Mangaluru Dragons overcome the top of the table with a 16 -run victory over Hubli Tigers
MySuru (Karnaka) [India]August 16 (Ani): Mangaluru Dragons secured a 16-run win over Hubli Tigers when they played a nail bite at Shiram capital Maharaja trophy KSCA T20 at Sikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Stadium. MacNeil Hadley Noronha and Aneesh KV helped the Dragons achieve a formidable score of 195 in the top-of-the-table collision. Followed by a brilliant four-wicket from Kranthi Kumar to ensure the win over the Tigers. The foxes struck early in the first inning when Lochan s Gowda (5) was run by Taha in the first time. Third, Sharath Belur Ravi fell on Achar for 2. However, opener MacNeil Hadley Noronha, 56, stabilized the innings with a float with four boundaries and two sixes, which forged a stand of 107 runs in just 77 balls with Aneesh KV (62). Anees tried to accelerate in 15th place, and died on the first ball of Nithin Shanthaveri’s game. Aadarsh Prajwal S, 19, got into swing, but the dismissal of Noronha shortly thereafter, caught by MD Taha, brought the fox’s complaint to a standstill. Nithin then removed Aadarsh to swing them in 17th place on 147/5. Shivaraj s (16) and Kranthi Kumar, 30, bumped the momentum back by skipping Nithin in the next for 21 runs. Manvanth Kumar L replied with a tight 7 run, but the lower order of the foxes returned, with Shivaraj and Kranthi adding 48 out of just 17 balls to push the total to a 195 commander. Hubli’s chase began on a dramatic fashion as an in-shape MD Taha (0), fresh back-back century, Fell Fell for a Duck in the first time in the first time in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, in the first time, The first time, in the first time in the first time, in the first time in the first time in the first time, was first in the first time in the first time, in the first time in the first time in the first time. Gopal. Impact player Prakhar Chaturvedi provided the impetus, but left sixth with the Tigers at 72/2. KV Aneesh dropped Devdutt Paddikal at 44, a postponement the Tigers hoped to utilize. However, Karthikeya KP (4) was caught at the border shortly thereafter. Devdutt brought a quick half -century in just 30 balls, but was fired for 60, with Rakshith s (24) followed quickly. With four overs left, the Tigers needed 41 runs, but Kranthi Kumar, fresh from a five-wicket distance in the previous game, swung the match. He first removed Manvanth, 16, and subsequently delivered a decisive penultimate penultimate, while Abhinav Manohar was caught by Noronha for 28, outside Shreevatsha Acharya (Impact Player). Kranthi Kumar returned shortly afterwards to the battle and quickly rejected the Ritesh Bhatkal (3) and Nischith Pai (1). His game stranded Hubli on 179/9 after 20 overs. Kranthi ended with a match -winning bars in the cuddle, sealing the tragons’ victory and concluding an overall team performance. Short scores: Mangaluru Dragons 195/5 in 20 overs (Aneesh KV 62, MacNeil Noronha 56; Nithin Shanthaveri 2/54) vs Hubli Tigers 179/9 in 20 Over (Prakhar Chaturvedi 37, Devdutt Padikkal 60; Shreyas Gopal 2/33). (Ani)