Match Report:
The game we all were waiting for, not because of the season kickoff game but to play the game with yellow jerseys. Jerseys were distributed the day before and if I am not wrong, we all felt there was something about the color yellow. For all you missed the jersey revealing event, you missed the priceless reaction of Siva (#SivaAkhtar) when we opened the packet. Game day came and I was surprised to see most of the people on the ground by reporting time (my only request to the team). There was positivity, energy and happiness in the air seeing so many yellow jerseys on the field. I hope we can carry over the same momentum for rest of the games.
Anyways toss happened and we won the toss and promptly took fielding due to dew on the ground. Sudhir (#HumanComputer) and Karthik (#SilentKiller) started with a good line and length. They didn't give any room to batsmen and #SilentKiller destroyed their top order batsmen. #SilentKiller had one of the best bowling figure 3-0-6-3 with 3 wides, imagine the bowling figure without those wides. Then came Ashok (#SeriousGuy), he was right on the money from the very first ball. He didn't give any room to batsmen and bowled according to the field. Runs were attempted during his spell but both batsmen got run out. His bowling figure was outstanding 3-3-0-0, I have never seen this bowling figure in my Titans life. It is a great feat not to concede a single run in allocated overs. Puneet (#TitansMcGrath) and Suresh (#TheKiller) replaced them and stuck to some serious tight bowling line. Francis (#TheBestTeamMan) wrapped up the tail-enders with couple of wickets. Few batting stats from opponents, 5 batsmen got out without scoring anything and highest run scored by any batsman was 6. Opponents didn't get a chance to settle down since they saw so many yellow jerseys on the field ๐ It is kind of intimidating, anyways keep it going and keep attacking every opponents you face.
Opponents were bundled out for 27 runs (the lowest total ever in TCL until #HumanComputer correct me). Santhosh (#TitansSehwag) and Akhsay (#TitansLA) started the innings for Titans and they didn't look back. Best part is they didn't care about score to chase, they stick to their normal batting approach esp. #TitansSehwag and took us almost to the finish line.
Man of the Match - I had a tough time, I wanted to give it to both #SilentKiller and #SeriousGuy for their contribution in bowling but had to choose one due to restriction by TCL. I had to go with #SeriousGuy to see some smile on his face ๐ But on a serious note, #SilentKiller had an amazing match winning spell. Keep bowling like this.
Positives:
1. Everybody coming on time to the field, trust me this is the most important point.
2. Playing as one team with one goal, which is no matter what the result is play as a team.
3. Bowling and fielding was outstanding.
4. Energy on the field was contagious. Eat the same breakfast, wear the same underwear or something else but bring the same attitude to the next game :)
5. Kudos to Ravi, Siva, and Maruthi for their support from dugout.
Negatives:
1. There is only one life so why to spend it in finding negatives. Let's focus only on positives this year :)
This game is dedicated to yellow color jersey ๐
#madness
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