts conceding just 18 runs while Pandita remained undefeated on the score of 62 runs. Pressure of chasing a huge total played havoc on Colt Technologies as they lost Suresh on the 2 nd ball and kept on losing wkts every now and then in order to match the asking rate. In the end, Colt Technologies were bowled out of 91 runs and allowed HP to enter the Semifinal stage. Hewlett Packard (186 for 6 wkts in 25 overs) Sunil Pandita - 62 not out (67 Balls) (4 x 4) Bharat Bhist - 42 (20 Balls) (4 x 6) (6 x 1) Vivek Dwivedi - 23 (27 Balls) (4 x 2) Sanjeev Sharma - 22 (20 Balls) (4 x 4) Extras - 20 Rajeev Sharma - 5-0-18-2 Alex George - 5-0-52-2 Colt Technologies (91 all out in 17 overs) Alex George - 31 (24 Balls) (4 x 5) Nitin Kapoor - 17 (20 Balls) Vishal Arya - 4-0-17-4 Vivek Dwivedi - 5-0-29-2 Sanjeev Sharma - 3-0-11-2 Hewlett Packard defeated Colt Technologies by 95 runs. Sunil Pandita of Hewlett Packard & Rajeev Sharma of Colt Technologies
Quarterfinal 3 Reebok Plate Date: 28-02-2009 Venue: DDA Sports Complex, Dwarka ICICI Bank Vs. Aricent Technologies Amit & Krishan provided a start of 57 runs when ICIC Bank won the toss and elected to bat. Amit & Naveen consolidated their position with 26 runs partnership for 2 nd wkt while Naveen & Neeraj added 42 runs from 4.3 overs to further strengthen their hold on the match. Towards the end, Neeraj & Shree Hari shared 55 runs partnership off 5.2 overs to post a total of 184 runs. Aricent lost Amit Gulia early but Vidur & Ambuj added 41 runs for second wkt while 33 runs were added by Ambuj & Jalaj to keep their team in the match. Gurmeet & Abhilash bowled well to take 2 & 4 wkts respectively restricting Aricent Technologies to 165 runs while Arun Syal tried his level best to win the match for his side by running hard and playing a superb knock of 40 runs off only 29 deliveries. ICICI Bank (184 for 4 wkts in 25 overs) Neeraj Walia - 55 not out (35 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 2) Amit Verma - 41 (55 Balls) (4 x 4) Krishan Kumar - 27 (26 Balls) (4 x 3) Shree Hari vats - 25 (14 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 2) Extras - 21 Praveen Prasad - 5-0-50-2 Aricent Technologies (165 for 9 wkts in 25 overs) Ambuj - 41 (29 Balls) (4 x 6) Arun Syal - 40 (29 Balls) (4 x 4) Abhilash Chopra - 5-0-32-4 Amit Verma - 5-0-21-2 Gurmeet Singh - 4-0-18-2 ICICI Bank defeated Aricent Technologies by 19 runs. Arun Syal of Aricent Technologies & Amit Verma of ICICI Bank
Quarterfinal - 4 Reebok Plate Date: 08-03-2009 Venue: Palam - A Nokia Siemens Network Vs. Airtel Nitin provided a double break in the first over to NSN when Airtel decided to bat on winning the toss. Mohit & Raj Pareek shared 39 runs partnership before Murthy dismissed Mohit and soon Airtel was struggling at 51 runs for 5 wkts. Aditya & Manan shared 21 runs while Aditya & Sandeep added 37 runs for 6 th & 7 th wkt partnership respectively. Vikas then removed the tail to take 3 wkts and bowl out Airtel on the score of 119 runs with 4 deliveries yet to be bowled. A total of 19 runs came from first over wherein 14 extras were conceded to bring the asking rate to 4 runs per over. Airtel came back when Ranjit & Murthy were dismissed and soon run making was made difficult when Manan & Rahul bowled well backed by good fielding. NSN required 45 runs from last 9 overs when Sandeep gave away 16 runs that included 12 extras. In the end, Vikas along with Deepak Dwivedi reached home on the 4 th ball of 23 rd over. It would not be wrong to state that Airtel team should blame themselves for this loss as they conceded 35 extras when their team was defending a small total of 120 runs. Airtel (119 all out in 24.2 overs) Aditya Sud - 34 (48 Balls) (4 x 3) Mohit Kaushal - 26 (21 Balls) (4 x 5) Extras - 22 Vikas Angaria - 3.2-0-12-3 Murthy Sarma - 5-0-21-2 Nitin Tyagi - 4-0-19-2 Nokia Siemens Network (120 for 5 wkts in 22.4 overs) Vikas Angaria - 30 not out (39 Balls) (4 x 2) Murthy Sarma - 14 (19 Balls) (4 x 1) Extras - 35 Rahul Sharma - 5-0-23-2 Nokia Siemens Network defeated Airtel by 5 wickets. Vikas Angaria of Nokia Siemens Network & Manan Dogra of Airtel
