That's it from our coverage of match number 2 between Trans Titans and American Strikers! Ninaad Dixit signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Arijit Kundu and Deepak Prakash and our scorers/analysts Bishal Mandal & Chandan Kumar Singh. Stay tuned for more action from around the world.
Pradeep Sangwan: "The wicket looked a little dry. Condition was like we felt batting first would have been advantageous. That was quite a mix-up from Pushpakumara. We have 4-5 all-rounders and wished to capitalise on it."
Rishi Dhawan (Trans Titans Captain): "The wicket was good for batting, but unfortunately, Rajesh, one of our key batters, was injured and couldn’t come out to bat. Additionally, two of our players are yet to join the squad. Hopefully, with a full-strength team, we’ll bounce back and perform better in the next game."
Player of the Match: Manpreet Gony
7:15 PM: The American Strikers get their campaign off the mark with a 35-run victory over Trans Titans after winning the toss and electing to bat first.
Gaurav Tomar (65 off 28), Manpreet Gony (39 off 19) and Puneet Mehra (35 off 20) helped the American Strikers to post a fine total of 214/7 in their 20 overs.
Manpreet Gony and Pradeep Sangwan the skipper started off with a wicket each in their first overs and never allowed the Titans to settle in the chase. Parvinder Awana hit 36 in 12 balls with Asif Mansoori remaining unbeaten at 36 too but both the batters arrived at the crease when half of the job was done by the Strikers bowling attack.
Malinda Pushpakumara (2/30), Akash Tomar (1/9), Ishwar Pandey (1/17), Sangwan (1/14) and Gony (1/17) starred with the ball to restrict the Titans at 179/7 during the 2nd innings. Stay tuned as we return with the post match presentation.
OVER 20
Trans Titans
179/7
Samar Quadri
1(1)
Asif Mansoori
36(23)
Malinda Pushpakumara
2-30(4.0)
19.6 M Pushpakumara to A Mansoori
1 Full-toss at the leg peg. The batter shimmies down the ground and flicks it to right of long on.
19.5 M Pushpakumara to A Mansoori
0 Short of a fuller one at the leg stump. Mansoori comes down the track and flicks it to the V region for a single.