PLO vs PLE

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VTU-MU Pleven 59/10 (10) lose to BSCU-MU Plovdiv by 20 runs.
 
Mukul Kadyan 13(10) | Parth Acharya 2-8(2) | Karthik Sreekumar 2-14(2)

Whew, Pleven have made a mess of what was a straightforward chase. They have only themselves to blame as not only did they fail to rotate strike but also attempted to go for the mighty heave across the line far too often. After a strong start, this was expected to be a walk in the park for Pleven but they kept losing wickets at regular intervals which completely hampered their chase. 

Mukul Kadyan was the sole player who could make an impression, scoring a quick fire 10-ball 13 which included two boundaries. However, following his wicket, the rest of the batting order just collapsed, resulting in Pleven getting bowled out 20 runs short of the target. When a strong partnership was the need of the hour, the batters got out trying to play erratic shots. 

A dominant performance from Plovdiv despite putting up a total which seemed to be below-par in the first half. They will certainly rejoice at this victory and have plenty to positives to take away from this game, especially their bowling which rose to the occasion and kept chipping in with wickets. As for Pleven, it is back to the drawing board. They will need to regroup and come back stronger in their next contest. 

9.6 Karthik Sreekumar to Zain Mustafa, OUT! STUMPED! Finally Karthik manages to bowl a legal delivery and he picks up another wicket as well as Pleven are bundled out. Full delivery on the middle and off, Zain walks down to whip but misses, keeper collects and whips the bails off.

9.6 Karthik Sreekumar to Zain Mustafa, WIDE! Comes back over the wicket, doesn't make a difference, he sprays it way outside the off-stump again, yet another wide.

9.6 Karthik Sreekumar to Zain Mustafa, WIDE! Not sure about the tactics here, he just needs to bowl a legal ball but he's going around the wicket and bowling way outside the off-stump, another wide.

9.5 Karthik Sreekumar to Amal Thomas, OUT! HUGE SHOUT FOR LBW AND GIVEN! Back of a length on the middle and off, Amal standing outside the line already to hoick but misses, thuds on the pad and the umpire raises his finger, he thinks that's going to hit the off-stump!

9.3 Karthik Sreekumar to Shariyar Mohammed, RUN-OUT! Short on the off-stump, Shariyar on the backfoot punches it down to long-off, they come back for another brace, the bowler doesn't get behind that one to collect, they finish the brace. Umpires are checking for the run-out as the keeper collects and whips the bails off but Shariyar makes it back in time but NO, the Umpire thinks he's just short and has to go!
Shariyar Mohammed run out (Z Abidi/ Saim Hussain) 3(3)

9.2 Karthik Sreekumar to Mohammad Arham, short on the leg-stump, Arham barely gets the timing right, swats it into the on-side for a quick single.

9.1 Karthik Sreekumar to Mohammad Arham, OH! Back of a length on the fourth stump, kept low as Arham has a big heave into the on-side and misses.

Sreekumar to finish up proceedings

Just the formalities remaining now surely and this has been a horrid show of batting from Pleven after they had managed 100 runs in the previous match. Have not been able to connect the ball well and they would like to forget this match and get it off their minds. 

8.5 Muhammad Uzair to Shariyar Mohammed, too full on the off-stump, Shariya drills it down to long-off and they decide to come back for another suicidal second run, the bowler doesn't collect the ball at all as he whips the bails off.