Defending champions Gatkopar Jets made an impressive start in their campaign, by beating Thane Marathas by six wickets in the double-leg Mitsui Shoji T-20 League, sponsored by Lal Bharwaney and held at Police Gymkhana ground,here today.
Bhavesh Patel of Ghatkor Jets, receiving the Man-of-the-match award from the day’s chief guest Mr Udeni Perera , Manager, Western India
Thane Marathas, put into bat, did well to hit up a formidable score of 159 for eight in the allotted 20 overs. But with Bhavesh Patel (45) and Gaurish Jadhav (n.o.47) in splendid touch, the Ghatkopar outfit made light of their target and were home with six wickets to spare.
In another tie in the aftrnoon. Mumbai Police Cityriders, made amends for their opening day’s defeat, as their Mumbai Ranji opener Jay Bista (n.o.63) and Shubham Ranjane (n.o.47) batted with gay abandon to belt the Shivaji Park Warriors attack to knock off their 124 runs target without much ado. Earlier, the Shivaji Park Warriors batsmen , barring their opener Eknath Kerkar (42), fumbled both against pace and spin as they ended with 124 off 20 0vers.
Brief scores:
Thane Marathas 159/8 off 20 0vers (Mehboob Shaikh 41, Imtiyar Ahmed 27; Yash Dicholkar 2/22,Karan Nandy 2/27, Pratik Challare 2/31) lost to Ghatkopar Jets 160/4 off 16 overs (Bhavesh Patel 45, Gaurish Jadhav n.o.47, Prathmesh Pawar 30m, Karan Nandy 24) by 6 wkts.Man-of-the-match: Bhavesh Patel .
Shivaji Park Warriors 124/9 off 20 overs (EknathKerkar42,Siddhant Adatrao 30; Rakesh Prabhu 3/24,Neeraj Singh 2/28,Yogesh Jagtap 2/19) lost to Mumbai Police Ciityriders 126/2 off 13.2 overs (Jay Bista n.o. 63 – 8×4), Shubham Ranjane n.o.47 – 3×4,4×6) by 8 wkts. Man-of-the award : Jay Bista.
CLOCK FOR THURSDAY:
CRICKET – Mitsu Shiji T20 League, Mumbai Police Gymkhana.