Patel, Purabia & Rathore shines for ICICI Bank against IDBI Bank in T20 Inter-bank Shield’19

Opening batsmen of ICICI Bank Bhavik Patel & Skipper Jitesh Purbia put on a match winning 155 run stand for the first wicket against IDBI in the premier T20 Inter Bank Shield Tournament’19.  Bhavik Patel was the star of the match as he scored a brilliant 80 runs in just 52 balls with 11 fours & his effective spell of left arm spin (4 overs 2 maiden 4 runs 1 wicket) was just mesmerizing. Bhavik was well supported by skipper Jitesh Purbia (66runs in 52 balls) and off spinner Amit Rathore who claimed 4 wickets giving away just 12 runs in 4 overs.

It was a shock defeat for a formidable IDBI side as in the first league match they had beaten Bank of India which is a strong team by 5 wickets chasing 168 runs.

Now the next league matches will be interesting to watch.

ICICI Bank 176 for 2 in 20 overs ( Bhavik Patel 80,Jitesh Purbia 66 ) beat IDBI Bank 99 for 8 ( Aaraf Shaikh 2 for 14 ,Amit Rathore 4 for 12)