Hattricks by Daniel and Kshitij (aka Chris) have put Hash Browns on top of the points table.

Last night, Hash Browns boys displayed another fine show of their talent and team work. We played very well as a team and supported each other (not to mention Anuj's precise throw which almost cleaned me ). Bowlers did a great job keeping the opposition's total to a very gettable 70 runs. The team looked confident from very first ball and as expected batsmen had no trouble getting pass the total and they ended up making 150 runs and winning the match by 80 runs.

I lost the toss and had to ball first, I would have done the same even if I had won the toss anyway. Sirish, our premier bowler,  as usual, started off the inning. The ball was swinging a lot and Sirish did well to maintain his tight line and length. He even tried to ball a beamer which almost took the batsman and keeper out. All other bowlers kept up the good work and the opposition only managed 16 runs after first 4 overs.

Second and third skin was the best part of our bowling. During these skins, we saw some outstanding performers. Kshitij, who had a good batting session in last match including his 2 huge sixes, came up with an outstanding bowling performance taking 3 wickets for 5 runs, which included a hattrick.

Daniel followed the same path and completed his spell with 3 for 8 also including an hattrick. I also manage to chip in with 3 wickets in an over but wasn't good enough like Daniel or Kshitij to score a hattrick, and ended up with figure of 3 for -3 (yes, in indoor cricket you can make or give negative runs). Sunny, also bowled very well and despite his few wides down the leg side, he ended his spell with 3 for 2.

We were only chasing 70 runs, and with our strong batting lineup, the target didn't look threatening. I opened the inning with Daniel. In indoor cricket, 1st ball of every skin is a jackpot ball so whatever happens on this ball, gets double, i.e. if you score 4 runs, you get 8 but if you go out, which is -3, you'll  get -6 deducted from the score. I manage to convince Daniel that I should face the first ball and scored 5 runs which added 10 runs to my score  (sorry Dan, you can face the first ball next time). We ended up putting 55 runs for the first inning, by this time, the match was almost in our control. Deepak and Sunny with their 48 runs for the skin, sealed the win for us. 

We kept Anuj and Rahul for very end to deal with any nasty surprises, and at this occasion, Rahul managed to outscore Anuj who was the pick of our batsmen in last few matches.

Overall, a very good win by us. Let's keep up the good work.