Semifinal - 1 Reebok Plate Date: 15-03-2009 Venue: DDA Sports Complex, Pitampura Reliance Communications Vs. Nokia Siemens Network Reliance started off well by making 35 runs for opening wkt partnership when they chose to bat first of winning the toss. Sultan & Mohan added 40 runs for the 2 nd wkt partnership and later Sultan & Rahul put on 59 runs from 5.4 overs to take control of the match. It looked that Reliance will put up a total of around 190 runs but towards the end of inning, NSN bowlers bowled well to restrict Reliance on the score of 174 runs only. Ranjit was scoring runs from one end while Murthy was not able to rotate the strike and the same happened with Vikas as well. On the score of 47 runs, Ashwani joined Ranjit & they added 52 runs for the 3 rd wkt partnership but once this partnership was broken, NSN fell like a pack of cards and could score only 130 runs from 25 overs giving Reliance a convincing victory. Reliance Communications (174 for 7 wkts in 25 overs) Sultan Ansari - 65 (45 Balls) (4 x 5) (6 x 1) Rahul Sood - 35 (24 Balls) (4 x 2) Pramod Kumar - 22 (23 Balls) (4 x 4) Mohan Kumar - 22 (30 Balls) (4 x 2) Ajay Sharma - 5-0-28-2 Nitin Singh Tyagi - 5-0-33-2 Ashwani Kumar - 4-0-36-2 Nokia Siemens Network (130 for 9 wkts in 25 overs) Ranjit Narayan - 49 (36 Balls) (4 x 6) Ashwani Kumar - 39 (52 Balls) (4 x 1) Sultan Ansari - 5-0-16-3 Pramod Kumar - 5-0-21-2 Reliance Communications defeated Nokia Siemens Network by 44 runs. Ranjit Narayan of Nokia Siemens Network & Sultan Ansari of Reliance Communications
Semifinal - 2 Reebok Plate Date: 08-03-2009 Venue: Palm - B Hewlett Packard Vs. ICICI Bank Amit provided an early break through when ICICI Bank chose to field first on winning the toss but Pandita & Vikas shared 46 runs partnership from 9 overs to stabilize inning. Rakesh came in and played a breeze knock of 36 runs to swing the momentum while Pandita was keeping other end in tact. Towards the end of inning Bharat used long handle to good effect scoring 24 runs off 11 deliveries to help his side post a total of 169 runs. For ICICI Bank, Akshay bowled well in the slog overs to take 3 wkts. ICICI Bank did not get the required start to chase the target as Saurabh Singhal bowled extremely good line giving no room to batsmen to free their arms. He not only took 3 wkts but bowled economically too that increased the pressure on the batsmen of ICICI Bank. ICICI Bank bowed to the pressure and was bowled out for 111 when Pandita removed the lower order by taking 5 wkts and helped his team to reach the final of Reebok Plate. Hewlett Packard (169 for 8 wkts in 25 overs) Sunil Pandita - 51 (56 Balls) (4 x 4) Rakesh Chaudhary - 36 (27 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Bharat Bhist - 24 not out (11 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 1) Vikas Kumar - 24 (28 Balls) (4 x 2) Akshay Dhup - 4-0-24-3 Abhilash Chopra - 5-0-43-2 ICICI Bank (111 all out in 21.5 overs) Sumit Dhaiya - 27 (28 Balls) (4 x 3) Kamal Shaiva - 26 (25 Balls) (4 x 2) Sunil Pandita - 2.5-0-10-5 Saurabh Singhal - 5-0-20-3 Hewlett Packard defeated ICICI Bank by 58 runs. Saurabh Singhal of Hewlett Packard & Akshay Dhup of ICICI Bank
