Opener Mandar Tondkar chips in with a flashy 79 as Star India clinches win in the T20 Masters Cup’18

Rising Phoenix after electing to bat first at Oval Maidan made a score of 178/6 in 20 overs with openers V Madlani (60 off 50b) and J Mulchandani (39 off 24b) giving the platform for their team with a flying start. P PARIMI with 3/34 was the pick of the bowlers from Star India while the rest of the bowlers chipped in with decent spells.

Chasing 179 in at T20 is not a cakewalk but Star India made it look easy thanks to their aggressive opener Mandar Tondkar who scored 79runs off 46 balls laced with 5 fours and 6 sixes at a healthy strike rate of 171.40. Mandar smashed the bowlers and displayed some brute hitting as Star India won the match by 4 wkts and 2 balls to spare while Mandar getting the ‘man of the match’ award.