MRKPL-M31-Q2-Belagavi Panthers vs Hubli Tigers at Mysuru on 19.09.15 – Hubli Tigers won by 23 runs

Belagavi Panthers won the toss and inserted the opposition in this game. KB Pawan and Mohd Taha were concerned in a 54 runs opening partnership for the first wicket. This is their fifth opening stand of 50 plus runs in this edition, Mohd Taha and NS Bhille were concerned in another stand of 64 plus runs for the fourth wicket. Mohd Taha scored 93 runs in this game to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring a ninety in KPL. His 93 came in 56 deliveries and studded with nine boundary fours and five bounday sixes. Hubli Tigers finished with 177 for 7. NS Bhille {27} and CJ William {21} contribured to Hubli Tigers’s total. CJ William’s 21 came in 10 deliveries with two boundary sixes and a boundary four.

Chase was not easy for Belagavi Panthers as they lost the first wicket with the score board reading 23. G Chiranjeevi was the first to leave for 8. R Jonathan left soon to make the score board read 31 for 2. AM Reddy was conumed by Shivil Kaushik of P Jain for 19 to make it 40 for three. Belgavi Panthers found it diffcult to chase the target of 178 as it lost its skipper R Vinay Kumar for 14 and the score board read 65 for four. KN Bharat {48}, P Dubey {24} and S Hoover {31} tried in vain to get past the target and Belgavi Panthers lost the game by 23 runs. SL Akshay was the pick of the bowlers with a bag of 4 for 29.