ORANGE Tigers defeated Nagpur Titans by eight wickets (D/L Method) to record their second win in Vidarbha Pro T20 League at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Jamtha on Sunday. After losing the toss and put into bat first, Aniruddha Choudhari and Satyam Bhoyar opened the innings for Nagpur Titans. While Bhoyar was dismissed without opening his account, Choudhari scored 20 in 18 balls. After the fall of the second wicket at the score 36 in 5.2 overs, skipper Jagjot Singh Sasan was joined by Shubham Dubey in the middle.

 

 

The duo added 49runs for the third wicketbeforeSasanwasdismissed for 34 in 30 balls. Dubey went to complete his half century as he scored 52in 38balls.Towards the end, Sahil Sheikh played a unbeaten knock of 26 in 25 balls to help his team post a total of 153-6 in 20 overs. For Orange Tigers, Saurabh Dubey (2-9) and Kshitij Dahiya (2-28) took two wickets each whileskipperDarshanNalkande picked one wicket.  Chasing a target of 154 on the board, Yash Rathod and Rohit Binkar opened the innings for OrangeTigers.Rathodcouldonly manage to add 7 in 10 balls. Binkarwasthenjoinedbyimpact substitute Apoorv Wankhade in the middle. The duo added 67 runs for thesecondwicketbefore Wankhade was dismissed for 35 in 29 balls. Binkar remained unbeatenon 62*in 39balls.They managed to score 116-2 in 13.4 over andwereadjudged thewinnerofthematchbyD/LMethod. For Nagpur Titans, Aditya Kukde (1-6) and Rahul Dongarwar (1-20)tookonewicket each. 

 

 

SANJAY’S FIVER FLOORS HEROZ PART-TIME bowler R Sanjay’s five-wicket haul helped NECO Master Blaster record a comfortable 14 runs win over Nagpur Heroz in a high-scoring match. After being put into bat, NECO scored 199-6 in their stipulated overs and with their bowlers, particularly Sanjay (5-24),holdingnerves in the last few overs, they managed to limit Nagpur Heroz to 185-9. At one time, Heroz needed 29 from the last 18 balls but the batters faltered. Heroz opener Siddhesh Wath(51;35b,3x4,2x6),Parth Rekhade (39; 23b, 5x4, 1x6) and skipper Mandar Mahale (46;30b,5x4,1x6)playedwell to keep the team in the hunt. Earlier, NECO openers AryanMeshram(64;48b,5x4, 2x6) and Adhyan Daga (58; 33b, 6x4, 3x6) added 91in 9.2 overs before the latter was cleaned up by rival skipper Mandar Mahale. R Sanjay (20; 16b, 2x4) and captain Jitesh Sharma (16; 9b, 2x6) could not make much of the solid platform and the team finally were stopped one short of the 200-run mark  Brief scores:NECOMaster Blaster 199-6 (AMeshram 64, A Daga 58; M Mahale 1-28, P Rekhade 1-27, A Ingle 1-40, Rishit Panchmatia 1-43. Nagpur Heroz (S Wath 51, P Rekhade 39, M Mahale 46; R Sanjay 5-24, P Hinge 1-52, S Deshmukh 2-37, K Rathod 1-5).