We started our new tournament campaign on a winning note. Though our opponents (Quest) did not put up a fight either while batting/bowling, this victory will boost the team's confidence for the upcoming matches. Overall it was a complete all-round performance from our team though I still have concerns about our fielding effort which is one of the key factors for our progress to the next level.
We scored 110 runs in 10 overs which I think is the highest total from our team till today and then we contained the opposition team for only 35 runs. This also is our biggest margin win till today. Rana, Arjun , Athreya, Kiran and Satish were simply good enough for the opposition batting.
In many ways this match will be a special one for Satish. To start with he was not feeling completely well and infact was doubtful to join the team. We should be thankful to his wife as she convinced him to play and then , there was a rain interruption which halted the match for a while. With all these interruptions/impediments, Satish provided us one of the best starts till today. He started with a six! and along with his opening partner, Preetish he took our score to 50 runs in just over 4 overs. He did not give up till the end and was not out for 64 runs, more than half the overall team total. Though he was not feeling well and then batted through the innings I thought he would take at least some rest during the second innings. He proved me wrong by standing at mid on! Truly a committed player. and rightly rewarded with couple of wickets with his slower ones. Finally it was an easy option for the expert panel to adjudge him as the man of the match. I am really happy that he could achieve all this in front of his beloved wife!
I am particularly impressed with his approach. Very first ball of the match and he hit that for a six over mid wicket. That does not mean that he was simply slogging but he was more aggressive with calculated risk.
We hear the term "calculated risk " many times and hence I wanted to share a few thoughts on risk and whether we can take a calculated risk!!If you notice the definition of Risk, it is understood that we are entering into a situation fully understanding that it could result in losing something or an outcome that could be unfavorable.
If we were to calculate risks, we may not have had any innovations on creative ideas for the fear of rejection or failure. Come on, let us face it, taking risks itself means being unrealistic. When we are going against the odds, it is pretty much given that we are ready to fail. So, why calculate at all? I think when someone makes the statement about taking calculated risk, it primarily means that ‘I will / we will not take risk’. It is just that we put it in a more polished and politically right language.
So, how do we define someone as taking risk – and when is it Good or Bad? The intent here is not to say that risk itself is good or bad, because we cannot take a good risk or bad risk. The intent is to understand if we are not making any foolish decisions – such as let us say, I will take the risk of competing with Usain Bolt, without practice and preparation. Another likely example on risk is to start a business – which is itself a risky proposition. Now, can we take a calculated risk here? I am not sure if we can do that! Some people say that take a calculated risk by continuing in the job you are in and quit when your business is up and running – how many of such startups have succeeded! We could potentially prepare to start the business by doing homework, and not starting something we do not even know – that would be a foolish act and not taking a calculated risk.
The only calculation I can think of on risk is let us say we put our time and money into anything that we want to risk, and the returns out of that could be zero, nothing else can be calculated!
Thoughts??
We scored 110 runs in 10 overs which I think is the highest total from our team till today and then we contained the opposition team for only 35 runs. This also is our biggest margin win till today. Rana, Arjun , Athreya, Kiran and Satish were simply good enough for the opposition batting.
In many ways this match will be a special one for Satish. To start with he was not feeling completely well and infact was doubtful to join the team. We should be thankful to his wife as she convinced him to play and then , there was a rain interruption which halted the match for a while. With all these interruptions/impediments, Satish provided us one of the best starts till today. He started with a six! and along with his opening partner, Preetish he took our score to 50 runs in just over 4 overs. He did not give up till the end and was not out for 64 runs, more than half the overall team total. Though he was not feeling well and then batted through the innings I thought he would take at least some rest during the second innings. He proved me wrong by standing at mid on! Truly a committed player. and rightly rewarded with couple of wickets with his slower ones. Finally it was an easy option for the expert panel to adjudge him as the man of the match. I am really happy that he could achieve all this in front of his beloved wife!
I am particularly impressed with his approach. Very first ball of the match and he hit that for a six over mid wicket. That does not mean that he was simply slogging but he was more aggressive with calculated risk.
We hear the term "calculated risk " many times and hence I wanted to share a few thoughts on risk and whether we can take a calculated risk!!If you notice the definition of Risk, it is understood that we are entering into a situation fully understanding that it could result in losing something or an outcome that could be unfavorable.
If we were to calculate risks, we may not have had any innovations on creative ideas for the fear of rejection or failure. Come on, let us face it, taking risks itself means being unrealistic. When we are going against the odds, it is pretty much given that we are ready to fail. So, why calculate at all? I think when someone makes the statement about taking calculated risk, it primarily means that ‘I will / we will not take risk’. It is just that we put it in a more polished and politically right language.
So, how do we define someone as taking risk – and when is it Good or Bad? The intent here is not to say that risk itself is good or bad, because we cannot take a good risk or bad risk. The intent is to understand if we are not making any foolish decisions – such as let us say, I will take the risk of competing with Usain Bolt, without practice and preparation. Another likely example on risk is to start a business – which is itself a risky proposition. Now, can we take a calculated risk here? I am not sure if we can do that! Some people say that take a calculated risk by continuing in the job you are in and quit when your business is up and running – how many of such startups have succeeded! We could potentially prepare to start the business by doing homework, and not starting something we do not even know – that would be a foolish act and not taking a calculated risk.
The only calculation I can think of on risk is let us say we put our time and money into anything that we want to risk, and the returns out of that could be zero, nothing else can be calculated!
Thoughts??
I am glad that was able to make it up this time with the batting. I was deeply disappointed with our loss in previous tourney where I couldn't connect few which would have taken us to next round. But thanks to you all for believing in me and opportunity to play. Yeah and I was lucky enough when my wife came to watch me playing ;).
ReplyDeleteNow that we got a winning start let's continue to focus on the forthcoming matches. We have many match winners in our team and I know they are all due with their contributions. Way to go team :).
Sridhar - thanks for your special note. You have been keeping the team in good spirit and always encouraging. Good job buddy.
You are right Satish. There are many match winners in our team but it is just a matter of time before they all join the party
DeleteYes, as Sridhar has righly said, this was a special match for Satish. He was all over the team Quest, both with the bat and with the ball.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also agree that many players in this team are potential match winners and their turn will come as we make progress in the tournament.
Hoping for a good weekend again.
I feel our aggressive cricket made Quest to hold back and play poorly. Our big total on board made them give up. Great display of batting by Satish. The other batsmen supported well too. Hope we play the same good cricket which is key for us to win in a knock-out stage.
ReplyDeleteSince we have deep batting strength we can be that aggressive in a 10 or 8 overs match.
So let us give our best in the forthcoming matches.
Thats exactly what i wanted to bring out of this team. We have deep batting line up so the top order can/need to be agressive. In 10 over game the moment we put good runs on the board the opposition would give up 75% mentally. Remember how was our reaction after our opponents scored 75+ in 8 overs in last quarter finals match!!
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