Mangaluru Dragans won the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 title. (Photo-screenshot/instagram)
The rain stopped Hubli Tigers from winning the second title of Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20. Hubli Tigers won this title in the year 2023, but this time the rain turned his expectations dashed. In the final match played at Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Stadium in Mysore, Mangaluru Dragans defeated Hubli Tigers by 14 runs by VJD Method. When the game was stopped due to rain, Mangaluru Dragans scored 85 runs for two wickets in 10.4 overs. He was leading by the scheduled 15 runs. Sharat BR and Sachin Shinde played an important role in this victory of Mangaluru Drags. Mangaluru Dragans has won this title for the first time.
What happened in the final match?
Maharaja Trophy In the final of KSCA T20, Hubli Tigers captain Devdutt Padikkal won the toss and decided to bat first. Parkal, who came to open, was dismissed for only 10 runs in 7 balls. After this, Mohammad Taha and Krishnan Shreejit handled the team’s innings. Both took the score of the team to 50 runs, but in the sixth over, Taha returned to the pavilion. After this, the innings of Hubli Tigers started to falter.
At one end, Krishnan Srijit stood and the other continued to fall wickets. In this way, the team of Hubli Tigers could only manage 154 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Krishnan Shreejit scored 52 runs in the maximum 45 balls with the help of 4 fours and 1 six. Mohammad Taha scored 27 runs in 15 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 2 fours. Apart from this, no batsman could stay at the crease for a long time.
Sachin Shinde’s great bowling
Sachin Shinde bowled brilliantly for Mangaluru Dragans. He sent three players to the pavilion for 28 runs in 4 overs. McNell Noronha and Srivats Acharya took two wickets each. Santokh Singh got one wicket. Mangaluru Dragans started a brilliant start to chase a target of 159 runs.
Mangaluru drags’ fast start
Chasing the target given by Hubli Tigers, Mangaluru Dragans started fast under the captaincy of Shreyas Gopal. Openers Lochan Gowda and Sharat BR added 55 runs in 35 balls for the first wicket. After this, Lochan was dismissed for 18 runs in 17 balls. On the other hand, Sharat BR continued to score fast. However, he missed his half -century and was dismissed for 49 runs in 35 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes.
In 10.4 overs, when Mangaluru Dragans was 85 runs for two wickets, at the same time there was heavy rain. The rain was not taking the name of stopping and finally Mangaluru Dragons won by 14 runs from VJD method, because when the game was stopped due to rain, Mangaluru Drags was moving 15 runs ahead. Ritesh Bhatkal took two wickets from Hubli Tigers.
