Last year’s finalist Mumbai Police Cityriders opened their campaign , beating Bandra Heroes by four wickets in an exciting last over finish on the opening day of the Mitsui Shoji T20 League -2019 at Police Gymkhana (Marine Lines) here today.
Chief guests Srilankan legendary cricketers Chaminda Vass and Rangana Herath along with Jwala Singh ,Director of MCC having a word with the captains Shrikant Limbole of Mumbai Police Cityriders and Shams Mulani of Bandra Heroes before the toss while inaugurating the Mitsui Shoji T20 League
Batting first,Bandra Heroes did well to hit up a formidable 191 for five of the allotted 20 overs. Onkar Jadhav top-scored with 76 with four fours and three sixes’. While other major contributions came through the bats of Kaustubh Thakue (4o ) and Khizar Dafedar (38). Yogesh Jagtap bagged 2/24 for the Police outfit,
Chasing 192 foe win, the Police Cityriders lost their opener in the second ball of the opening over withut his account.. But then Prasad Powar (76- 6×6) and Mayur Sanap 78 (7×4, 3×6) put on 130 runs for the second wicket that paved the way for their win. However, the spin and medium pace attack of Akarshit Gomel and Khizar Dafedar bowled pretty tight to take the game to the last over.
Earlier, as a part of the inauguration, Mitsui XI played a 20-over match against SJAM Media XI. Thanks to Tausd Rizvi ‘s 46 with seven fours and two sixes. The Journalist made 124 for six. In reply, Mitsui XI facing tight bowling by Ashwin Ferro (3/24) and Taus Rizvi (2/24) managed to win by 2 wickets.
Brief scores: Bandra Heroes 191/5 (Onkar Jadhav 58, Kaustubh Thakur40, Khizar Dafedar 38) lost to Mumbai Police Cityriders 196/6 (Prasad Powar 76, Mayur Sanap 78; Akarshit Goel 2/27, Khizar Dafedar 2/34) by 4 wkts.
SJAM Media XI 124/6 (Tausd Rizvi 46 (7×4, 2×6), HaritnJoshi 20; Prajwal Rai 4/15) lost to Mitsui XI 125’8 (Ayaz Khan 33, Aditya Giri 21; Ashwin Ferrao 3/24, Taus Rizvi 2/24).