Defending champions Ghatkopar Jets after suffering a comprehensive defeat against fancied Bandra Heroes in the morning, put up fine show as they outplayed Thane Marathas by 41 runs in the afternoon for their fourth win in six outings in the double-leg Mitsui Shoji T-20 League, sponsored by Lal Bharwaney and held at Oval Maidan, here today.
Ghatkopar Jets’ opener Karan Nandy receiving his man-of-the-match award from Raju Pathak, an official of the league. On the left is Prathmesh Pawar with whom Karan added 147 runs for the second wicket
The credit to Ghatkopar Jets’ win goes to opener Karan Nandy (95 with 8 fours and 3 sixes) and Prathmesh Pawar (61).The pair put on 147 runs for the fourth wicket, which saw them making a formidable score of 181 for four in the allotted 20 overs. Chasing 182 to win – a rather difficult task- the Thane batsmen hardly made any impact. But for the spirited 33 by Vijay Reddy, none of the other batsmen showed any determination to put up a fight as wickets continued to tumble before they were all out for 143.
Earlier, in the morning, Bandra Heroes’Aman Khan continued to dispay fine form by notching up 97 with 13 fours and six sixes as they showered Ghatkopar Jets’ 119 without much ado.
Brief scores:
Ghatkopar Jets 181/4 (Karan Nandy 95 – 5×4, 3×6), Prathmesh Pawar 61) bt Thane Marathas 143 all out in 18.3overs (Vijay Reddy 33, Mehboob Shaikh 27; Aktar Shaikh 3/24, Yash Docholkar 2/31, Siddharth Naumaya 2/30- By 41 runs.
Ghatkopar Jets 119 (Ajinkya Belose 22; Siddharth Raut 2/20, Ashutosh Singh 2/12) lost to Bandra Hereoes 122/2 off 7.5 overs (Aman Khan 97 (4×13, 6×6) by 8 wkts.