Maharaja Trophy: Abhinav Manohar’s heroics leads Mangalore United to thrilling win against Gulbarga Mystics

Asked
to
bat
first,
the
Mystics
had
Devdutt
Padikkal
and
Rohan
Patil
looking
solid
early
on
as
they
played
some
stylish
shots
in
the
first
couple
of
overs.
Patil,
who
had
previously
scored
a
century,
was
the
first
to
depart
though
for
10
after
which
Padikkal
was
also
on
his
way
for
16
in
the
5^th
over.

Jeswath
Acharya
was
packed
of
for
6
as
the
Mystics
had
a
bit
of
a
wobble
before
Manish
Pandey
and
Krishnan
Shrijith
took
charge.
The
duo
came
together
at
the
end
of
the
7^th
over,
and
batted
brilliantly
from
then
on
in,
thwarting
the
Mangalore
bowlers
with
relative
ease
initially,
before
breaking
the
shackles.

Both
batters
matched
each
other
shot
for
shot,
clearing
the
field
with
ease
and
running
hard
between
the
wickets
too.
Manish
really
went
for
it
in
the
16^th
over,
hitting
a
hat-trick
of
fours
enroute
a
half-century.

Right
after,
Shrijith
was
dismissed
for
36
but
at
the
other
end
Manish
was
going
through
the
gears
in
the
slog
overs.
New
batter
Manoj
Bhandage
didn’t
need
an
invitation
to
join
the
party
either
and
was
dealing
in
boundaries,
before
being
castled
for
29
off
11
with
an
over
to
go.
Manish
then
finished
off
the
innings
with
a
flurry
scoring
20
in
the
final
over
and
remaining
unbeaten
on
85,
having
hit
7
fours
and
4
sixes.

Mangalore
United
captain
Samarth
R’s
poor
run
of
scores
continued
when
they
came
out
to
bat
as
he
was
dismissed
for
a
duck,
leaving
Macneil
Noronha
and
Nikin
Jose
to
do
some
rebuilding.
While
both
looked
good,
and
have
been
in-form,
they
added
32
runs
to
the
cause
together.

Nikin
was
the
second
wicket
to
fall
for
a
quickfire
18.
And
just
before
the
powerplay
ended,
Noronha
was
knocked
over
for
24
off
13
deliveries.
Aneeshwar
and
Sujay
Sater
then
got
their
act
going
in
the
middle
overs.
Both
got
starts
and
looked
set
to
play
the
big
knock,
however
neither
could
convert
and
stitched
together
48-run
partnership.
Anneshwar
was
the
first
to
depart
for
30
off
31
balls,
hitting
four
boundaries,
while
Sater
got
29
off
21,
with
three
fours
and
a
six
in
his
knock.

Mangalore
had
a
mountain
to
climb
in
the
final
five
and
a
half
overs.
On
cue,
Abhinav
Manohar
and
Amit
Verma
started
to
up
the
ante
with
immediate
effect.
Amit
cleared
cow-corner
with
ease
while
Abhinav
chipped
away
at
his
end.
Amit’s
stay
ended
after
9
balls
in
which
he
scored
15
and
a
few
deliveries
later
M
Venkatesh
was
also
packed
off
for
7.
Manohar
though
was
soldiering
on,
bringing
down
to
16
needed
in
the
final
over.

Manohar
had
HS
Sharath
for
company
and
they
hammered
three
sixes,
one
to
finish
it
off
and
give
Manohar
his
fifty
as
well,
as
he
led
the
Mangalore
side
to
an
improbable
win
in
Mysore.

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:

Gulbarga
Mystics
–
191/6
in
20
overs
(Manish
Pandey
–
86*
off
45
balls,
K
Shrijith
–
36
off
29
balls,
Manoj
Bhandage
–
29
off
11
balls,
Vijaykumar
Vyshak
–
3/28,
HS
Sharath
–
2/44)
lost
by
3
wickets
against

Mangalore
United
–
195/7
in
19.4
overs
(Abhinav
Manohar
–
55*
off
25
balls,
Aneeshwar
Gautam
–
30
off
31
balls,
Macneil
Noronha
–
24
off
13
balls,
Shreesha
Achar
–
3/26,
Codanda
Ajit
Karthik
–
2/33)

Source:
Media
Release