With Mumbai Ranji opener Jay Bista in terrific form, notching up his third successive score over 50, Mumbai Police Cityriders chased down defending champions Ghatkopar Jets’ 175 for five in 16.2 overs to record second win in their third outing in the double-leg Mitsui Shoji T-20 League, sponsored by Lal Bharwaney and held at Police Gymkhana ground,here today.
: Mr Jwala Singh , director of the Mitsui Shoji T20 League greets Mumbai Ranji batsmen Jay Bista, whose consistency brought him his second man of the match award.
Bista, who had scored 53 in the Cityriders opening tie which they had lost to Bandra Heroes, thus redeemed themselves, by scoring over defending champions by six wickets. Bista hit up 74 in today’s win.
Bandra Heroes, who had beaten the Cityriders in the opener , but had lost to Ghatkopar Jets, outplayed Thane Marathas for their second win today. Bandra have also beaten shivaji Park Warriors also.
Brief scores:
Bandra Heroes 170/7 (Aman Khan 63, Sujit Nayak 28, Khizar Dafedar 27,Manan Khakkar 26; Yash Mallar 2/32, Prateek Challary 3/32) lost to Ghatkopar Jets 172/7 in 19.5 0vers (Karan Nandy 26,Gaurish Jadhav 33, Ajinkya Belose n.o.36, Meghan Pednekar 21; Nishant Williams 2/37, Vikas Singh 2/37, Amit Kadam 2/19) by 3 wkts.
Bandra Heroes 230/6 (Aman Khan 53 – 10×4, 1×6) , Shams Mulani 82 – 7×4, 5×6), Shoeb Siddiqui 42;Harsh Vardhan 3/43) bt Thane Marathas 165/9 (Mehboob Shaikh 81, Shikar Thakur 31, Yash Chavan 39; Minad Manjrekar4/16, Shams Mulani 2/36) by 65 runs.
Ghatkopar Jets 175/5 (Puneet Tripathi 61, Kushal Shah 37, Gaurish Jadhav 39, Ajinkya Belose n.o.26; Rakesh Prabhu 4/34) lost to Mumbai Police Cityriders 178/4 in 16.2 overs (Jay Bista 74 – 14×4), Hardik Tamore 47,Vinayak Bhoir 33; Yash Dicholkar 2/36). By 6 wkts.
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CRICKET – Mitsu Shiji T20 League, Mumbai Police Gymkhana.