This was it from the fixture and the tournament, this is Utsav Chandak, signing off on behalf off Hiren Kumar , Sourya Chowdhury & the scorer of the fixture Ghanendra Singh Thakur. Thanks for staying with us till the end.
12:12 PM IST, Local Time: Eagle Nashik Titans have won the match and the tournament by 6 wickets
And this is it, the finals of the Maharashtra Premier League match between Raigad Royals and Eagle Nashik Titans has come to an end. Prashant Solanki, captain of Eagle Nashik Titans, won the toss and invited Raigad Royals to bat first. Mukesh Choudhary took a wicket of the first ball, but that was followed by a 111 run partnership between Harsh Mogaveera and Siddhesh Veer. This was followed by a quick fire knock from Niraj Joshi. Siddhesh Veer batter till the end and scoring a scintillating 99, taking his team to a score of 190.
While chasing 191, the Titans batters were off to a good start. Mandar Bhandari and Arshin Kulkarni took off in the powerplay, but after the wicket of Mandar, the game slightly tilted towards the Royals as wicket kept tumbling from one end. Arshin Kulkarni held his ground and scored 77 runs. The game was tilting towards the royals but Ranjit Nikam and Atharva Kale, finished the game off in style to win the championship.
Eagle Nashik Titans won the match and the finals, they were the runner ups in the previous season but this time they have gone all the way. For Raigad Royals, they have no one else but themselves to blame.
OVER 20
Eagle Nashik Titans
191/4
Atharva Kale
23(7)
Ranjit Nikam
31(13)
Tanay Sanghavi
2-31(3.1)
19.1 T Sanghavi to A Kale
6 SIX to end it! Nashik Titans have won it in the best fashion possible. Again a full ball on off and Kale opens his front foot to drive it down the ground where long off can only get a hand to it but cannot hold on to it yet again. And it goes for a maximum! Nashik have won the MPL for the first time!
20 runs off the last over. 6 runs needed off the ultimate over. Tanay Sanghavi will be bowling it. A miracle is needed from the best bowler of the tournament.
OVER 19
Eagle Nashik Titans
185/4
Ranjit Nikam
31(13)
Atharva Kale
17(6)
Sagar Jadhav
0-32(2.2)
18.6 S Jadhav to A Kale
1 Jadhav goes full on off, driven down to long off. 6 off six left.
18.5 S Jadhav to A Kale
6 SIX! Jadhav into the attack. In the slot on middle and Kale again hammers it into cow corner and it was a slower ball with the fielder Ajay stationed there within touching distance of the ball. And he has parried it over the fence. Not only is it another drop but also a six. Harakiri by the Royals in the field.
Nikhil Kadam has hurt himself. He was looking to catch the ball coming back to him, but it was his split his webbing. He will not be able to continue. Sagar Jadhav will finish the over.