Cricket is the most popular sport in India. In fact, it is sometimes said that cricket is like a religion here. People are so passionate about it.

A number of our students are also from cricket playing countries such as UK and Australia.

It was decided to hold a friendly (yet competitive) cricket match between the trainers and students at Koenig.

Both sides nominated their teams and their captains. Cecil Desir led the students and Subodh Chowdhary led the trainers (incidentally he is also the training manager).

It was a 15 overs per side match and all the rules of one-day cricket (as specified by the International Council of Cricket) were followed.

The following pictures will give you a feel of the event.

STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL
STANDING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (CECIL DESIR, NAUMAN REHMAN, OLIVER NANNINGA, STUART PHILLIPS, LANCE ROBINSON, ALEX CARR, JASON BAILEY) SITTING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (ABDUL AZIM, GARY GIBSON, TROY ASHING, KHALID SALEH)

KOENIG INDIA
STANDING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (BRIJENDER SINGH, NEERAJ CHATURVEDI, SUBODH CHOUDHARY, SHISHIR DUBEY, PRAVEEN CHOUDHARY, RAJESH GOGIA, RAKESH CHOUDHARY)
SITTING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT
(ASHISH KUMAR, KAPIL SARPAL, RAJESH KUMAR, ANURAG MANGLIK)

THE TOSS WENT IN FAVOUR OF KOENIG INDIA, AND THEY DECIDED TO BAT

STUDENTS DISCUSSING THEIR STRATEGY FOR THE MATCH

OPENING BATSMEN FOR KOENIG INDIA

GREAT STANCE

STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL SUFFERED FAR TOO MANY WIDES IN THE FIRST FEW OVERS BUT SOON STARTED BOWLING A GOOD LINE

VIEW FROM THE OUTFIELD

NOTICE THE FIELDER AT THE FINE LEG BACKING THE WICKET KEEPER

CECIL IN ACTION

CECIL THROWING THE FAST ONE

NAUMAN IN ACTION,
HE TOOK 3 WICKETS

NAUMAN AGAIN

STUDENTS WALKING BACK AFTER RESTRICTING KOENIG TO 149 FOR 5

MAN OF THE MATCH
BRIJENDER SCORED 41 RUNS

TROY FROM USA AND GAVE ENLIGHTENING INSIGHT INTO BASEBALL AND HOW IT COMPARES WITH CRICKET

OUR STAR COMMENTATOR WAS A HIT WITH THE AUDIENCE

LUNCH WAS MUCH APPRECIATED

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STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL
WALKING IN

THEY HIT HARD

NEERAJ IN ACTION

MORE ACTION

AND MORE

LANCE THE WICKET KEEPER WAS A START BATSMAN AND SCORED 3 CONSECUTIVE FOURS (the only batsman to do so)

END OF THE GAME. UBAIDULLAH WALKING BACK WITH AN UNBEATEN SCORE

SUBODH THE WINNING CAPTAIN

CECIL GETTING THE RUNNERS UP CUP. AS HE EXPLAINED SOME OF HIS TEAM MEMBERS WERE PLAYING CRICKET FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT WAS REMARKABLE HOW THEY PERFORMED

MEN OF THE MATCH UBAIDULLAH AND BRIJENDER

CHAMPAIGN POPPING UP

WINNERS ALL

GARY (EXTREME LEFT) DESERVES A SPECIAL MENTION HE WORKED HARD IN THE FIELD. UNFORTUNATELY HE STRAINED A TENDER TRYING TO GET TO A BALL WHICH WAS A LITTLE TOO DISTANT FROM HIM

SPEACTATORS HAD A NICE DAY IN THE SUN

Score Board
1st Innings
Koenig India	149-5 (15)	Runs	4s
Brijender	Not Out	41	6
Subodh	b - Nauman	1	--
Rajesh	b - Ubadullah	7	--
Praveen	b - Nauman	2	--
Anurag	b - Nauman	4	1
Rajesh	Run Out	20
Neeraj Chaturvedi	Not Out	1
Rakesh	--	--	--
Kapil Sarpal	--	--	--
Ashish Kumar	--	--	--
Shishir	--	--	--
Extras	73 (b-5, lb-3, wd-59, nb-6)
Total		149-5 (15)

Students International	O	M	R	WD	NB
Nauman	5	--	20	14	1
Stewart	1	--	4	10	--
Troy	1	--	1	--	--
Ubadullah	5	--	26	8	5
Cecil	5	--	25	25	--



2nd Innings
Students International	77 (All out)	Runs	4s
Jason	b - Neeraj	5	--
Abdul	b - Neeraj	0	--
Nauman	b - Neeraj	0	--
Troy	b - Rajesh	0	--
Ubadullah	Not Out	28	--
Oliver	c - Neeraj	0	--
Lance	b - Pravven	16	3
Stewart	c - Rakesh	0	--
Abdul	b - Rakesh	2	--
Cecil	b - Shishir	4
Alex	c - Shishir	0	--
Extras	22 (b-11, lb-11, wd-15, nb-3)
Total		77 (All out)

Koenig India	O	M	R	WD	NB
Neeraj	3	--	4	--	--
Rajesh	4	--	29	7	2
Rajesh Gogia	1	--	6	2	1
Praveen	2	--	5	3	--
Rakesh	2	--	3	1	--
Shishir	2	--	8	2	--

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