Shivaji Park Warriors and Bandra Heroes, have notched up two wins apiece and virtually have placed themselves in the trophy round of the Mitsui Shoji T20 League – 2019 at Police Gymkhana (Marine Lines) here today. The Warriors after beating Thane Marathas yesterday, defeated Mumbai Police Cityriders by 19 runs for their second win, while Bandra Heroes likewise, who inflicted a 6-wicket win over Police Cityriders on the first day, gave a similar treatment to Thane Marathas today. For both 6he winners, it will be their maiden entry into the final of this league.
Bandra Heroes skipper HardikTamore, receiving the man-of-the-match prize from Mr Jwala Singh, the Director of MCC and chief organizer of the of the ongoing Mitsui Shoji T20 Cricket League.
Both the winners, however, meet each other in their concluding tie tomorrow, which will be of academic interest only, while the other tie between the losers Police Cityriders and Thane Marathas will be played more or less for pride.
Brief scores of the Super League ties:
Shivaji Park Warriors 169/9 off 20 overs (Kushal Davane 65 (3×4, 5×6), Ravindra Jadhav 39; Anirudh Mainkar 3/18, Yogesh Jagtap 3/27) bt Mumbai Police Cityriders 150 all out (Swapnil Kuley 66 (5×4, 5×6), Ravindra Jadhav 2/24, Jayesh Pawar 2/27, Mayur Kshirsagar 2/28) by 19 runs.
Thane Marathas 118/6 in 18 overs (Landev Chavan 80 (6×4, 5×6); Shivam Malhotra3/8) lost to Bandra Heroes 121/4 (HardikTamore 83 (8×4, 6×6; Vedanth Patil 2/24)
Mumbai Police Cityriders 165/7 (Prasad Pawar 62, Shreekant Limbole n.o.39; Vijay Gohil 2/29, Ajay Kothari 2/11) lost to Bandra Heroes 170/4 in 15.5 0vers ( Rudra Dhandey n.o. 65, Nikhil Patil 62; Anirudh Mainkar 3/27 ) by 6 wkts.
Shivaji Park Warriors 191/5 (Kushal Davane 35, Arsalan Shah 81,Ravindra Jadhav 22; Ayaz Khan 3/32) bt Thane Marathas 119/7 (Ayaz Khan 34, Ankur Singh 32; Kushal Davane 3/17) by 72 runs.