That's it from the coverage of today's encounter between Ratnagiri Jets and Raigad Royals. Stay tuned for more cricketing action!
I, Aditya Agarwal signing off on the behalf of my co-commentators Hrutuja Deshmukh and Ayan Chatterjee alongside scorer/analyst Asraj who brought you all actions of the event. Till then BYE!
Azim Kazi (Captain Ratnagiri Jets): Yes the comeback was good after 2 losses, we are doing our best in each match. The partnership has really helped us with our batters. We really planned for that one wicket each time when a partnership was built. We are only thinking about one match at a time, I am trusting my players to perform at their best.
Satyajeet Bachhav (POTM)- " I always had confident in my skills and I wanted to win games for my team. Me and Azim Kazi have been playing together for long time and we have great coordination among ourselves. Yogesh supported me from the other end and I think the bowling also works in pairs. I just want to give my best and not think of any personal milestones."
Satyajeet Bachhav gets purple cap and Player of the Match Award.
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Naushad Shaikh (Raigad RoyalsCaptain): "Our bowlers bowled well. It was a gettable score. Vicky tried his best but we lost too many wickets in the middle overs. Satyajeet took 3 in the over. 68/7 and in trouble and we did well to come back in the game. I think we need to look at errors that we made in fielding and regroup and come back again., Catches were dropped and that's why we lost by 12 runs. Happy with the effort and hope to come back strong in the coming games."
22:40 IST and Local Time | Raigad Royals won the toss and opted to bowl first. Ratnagiri Jets got off to a bad start as they lost their power packed batsman Preetam Patil in the second over itself. Divyang Hinganekar and Dhiraj Phatangare then put on a steady partnership of 74 runs for the second wicket. Wickets then fell at regular intervals and it meant that Ratnagiri Jets managed to score 138 runs for the loss of 9 wickets after the end of 20 overs. Manoj Ingale and Tanay Sanghavi bagged 3 wickets each. They were well supported by Vicky Ostwal who picked up 2 wickets.
Chasing 139, Raigad Royals got off to a steady start as they ended the 6 over powerplay with the score of 43 for the loss of 1 wicket, thanks to Siddhesh Veer's 27 ball 36 runs. Then came Satyajeet Bachhav and his outstanding spell of 17 for 5 wickets turned the game on its head. He was well backed by Yogesh Chavan from the end who picked up 2 wickets. Wickets fell off at regular intervals and the pressure just kept on mounting Ratnagiri Jets players. As a result they lost the match by 12 runs.
Vicky Ostwal showed grit in the latter part of the innings and scored 50 runs in 35 balls but it wasn't enough to get them over the line.
W WICKET! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Ostwal has to depart and that is the end of the game. Fuller length delivery and in the slot, Ostwal looks to go big and hits it in the air. Kiran comes in all the way from long-on and takes the catch. Vicky departs here as the Royals have been bowled out for 126 in 19.3 overs. It is the Jets who win this game in the end by 12 runs and consolidate their position at the top of the table.