Police Cityriders take on Bandra Heroes in SL opener


 

With  the last year’s champions  Ghatkopar Jets having made a quick exit in the first stage, table -topper Mumbai Police Cityriders take on second-placed  Bandra  Heroes  in the first of the Super League( SL)  ties in the  Mitsui Shoji T-20 League-Season-8 , at Mumbai Police Gymkhana ground at Marine Lines   on today (Tuesday). This will be followed by  Shivji Park Warriors and Thane Marathas  tie in the afternoon. The Super League matches   be played on round-robin basis and  the top two will qualify for the floodlit finals to be played on  Monday (May 13).

 

The brief scores of the concluding ties in the 1st Phase:

 

Shivaji Park Warriors 160/7 off  18 overs ( Eknath Kerkare 60, Sachin Yadav 33; Aditya Dhumal 4/27) lost to Mumbai Police Cityriders 162/6 (Shreekant Limbole 52 (3×4, 5×6), Prasad Pawar 27; Parikshit Valsangkar 3/27, Vaibhav Singh 2/46) by 4 wkts..

 

Thane Marathas 159/9 off 20 overs (Arsalan  Oberoi 31, Vinayak Bhoir 31; Khizar Dafedar 3/27, Manan Khakhar 3/34) lost to Bandra Heroes 161/5 (Aakanshit Gomel 65 (6×4, 3×6), Onkar Jadhav 58; Ayaz Khan 2/20) by 4 wkts.