well as jino has given most of the details , i m not going to elaborate much. all i can say is that FUN would be an understatement to describe this match. the intensity shown by both the teamswas amazing considering it was what one could call a friendly(non ics) match.
a few observations. the cheerleaders for kochin kundans were the players themselves ie jino, nitin, roshan doing a few steps from 1 of the mad ads scene. In the “pavillion” we decided and promised the remaining batsmen aftre kochin kundans were ina precarious positin having lost 6 wickets for 20 odd runs that we would do the dance if kk crossed 50 which thanks to maridas and davis, it happened.
higlight of the game has to be a controversial run out of bangi singh aka ankit who was givn out , thenn not out, then out and finally not out.
the other difference that one could notice bewtween jpl and ipl is that duckworth lewis will not interfere in jpl. with heavy rain, and 17 required of 18balls, match could have been called off. But the continual of the match epitomised the JOHNITE SPIRIT.
the captain gave me to bowl the 8th over and i am glad i didnt disappoint him by picking up a wicket(caught by the captain himself) and giving away 5 runs and getting a swelling on right metacarpophalangeal trying for a 2nd wicket(learnt a valuable lesson that one shouldn’t fantasize to be jonty rhodes and try out stunts) .
the crucial 9th over was bowled excellently by dasetta aka maridas who just didnt allow the batsman to get away and picked up a wicket to put further brakes on their scoring. they say that cricket is a funny game and no better match than this to prove it.
for the final over with 8 required, captain of the opposite team jiya john(jeson) came out as a runner, but then it didnt serve much purpose as alex(mess worker) was 2 hot to handle and bowled the final batsman out.
a very close fought game. but what matters is that everyone on the field enjoyed . and so did the few spectators who were screaming their lungs out. it surely was a sunday afternoon that we wont forget in years to come.
a few intresting trivia about the match (in cricket magazine style)
there were 2 chances of a hatrick which couldnt be achieved though- by captn jiya(jeson) of BB nd manoj of KK
the captains of both the teams were out for a duck.
the partnership between maridas and davis is the highest so far for the 8th wicket.
well the JPL is evoloving. you might see 2 more teams. you might see some rule breaking rules.!!!!!! whatever is going to happen in JPL, it sure is going to set your adrenalin racing . till the next heart stopping jpl mtch, its goodbye for now

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