Kedar Kango’s hard-hitting 55 with six fours and two sixes highlighted Shivaji Park Superstars’ 41 runs win over Mulund Master Blasters in their first outing in the 8-team SAI-Mumbai Masters T-20 League, powered by- paradigm reality, at the Police Gymkhana’s floodlit ground here last night. Batting first, the ‘Superstars’ put up 194 for six with Kedar hammering a half century. Chasing 195 for win, the Mulund Blasters kept losing wickets at regular intervals and finished with 153 before they were all out.
Former India Test cricketer and Mumbai coach Lalchand Rajput and ex-Mumbai Ranji spinner Rajesh Pawar presenting the Man-of-the-match award to Kedar Kango of Shivaji Park Superstars, while Ashish Goel (Vice President)and Jwala Singh, president MMPL, applaud.
In another tie, played later, saw Chembur Strikers hitting up 214 for seven against Bandra Busters. The Chembur side’s top order batsmen Pankay Asrani (38), Rohan Surve (45) and Aditya Khandilkar (40) gave them a health total. In reply, the Banda outfit, did put up terrific fight , bu in the end they fell short by 26 runs.
Brief scores: Shivaji Park Superstars 194/6 (Amar Padhye 24, Kedar Kango 55 (6×4, 6×2), Kalpesh Mehta 43; Marzooq Sayyed 2/29) bt Mulund Master Blasters 153 all out (Ankit Jain27, Pratik Jain 34, Zameer Shaikh 48; Yogesh Patel 2/32,Swapnam Kajana 2/15 ) by41 runs. MOM: Kedar Kango.
Chembur Strikers 214/7 (Pankaj Asrani 38, Rohan Surve 45, Aditya Khandilkar 40; Rosan Ade 3/34) bt Bandra Busters 188/5 (Altaf Bashir 34, Roshan Ade 46, Dheeraj Solanki 36, Sunil Sangle 41) by 26 runs.