Maharaja T20 Trophy: Pavan Deshpande, bowlers seal thumping win for Mysuru Warriors against Bengaluru Blasters

Batting
first,
Mysore
Warriors
lost
skipper
Karun
Nair
for
1,
but
that
hardly
set
them
back
as
Nihal
Ullal
and
Pavan
Deshpande
got
their
act
going.
The
duo
only
made
full
use
of
the
fielding
restrictions
in
the
powerplay
and
kept
things
solid,
not
allowing
the
Blasters
another
early
breakthrough.

A
59-run
stand
between
them
gave
the
Warriors
some
breathing
space
before
Nihal
was
gone
for
23.
Deshpande
though
was
firing
away
on
all
cylinders,
and
continued
to
do
so
despite
the
fall
of
the
wicket,
bringing
up
his
fifty
with
a
six
over
midwicket
in
the
12th
over.
A
few
deliveries
later,
Deshpande
was
caught
ball-watching,
and
was
run
out
for
55,
having
hit
7
fours
and
2
sixes
in
his
36-ball
knock.

Shubhang
Hegde
and
Shreyas
Gopal
were
tasked
with
driving
the
innings
along,
and
they
put
on
35
runs
before
the
latter
was
dismissed
for
27.
Shivraj
S
added
13
more
as
the
Warriors
hurtled
along
at
good
clip.
Hegde
finished
unbeaten
on
33,
having
hit
3
fours
during
his
knock,
as
the
Warriors
finished
up
with
171/6
on
the
board.

In
response,
the
Blasters
had
a
slow
start
as
LR
Chethan
(4)
and
captain
Mayank
Agarwal
(8)
were
knocked
over
in
the
first
two
overs.
Aneesh
KV
and
Shivkumar
Rakshith
then
had
the
task
of
rebuilding,
and
the
duo
put
on
a
solid
50-run
stand
before
Shreyas
Gopal
struck.

Shreyas
removed
Rakshith
for
34
and
had
J
Suchith
trapped
LBW
first
ball,
however,
the
hat-trick
didn’t
happen
as
Aniruddha
Joshi
was
cautious.
Aniruddha
and
Aneesh
went
about
rebuilding
the
innings,
upping
the
ante
after
the
10th
over
with
the
target
still
in
sight.

Aneesh
looked
to
get
the
momentum
going
with
a
couple
of
sixes
in
the
15th
over,
but
was
dismissed
soon
after
for
48,
leaving
the
side
with
a
fair
amount
to
do.
Aniruddha
(29)
and
Rishi
Bopanna
(2)
were
cleaned
up
in
the
17th
over
after
which
Kranthi
Kumar
departed
for
5,
as
the
lower
order
started
to
collapse.
LR
Kumar
(9*)
and
Pradeep
(11*)
saw
out
the
remainder
of
the
innings
as
the
Warriors
won
at
a
canter.

Sunday
(August
14)
will
see
Shivamogga
Strikers
taking
on
Mysuru
Warriors
at
3pm
while
the
Gulbarga
Mystics
play
Mangalore
United
in
the
7pm
game,
both
in
Mysore.

Brief
Scores:

Mysuru
Warriors
–
171/6
in
20
overs
(Pavan
Deshpande
–
55
off
36
balls,
Shubhang
Hegde
–
33
off
26
balls,
Nihal
Ullal
–
23
off
19
balls,
Shreyas
Gopal
–
27
off
19
balls,
Pradeep
T
–
2/38,
Ronit
More
–
1/18)
won
by
6
runs
against

Bengaluru
Blasters
–
165/8
in
20
overs
(Aneesh
KV
–
48
off
37
balls,
Shivkumar
Rakshith
–
34
off
25
balls,
Aniruddha
Joshi
–
29
off
23
balls,
Aditya
Goyal
–
3/32,
Vidyadhar
Patil
–
2/24,
Shreyas
Gopal
–
2/28).