Sports Ahoy!

It's festive time in HNLU as the much awaited Sports tournament has comenced.(Its about time too!)

As per schedule there was supposed to be four matches on 25/09/2005. Two of cricket and two of soccer. In cricket 4th sem was pitted against 3rd and the 5th was against the 1st. Both the matches turned out to be closely fought with the thrill lasting till the last ball.

Cricket

Match I (3rd Sem v. 4th Sem)

After a superb spell from Rahul which included a hat-trick and a harvest of 4 wickets saw the 4th sem been rounded off for 68. Every on ewas expecting a one sided match but then 4th sem kept up their reputation and gave a magnificient fight-back which made the match to be decided by the second last ball when the winning 69th run for the 3rd sem came through Chaitanya's sqare cut. The 3rd sem won the first match with one wicket in hand.

Match II (1st Sem v. 5th Sem)

The 5th sem went on to bat first after winning the toss and made a comfortable total of 107 runs. Main contribution to the score came from Vedant, Harsh and Vishesh. The pressure of the chase led to the fall of some early wickets but the combined firepower exhibited by Debajyoti, Arjun and Prathyum steered the 1st sem to a victory with two wickets in hand.

Soccer

The players were all ready and the mood was in for another adrenaline filled round of football. But it so happened that at the scheduled time of the match every able bodied youngster in Raipur who could get hold of a cricket bat was playing in the ground which was booked for HNLU. Alas! The football lovers were last seen yesterday taking turns in kicking the ball at the lights that adorn the HNLU gate!