Got a Special Pass and that to a VIP pass so i thought I was one of the many luckiest persons in my gallery...Here is how the matches went on...First let us have a look on the teams...
1. Chiru Cheetahs: Captain: Megastar Chiranjeevi, Vice Captain: Ram Charan Tej
2. Ballaya Lions: Captain: Yuvaratna Balakrishna Vice Captain: Young Tiger NTR
3. Nag Kings: Captain: Yuvasamrat Nagarjuna Vice Captain: Manchu Vishnu
4. Venky Warriors: Captain: Victory Venkatesh Vice Capatin: Tarun
Matches:
1. Venky Warriors Vs Ballaya Lions
2. Chiru Cheetahs Vs Nag Kings
3. Finals
The Main agenda behind this tournament is to help the poor and backward artists of Telugu Film Industry....So Lets Begin the review...
1. Venky Warriors Vs Ballaya Lions:
Venkatesh won the toss and decided to field first because being a day game the dew and the wetness of the pitch due to the rain the before night would help the team bowling first. As expected it happened, Venky Warriors thrashed Ballaya Lions by 7 wickets.
Batting First Ballaya Lions were able to manage only 59 runs except for NTR who made 23 runs(2 fours) no other even reached for Double Digit scores. But, the most Exiting part of the innings is the Balakrishna's batting, bowling and fielding, he did participated as every other youngster. Coming to the bowling of VW, Adarsh and Tharun played key role with 2 wkts each.
Coming to the Chase It is Adarsh again along with Karthik played a crucial role and completed the match in just 10 overs. But the big gun of the team Tarun didnt fire much.
Dissapointments of the Match:
1. BL showed a poor performance in the match in fact in the tournament.
2. Tarun of VW disappointed as every one expected he would be a star player.
Man of the Match: My Choice: Adarsh - For his all round performance.
2. Chiru Chettahs Vs Nag Kings
First match was all one sided and didnt give the feel of a T-20 Match. But, here is the second match which is nothing less than a IPL match.
Nagarjuna won the toss and no surprises elected to bat first. Here they come the openers: Tarakaratna and Akhil Akkineni . A sudden surprise for me. I do not know until he came on the crease that he is playing the match and i felt so disappointed as I was supporting CC and lost all my hopes in the match.
As expected Akhil started up as everyone thought and he was on a roll. Guess what came to me as a surprise is that its Tarakaratna who dominated Akhil at start. And they were maintaing a rate of 10 rpo in PP. But then came Ajay with a wonderful delivery got out Akhil and should not forgot say a Scintillating catch from Ram Charan Tej in covers. Then it started slowing and RR started decreasing. and Ajay with the help of Charan on the field started picking up wickets both got 3 a piece....Ajay: 3 wickets and Charan: 3 catches. Charan almost got a fourth one but he had dive long for that. Khayyum and Rajiv of NK made it up at the end up to a score of 159/7 in 20 overs.
In chasing though CC started up with a four from Ayyapa Sharma in the bowling of Siddarth then he fell to a brilliant catch by Sumanth in the slips. then it became slow and then Maadala Ravi got run out and everyone thought its all over for CC. Then came Sachin and Raghu who started hitting boundaries at least one for over and at this point of time people thought these two are going to finish the task so quickly. But, Guess what happened then came the Wonder Kid Akhil who bowled out Sachin in for the first ball and followed by 4 wides to Nitin followed by a single and another beautiful delivery to get rid of Raghu. The two settled batsmen were out and Nithin was also gone early. Now its Akash and Ram Charan who were playing and now Akhil came back and got rid of Ram Charan who was caught at Long on. Ram charan on attempt for run ran and hugged Akhil after the dismissal. Now its over NK won the match...every one thought CC would end up less than 100 but guess what it is Ajay who came back well in bat too. Since he came to bat it started drizzling abd became little heavier but no one stopped either fans cheering or players playing. Since he came to bat Ajay started to hit boundaries either a six or a four per over and made a significant role. he was supported by Akash for some time and then Amit Kumar stood by him by rotating the strike. Ajay hit 3 sixes as I remember and 4 or 5 fours i dont remember exact number but he really did strike well. And now all thought match is back for CC but guess what it is Akhil who came back and took the wicket of Ajay lost ball of his final over and the rain became heavy and match was stopped. After the game resumed all the damage was done CC need 25 runs in 24 balls but only 1 wicket remained but Raghavendra and injured Amit tried to bring them home but Amit was bowled 12 balls to spare. Thus Nag Kings win by 14 runs.
Moments of the Match:
1. Nagarjuna shoned with few boundaries.
2. Akhil was brilliant in all departments, thanks for his training in Australia.
3. Ram Charan was brilliant in ball as well as field..took 3 spectacular catches almost 4 and a just miss runout and also better bowling numbers::2-0-11-0..good econ: 5.5 for T-20.
Disappointments:
Big Guns of CC Sachin, Ayyapa Sharma, Raghu failed to show an impact.
Man of the Match: My Choice: Nag Kings: Akhil Akkineni, Chiru Cheetahs: Ajay
That's it I am out of the stadium saw the final on TV and wow i am really impressed by the way Akhil played in Final. And should not forget to mention Akash of VW who scored the first Fifty of the tournament in the finals.
Finals:
Man of the Match: Nag Kings: Akhil Akkineni, Venky Warriors: Akash
Man of the Series:My Choice: Akhil Akkineni
Moment of the Day: Power Star Pawan Kalyan....
The match between CC and NK was in serious pace. Rajiv Kanakala and Tarakaratna of NK were batting and I couldnt remember who is bowling but suddenly there was a roar from one of the stands and we all people from other stands including mine and of course also the players stopped playing and then suddenly they showed the reason on the screen it is Power Star Pawan Kalyan who came to have a look at the match and support his brothers team Chiru Cheetahs. Players and umpires stopped the play and all went on for some photo clicks with Pawan. guess what nearly 15 minutes of the game was halted until Kalyan gave a speech and made a round of the stadium. Coming to me I saw Kalyan So close as he came to our stand being a VIP one I could have a close look on him. I am Really amazed to see this much of a reaction to a hero much more than any other. Did not hear such a roar again from the stands. The second best was for Brahmanandam.
That's it this is my experience in LB Stadium hope I would get such an offer again one more time......
