06/09/2026
FROM -8 runs defeat TO +8 runs victory 🩵💛💚🏏🔥
Same ground. Similar battle. Different ending.
A world of character behind the turnaround.
Scoreboards record runs and wickets. They don’t always record everything a team had to overcome to earn them.
Asked to bat first in challenging conditions, the boys responded with character. The top order laid the foundation, and the middle order once again stepped up with a crucial 50-run partnership — for the third consecutive game.
Then came a brilliant innings from Suresh Kumar — 87 off 66 balls* (MoM) — carrying us to a competitive 215/9 from 35 overs.
With the conditions improving for batting, we knew defending 215 wouldn’t be straightforward. Concordia started strongly, racing to 65 without loss and putting us firmly under pressure.
Ashwin broke the opening partnership, opening the door for us. From there, the bowlers kept chipping away. Wickets started coming, the pressure kept building, and slowly the game began to turn.
As the contest moved towards its decisive moments, Vikas , Ashwin and Senthil held their nerve at the death, taking the game all the way to the final over.
8 runs to defend.
1 over.
Everything on the line.
And then came a finish we won’t forget.
Senthil stepped up and struck with the first three balls of the final over , three consecutive wickets.
It was an intense contest with the battle going beyond just runs and wickets. In those moments, a team has a choice get caught up in the noise, or stay together, trust its cricket and let its actions do the talking.
We chose the latter ❤️😎
