Mysuru :

A blitzkrieg by left-hander J. Suchith, who hammered the fastest 50 of KPL, a 15-ball 54 for Mysuru Warriors, was not enough to stop the Bijapur Bulls from bulldozing their way to a convincing seven-wicket win over Mysuru Warriors in the Karbonn Smart KPL 2015 at the SDNR Wadiyar Grounds here yesterday.

Suchith’s blazing knock, studded with three fours and six towering sixes, matched Yusuf Pathan’s 15-ball 50 for Kolkata Knight Riders against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2014 season.

Chasing a target of 167 set by Warriors, Bijapur Bulls were well served by Robin Uthappa (49 n.o, 34 b, 3×4, 2×6) and opener Rajoo Bhatkal (40, 21b, 6×4, 1×6).

The Bulls were cruising along the chase all through with the openers putting on 66 for the first wicket. Then Uthappa took over and in the company of Sunil Raju (23) and M. Nidesh (24 n.o.,) guided the team towards victory. The wins also puts Bijpaur Bulls on top of the table with 11 points from five wins and one washed out contest.

Robin Uthappa was awarded the Man of the Match.

Earlier, Suchith’s knock and new skipper, CM Gautam’s 58 were the highlights of the Mysuru Warriors innings, who became virtually the first team in the league to face bowing out of competition. Taking first strike, the Warriors batsmen showed positives in their approach. There were small and useful partnerships up the order. But unable to step on the run-rate meant the team would finish with a total of a little too few.

But Suchith plundered the last two overs scoring 23 from the 19th and the last five balls of the 20th over, Abhimanyu Mithun was hammered for 24 runs which took the team to 167 from 120 in 18th over.

Seven-wicket win for Bellary Tuskers

In an earlier tie, skipper Bharat Chipli and Amit Vemra batted well to guide Bellary Tuskers register a seven wicket win over Belagavi Panthers.

A match-winning third wicket partnership off 111-runs in 84 balls between skipper Bharat Chipli 63 (54b, 3x4s, 3x6s) and southpaw Amit Verma 52 n.o. (48b, 4x4s, 2x6s), helped Bellary Tuskers to defeat Belagavi Panthers by a seven wicket margin.

Earlier, Belagavi Panthers batting first, began confidently with their openers Abhisek Reddy 35 (34b, 4x4s) and Stalin Hoover 23 (15b, 5x4s) adding 46-runs for the opening wicket in 5.3 overs, but after the fall of Stalin, wickets fell at regular intervals and Belagavi Panthers ended up scoring 136 for seven in 20 overs. R. Jonathan (20) and wicket-keeper bat G.S.Chiranjeevi (20) were the other contributors. Prasanna Patil impressed for Bellary Tuskers with three for 20.

In reply, Bellary Tuskers scored 137 for three in 19.2 overs. After a shaky start (21 for two in 4.2 overs), Bharat Chipli and Amit Verma pulled them out of the woods and helped their team cruise to a comfortable seven wicket win.

After five games, Bellary Tuskers have secured six points are placed third in the points table, while Belagavi Panthers having qualified with nine points from five games are in the second position.

The Scores Mysuru Warriors 167 for five in 20 overs (C.M. Gautham 58, J. Suchith 54 n.o., A. Mithun two for 35) lost to Bijapur Bulls 171 for three in 19.4 overs (Robin Uthappa 49 n.o., Rajoo Bhatkal 40, R.Samarth 34).

Belagavi Panthers 136 for seven in 20 overs (Abhishek Reddy 35, Stalin Hoover 23, G.S. Chiranjeevi 20, R. Jonathan 20, Prasanna Patil three for 20) lost to Bellary Tuskers 137 for three in 19.2 overs (Bharat Chipli 63, Amit Verma 52 n.o, H.S. Sharath two for 23).

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / Tuesday – September 15th, 2015