Pre-quarter Final 1 Date: 28-02-2009 Venue: Jesus & Merry College KPMG Vs. ABC Consultants KPMG lost Rohit early & soon Sandeep went to pavilion when their captain decided to bat on winning the toss. Ishan & Raghav added 89 runs for the 3 rd wkt partnership from 8 overs to consolidate their position. Apart from Naveen who made 24 runs, rest of the batsmen could not score runs but still KPMG managed to put 201 runs on the board. To chase anything over 200 runs, one batsman had to play a big inning but highest contribution came from Dinkar who made undefeated 35 runs. Pranay, Deepak & Shiv also played good knocks but these knocks were not good enough to take their team to victory as such they lost the match by 42 runs. KPMG (201 all out in 25 overs) Raghav Pandey - 52 (29 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 5) Ishan Yadav - 46 (46 Balls) (4 x 7) Naveen Arora - 24 (23 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 1) Extras - 14 Ashish Jhunjhunwala - 5-0-44-2 Deepak Rathi - 4-0-16-2 ABC Consultants (159 all out in 21.4 overs) Dinkar Sharda - 35 (34 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Pranay Tiwari - 32 (23 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 3) Shiv Agrawal - 27 (21 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 2) Deepak Rathi - 22 (14 Balls) (4 x 5) Extras - 23 Sandeep Adalakha - 4-0-33-3 Varun Dalal - 5-0-24-2 KPMG defeated ABC Consultants by 42 runs. Raghav Pandey of KPMG & Deepak Rathi of ABC Consultants
Pre-quarter Final 2 Date: 01-03-2009 Venue: Jesus & Merry College Colwell & Salmon Vs. HUDCO Colwell & Salmon lost 2 wkts in the 2 nd over when they chose to bat first. Prashant & Jason added 42 runs for the 3 rd wkt but once again Colwell was struggling at 54 for 4 wkts after 8 overs. Prashant & Ashwani not only came to the rescue of Colwell but took their team to a position of strength when they shared a partnership of 121 runs from 12.5 overs. Prashant was unlucky to miss his century by 2 runs but it was mainly due to his efforts that Colwell posted a total of 196 runs. HUDCO started off well to score 32 runs from 3 overs but then started to lose wkts at regular intervals playing irresponsible shots and thus lost the match by 43 runs when 33 deliveries were still to be bowled. Prashant Dixit after playing a superb knock, bowled well to take 4 wkts and win the match for his team. It goes to the credit of Colwell & Salmon that they have reached quarter final stage of the tournament in their first outing for any corporate tournament. Colwell & Salmon (196 all out in 24.5 overs) Prashant Dixit - 98 (59 Balls) (4 x 14) (6 x 4) Ashwani Sharma - 40 (32 Balls) (4 x 5) (6 x 1) Extras - 13 V. K. Shukla - 5-0-33-2 Rajneesh Saxena - 5-0-35-2 Surender Prasad - 2-0-19-2 HUDCO (153 all out in 19.3 overs) Shashi Bhushan - 48 (24 Balls) (4 x 6) (6 x 3) Ramesh Negi - 39 (27 Balls) (4 x 7) Extras - 16 Prashant Dixit - 5-0-29-4 Deepak Choudhary - 5-0-41-2 Colwell & Salmon defeated HUDCO by 43 runs. Prashant Dixit of Colwell & Salmon & Shashi Bhushan of HUDCO
