NEB and CR Kings arrived in Des Moines at 9:30 am only to discover that both teams did not have the cones and stumps. There was a delay of 1 and half hours to arrange for the cones/stumps and the match finally started at 11:15 AM. Overs were reduced to 20 overs each due to the delayed start.
NEB won the toss and elected to field. Siva and Parvath started very well for CRK scoring 26 and 25 resp.All CRK batsman put decent scores and CRK finished with 140/5 at the end of 20 overs.
CRK started well again in bowling too grabbing 4 wickets out of NEB in no time. Sam and Pradeesh steadied the chase and brought NEB closer to victory. Sam got out after a fine 30 from 15 balls. Shanmuga joined Pradeesh and made sure no more wickets fell and NEB won the match in 18.2 overs. Pradeesh was unbeaten on 35 from 38 balls.
MOM Pradeesh for his allround performance.
Umpiring was very good overall.