Ravikant, Puri skittles Taltala for 33 runs in 6.1 overs
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Ravikant Singh and Geet Puri after the match on Tuesday. Image Source: XtraTime[/caption]Kolkata: Bhowanipore club pacers Ravikant Singh and Geet Puri created history in CAB knock-out tournament by dismissing their opponent Taltala Ekata Sangha for 33 runs in 6.1 overs today. Bowling first the Bhowanipore bowlers both took 5 wickets each. The bowling statistics of both the bowlers stands as Ravikant:3.1 overs, 1 maiden, 17 runs and 5 wickets while Geet Puri: 3 overs no maiden 16 runs and 5 wickets.today at the Salt Lake Videocon cricket coaching ground. "This seems to be a record as there is no record of dismissing a team in less than 7 overs of a match in a paltry total of 33 runs."said Bhowanipore's coach Abdul Monayem.
Ravikant was part of the U-19 ICC world cup winning squad of 2012 was also the joint highest wicket taker during the tournament with 12 wickets in 4 matches. According to Ravikant, "This was a come back match for me and I am happy that i have performed well and can now draw attention of the selectors to get a chance to play for senior Bengal team this season." During the 2015-16 season Ravikant was stopped from bowling due to suspected bowling action during U-23 Bengal vs Tamil Nadu match by BCCI umpire and match referee. He was totally taken aback lost all hope of playing any further in future. He was even sent to Chennai Bio-chemist lab to rectify his bowling action. Ravikant said,"I lost all hope of bowling any further and was depressed until the clearance came from the lab that I was Ok and this success has boosted my morale." Ravikant is still waiting for a call in the Bengal senior side regarding this he said,"After the junior World Cup success almost all cricketers of that team have made their debut in first-class cricket but i have not been able to do that. Hope to perform consistently in future to get in to the side."
The other bowler Geet Puri was an U-16 Tamil Nadu player but had to come to Kolkata with his family as his Father is a Merchant Navy officer. The left armer first played in DKS club in the first year followed by Aikka Sammelani in the second year. For the last three years he is playing for Bhowanipore Club with considerable success. After the match Geet said," feeling very relaxed after the performance, this was an important match in my career. Have played against Bengal-U-23 Mumbai and Gujarat and I had to prove my metal. I thank my coach for his complete support without that it won't have been possible for me to succeed. Looking forward to more such performances and a call in the Bengal senior team as there are lot of Tournaments ahead."
Bhowanipore coach Abdul Monayem said,"Have said to the bowlers not to be complacent as the batsmen played bad shots and got out but indeed this is a good performance by them and they have to continue bowling well throughout the season."
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