The 1st edition of GPPL 2014 organized at Teri Retreat Stadium, Gurgaon Faridabad Road, it was a month long cricket series played by some of the reputed companies. The participant companies include TradeXL, Google, Adglobal360, TradeIndia, GetIt, IDIL, Hindustan Times and Quikr.
The final match was played between TradeXL and Google. Team TradeXL successfully defeated Google in finals and grabbed the winner’s trophy.
Aman Sahni, Director, TradeXL on success of the team said, “The riveting match held the attention of the audience and left them spell-bound by the enthusiasm of the team. The players put their heart and soul to win the match. We thank one and all for their spirit and support to help us make the winners. We just love winning; be it our business or other spheres of life”
Though it was a slow beginning with a defeat against HT, the team never looked back in the whole series after winning against TradeIndia in second match. The journey towards winning the race continued with victory against AdGlobal in 3rd match, GetIt in Semi Final and host Google in the Final match.
About the team:
The vigorous team included a mix of youth and experienced players. It was their combine efforts made us the winners of Google Partner Premier League 2014. The match started at 7.30 in the morning and it was too cold. When people don’t even leave the bed, our team was all set to play the match and win the trophy. The team proved that nothing can stop them from reaching the most coveted trophy.
Trophies won:
In 1st match, which we won by 250 runs, Ghulam won the Man of match trophy. Though the credit of the success goes to the complete team, it was the Captain, who took the whole control of the team starting from captainship to batting, bowling and fielding.
TradeXL would lose wickets in the 3rd match, but the Captain stood bravely against the pressure of AdGlobal attacks, making the team win by 5 wickets and grab the man of the match trophy.
The credit of Semi Final’s success goes to Gaurav Kaushik aka G.K. He won the ‘man of the match’ trophy in the match that we won by 9 wickets.
Gaurav Rana – the master blaster of the team won the ‘man of the match’ in the title-deciding final match. He was the biggest attraction of the final match, who enthralled the audience and the opposing team with his explosive batting. TradeXL claimed the Champions trophy with 65 runs.
Series summary:
6th December, 2014 – TradeXL Vs HT – HT won by 20 runs
7th December, 2014 – TradeXL Vs TradeIndia – TradeXL won by 250 runs
13th December, 2014 – TradeXL Vs AdGlobal – TradeXL won by 5 wickets
21st December, 2014 – Semi Final – TradeXL Vs GetIt – TradeXL won by 9 wickets
21st December, 2014 – Final – TradeXL Vs Google – TradeXL won by 65 runs