A dominant efficiency by the Gulbarga Mystics batting unit ensured an eight-wicket victory over the Mysore Warriors on the Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Stadium to mark their first victory of the Maharaja Trophy.
Nikin Jose (52*) and Prajwal Pavan’s (45) huge partnership arrange the run chase earlier than Smaran R’s 22-ball half-century offered the ending touches. Regardless of Venkatesh M’s spectacular knock of 77 runs, that powered the Warriors to 184/9 within the first innings, the house crew suffered their first lack of the season.
Chasing 185, Luvnith Sisodia’s (23) quickfire begin ensured that the Mystics had been forward of the equation by the top of the powerplay at 59/1. The left-handed opener creamed two consecutive sixes off CA Karthik, earlier than the latter despatched him packing within the fourth over.
Nikin Jose and Prajwal Pavan saved the run chase on monitor, with the duo placing on 92 runs in 60 balls. Nikin dropped anchor, however each batters discovered boundaries at common intervals. After hitting 5 fours and a six in 33 balls, Prajwal was caught behind within the 14th over, claimed by Yashovardhan Parantap. Smaran R (52*) joined Nikin with the rating at 124/2. He wasted no time and took down Ok Gowtham for 2 fours and a six, diluting the equation to 42 runs in 30 balls.
Nikin remained unbeaten and introduced up his half-century in 32 balls, however it was Smaran’s late-innings fireworks that steered the Mystics residence comfortably in 18 overs. Smaran hammered a six to finish the run chase and produce up his half-century in 22 balls, together with 5 fours and 4 sixes.
Earlier, the Warriors’ resolution to bat first appeared promising as opener Karthik SU lit up the early overs with three fours and three sixes in a brisk 17-ball 36. Lavish Kaushal eliminated CA Karthik (4) and struck once more within the sixth over to dismiss Karthik SU a ball after being hit for 3 consecutive boundaries, taking the hosts to 53/2 on the powerplay.
Native boy Venkatesh M then joined Harshil Dharmani in a fluent 72-run stand off 48 balls. Harshil (40 off 23) cleared the ropes thrice earlier than falling to Mystics skipper Vyshak Vijaykumar within the 14th over, bringing the rating to 123/3. Venkatesh, who started cautiously, reached his 40-ball fifty with a towering six off Praveen Dubey and, in partnership with captain Manish Pandey (12), added a speedy 48 in 22 balls. He adopted his half-century with 27 runs in simply 10 deliveries earlier than Monish Reddy eliminated him within the 18th over at 171/4.
The innings faltered within the closing levels. 5 wickets fell within the span of 15 deliveries with Pandey, Sumit (0), and Ok Gowtham (0) departing in fast succession, because the Warriors finally posted 184/9. Lavish Kaushal was the decide of the Mystics assault with figures of three/38, whereas Monish Reddy returned 2/30 in his three overs.
Temporary Scores
Gulbarga Mystics received by 8 wickets
Mysore Warriors: 184/9 in 20 overs (Karthik SU 36 off 17 balls, Harshil Dharmani 40 off 23 balls, Venkatesh M 77 off 50 balls; Lavish Kaushal 3/38, Monish Reddy 2/30)
Gulbarga Mystics: 187/2 in 18 overs (Nikin Jose 52* off 39 balls, Prajwal Pavan 45 off 33 balls, Smaran R 52* off 22 balls; CA Karthik 1/23, Yashovardhan Parantap 1/44)
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