Pre-quarter Final 3 Date: 28-02-2009 Venue: Jesus & Merry College Prasar Bharti Vs. NTPC Captain of NTPC bowled captain of Prasar Bharti on the 3 rd ball of the match when captain of Prasar Bharti decided to bat on winning the toss. Ravinder & Pawan added 70 runs for the 2 nd wkt partnership to bail their team out of trouble. NTPC bounced back to reduce Prasar Bharti to 101 runs for 8 wkts when Sanjay Khanna & A.P. Talreja took 3 & 2 wkts respectively. Satinder came to the rescue to Prasar Bharti adding 66 runs for the last 2 wkts wherein his contribution was 47 undefeated runs. NTPC lost 2 quick wkts when they started run chase but Ramrakhiani & Dharambeer made 22 & 47 runs to keep their team in hunt. Rajinder dismissed both these batsmen while Satinder took 2 wkts and as such NTPC was bowled out for 121 runs giving easy victory to Prasar Bharti of 45 runs. Prasar Bharti (166 for 9 wkts in 25 overs) Satinder - 47 not out (25 Balls) (4 x 4) (6 x 4) Pawan Kumar - 45 (60 Balls) (4 x 2) (6 x 3) Ravinder Singh - 27 (31 Balls) (4 x 3) Extras - 27 Sanjay Khanna - 5-1-18-3 A. P. Talreja - 5-0-31-2 NTPC (121 all out in 21.3 overs) Dharmbeer - 47 (36 Balls) (4 x 7) (6 x 1) P. Ramrakhiani - 22 (26 Balls) (4 x 4) Rajinder - 4-0-32-3 Satinder - 5-0-17-2 Prasar Bharti defeated NTPC by 45 runs. Satinder of Prasar Bharti & Dharmbeer of NTPC
Pre-quarter Final 4 Date: 28-02-2009 Venue: DDA Sports Complex, Dwarka Headstrong Vs. Motorola On a wicket that had moisture in it, Headstrong won the toss & chose to field. Headstrong got a strong hold on the match when Shafiq & Abhishek got a wkt each in their first overs. Aashish played responsibly to keep the strike rotating while Anirudh played too many dot deliveries. Amandeep bowled Anirudh and then sent 2 more batsmen back to pavilion on the score of 47 runs. Ankit & Aashish bailed their team out of trouble by adding 27 runs for 6 th wkt stand. Ankit, Saurav & Sandeep used long handle to good affect and helped their team post a total of 129 runs. Headstrong started off well by putting 39 runs for opening wkt stand but Motorola bounced back by taking 3 quick wkts. Shafiq & Yashpal added 37 runs for the 4 th wkt partnership and Headstrong was very well placed at 88 for 3 wkts after 15 overs. Anirudh bowled Shafiq, while Pankaj dismissed Yashpal and run out of Manish along with dismissal of Sameep changed the complexion of the game. Headstrong required 18 runs off 18, 12 off 12 and 6 off 6 deliveries when Amandeep lifted Viresh for a six on the first ball of last over to win this cliff hanger. Motorola (129 for 8 wkts in 25 overs) Aashish Khanna - 41 (42 Balls) (4 x 3) Ankit Jain - 28 not out (37 Balls) Extras - 15 Amandeep Singh Brar - 5-0-25-3 Mohd. Shafiq - 5-0-21-2 Atul Haritosh - 5-0-25-2 Headstrong (130 for 8 wkts in 24.1 overs) Mohd. Shafiq - 47 (41 Balls) (4 x 5) (6 x 1) Sanjay Rajoura - 17 (26 Balls) (4 x 1) Extras - 16 Pankaj Gupta - 5-0-17-2 Anirudh Singh - 5-0-20-2 Kuldeep - 5-0-27-2 Headstrong defeated Motorola by 2 wickets. Aashish Khanna of Motorola & Mohd. Shafiq of Headstrong
Quarterfinal - 1 Date: 08-03-2009 Venue: Jesus & Merry College JRA Vs. KPMG Deciding to bat, JRA got a quick start of 32 runs from 4 overs but lost second wkt on the score of 43 runs. Ravi Chandran came in and blasted the bowlers to round the park scoring 76 runs off 38 deliveries and shared partnership of 101 runs with Sriram for the 3 rd wkt. KPMG made a good recovery after the fall of Ravi Chandran as they bowled out JRA for 205 runs. Vishwanathan & Mahesh bowled well with new ball to take 5 wkts between them and later Ranganathan took 3 wkts reducing KPMG to 98 for 8 wkts after 16 overs. Manish joined Pradeep Rana and they took the attack to opposition by sharing a partnership of 77 runs from 5.4 overs. KPMG required 26 runs from 18 deliveries when Siddharth gave away only 5 runs from 23 rd over and innings of KPMG came to an end when Sundeep disturbed the furniture of Manish with still 9 deliveries yet to be bowled. JRA (205 all out in 24.2 overs) Ravi Chandran - 76 (38 Balls) (4 x 9) (6 x 5) K. Sriram - 42 (38 Balls) (4 x 7) K. Ravi - 22 not out (22 Balls) (4 x 1) (6 x 1) Manish Handa - 5-0-27-3 Ishan Yadav - 4-1-15-3 Sandeep Adhalakha - 5-0-37-2 KPMG (186 all out in 23.3 overs) Manish Handa - 49 (20 Balls) (4 x 5) (6 x 4) Pradeep Rana - 31 (19 Balls) (4 x 5) (6 x 1) Atul Dhyani - 21 (22 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 1) Ranganathan - 5-0-40-3 Vishwanathan - 5-0-32-2 Sandeep - 4.3-0-32-2 Ravi Chandran - 3-0-41-2 JRA defeated KPMG by 19 runs. Ravi Chandran of JRA & Manish Handa of KPMG
