Janak Doshi’s crucial 96 helps Super Kings defeat Royals in the KSG 40-40 Tournament

It was a high scoring and a neck to neck encounter between Super kings and Royals in the KSG 40-40 tournament. Super kings had elected to field first after winning the toss to put the opposition under pressure since they had a strong batting line up. 

Royals were off to a terrific start with the help of right handed opener Tarak (70 off 42) & Paresh Valia (33 off 48). Things were sailing smoothly for Royals as they managed to score 313/5 in 40 overs. Rippal Mehta scored an excellent hundred off just 67 balls to help royals make such a good target. Though all the bowlers leaked runs, it was their left arm pacer Viren Mehta who bowled well. The Super Kings skipper took 1/30 in 7 overs where he was the most economical of the lot.

Chasing 314 in 40 overs is not easy but Super Kings were equally off to a good start with their openers Chintan Kanakia and Digesh giving a solid start. Chintan was excellent in his shot selection and scored a valiant 87 (74 balls). However, it was the man of the hour Janak Doshi who played a gem of a knock to take his team to a great victory. Not only did Janak stitched a great partnership with opener Chintan (120 runs in 74 balls) but he also pushed his team to a victory with his 61 ball 96. Scoring at a strike rate of above 150, Janak did not spare any bowlers and scored in every part of the ground en-route his match saving 96 which included 15 fours and an effortless flick towards the leg side for a six.

Though Janak was dismissed on 96, he had already done the job for his team as they managed to reach 314/8 in just 37 overs. Janak fell just 4 runs short of what could have been a memorable century. He was adjudged man of the match & Janak and the whole team will move ahead in the tournament with a lot of positives.