MRKPL-M17- Belagavi Panthers vs Namma Shivamogga at Mysuru – Belgavi Panthers won by five wickets

Riding on inform SH Kirmani’s 56, Namma Shivamogga posted 160 for 7. Kaunian Abbas scored an useful 26. Namma Shivamogga lost its way as it lost three wickets at the score of 100. From 100 for 2, the score card read 100 for 5. S Gopal had the ignominy of becoming the first batsman in KPL to be dismissed run out without facing a delivery. Skipper STR Binny – from whom much was expected – failed to deliver by scoring a meagre seven runs. P Dubey was the most successful bowler with a bag of three for 31.

Belagavi Panthers chase was not rosy as they lost its four wickets for 92 runs and Namma Shivamogga sensed a win at this stage. But Belagavi Panthers had a different idea. R Jonathan {77} and P Dubey {34 not out} and thier 68 runs partnership for the sixth wicket ensured Belagavi Panthers a five wickets victory. Both the batsmen benefited by the shoddy fielding of Namma Shivamogga.

R Vinay Kumar is the only all rounder in the KPL tournament to capture 25 plus wickets and score 450 plus runs. At the end of this game, he has taken 29 wickets and scored 463 runs.

R Jonathan has an aggregate of 679 runs at the end of this game. He now occupies the second place in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in KPL. The first place is occupied by MA Agarwal who has amassed 740 runs. R Jonathan went past B Chipli who had an aggregate of 651 runs on his way to second position.

This win was Belgavi Panther’s 16th win in KPL and they own the record for most wins in KPL. They went past Bijapur Bulls which has won 15 games in KPL.

MRKPL-M18 – Bellary Tuskers vs Mangalore United at Mysuru on 12.09.15 – Second game at 5.30 PM – Bellary Tuskers won by seven runs.

Bellary Tuskers were dismissed for 164 in this game and they defended the total to win the game by seven runs. PU Deshpande {40} and Amit Verma {38} contributed to Bellary Tusker’s total of 164. Mitrakant Yadav was the wrecker-in-cheif with a bag of 4 for 19. His 4 for 19 has the followng accreditations.

His four for 19 in this game to provide the 28th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in KPL. He became the fifth bowler to capture four or more wickets in KPL on two occasions. He also became the fourth bowler to capture four or more wickets on two occasions in the same edition of KPL. He became the second Mangalore United bowler to capture four wickets on two occasions in the same edition after UB Patel. UB Patel had performed such a feat in KPL 2010

Barring opener RP Kadam {50} and a late rare guard action by BN Bhareth {45 not out} none of the Mangalore United batsman performed creditably to reach the target. Skipper RK Sabharwal was dismissed for a duck. RK Sabharwal collected his fifth duck in KPL when he was dismissed for a duck in this game. He now shares the record for most ducks in KPL with C Raghu, C Raghu has also scored five ducks in KPL.

UB Patel’s wicket aggreate in KPL read 29 at the end of this game. He now shares the record for most wickets representing a single team in KPL with R Vinay Kumar who has also taken 29 wickets representing Belagavi Panthers.

RK Sabharwal held two catches in this game to take his number of catches in KPL to 20. He became the first wicket keeper in KPL to pouch 20 catches. His dismissals aggregate read 33 {20 ct Plus 13 st} at the end of this game. His thirteen stumping dismissals include two stumping dismissals effected in this game. He is the only wicket keeper to effect ten or more stumping dismissals in KPL

Thus RK Sabharwal holds the record for most catches – 20 : most stumpings – 13 and most dismissals – 33 in KPL – all are records in each category in KPL