Defending champions Ghatkopar Jets huffed and puffed before they beat Thane Marathas by two wickets in a low scoring tie to open their campaign in the Mitsui Shoji T 20 League-Season-8 , played at Oval Maidan here today.
Akhtar Shaikh, the man-of-the-match at the Mitsui Shoji T 20 League-Season-8 , played at Oval Maidan here today.
Opting to bat first, Thane Marathas found batting quite a hazardous proposition on a dry track and were dismissed for a paltry 114 in the last over. Yogesh Pawar top-scored with a gritty 32. Allrounder Sarvesh Damle made a sedate 25. The bowling honours were shared by Ajinkya Belose 3/18, Hemant Buchade 3/18 and Sagar Mishra 2/16).
However, the Marathas fought back hard and very nearly pulled off a win, but for the ninth wicket unbeaten partnership of 23 runs between Akhtar Shaikh and Pushkar Sharma, saw the defending champions achieve their target with 2 overs to spare.
Brief scores: Thane Marathas 114 all out in 19.4 overs (Yogesh Pawar 32, Sarvesh Damle 25, Asalan Oberoi 22; Ajinkya Belose 3/18, Hemant Buchade 3/19, Sagar Mishra 2/16) lost to Ghatkopar Jets 115/8 (Ajinkya Belose 22, Akhtar Shaikh n.o.21;Sarvesh Damle 4/22, Vedant Patil 2/21) by 2 wkts.