Openers Eknath kerkar & Shreyas Iyer seal the game for Namo Bandrablasters in the Mumbai Premier League ‘18
Played at the Wankhede stadium, North Mumbai Panthers took on Namo Bandra Blasters in a crucial MPL clash where in North Mumbai Panthers won the toss and elected to bat first which has been quite a rare occurrence in this tournament so far as the teams who have bowled first have won the match most of the times.
Their decision to bat first did not proved to be spot on as North Mumbai Panthers managed to score only 125/9 in 20 overs which is surely not the best of the scores to defend in a T20 game. Bandra bowlers performed exceedingly well bowling really tight while also chipping in with wickets. The bowling perfomance was spot on with 4bowlers namely Atul Singh, Karsh Kothari, Azhar Ansari and pick of the bowlers Pravin Tambe taking 2wkts each while Shashikant Kadam also chipped in with a wicket. From North Mumbai, Sairaj Patil was the highest scorer with 26runs as every batsman failed to convert their starts.
Chasing 127 was a mere formality for Bandra Blasters and why not when you have a potent attacking pair of Eknath Kerkar and Shreyas Iyer at the helm. Both the boys made a mockery of the target chasing it down in mere 11.3 overs without the loss of any wickets. Eknath smashed a solid 50* off 36balls(4fours, 3sixes) playing the anchors role while Shreyas took the onus of attacking as he scored 71* in mere 34deliveries smashing 8fours and 3sixes to seal the deal for his team. It was good to see the attacking Eknath spending some time at the crease supporting Shreyas. On the other hand, Shreyas was in acceleration mode since the very 1st over.
Namo Bandra Blasters clinched a big stylish win over North Mumbai Panthers by 10wkts and 8.3 overs to spare on the back of their talented prolific openers.
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