From KRISHNA:
It is been a Fascinating Journey in the last one year, I have many memorable moments which is listed Below.
1 When Venkatesh hit 102* last September. His pounding impact was there for few days after the match, As i said earlier I could not sleep on that eventful Sunday. Insomnia on that sunday was also due to Senthil P on slaught, What an innings from him, he took the match away .. memorable day. Venkatesh Six @ Santhoshapuram which landed in the Paddy Field. WA................
2. Kannan's Magic Spell when we won the first Match against A Team - B Team won in the last over. First Ever MT Match. Superb One. Kannan won similarly when he restricted Inba & senthil under 6 runs when he played for A team. .Super show. Kannan skill with his bat is always a delight, His towering extra cover 6's
3. Senthil P many onslaughts, He makes batting look so easy, pleasure to watch him .. He has hit Many 6's the first ball he faced either it can be opening or any position, that need lot of Talent & Self Belief (Many such Super Moments when Senthil P is on Crease)- Say play and if Senthil P faces the 1st ball, it will be most probably a 6 ~!~!
4. Senthil A - He is such a Stylish cricketer even if he is an opponent, u love to watch him play, flurry of storkes across the ground, It is a duet between bat & Ball. His many diving catches on the both the sides of the ground, he has been an Awesome keeper, I have ever seen. Many times watching him keeping and taking catches is like a Seeing a Test Match when a new ball is bowled ..
5. Kesava Nambi what a find by Vasant, he has bowled many magical spells no wonder he is a lethal bowler.. His bowling everyone looks up to most of the times he had delievered.when in need he has delivered deadly punches. If he just keeps his bowling simple - consistent Line & Length alone on the half stump, than trying 2 many things , he would have crossed 150 + wickets by now. . Many wondered who is kesava nambi - Our own GIRI
6. Kumar Shanmugam - Many Memorable Onslaughts, I remember .. He also attacks the ball with lot of Self belief, during his Captaincy, he took his batting to next level, I can site many examples of memorable moments on Kumar batting....... one such was 50 against A when Gana scored the first 50 in Men's Hostel Ground. It was a pressure game, when the first ball bowled - Umpire calling Play...... huge Six over Mid On . That innings was indeed Breathtaking array of shots, his 6 6's in Kanna over i dont have any words of praise to that innings. Many shots of him is also distintive kumar stamp on it.. no one can emulate . one small request to him, he can give equal strike to nonstrikers.. he gets so carried away when in supreme form that he wants to bat through out.. ...... that can be curtailed little bit. Many times, the nonstriker becomes a Spectator than a player.. I have seen this many times. Many catches he took where un believable > a Big bucket in his hands, no catch gets missed when he is around..
7 Gana First 50 in Mens Hostel Ground ........ Breath taking innings - one Six over extra cover of Vasanth was Indeed Very memorable. 20 + runs of Rooso first over..
8. Inba - Nippy I can write many spells of him, His First Maidan, Over which s the record for the Marron Tornado, Super bowling, i was standing in the midwicket.
He has a very easy action, he just adjusts his t shirt in a stylish way before every ball is bowled, with little run up............. Phenominal bowler.
9 Inba Running Through KRDS @ Santhoshapuram , many Inba Dream spells where he made the ball move away........ Super.. Inba Chase under Prem's captaincy with Senthil A supreme effort, he almost won the match superlative performance.
10 Vasant - Vickets vasanth.. what a man, he is accurate, took wickets at such a ease, as if he drinks a cup of complan from his mother , Super, whenever we need wickets He was there for us... Many exploits of him was memorable.. Long run up one such thing .. His stylish shot on the gully area is top notch vasant
11 Prem - His excell sheet strategy during his captaincy, I learned from him, how one can plan everything in life meticulusly, if given a responsibility be successful, his 40 plus runs in a match was a Stunner. I liked his style of Captaincy
12 Nantha - He won many matches by his bowling.. His batting is such a ease, many strokes of him are stylish typical Nantha.. tough to emulate, His bowling spells this season was phenominal taking wickets of Venkatesh & Kumar many times Superb....... His batting prowress.. his first partnership with venkat, when he played his 1 match for A team @ Men Hostel.. Super ya nee.
Keeping Venkat silent for a over and winning by 2 runs few weeks ago......... It is impossible feat. His captaincy to Groom talent was indeed a heart wrenching, the Loss/victory numbers did not mattered him , enjoying & participation of everyone in the team was his supreme motto. Highly Commendable character.
13 Ramanju First Highest Score @ Men Hostel ground.. A 6 Over Point super moment and the innings he played was such a ease that he won the match, full range of shots. attakasam da.
14 PT SEnthil dream spell winning the match against RED Bulls on June 2. He won us from now where. Super Ya SEnthil
15 Vignesh magical delivery made be completely beaten and bowled me .. I was all over but not near the ball. the ball started from wide half stump moved... up rooted by Middle stump.. @ Ladies Hostel ground. Ball literally Talked.........
16 Arvind phenominal innings @ Santhoshapuram where he won the match against B team from now where & stayed till the last run.. Excellent show of skill & character. making venkatesh bowled around the legs once was a super one. His bowling had lot of character & style..
