Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20: Luvnith powers Hubli Tigers to 5-wicket win over Gulbarga Mystics

Sisodia
built
his
innings
on
some
finely
played
shots
which
included
10
boundaries
and
4
sixes.

After
opening
batsman
Mohammad
Taha
fell
cheaply
at
2
runs,
it
was
all-rounder
Gneshwar
Naveen
who
supported
Luvnith’s
innings
with
a
solid
17
runs
off
10
balls
while
Swapnil
Yelave
too
played
a
good
knock
until
Gulbarga
Mystics
captain
Manish
Pandey
took
a
brilliant
catch
to
end
his
batting
at
16
runs.

Coming
in
at
No
6,
Hubli
Tigers’
captain
Abhimanyu
Mithun
was
in
no
mood
to
slow
down
the
run
rate.
He
struck
away
couple
of
fours
and
sixes,
scoring
28
off
16
balls
to
help
his
team
race
to
the
win
and
remain
in
the
hunt.

Earlier
in
the
match,
Gulbarga
Mystics
posted
a
strong
177/4,
after
being
asked
to
bat
first.

Playing
the
last
match
in
Mysuru,
before
the
T20
party
moves
to
Bengaluru’s
iconic
Chinnaswamy
Stadium
from
August
17
onwards,
Jeswanth
Acharya
looked
like
a
man
on
a
mission
as
he
scored
a
scintillating
89
runs
off
58
deliveries.

His
fine
innings
studded
with
six
boundaries
and
seven
over
it,
entertained
the
Mysuru
crowds
who
turned
up
in
large
numbers
to
enjoy
the
game
on
India’s
75th
Independence
Day.

After
having
scored
a
big
191
and
yet
losing
to
Mangalore
United,
Gulbarga
Mystics
batters
looked
for
a
big
total
with
opening
batsman
Rohan
Patil
and
Acharya
giving
a
steady
start.

Both
put
up
78
runs,
before
Patil,
the
tournament’s
first
century-getter,
was
sent
back
to
the
pavilion
by
Gneshwar
Naveen,
caught
by
T
Singh.

Patil
scored
28
off
28
balls
after
he
was
gifted
a
life
by
Zahoor
Farroqui
who
dropped
a
catch
near
boundary
line.

Wicket
keeper-
batter
Krishnan
Shrijith
(5′)
was
the
second
wicket
to
fall
in
the
13th
over
while
Codanda
Ajit
Karthik
(10)
too
fell
soon
after
at
15.6
over
with
130
on
board.

After
Acharya
was
sent
back
by
bowler
Vasuki
Koushik
in
the
16th
over,
the
onus
was
on
skipper
Manish
Pandey
and
Manoj
Bhandage
who
stitched
together
a
fine
partnership
with
Pandey
scoring
25
off
14
balls
and
Bhandage
scoring
18
off
8
deliveries
to
set
up
a
total
of
177.

Brief
Scores:
Gulbarga
Mystics:
177
for
4
in
20
overs
(Jeswanth
Acharya
89,
Rohan
Patil
28,
Manish
Pandey
25
not
out,
Manoj
Bhandage
19
not
out;
V
Kaverappa
23/1,
S
Achar
36/1,
CA
Karthik
31/1,
Pranav
Bhatia
14/1)

lost
to
Hubli
Tigers:
178
for
5
in
19
overs
(Luvnith
Sisodia
96
not
out,
G
Naveen
17,
A
Mithun
28;
V
Koushik
1/34,
G
Naveen
2/32,
D
Anand
1/25)

by
5
wickets.