Quarterfinal - 2 Date: 08-03-2009 Venue: Palm - B Genpact BFSI Vs. Colwell & Salmon Sanjeev & Deepak provided a decent start of 41 runs when Colwell won the toss and elected to bat. Koqab sent both of them to pavilion and with this started the downfall of Colwell as except for Ashwani Sharma no other batsman stayed on the wicket for long resulting in being bowled out for a small total of 121 runs. Raman was unfortunately run out but Vineet & Manish shared 79 runs partnership to take the match away from Colwell and later Manish & Irfan made sure that their team enters the semifinal of the tournament with 7 overs to spare. Colwell & Salmon (121 all out in 24.4 overs) Ashwani Sharma - 31 (48 Balls) (4 x 3) Deepak Chaudhary - 23 (26 Balls) (4 x 4) Extras - 18 Raman Sharma - 3.5-1-09-3 Koqab Iqbal - 5-0-21-2 Genpact BFSI (122 for 2 wkts in 18 overs) Vineet Rana - 44 (40 Balls) (4 x 6) Manish Pathania - 33 not out (49 Balls) (4 x 1) Extras - 22 Deepak Chaudhary - 3-0-13-1 Genpact BFSI defeated Colwell & Salmon by 8 wickets. Ashwani Sharma of Colwell & Salmon & Vineet Rana of Genpact BFSI
Quarterfinal - 3 Date: 07-03-2009 Venue: DDA Sports Complex, Pitampura XL Capital Vs. Prasar Bharti Ravinder Nayal was first to go when Prasar Bharti decided to bat on winning the toss. Except for Ravider Singh & Satinder who scored 21 & 26 runs respectively, other fell like pack of cards and Prasar Bharti was reduced to 87 for 9 wkts. A gutsy undefeated partnership for last wkt helped Prasar Bharti to put 108 runs on the board. All bowlers bowled economically but Kunal & Rahul bowled extremely well to take 3 & 2 wkts respectively. Prasar Bharti bounced back by taking 3 quick wkts but Parminder & Rahul bailed their team out of trouble with partnership of 38 runs. Parminder stood like a rock and played some superb shots while running hard between the wkts to take his team past the target of 109 runs. Prasar Bharti (108 for 9 wkts in 25 overs) Satinder Kumar - 26 (35 Balls) (4 x 4) Ravinder Singh - 21 (18 Balls) (4 x 3) Kunal Puri - 5-0-14-3 Rahul Madan - 4-0-19-2 XL Capital (109 for 4 wkts in 18.5 overs) Parminder Singh - 58 not out (51 Balls) (4 x 7) Jitendra Bakshi - 21 (22 Balls) (4 x 3) Lok Nath - 4-0-25-2 XL Capital defeated Prasar Bharti by 6 wickets. Parminder Singh of XL Capital & Satinder Kumar of Prasar Bharti
Quarterfinal - 4 Date: 07-03-2009 Venue: DDA Sports Complex, Pitampura Global Logic Vs. Headstrong Global Logic asked Headstrong to bat so that their bowlers might get some purchase from the wicket. Headstrong lost Mohit & Sanjay in quick succession but Shafiq & Suhel took the score past 50 runs and later Suhel & Yashpal added 40 runs partnership to reach 94 runs after completion of 19 overs. Batsmen to follow could not make any vital contributions and as a result, Headstrong could post only 137 runs on the board. Virender & Mani bowled well to take 3 & 2 wkts respectively. Both openers were back in pavilion as a result of run out and soon Sanjay also departed on the score of 32 runs. Global Logic was in dire straits but Mohit & Ramit shared 60 runs partnership to bail their