17 Siva Prakash - Express from Pondicherry, he is such a unlucky bowler, either the batsmen catch is dropped or fell short of the fielder, he deserves many wickets than what is showed, he had bowled many fiery spells .. Your 20 + runs of venkat bowling what an innings Da
18 Siva.. His look on the field & his body language is very sober, but he bowls with lot of aggression and packs a punch in his every ball. He has won many matches this season, keeping Venkatesh, Venkat & Kumar under control in many matches is not a easy task. His bowling is a delight to watch, he could derive extra bounce and wickets @ such a ease. He & Kesava nambi bowled in tandem magnificently
19 Saran - Many differents strokes in his pocket, reverse sweep, some strange saranraj strokes.. got him bagfull of runs. his chase with Dwarak was a super innings.
20 Kishan - Small boy but he has been a silent crusader in many chases.he keep rotating strikes, busy player (Ravi shastry famous quote) wonderful fielder, an asset to any team.
21 Gopal highest score in Men hostel ground Superlative effort. His first over he bowled, took Premnath wicket in his first ball.. awesome da
22 Prabakar forged a super innings 24 .. helped his team to win. His extra cover four was memorable lofted all over us.
23 Ramki wonderful 15 runs ..
24 Prasath's astutue captaincy & his calm composed 50 who can forget.. wat an innings.. he played like a dream , his 6 in the last over to win the match.. Need to see more exploits of Prasath
25 Vijay breath taking 100............. this guy is indeed magical . hit all over .. towering 6's . & 20 + Runs n a innings a little cameo but indeed a wonderful contribution to the team.
26 Karuna - stylish player highest Individaul score at MT@ Santhoshapuram, I was the non striker, we forged 30 odd runs partnership.. delight to watch, many half side shots were top class, i pray he comes to pink of his health & make all of us happy with his Delightful stroke making.
27 Kamal 6 Over midwicket suddenly, left every one surprised............. we need more from U.. He also bowled a very tight over once I was the umpire n the Men hostel ground. i do not remember the match. It was top class much par to all our top bowlers.
28 Rooso Fast bowler who hit towering 6's once scored 20 odd runs from Giri ..
29 Venkat - Intelligent cricketer. His First 50 what an innings, he would play few dot balls then a 6 .. few dot balls again a boundary.. what an innings .. i was fuming being a opponent he took the match away on that day. The chase with Nantha was a incredible @ Men hostel ground . He bowled a dream spell in Santhoshapuram where there was little extra bounce. He took 5 wkts I guess n that match.. i still remember he ran through us.
From VENKAT:
1) When Venkatesh hit 102* last September. That was the first time when a team had scored more than 100 runs in 10 overs. First batsman to have hit a 100. Interestingly, Venkatesh' team had lost that match inspite of his breath-taking innings. That was the first time a team chased down more than 10 runs per over. In fact 13 runs per over.
I was the captain of Team A in that season.. I still remember Saran called me in the night before the match day and asked me if he could bring in a person called 'Venkatesh' who is a cousin of our teammate Sivaprakash. I said ok. He said that person was too good in cricket. I told Saran "bring him then immediately". Next day when Venkatesh came in, I gave him to Team B bcoz Team A had full strength in that week with the likes of Kumar, SenthilP, Balaji, Sivaprakash and Giri. Immediately Sivaprakash came to me and said "You did a mistake by giving Venkatesh to Team B". I didn't know what he meant. Later when we started bowling, I realized my mistake !! Team B hit 128 for no loss off 10 overs with Venkatesh hitting 102* in 41 balls with 9 fours and 9 sixes. Star bowler Giri gave away 39 runs from 3 overs.
2) When Gana hit 40+ runs notout in Men's Hostel ground in a low scoring match. In fact Team A had to score 35 runs off the last 2 overs in huge ground Men's Hostel. Gana did that..and eventually the match ended in tie.
3) When Vijay hit 116*. That was first time when a team scored 150 runs. I was always thinking Venkatesh' record could only be beaten by himself.
4) When I hit 35* off 17 balls in Men's Hostel ground in Season 4. I felt satisfied bcoz that helped Team A to maintain its lead over B for one more week.
From INBA:
1. I have seen only 3 people clearing the actual boundaries in santhoshapuram..Remember we keep the boundary much
less than the actual one. They are Venkatesh, Venkat and Krishna. Wonder how they get so much power
2. Couldnt forget the moments when Krishna hits sixes with one hand (Can a bowler be insulted more than this?)
3. For first six months with MT i never considered Gana as a batsman. Suddenly he has taken viswaroobam
and became a terror to bowlers. But still he is not revealing the secret which lagium he ate for this.
4. Sivaprakash sixes in first over of VRS. The only match in which result is confirmed in first over itself.
5. One day after overnight rain, venkat still asked to come to ground. Me and kannan came and still we
reached the ground it was drizzling. We never thought anyone will come nor we can play. But for our
surprise the ground was not that wet and more than 20 ppl came and we enjoyed playing 3 matches in
such a nice climate.
6. I could not forget the moment when i took 4 wickets in an over(Venkat, Kannan, Nandha and Giri)
to win a match which we almost lost and that equalled team A 42 and team B 42.
