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October 13, 2011
India Green 238 for 8 (Harbhajan 49*, Kaif 41) tied with India Red 238 (Chawla 92, Harbhajan 3-37, Abdulla 3-37)
Piyush Chawla was run out off what turned out to be the last ball of a dramatic final, as India Red matched India Green's score of 238 to share the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy. India Red were out of the game when they lost their fifth wicket in the 23rd over with just 102 on the board, but Chawla held the lower order together and whittled down the target. When Bhargav Bhatt was ninth out, they still needed 26 off 16 balls, and Chawla's dare-devilry almost got them over the line.
The match boiled down to the last over with Chawla chasing 17 off left-arm seamer Samad Fallah, who was enduring a horrid night. A dot ball, a slogged couple and a wide reduced it to 14 off 4, with Chawla having to hit a boundary to stay in the game. He responded by lofting Fallah over mid-off to make it 10 off 3, before pushing two more through long-on. Fallah's penultimate ball was fuller on off stump, and Chawla launched it over the sightscreen for a six that made India Red favourites for the first time in the last quarter of the game.
Two needed off the last ball, Chawla was set in progress, no matter what has happened. As it turned out, Fallah bowled wide along the side leg. Do not attacking properly declined Jaydev Unadkat single, but Chawla had accused all over the pitcher, in the end, when the CM Gautam break the shackles and tie the game. Was ready to call for India and Zimbabwe ODI in 1997, when Robin Singh was the last man off the range, which left the score level. At the finish he was also famous for its similarities to the way that Lance Klusener and Allan Donald in the 1999 World Cup semi-final against Australia.
That such an outcome was possible electrical Chawla had dropped to second in the 90 score in a list of the century, less than a career. The moment he took guard, had Abhimanyu Mithun and Harbhajan Singh was cut from the top to push hunting in free fall. Chawla continued to fight, even if Iqbal Abdullah kept striking at the other end. Chawla worked in the fields to go to 40 off 48 balls at the end of 40 overs before boarding. First six from T Suman in the 41st over, and he began to focus Fallah in the final stage, picking up two fours in the 46th about. Bhatt output in the 48th Green left India one wicket away from victory, but Chawla forced them to share the trophy.
Indian Green batting effort was the same up-down thing is a field that offered spin and bounce. And Mohammad Kaif Anirudh S were the only top-hitters to get along with the surface, before a triple-shock staplers in over half of India to reduce green 134 3-151 6 Harbhajan Singh pulled out his side of the stasis with a responsible innings, where he won his tendency to flashy shots.
Sumit Narwal Cola Enders, Abhimanyu Mithun and Harbhajan played Abdulla, who made an unbeaten 49 from 54 balls despite not pick up until the last minute. The titles, however, were stolen by the efforts of Rotary club opposition.
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