Opener Pratik Patil for the second day in a row earned the Man-of-the-match award for his entertaining unbeaten knock of 96 to lead his side Juhu Heroes to seven-wicket win over Shivaji Park Superstars in the 8-team SAI-Mumbai Masters T-20 League, powered by- Paradigm Reality, at the Police Gymkhana’s floodlit ground here last night. Chasing Shivaji Park Superstars’s score of 162 for seven, the Juhu outfit,led by Pratik saw them reached the target with seven wickets to spare for their second win.
Pratik Patil
In the other tie, a fine all round show by Kentan Chaudhari (62 with bat and four/12 with ball) helped Worli Pitch Smashers beat Bandra Busters by three wickets. Replying to Bandra outdfit’s score of 196 for six, the Worli Smashers raced to victory in the last over.
Brief scores: Shivaji Park Superstars 162/7 off 17 overs (Amar Padhye 80 (5×4, 8×6) lost to Juhu Heroes 164/3 (Pratik Patil n.o.96 (13×4,3×6) by 7 wkts.
Bandra Busters 195/6 off 20 overs (Altaf Bashir 34, Suchit Kangutkar 51, Roshan Ade 74 (4×6, 6×6), Ketan Chaudhari 4/12) lost to Worli Pitch Smashers 206/7 (Siddhraj Govekar 70 (9×4, 3×6), Ketan Chaudhari 62 (5×4, 4×6), Roshan Ade 22/27)
Attached pic – Juhu Heroes’ opener Pratik Patil receiving his second successive ‘ man-of-the-match’ award presented to him by (left) Ashish Goel (Vice-president), MMPL’s Jwala Singh (President), Milind Sabnish ((Owner Shivaji Park Superstars) and Ms Renu Gupta (Owner Juhu Heroes).