Alim Khan and Vijay Bhanushali smash fifties to steer their teams to a win in the T20 Bang Bang tournament ‘17
Played at the Belapur Sports Ground at Navi Mumbai on 4th of November 2017, the T20 bang bang tournament witnessed some great matches on that day but it was these two particular matches which had valuable contributions from the batsman which eventually helped their teams win the match.
There two matches which had solid half centuries were Ninja Turtles vs Dugout 11 and Navi Mumbai Lions vs Harbour tigers. In match 1, Navi Mumbai lions won the toss and elected to bat first as the pitch had something for the batsman to score runs. Batting first, Navi Mumbai lions scored 140/7 in 20overs. Navi Mumbai lost quick wickets at the top and even 140 was also looking tough at one point but right handed Vijay Bhanushali at no.5 played the savior’s role as he scored a match winning 54 off just 38balls to take his team out of the trouble. What’s more, he also stitched a crucial 64 run partnership with wicket keeper batsman Atul Ghai who also batted really well to score 41* off just 34balls. From the bowling side Paresh bowled really well as he took 4/21 in 4 overs. In reply, Harbour tigers managed to score only 113/9 in 20 overs, thanks to some great bowling by the Navi Mumbai bowlers. Sumedh Bondal was simply terrific as he just gave 9runs in 4 overs while taking 3wkts in his 4overs while the rest of the bowlers also supported really well. Navi Mumbai won the match by 27runs and Sumedh for his wonderful bowling was adjudged ‘man of the match’ while Vijay’s half century was also equally commendable.
In the match 2 between Ninja Turtles and Dugout 11, Dugout 11 won the toss and elected to bowl first. Batting first, Ninja Turtles also faced the same thing as they lost quick wickets at the top while it was right handed Alim Khan at no.4 who ressurected the innings back with a solid 41ball 50 (5fours, 3sixes). Mayur Katkar who scored 33 off 29 also stitched a strong partnership of 73runs with Alim which brought them back into the match. Nadeem Ahmed bowled well taking 3/18 while the rest of the bowlers gave him decent support. Chasing 140+ score in a T20 is always a mixed bag, its not tough to chase neither easy and Dugout 11 somehow succumbed to the pressure of chasing as they were all out for 124 in 20 overs. Ninja Turtles bowlers did an excellent job of restricting the batsman while also taking wickets at the right time. They won the match by 16runs and Alim Khan was adjudged ‘man of the match’
Cricketgraph congratulates both the winning teams while wishes luck to all the players for their upcoming matches.
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