That’s all from today’s coverage of Maharashtra Premier League 2024 match between Raigad Royals and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Kings from the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. Gourav Samal here, signing off on behalf of my co-commentators, Ayan Chatterjee and Hrutuja Deshmukh and scorer/analyst Dushyant Madhukar Kumar. Thank you for joining us. Stay tuned for all cricketing actions around the world. Good bye.
Naushad Shaikh (Captain Raigad Royals): "They batted really well. In the strategic time out, we talked about picking some wickets to put the brakes on the scoring rate. Sunil Yadav is a champion bowler. Whenever I’m in hunt for a wicket I go to him. We are just keeping it simple and looking ahead for the next matches."
Sunil Yadav (PlayeroftheMatch): "Yes, i had confidence in myself and prepared well for the tournament. Yes, I took the big wickets. They were off to a great start and then we bowled dot balls and wickets were taken. Preparation was good from all of us. The wicket did help the spinners but not that much. I think we bowled at the right areas and got our rewards. Happy to contribute to the team."
Player of the Match: Sunil Yadav.
Orange Cap Holder: Mehul Patel.
Time for the presentations.
Murtaza Trunkwala (Captain Chhatrapati Sambhaji Kings): "I prepared myself before this match as I knew that I need to perform. We had to capitalise on the powerplay. We planned to get the most from the powerplay. Credit goes to their bowler cuz they bowled better than us today. Our bower also did a good job. A lot of positives to take home. We will definitely come back with a strong head-on."
5:38 PM IST and Local Time | That's the end of the match. Raigad Royals won the match by 3 wickets with 2 balls to spare.
Here is a complete review of what happened in the match. After losing the toss and put into bat first, Om Bhosale and skipper Murtuza Trunkwala opened the innings for Chhatrapati Sambhaji Kings. The duo added 75 runs for the first wicket before Trunkwala was dismissed for 44 from 39 balls. Om Bhosale went on to complete his half century and remained not out on 82 from 44 balls. No other batter managed to get a double digit score in the innings. At the end they managed to post a score of 146/8 in 20 overs. For Raigad Royals, Sunil Yadav was the pick of the bowler who took 3/24 in 3 overs. Manoj Ingale, Vicky Ostwal and Siddesh Veer picked one wicket each in the innings. Chasing a target of 147, Siddhesh Veer and skipper Naushad Shaikh opened the innings for Raigad Royals. Naushad was the first to get dismissed for 11 from 6 balls. Vishant More was also dismissed cheaply for 2 from 7 balls. Siddhesh Veer played a vital knock of 61 runs from 53 balls. Mehul Patel added 42 from 35 balls. Towards the end of the innings, Rushabh Rathod played a quick fire knock of 20 runs from 11 balls to help his team win the match by 3 wickets with 2 balls remaining. For Chhatrapati Sambhaji Kings, Pranay Singh was the pick of the bowlers who took 3/30 in 4 overs. Anand Thenge and Swaraj Chavan took two wickets each in the innings.
19.4 S Chavan to R Jangid
1 That's it! Fuller length on the stumps, Jangid goes for the sweep and gets a top edge that evades short square leg fielder for a single and they get the win in the end. So, Raigad Royals eventually gets the win by 3 wickets with 2 balls to spare to climb upwards in the table.
SCORES LEVEL!!!
19.3 S Chavan to T Sanghavi
1 Fuller length around off, Sanghavi looks to go leg side and gets a leading edge over short covers for a single as the scores are level.
One more!!! The match is still not over. Rushabh Rathod just throws away his wicket.
19.2 S Chavan to R Rathod
W WICKET! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! What a poor shot this is from Rathod. Fuller length around off, Rathod goes for the reverse sweep out of nowhere and gets a top edge that goes straight up in the air. The short third man fielder gets underneath it and takes the catch. Rathod goes for 20 and it's 7 down now with 2 to get from 4 balls.
19.2 S Chavan to R Jangid
1wd WIDES! Fires it down the leg side, Jangid lets it go and the keeper misses as they get to the other end.