Mandar Bhandari became the first player to score a century in Maharashtra Premier League 2025 (Photo- MPL/Instagram)
Maharashtra Premier League 2025 has started. The first match of this best tournament was played between Ratnagiri Jets and Eagle Nashik Titans at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. In this match, the young opener of Eagle Nashik Titans, Mandar Bhandari, scored a valuable century for his team while batting. Mandar Bhandari did not leave any bowler of Ratnagiri Jets during his innings and attacked all.
Mandar Bhandari becomes the first century of Maharashtra Premier League 2025
Mandar Bhandari has become the first century of Maharashtra Premier League 2025. He completed his century off just 48 balls. The young opener hit 12 fours and 6 sixes during his innings. He scored 112* runs off 56 balls in this match. Batting first in this match, Ratnagiri Jets scored 194 runs losing six wickets in 20 overs. For the team, opener Dheeraj Kitead played a stormy innings of 81* runs with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes off 47 balls. Apart from Dheeraj, captain Azim Qazi scored 42 runs.
For Eagle Nashik Titans, fast bowler Mukesh Chaudhary took three wickets for 43 runs in four overs. In response, Eagle Nashik Titans won this match with 10 balls due to Mandar Bhandari’s century innings. Mandar Bhandari started playing aggressive cricket from the beginning. The team expected a big innings from them and did not disappoint anyone.
This is Mandar Bhandari’s second century in the Maharashtra Premier League
Let me tell you that Mandar Bhandari also scored a century in Maharashtra Premier League 2024. He had launched against Chhatrapati Shivaji Kings. However, he had to face defeat in the match. In the match against Ratnagiri Jets, he batted aggressively and won his team. Apart from Mandar Bhandari, Sahil Parakh contributed 46 runs.
Mandar Bhandari will be very happy with his performance. They would like to continue this form further. Eagle Nashik Titans started the 2025 season in a bang. In the final of the last season, Ratnagiri Jets defeated Eagle Nashik Titans. Even though the Maharashtra Premier League 2024 trophy has not been able to win the Eagle Nashik Titans in its name, but he would definitely like to win this season.
