ROYAL Tigers produced an allround performance with bat and ball as they went on to clinch the Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament Season 1 organised by MH Cricket Club Mouda at Masters XI Cricket Club Ground, Koradi, recently. In the final, RoyalTigers defeated Karim Sports Junior by six wickets to annex the crown. Karim Sports Junior were restricted at 152 in 10 overs with Aarav Gajbhiye and Tanishka Goswami taking three wickets each. AlokTiwari chipped in with a couple of wickets. Karim Sports Junior’s batting revolved around Vaibhav Chandekar’s 46-ball 73 which had four boundaries and five sixes.

 

In reply, Royal Tigers achieved the target with an over to spare. Royal Tigers had a shaky start as they lost opener Rahul Maraskole (8) in the second over with only eight runs on the board. But Aarav Gajbhiye (18) and Goswami (40) put up a crucial 57 runs partnership for the second wicket to steady the ship.

 

Goswami’s knock had five balls to the fence and one over it. Vikram Batra (24*) played an important knock and captain Pratham Nagdive hammered a 19-ball 41 with a boundary and four huge sixes to help their side reach the target. Lower down batter Dhairya Ahuja, with two sixes, hit an unbeaten 8-ball 17 as they reached the target in 19 overs. For Karim Sports Junior, Gaurav took two wickets. Earlier in the semi-finals, Royal Tigers defeated MasterXI Cricket Association by three wickets while Karim Sports Junior got the better of S 11 Army by seven wickets. Royal Tigers’ Alok Tiwari won the Man of the Series award for his all-round performance apart from the best bowler award. Man of the final award was won by Keshav Chandra.