Hubli moves to the top of the table following this crunching win over Gulbarga. So it's time for me to wrap the proceedings from our end. I am AkshayaKrishna Polya, who brought you all the live-action of this game alongside our scorer/analyst Ashok Dayma. We will join you again with another game. Until then, it's cheers!
Manish Pandey (Hubli Tigers Captain): "Yeah, absolutely as a captain it is good. Again, it was a clinical performance by the team. As a captain wanted to win the toss and opted to field. Got the toss in my favour and I am happy that we got what we wanted.
Happy as a captain getting those little bowling changes going and the way they have come off has been a happy feeling. Hope we continue in the same way and as a captain will look for the talent to grow.
At some point in the tournament, everyone has to chip in with the performance and it's not about the individuals. It's always a team game. The support has been good. I wish they come every game and cheer for us."
Player of the Match: Luvnith Sisodia
Trusted Player of the Match: KL Shrijith
Emerging Player of the Match: Manvanth Kumar L
Most Sixes of the Match: Luvnith Sisodia
Catch of the Match: Luvnith Sisodia
8:54 PM IST and Local Time: We are ready with the presentations...
8:46 PM IST and Local Time: A complete dominance from Hubli Tigers right from the toss to the finish as they thrash the defending champions by 7 wickets with plenty of overs in hand.
Chasing 139 to win, Hubli lost their swashbuckling opener Mohammed Taha for a silver duck in the first over as Mystics' Abhilash Shetty bowled a beauty of a delivery. Then it was a calculative batting approach from Luvnith Sisodia and KL Shrijith kept ticking the scoreboard at a good run rate. Sisodia completed a superb half-century, while Shrijith batted brilliantly but fell short of his fifty by just three runs. The southpaw duo added 106 runs for the second wicket but both couldn't finish the game. Naga Bharath and Manish Pandey did the rest getting Hubli Tigers their second straight win in the ongoing season.
Earlier in the match, the bowlers of Tigers did a fantastic job in bundling out Gulbarga Mystics for a below-par total of 138 in 19.3 overs. Each of the Mystics' top seven batters got into double figures but failed to provide momentum as they lost wickets at regular intervals. Macneil Noronha was the top scorer with 23 from 18 balls. On the bowling front, Manvanth Kumar L was the successful bowler, scalping three wickets. Vidhwath Kaverappa and Lavish Kaushal picked a couple while Mitrakanth Yadav grabbed one wicket. Stay tuned for the post-match presentations...