Maharaja Trophy KSCA 2023: Gulbarga Mystics overwhelm Shivamogga Lions with nine-wicket win, Mangaluru Dragons triumph against Bengaluru Blasters
Gulbarga Mystics secured their third win in the season.
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Day 9, Match 1
Bengaluru, August 21 2023: The Gulbarga Mystics secured their third win of the season, beating the Shivamogga Lions by a comprehensive margin of nine wickets and a whopping 7.2 overs to spare in Maharaja Trophy T20 2023.
The Lions had a profitable powerplay, despite the early dismissals of Rohan Kadam (0) and Nihal Ullal (15). Rohit Kumar (25) and Rohan Naveen (33) struck a series of boundaries to place Shivamogga at 60/2 at the end of first powerplay. The pair built a 48-run partnership in just 28 balls. However, the innings staggered soon after as the left arm spinner Hardik Raj scalped Rohan Naveen and Abhinav Manohar (0) in the eighth over. The next over saw the dismissal of Rohit Kumar at the hands of Amit Verma leaving the Shivamogga Lions in hot water at 76/5 before the end of ninth over.
A cautious approach from Shreyas Gopal (16) and southpaw Pranav Bhatia (19) saw them string a 36-run partnership, but both batsmen failed to convert their starts and fell in quick succession as Shreyas Gopal was ousted by Macneil Noronha and Bhatia was deceived by the pace of Vyshak Vijaykumar.
The innings unravelled rapidly as the Shivamogga Lions lost their three remaining wickets for just nine runs including Kranthi Kumar (5) to Vyshak Vijaykumar and Shivraj (0) to Hardik Raj. They bundled up for a meagre total of 121/10 in 17.4 overs. Hardik Raj was the pick of the Gulbarga bowling unit with figures of 3/27, while Vyshak Vijaykumar (2/9) and Abhilash Shetty (2/21) picked up two wickets each.
In response the Gulbarga Mystics looked eager to impose themselves early on. Openers Chethan LR (58*) and Impact Player, Aadarsh Prajwal (37) brought up their 50-run in partnership in just 32 deliveries. Aadarsh Prajwal shone bright striking two sixes and three boundaries in the powerplay to hoist the Gulbarga Mystics to 59/0.The partnership was broken immediately after the power play as Shreyas Gopal picked the vital wicket of the well settled Adarsh Prajwal. Coming in at number three Macneil Noronha (27*) supported Chethan LR who unleashed an onslaught on the Shivamogga bowling attack getting to his half century in just 30 deliveries including a decimating twenty run over of Shreyas Gopal. The pair put on 66 runs to help Gulbarga cruise home with nine wickets and 7.2 overs to spare.
Brief Scores
Gulbarga Mystics won by 9 wickets
Shivamogga Lions - 121/10 in 17.4 overs (Rohan Naveen - 33 off 24 balls, Rohit Kumar K - 25 off 13 balls, Pranav Bhatia - 19 off 19 balls, Hardik Raj - 3/27, Vijaykumar Vyshak - 2/9, Abhilash Shetty - 2/21)
Gulbarga Mystics - 126/1 in 12.4 overs (LR Chethan - 58* off 31 balls, Aadarsh Prajwal - 37 off 27 balls, Macneil Hadley Noronha - 27* off 20 balls, Shreyas Gopal - 1/40)Day 9, Match 2
Bengaluru, 21st August, 2023: The Mangaluru Dragons led by Paras Arya (5/22) ran through the Kalyani Bangalore Blasters batting line-up as they comprehensively went on to win their third game of the Shriram Capital Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20, powered by FanCode, beating Bengaluru Blasters by 31 runs. Arya picked up the first five wicket haul of the tournament to lead the Mangaluru Dragons to a comfortable victory over the Bengaluru Blasters
Asked to bat by Bengaluru Blasters’ captain Mayank Agarwal, the Mangaluru Dragons managed to score 46 runs in the powerplay with KV Siddharth (23) being the lone wicket to fall. Opener Rohan Patil (28) was then joined by BR Sharath who middled the ball from the get-go. The two added 36 runs off 26 balls before Rohan Patil was trapped LBW by chinaman Sarfaraz Ashraf in the 10th over.
BR Sharath (21) and Gaurav Dhiman (11) were sent back to the pavilion in the 11th and 12th overs respectively as the Mangaluru Dragons slipped to 89-4. Aneeshwar Gautam (32) and Aniruddha Joshi (39) put together a partnership of 71 runs in 42 balls that proved vital in the context of the match following the mini collapse that saw three wickets fall in as many overs.
Aneeshwar Gautam was dismissed off the final ball of the penultimate over by T Pradeep. Krishnappa Gowtham (0) didn’t trouble the scorers as he was removed by pacer LR Kumar, who also accounted for the wicket of Aniruddha Joshi in the final over that brought the Mangaluru Dragons 11 runs, taking them to 171-7. For the Bengaluru Blasters, Sarfaraz Ashraf (2/21), LR Kumar (2/27) and T Pradeep (2/34) picked two wickets apiece.
In reply, the Bengaluru Blasters were off to yet another poor start as Mangaluru Dragons spinner Anand Doddamani picked up the wickets of D Nischal (9) and Jeswanth Acharya (0) off successive balls in the second over. Pavan Deshpande (4), Suraj Ahuja (5) and Mayank Agarwal (23) fell in the final two overs of the powerplay, that yielded 43 runs.
Mangaluru Dragons’ left arm spinner Paras Arya continued to spin a web around the Bengaluru batters as he picked the wickets of Ashish Mahesh (11), Rishi Bopanna (0) and LR Kumar (0) in the space of four balls to have the first five wicket haul of the tournament to his name.
Shubhang Hegde (54* from 41 balls) and Sarfaraz Ashraf (23) put up a valiant fight, stitching together a partnership of 57 runs from 52 balls but reaching the target from a score of 57-8 proved to be a herculean task. Despite an unbeaten half-century from Hegde with the support of the lower order, the Mangaluru Dragons went on to beat the Bengaluru Blasters by 31 runs.
Brief Scores
Mangaluru Dragons won by 31 runs
Mangaluru Dragons - 171-7 in 20 overs: (Aniruddha Joshi 39 off 26 balls, Aneeshwar Gautam 32 off 24 balls, Rohan Patil 28 off 23 balls, Sarfaraz Ashraf 2/21, LR Kumar 2/27 and T Pradeep 2/34)
Bengaluru Blasters -140-9 in 20 overs (Shubhang Hegde 54* off 41 balls, Mayank Agarwal 23 off 13 balls, Sarfaraz Ashraf 23 off 29 balls, Paras Arya 5-22, Anand Doddamani 2-20, Aditya Goyal 1-21)Get every cricket updates! Follow Us:
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