That's all from this rain-curtailed game, folks! For now, it's me, Deepak Prakash, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Aditya Agarwal and scorer/analyst Yogesh Kumar. CHEERS!
Shubhang Hegde (Player of the Match & Bengaluru Blasters Captain): "Yeah, very happy — everyone played their part and stood out. One side of the ground was big, and I tried to make the batters play in that area, and my plan worked out."
Player of the Match: Shubhang Hegde
Time for the post-match presentation....
07:17 PM IST & Local Time | Bengaluru Blasters gets their 2 win on the trot as they beat Shivamogga Lions in a rain-curtailed 6-overs per side game by 8 wickets and 10 balls to spare.
Earlier, Shivamogga Lions were put into bat after Shubhang Hegde from Bengaluru Blasters won the toss. Nihal Ullal hit the ball running straightaway and smashed the fast bowlers to all parts of the ground.
The spinners them came into the play and restricted the Shivamogga Lions to a score of 62/6.
Shubhang Hegde and Mohsin Khan bowled really well and picked up 5 wickets amongst each other.
Chasing 63, Chethan LR smashed 2 sixes and 1 four off the first over. Rohan Patil chipped with a six and a boundary as well, but both the openers were dismissed shortly after.
Mayank Agarwal and Shubhang Hegde then smashed 23 runs off the 4th over and made sure that they got their side over the line without any hiccups with 8 wickets remaining and 10 balls to spare.
OVER 5
Bengaluru Blasters
63/2
Mayank Agarwal
18(10)
Shubhang Hegde
14(4)
V Koushik
1-16(1.2)
4.2 V Koushik to M Agarwal
1 THERE IT IS! Mayank Agarwal hits the winning runs for his side as the Blasters win by 8 wickets. Length ball on the pads, clipped away towards deep mid wicket for a single.
4.1 V Koushik to M Agarwal
4 SCORES ARE LEVELLED! IS THAT A FOUR OR A SIX? IT'S A FOUR! Koushik bangs it short and around off, Mayank swivels and pulls it past deep square leg for a one bounce four.
23 runs off the over and the game is almost done and dusted! Bengaluru Blasters need 5 more runs in 12 balls.