Cricket

It was not hard to spot Anirudh Singh, the captain of the cricket team of BITS Pilani, tossing a cricket ball in one hand while studying in his wing.  Anirudh is very happy with the performance of all players in the team and his team’s ongoing preparations With 6 batsmen and 2 all-rounder’s the team is predominantly a batting side but it is has a good balance of spinners and pacers as well. The team has been practicing for almost a month now with regular practice matches and review sessions. Despite the series of tests and rain interruptions the players are showing up for practice regularly.

The response of the first years was phenomenal with about 90 turning up for the trials. And with many good players Anirudh had many difficult choices to make while short listing the final team. Four first years made it to the final squad of 22, with 2^nd and 3^rd years being the majority. Two of these might get a place on the first team. Anirudh is optimistic about BOSM 2009 as he is sure that it will be a totally different experience than last year. This time there is a lot more discipline, co-ordination and energy in the team. According to him, the major competitors for BOSM 2009, going by last year’s performance are Shri Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain College (SBMJC), Bangalore, JVIT and Deshbandhu College.