Bandra Heroes gave a jolt to last year’s finalist Mumbai Police Cityriders by beating them by 6 wickets in the Super League tie in the Mitsui Shoji T20 League -2019 at Police Gymkhana (Marine Lines) here today.
Batting first , the Police Cityriders did well to put up challenging 165 for seven with their opener Prasad Pawar scoring aggressive 62 with seven fours and two sixes. Skipper Shreekant Limbole made quickfire unbeaten 39 . In reply, Bandra boys chasing 166 to win, were home with six wickets in hand. The highlight of their win was the 102 runs partnership between opener Rudra Dhandey ( 65 n.o.) and Nikhil Patil (62).
In the other tie in the afternoon, youthful Shivaji Park Warriors thumped Thane Marathas by 72 runs. Kushal Davane put up fine all round show.
After scoring 35 in his side ‘s score of 191 for five,he captured three wickets for 32 runs to restrict the Thane outfit to 119 for seven.
Brief scores: Mumbai Police Cityriders 165/7 (Prasad Powar 62, Shreekant Limbole n.o.39; Vijay Gohil 2/29, Ajay Kothari 2/11) lost to
Bandra Heroes 170/4 in 15.5 0vers ( Rudra Dhandey n.o. 65,Nikhil Patil 62; Anirudh Mainkar 3/27 ) by 6 wkts.
Shivaji Park Warriors 191/5 (Kushal Davane 35, Arsalan Shah 81,Ravindra Jadhav 22; Ayaz Khan 3/32) bt Thane Marathas 119/7 (Ayaz Khan 34, Ankur Singh 32; Kushal Davane 3/17) by 72 runs.