team out of trouble and later Ramit took it on his shoulders to see his side through to semifinal with a brilliant undefeated knock of 52 runs. Headstrong (137 for 8 wkts in 25 overs) Suhel Anwar - 32 (42 Balls) (4 x 3) Mohd. Shafiq - 29 (33 Balls) (4 x 3) Yashpal Bisht - 23 (26 Balls) (4 x 1) Virender Singh - 5-0-21-3 Mani Prakash - 5-0-23-2 Global Logic (138 for 4 wkts in 23.1 overs) Ramit Gulati - 52 not out (44 Balls) (4 x 4) Mohit Yadav - 40 (46 Balls) (4 x 4) Atul Haritosh - 5-0-30-1 Global Logic defeated Headstrong by 6 wickets. Suhel Anwar of Headstrong & Ramit Gulati of Global Logic
Semifinal - 1 Date: 15-03-2009 Venue: DDA Sports Complex, Pitampura Global Logic Vs. JRA On winning the toss, Global Logic decided to field and Deekshant started with a wide. He bowled 6 wides in the first over while Sriram hit him for 2 boundaries as well but he bowled the 5 th delivery in line of stumps to take a prize wicket of Sriram. In the next over, Joginder bowled Surender and JRA slumped to 14 for 2 wkts. Vikram & Swaran added 26 runs for the 3 rd wkt partnership when Joginder struck again to trap Swaran in front of wkts while Sanjay removed Vikram and Sidharth to see JRA struggling at 48 for 6 wkts. Ravi Mehra & Aditya tried to build the inning but Ravi was run out after scoring 6 runs from 34 deliveries. Towards the end, Aditya & Prashant added 33 runs to help their team cross hundred runs. Openers of Global Logic ensured that they do not provide an early break through to JRA by sharing 52 runs for the opening wkt partnership and later Avinash & Amit made sure that their team reaches the final by putting up undefeated partnership of 52 runs from 8.1 overs. JRA (102 all out in 23.3 overs) R. Aditya - 24 not out (32 Balls) (4 x 2) B. Prashant - 17 (18 Balls) (4 x 1) Extras - 13 Sanjay Joshi - 5-1-19-3 Joginder Singh - 3.3-0-21-3 Global Logic (104 2 wkts in 20 overs) Avinash Tripathi - 50 not out (60 Balls) (4 x 4) Virender Singh Tanwar- 25 (37 Balls) (4 x 1) D. Ranganathan - 5-0-26-1 Global Logic defeated JRA by 8 wickets. R. Aditya of JRA & Avinash Tripathi of Global Logic
Semifinal - 2 Date: 14-03-2009 Venue: Palam - A XL Capital Vs. Genpact BFSI Genpact BFSI won the toss and elected to bat. Genpact BFSI was in trouble as 3 wkts were down after 10 overs while scoreboard showed 50 runs. Manish & Ravinder added 38 runs off 38 deliveries to step up the run rate but soon Genpact BFSI was struggling at 108 for 7 wkts after 20.4 deliveries. Koqab Iqbal & Asif then shared 50 runs partnership off 26 deliveries to post a total of 158 runs on the board. XL Capital had a disastrous start when 3 wkts fell by the time score reached 13 runs. Rahul Madan (65 runs) and Kunal Puri (61 runs) came to the rescue of XL Capital by sharing 132 runs partnership from 19.4 overs. 14 runs were required from 14 deliveries when Rahul got out and 8 runs were required from 9 deliveries when Kunal got out. In the last over XL Capital required 5 runs to win from the last over, Mohit scored a boundary on the 3 rd ball and everyone of XL Capital ran to the ground celebrating their victory over defending champions. Genpact BFSI (158 for 8 wkts in 25 overs) Manish Pathania - 27 (40 Balls) (4 x 2) Asif Siddiqui - 26 (18 Balls) (4 x 3) Koqab Iqbal - 21 not out (12 Balls) (4 x 2) Extras - 24 Rahul Madan - 5-0-24-1 XL Capital (159 for 5 wkts in 24.3 overs) Rahul Madan - 65 (61 Balls) (4 x 5) (6 x 2) Kunal Puri - 61 (67 Balls) (4 x 3) (6 x 2) Extras - 15 Koqab Iqbal - 5-0-15-2 Praveen Negi - 5-0-36-2 XL Capital defeated Genpact BFSI by 5 wickets. Rahul Madan of XL Capital & Koqab Iqbal of Genpact BFSI