CSE final year cricket team- The Champions

The final year computer science cricket team crafted a new era when they lifted The Champions Trophy today. The team that started as an underdog in the tournament lifted their standards and played as a team to bring this glory to the department. Under the able leadership of Rahul Mohapatra, each player struck to the basics and played their natural game in a stylish fashion. The team had its luck, but fortune favors the brave.

The team for the last three years have been struggling and has seen many humiliating defeats, but this time they were determined and were not ready to negotiate for anything less than victory. In fact all champions are born from the ashes like this team. They calculated their last year mistakes very well and played a flawless cricket this time.

If we look at the composition of the team, credit of which goes to Ram Narayan Subudhi, it was well balanced with one specialized wicket-keeper batsman Sukumar Panda, the undisputed best player of the team Binod Bhagat, three all-rounders Rahul, Ram and Sunil, specialized new ball partners Rahul and Vikram and strong middle order. The quality of fielding set on field by Bhanu Krushna Rout, Sukumar Rahul and Binod was awesome in the series. The team had enough bowling back up with Ram, Bhowmik and Sunil holding back the batsmans to crease. Not to forget the team had its good luck in the form of lucky cham D Anshuman available to them.

The way the team evolved during the series can be well realized from captain's comments in the post match conference at Vatika, when he commented that the team adapted well to situations, this is infact the single factor that made them the champions. After the victory, the team enjoyed its success by parting hard at Vatika Restrurant. The team is happy in terms of their contribution to department by winning this trophy.

There are many positives came up from this series for the team, and this can be well analyzied by their performance statistics. www.mylifedee.blogspot.com tried to carry out a post match analysis that would focus on the performance of the players of CSE final year in the tournament.

1.Rahul Mohapatra (Captain)

Role: Bowling all-rounder
Runs: 15
Wickets: 8
The captain led the bowling department from the front. The batsman keep on looking at the balls as they pass through them to wicket keeper. The energy and performance of captain on field was awesome. He is responsible for two stunning catches in the series that kept his boys on foot, as if he is setting examples for his team. he is a cool customer with a steady head and never expected too much from his boys. He only insisted them to play to their potential and strengths.

2.Sukumar Panda


Role: Wicket keeper Batsman
Runs: 70
Catches:12
Always alert behind wickets and with his safe hands and instant reflexes supported the bowlers with stunning catches. He is the opening batsman and is infact the highest run getter of the team. The run he scored and the time he spent in the middle took away the pressure from batting line up. He stood firm like a wall, rotating strikes and running under the burning sun to collect runs from all corners of ground. A true asset to CSE team. Full marks for his performance with bat and gloves.

3.Ram Narayan Subudhi


Role: All-rounder
Runs: 35
Wickets: 6
A handy customer in the team, who played a major role in keeping the second line of bowling tight. He too has been successful in getting crucial wickets with his tight line and length. On the feild with his agressive attitude ,he was responsible for saving many boundries that frustated the opposition. With willow in his hand, he always looked for quick runs and successfully got many crucial boundries. He spent a lot of time in middle with captain dicussing strategies. A true mixture of strategy and calculated aggression in his personality added this flower to CSE basket.

4.Vikramjeet Sakia

Role: Bowler
Wickets: 9
Runs: 16
He shared the new ball with captain and made it sure that the pressure is maintained from both the ends. The undefeatable Assame tough guy, silent but aggressive with ball is the highest wicket taker of the tournament. Some of his balls are just un playable. But not to forget his contribution with bat, in a decider match he scored 16 runs in 6 balls with one 4 and one 6 to sell his team to semi final round, he was the show stuffer of that match and his performance frusteted one of the most favourite teams of the tournament.


5. Binod Bhagat

Role: All rounder
Wickets: 6
Runs: 40
He is Mr. CSE cricketer. He exceled in all departments. With bowl he bowled a tight line, on the feild he is responsible for a stunning and crucial runnot and with the bat he partnered with Sukumar and made sure that they donot expose their middle order early into crease. The run out he converted was most required at that stage when the opposition just required 2 from three balls, and his contribution showed the team the way into finals. A star performer of the team.

6.Bhanu Krushna Rout

Role: Batsman
Runs: 30
He is Mr. Dependable and comes on second down. He adapts very well to situations and bats accordingly. He can take on charge to the opposition any time in the match and can clear the ropes. This unique abilty as a batsman keeps opposition guessing about him as he can turn the game on his own. On the feild, along with Ram he gaurded the boundry as a sliding wall behind the ball and frustrated the opposition by cutting short the boundries. A unquie character of the team.

7. Vivek Bajaj

Role: Batsman
Runs: 20
He is lower middle order batsman, a true hitter of cricket ball and a finisher. With such a strong batting line up on him, he is not exposed so much to the attack in the series but he has his contribution in chasing down the score with Vikram in that crucial match. He is un doubtably a great talent in the team with lot of experience in super six matches and on the feild too he was full of energy. He too can bowl some odd overs and carried out the duties very well as and when required by his captain.

8. Sunil Kumar Parida

Role: Batsman
Runs:15
With willow in his hand he is simply a stunner. However, with a strong top order batting line up he did not get opportunity to show his immense talent. On the feild he provided a good cover. He too can bowl some handy seam bowling with old bowl and contributed with ball when the team required. A major mood booster in the dressing room and enjoyed with team each and every moment. Quite innovative in his approach to game and was one of the major strategy players.

9. Ajitab Tiwari

Role: batsman
Runs: 30
He comes on first down and with his batting skills parallal to Vijay Shekhawat (Victory movie hero), he never let bowlers to grow on top of batsman. He hits the ball well and in the gap to take on attack to bowlers. He loves to play his natural game but developed as a team player when stayed on crease in final and made sure that he remains their on crease till the winning runs are hit. A player with wonderful temperament and aggression.

10.Deb kumar Bhowmik

Role:Bowler
wickets: 4
He handles the second line of bowling attack with Ram. He mixes up his speed very well and always keep the batsman guessing. He has got a deadly slow ball weapon like Bravo and used it now and then to trouble the batsman. On field he has a safe hand and always on toes to check the ball passing with in his coverage area.

11. D. Anshuman Acharya

Role: Bowler
With a strong and dependable bowling line up, he did not get the opportunity to bowl too much. However when ever the captain tossed up the ball to him he bowled with his full heart. He is a lucky cham for the team who scored the last winning runs in the final to end the tournament as champions

The entire series was covered offline by Deepak and was present with the team in the finals to cover it online. His presence was appreciated by the team when the team invited him in their post match celebrations at Vatika. It has been a nice tournament to cover and with talented teams comming up and playing fine cricket over weeks, the season was awesome. In the end the unexpected team of CSE final year students sizzed the victory nad emerged as champions. In cricket unexpected things turn up from no where and perhaps this is why Cricket is a funny game.

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