Rugved, Tushar, Ritin and Nishikant steer Kotak Mahindra to a finals win in the T20 Masters Cup ‘18

Played at the Vengsarkar Academy, Mahul, it was the all important finals between two really strong teams who have fought their way hard into the tournament with consistent cricket. Namely Kotak Mahindra and Vichare Group (Richmond XI) took on each other where in Vichare Group won the toss and elected to bat first with an aim of putting the opposition under pressure.

However, their decision to bat first fell flat as Vichare Group were bundled out for mere 108/10runs in 19.2 overs which is definately not the best of the total to defend and especially in the finals when the pressure is high. Most of the batsman fell cheaply with many not able to convert their starts into big scores. The bowlers did an excellent job with Tushar Pawar’s excellent spell of 3/15 in 3.4overs being the pick of the lot while Ritin Ravindran with 3/25 in 4overs was equally impressive alongwith Pranay Raut’s 2/24 in 4overs.

Chasing 109 seemed to be a mere formality for the Kotak Mahindra boys with their openers giving a blazing start of 78runs under 9overs. While opener Rugved Chaudhary anchored the chase with an unbeaten 44* off 37balls (4fours.2sixes), Nishikant Sawant who opened with him also scored a quickfire 36 off 27balls.

Kotak Mahindra eventually chased down the score in mere 12.5 overs and won the match by 8wkts winning the finals as well as winning the T20 Masters Cup Edition7  and lifting the title on the back of great team perfomance throughout the season.

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