Article about JPL Season 2 in Johnite Screamer, Scream No. 1 by Nitin & Jeeson John

Season2 of the Johnite premier League kicked off on May 7th 2010 with what can now be assumed as the traditional opening match between Cochin Cubs and Hyderabad Heroes. JPL 2 had a new entrant in the form of Bangalore Bulls making it 7 teams in the tourney and was this time set to be bigger and better  with a grand prize money for the winning team, not to mention  individual accolades.

The teams and their owners in JPL 2 were, Cochin Cubs (Dr. Binu Joy), Hyderabad Heros, Bangalore Bulls (Dr. Sreenivas), Koramangala Cow Boys (Dr. Sreedhar), Bombay Vikings (Dr. Andrew) , Chennai Super Kings (Dr. Nachiket) ,Malabar Mal Monks (Dr. John Stephen). The names are not a reflection of the regions and do not reflect the diverse composition of the teams.

The tournament was a 4 week affair and had its fair share of delays but those at the ground will definitely vouch for the excitement garnered as a result of the action packed matches, most of which went down to the wire. The level of competition was so close between the teams that a late surge from Bangalore bulls saw them being tied with Cochin Cubs , and they had to fight it out in a knockout match for a place in the semis,while Koramangala Cowboys continued their unbeaten run to finish on top of the table at the end of the league stage. After a tense knockout match, Cochin Cubs defeated Bangalore bulls to enter  into  the 1st  semifinal to face Koramangala cowboys while defending champions Bombay Vikings were set to face Chennai superkings in the 2nd semifinal, who were waiting to avenge their defeat at the hands of the same team in last year’s semi finals
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The finals proved to be a nerve wracker between Koramangala cowboys and Chennai Superkings . Electing to bat Koramangala scored  69 in their 10 overs. Chasing a decent target, Chennai were well on their way before some outstanding &  disciplined bowling spell by Koramangala and a middle order collapse spelled doom for Chennai,  ensuring Koramangala won by 3 runs. In the 3rd place play off, Mumbai were bowled out for 42 and the target was chased easily by Cochin cubs to emerge winners of the play off.

Dr.Kiran from emergency medicine and opening batsman of Koramangala cowboys won the orange cap for being the leading run scorer while Vishnu from batch of 2006 and the strike bowler for Chennai super kings won the purple cap for his 11 wickets. Anil from Msc, the star player of Cochin Cubs emerged the Man of the series and also collected the award for hitting most number of sixers in the tournament( 13 in all). Chris Maria and Nisha Tambuchetty shared the award for the best female player. Thus ended the second  season of JPL . But worry not we’ll  be coming back soon with 3rd season, till then adios cricket lovers.