Sharath BR, K Gowtham lead charge as Shivamogga Strikers defeat Mysuru Warriors

Asked
to
bat
first,
the
Shivamogga
Strikers,
who
were
eyeing
a
much-needed
win,
made
a
solid
start
with
openers
Rohan
Kadam
and
Sharath
BR
putting
on
a
half-century
stand
to
begin.
While
Rohan
found
it
tough
to
get
the
momentum
going,
Sharath
was
in
fine
touch
and
found
the
gaps
with
ease
which
helped
improve
the
scoring
rate.

Just
before
the
powerplay
ended,
Rohan
(18)
was
dismissed
and
Vinay
Sagar
(1)
followed
in
the
same
over.
But
Sharath
continued
to
entertain
the
fans
on
the
long
weekend,
getting
to
his
fifty
in
the
10^th
over,
before
being
dismissed
for
53,
having
smashed
six
fours
and
two
sixes.

In
the
middle
order,
Siddharth
(36),
Stallin
Hoover
(16)
and
Avinash
D
(25)
made
very
useful
contributions.
Captain
K
Gowtham
got
6
while
MB
Darshan
added
10
as
an
entertaining
innings
came
to
an
end
with
the
score
at
174/8.

In
response,
Karun
Nair
was
dismissed
for
a
first
ball
duck
before
Nihal
Ullal
(13)
also
departed
in
the
fourth
over,
leaving
the
Warriors
in
a
spot
of
bother.
But
Pavan
Deshpande
then
came
to
the
rescue
of
his
side.

Deshpande
kept
chipping
away
even
though
GS
Chiranjeevi
(0),
Shreyas
Gopal
(7)
and
Shubhang
Hegde
(13)
all
departed
rather
quickly.
While
all
the
of
them
allowed
Deshpande
to
score
freely,
the
fall
of
wickets
kept
the
pressure
on
the
batters.

Shivraj
S
(19)
and
Deshpande
put
on
36
runs
for
the
sixth
wicket
before
the
former
was
dismissed,
allowing
the
Strikers
to
tighten
the
noose
a
little
bit
more.
K
Gowtham
and
Uttam
Aiyappa
were
the
wreckers
in
chief
up
until
then
picking
two
wickets
each
to
peg
back
the
Warriors.

The
fall
of
wickets
slowed
down
Deshpande
further
and
he
eventually
was
also
dismissed
for
a
fighting
64
in
the
18^th
over.
Lochan
Appanna
and
Vidyadhar
Patil
added
a
few
lusty
blows
in
the
end
but
the
Warriors
fell
short
by
13
runs.

On
India’s
Independence
Day,
Mangalore
United
take
on
Bengaluru
Blasters
at
3pm
while
the
Gulbarga
Mystics
play
Hubli
Tigers
in
the
7pm
game,
both
in
Mysore.
These
are
the
final
two
games
in
Mysore
before
the
tournament
moves
to
Bangalore.

Brief
Scores:

Shivamogga
Strikers
–
174/8
in
20
overs
(Sharath
BR
–
53
off
35
balls,
Siddharth
–
36
off
30
balls,
Avinash
D
–
25
off
17
balls,
Vidyadhar
Patil
–
3/39,
Shubhang
Hegde
–
2/19,
Aditya
Goyal
–
2/38)
won
by
13
runs
against

Mysuru
Warriors
161/8
in
20
overs
(Pavan
Deshpande
–
64
off
47
balls,
Lochan
Appanna
–
27
off
14
balls,
Shivraj
S
–
19
off
12
balls,
K
Gowtham
2/22,
Uttam
Aiyappa
–
2/35)