Puneri Bappa (PB) secured a five-wicket victory over Kolhapur Tuskers (KT) within the seventeenth match of the Maharashtra Premier League (MPL 2025) on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Pune.
The Puneri Bappa skipper Yash Kshirsagar received the toss and opted to bowl first. Kolhapur Tuskers bought off to a powerful begin, with openers Sachin Dhas and Ankit Bawne placing collectively a 97-run partnership for the primary wicket. Dhas performed a strong knock, scoring 60 runs off 36 balls, earlier than falling to Sohan Jamale.
However wickets started to tumble at common intervals, and regardless of their early momentum, Kolhapur Tuskers completed at 186/7 in 20 overs. There have been contributions from Bawne (35 off 32), Siddharth Mhatre (26 off 18), and skipper Rahul Tripathi (45 off 17) helped them set a aggressive complete. Ramakrishna Ghosh, Sachin Bhosale, and Jamale every picked up two wickets for Puneri Bappa.
Puneri Bappa had been chasing 187 runs and confronted early setbacks as openers Yash Nahar (4) and Murtaza Trunkwala (9) departed cheaply. Rushikesh Sonwane (23) and Kshirsagar (25) offered some stability within the center overs, however the match-winning partnership got here from Advay Shidhaye and Ramakrishna Ghosh. The duo stitched collectively a 101-run stand for the fifth wicket, guiding Puneri Bappa to victory.
Shidhaye performed a vital innings, scoring 58 off 36 balls, whereas Ramakrishna’s 50 off 23 balls ensured the chase was accomplished comfortably. Kolhapur Tuskers bowler Anand Thenge picked up two wickets in his four-over spell.
With this win, Puneri Bappa stays in second place on the factors desk, having received three out of six matches, whereas Kolhapur Tuskers sit at fifth with only one victory from six video games. Puneri Bappa will face table-toppers Eagle Nashik Titans, whereas Kolhapur Tuskers will tackle Raigad Royals on June 15.
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