Being a cricket-crazy nation, it comes as no surprise that the team wellness initiative taken up by JTG’s organizing committee would involve a cricket match.
A young organization teeming with sporty millennials, JTG’s fun loving bunch never lose an opportunity to indulge in some refreshing outdoor activity. And so our endeavour to steer our team members towards a healthier lifestyle started with a much anticipated cricket match!
The match was held on the 12th of April, at the Croire Cricket Club after office hours. When it comes to cricket, there’s no need to coax people to participate. With loads of sign ups, the team were eventually decided and the cricket match kicked off with great excitement and gusto.
Here’s what you need to know about the racy match between Night Watchers and Game Swingers:
- The action-packed match kicked off with Night Watchers winning the toss and deciding to field.
- Digvijay and Amal were the opening batsmen. They played really well and created a 37 run partnership for the first wicket in 5 overs.
- After the fall of Digvijay’s wicket, their team started losing wickets fast and were 53/5 in 9 overs.
- After that, It was Rohit and Shubham who contributed 19 and 18 runs respectively to take their team to a grand total of 132 runs in 20 overs.
- Honourable contributions from Game Swingers were 25 by Digvijay, 19 by Rohit and 18 by Shubham
- From Night Watchers, Pankaj made a mark by taking 2 wickets. Also, Gaurav, Nikhil, Deepak, Kapil and Saksham took 1 wicket each.
- On the other hand, Night Watchers lost 3 wickets on 17 runs in 4 overs.
- Then came the match-winning 45 run partnership between Nikhil Kaplas and Shivam Singh, making their team’s total 62 in 9 overs.
- After the fall of Shivam’s wicket, Nikhil also made 40 runs in partnership with Akhilesh, taking their team to 102 in 13 overs.
- After that, it was only the point of scoring winning runs, which Deepak did by hitting a 4 on 2nd delivery of 18th over, making their team’s final score to be 136 runs on 6 wickets.
- Honourable contributions from Night Watchers were 51 by Nikhil Kaplas, 24 by Shivam and 19 by Pankaj.
- From Game Swingers, Digvijay took 2 wickets. Also, Rohit, Shubham and Jasmeet took 1 wicket each.
- The match went on for 3 hours with each team giving a commendable performance.
JTG’s cricketing heroes for 2019 (decided by the 2 captains):
- Man of the Match – Nikhil Kaplas for his amazing 51 runs and 1 wicket
- Best Fielder – Shivam Singh for his 2 spectacular catches
Final scores-
While Game Swingers team scored 132 runs in 20 overs, Night Watchers was declared the winner of the match with 136 runs scored in 18 overs!
An employee engagement initiative by JTG, the cricket match was a resounding success and turned out to be a sporty evening of fun, entertainment, healthy competition and a perfect start to the weekend!