Published: Feb 13, 2016, 06:00 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 08:00 PM (IST)
Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the 14th match of ongoing Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) 2016. The 14th game will be played between Bhojpuri Dabanggs and Telugu Warriors at Uppal Stadium in Hyderabad. It is the second semi-final game of this year’s CCL. The team winning the match will face the winner of the first semi-final match between Bengal Tigers and Karnataka Bulldozers. The final fixture is scheduled for the next day. Telugu Warriors are the defending champions and would want to end up as winners for the current sixth season of CCL. However, if we look at the performance of both these teams in this season, Dabanggs have played slightly better cricket than the Warriors. Dabanggs are table-toppers for Group A with six points whereas Warriors are stationed at the second position in Group B with four points.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: BD 157/7 in 20 Overs. BATTING: Sinha 2 (3), V Singh 1 (3) — WARRIORS WIN!!!! That’s it, as the Warriors crusie through and qualify for the final, where they would be facing the Karnataka Bulldozers tomorrow.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: BD 120/4 in 15 Overs. BATTING: Ojha 17 (16) — GONE!!!! Another one falls in the form of U Tiwary, while Asgar makes his way in, as Ojha continues to bat and play occasional big shots, keeping the game alive for the Dabaangs, as they also go past the 100-run mark. 59 needed off 30.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: BD 74/3 in 10 Overs. BATTING: U Tiwary 3 (4), Ojha 0 (3) — OH DEAR!!!! All of a sudden it’s three down for the Dabaangas, while the Warriors enjoy as they well believe wickets would only lead them closer to the final spot.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: BD 39/0 in 5 Overs. BATTING: M Tiwary 25 (16), R Yadav 13 (14) — Steady start by the Dabaanga as the openers look to settle in and make sure that they hit the poor deliveries for the big ones as the total is a big one to chase down.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: TW 177/6 in 20 Overs. BATTING: Aadrash 14 (11), Raghu 1 (1): Another wicket falls in the form of Ashwynn, who goes for 40, while the Warriors post a mammoth total of 177, with the Dabaangs requiring 178 to qualify for the final.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: TW 139/5 in 16 Overs. BATTING: Ashwyn 18 (10), Aadrash 1 (2): GONE!!!! Three more wickets fall as the Warriors conitnue to bat steadily along with Aadrash and Ashwyn.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: TW 65/2 in 10 Overs. BATTING: Prince 39 (30), Babu 9 (9): GONE!!!! A couple of wickets have gone down as Joshi has departed as well, while BAbu is the new man in. Meanwhile, Price continues to bat good enough as the Warriors are still batting strong.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE: TW 30/0 in 5 Overs. BATTING: Prince 18 (16), Joshi 10 (14): Steady start by the Warriors as they have not yet lost a wicket, and tend to settle down before going for the big shots, while the bowlers continue to struggle to get the opening breakthrough.
TOSS: Telugu Warriors (Bat)
The match is expected to be a spine-tingling and nail-biting encounter with loads of fun and entertainment in store. Both teams have some great players in their ranks and they would want that their key cricketers come out good in this all-important match. It is important that the main batters and bowlers for both the teams peak at the right time for them and the timing will not be any better than the crucial semi-final match. Manoj Tiwary will lead the Dabanggs while Akhil Akkineni is expected to captain the Telugu Warriors team. Dabanggs would bank more upon their current form in the tourney while Warriors will take inspiration from their brilliant show in the last CCL season and also their good performance in CCL 2016.
Squads:
Bhojpuri Dabanggs: Manoj Tiwri (c), Ajhoy Sharrma (wk), Ravi Kishan, Ram Pravesh Yadav, Uttam Tiwri, Vikrant Singh, Aditya Ojha, Prakash Jais, Ayaz Khan, Shailesh Sinha, Vaibhav Rai, Asgar Rashid Khan, Vikas Singh, Akbar Naqvi, Gajender Pratap Dwivedi, Jay Prakash Yadav, Nirahua, Sushil Singh, Manoj Pandey, Alok Kumar, Raiees Lashkariya, Makrand Deshpande.
Telugu Warriors: Akhil Akkineni (c), Sachin Joshi, Sudheer Babu, Ashwin Babu, Aadarsh, Nanda Kishore, Nikhil, Raghu, Samrat, Taraka Ratna, Tarun, Vishwa, Prince, Sushanth, Dharam, Khayyum, Harish
