Mangalore United wins Karnataka Premier League T20

Mangalore United wins Karnataka Premier League T20

Mangalore Today News Network

September 30: Mangalore United ambushed defending champion Provident Bangalore in the final of the Mantri Karnataka Premier League that concluded at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Wednesday night.

 

 

Chasing United’s 112 for nine in 20 overs, fancied Provident stumbled while United spun a fairytale under lights with a 44-run victory. Provident was bowled out for 68 in 16.1 overs.

The pursuit of a below-par score, assumed ominous proportions as Provident failed to string partnerships while opener Thilak Naidu (22) waged a lone battle.

M.K. Manjunath dragged an S. Arvind delivery onto his stumps and then off-spinner Udit Patel delivered a twin-blow, accounting for Amit Verma and Provident skipper B. Akhil, who fell on the sweep.

Deadly duo

The spin-combine of Udit (four for 11) and Karun Nair (four for 13) struck as Sunil Kumar Jain indulged in a hoick, Aniruddha Joshi Joshi dragged his feet out, Rahul Bhatkal fatally nudged and Sarfraz Ashraf tamely slog-swept. And when Naidu fell, sweeping Karun down backward square-leg’s throat, the script swung firmly towards United.

Earlier, United’s innings lacked momentum after its three key batsmen — captain Rohit Sabharwal, Bharath Chipli and R. Jonathan — fell early. Sabharwal took a mighty swipe and connected air against Abhishek Jagan, Chipli tried to cut Anand Katti and was trapped plumb and Jonathan lobbed one back for Sarfraz Ashraf.

The woes worsened as three run-outs stymied the innings with wicket-keeper Naidu playing a key hand with two direct hits. United finally eked a total that in the end proved adequate to derail Provident.

In the semifinals, United attained a batting high through its belligerent openers — skipper Rohit Sabharwal (78, 44b, 7x4, 5x6) and Bharath Chipli (70, 53b, 7x4, 4x6) — as it defeated Shamanur Davanagere Diamonds by 44 runs.

In another semifinal, Provident defeated Malnad Gladiators by six wickets with Naidu (44, 35b, 6x4, 1x6) and Akhil (45 n.o., 22b, 4x4, 3x6) lending the finishing touch.

Mayank Agarwal of Shamanur Davangere Diamonds, adjudged ‘Man of the tournament,’ won a Mahindra Xylo.

The scores: Final: Mangalore United 112 for nine in 20 overs (Arjun Shetty two for 20, Abhishek Jagan two for 21) bt Provident Bangalore 68 in 16.1 overs (Udit Patel four for 11, Karun Nair four for 13).

Semifinals: Mangalore United 201 for three in 20 overs (Rohit Sabharwal 78, Bharath Chipli 70, R. Jonathan 25, Prasanna Patil two for 48) bt Shamanur Davangere Diamonds 157 in 19.1 overs (Sunil Joshi 51 n.o., Md. Aleem two for 37).

Malnad Gladiators 157 for five in 20 overs (Sanjay Kumar 47, Ganesh Satish 34, Raju Bhatkal 26 n.o., Arjun Shetty two for 18) lost to Provident Bangalore 158 for four in 17.2 overs (B. Akhil 45 n.o., Thilak Naidu 44, M.K. Manjunath 30). Thehindu

Mangalore United defeats Davanagere Diamonds

Bangalore, September 29: A brilliant batting performance helped Mangalore united to Crush Davanagere Diamonds by 44 runs and secured a place in the final match of the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) T20 tournament to be held on Wednesday, September 29 at 7.30pm. Both the teams have vied in the first semifinals conducted at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore today.

 

Davanagere Diamonds won the coin toss and elected for the bowling first. Right from the commencement of game the Mangalore united team, which lost the coin toss match, has started to show its real colour to the Davanagere Diamonds.  The partnership of opener Bharath Chipli and Skipper Rohit Sabarwal have succeeded to tear the bowling attack of Davanagere Diamonds and collected 139 runs in the partnership. 

The bowlers of Davanagere Diamonds have only achieved to grab three wickets of Mangalore United team in the 20 overs match. The Mangalore united team has bagged a total of 201runs for three wickets.
   

The target of 202 run was not big run to chase as the Davanagere team has begun scoring good runs in the initial stage. But the batsman have started to loose the confidence when they experienced a back to back fall of wickets. Finally they scored 157 loosing all wickets. U Patel and M Akeel of Mangalore team grabbed two wickets each.

 
The final match of Karnatak Premier League will be held today night between Mangalore united and the winner of the second semi final between Provident Bangalore and Malnad Gladiators. The match will start at 7.30pm on Wednesday, September 28.