MRKPL-M19-Bijapur Bulls vs Rockstars at Mysuru on 13.09.15-Bijapur Bulls won by 97 runs

B Akhil scored a quikfire 69 not out in this game – his first fifty coming in 22 balls – and helped his team to a facile 97 run win over Rockstars. B Akhil {69 not out} and M Nidesh {57} and their stand worth 67 for the fifth wicket helped Bijapur Bulls to post a score of 197 for 5 in the allotted twenty overs. C Raghu was the pick of the bowlers for Rockstars with a bag of 2 for 13.

Rockstars on the had did not have the batsmen to chase the imposing total and folded up at 100 for 9. KP Appanna, SN Raju and KC Cariappa shared the six wickets between them, while the remaining three wickets that fell in the Rockstar’s innings were shared by A Somanna, A MIthun and D Chougule.

MRKPL-M20-Hubli Tigers vs Namma Shivamogga at Mysuru on 13.09.15-Hubli Tigers won by 15 runs

Hubli Tigers opting to bat first after winning the toss, posted 177 for 5 in the allotted 20 overs. The opening partnership of 108 runs between Mohd Taha {64} and inform KB Pawan {47} was instrumental in Hubli Tigers posting the match winning total. S Gopal was the most successful bowler for Namma Shivamogga with 3 for 34.

SH Kirmani – the inform opener for Namma Shivamogga – continued his form with the willow and scored his fourth fifty of the tournament. He made 89 in this game. His knock went in vain as his team were dismissed all out for 162 leaving Hubli Tigers victors by 15 runs. CK Akshay, PA Jain, Shivil Kaushik reaped the harvest by picking up two wickets each. Much was expected of skipper STR Binny – he failed to deliver – was dismissed for a first ball duck – much to the disappointment of not only of his team but also of the spectators. From 91 for 5, they lost the remaining five wickets for 71 runs and were dismissed all out for 162. Most of these 71 runs came from the blade of SH Kirmani. 40 runs were added for the seventh wicket between SH Kirmani and B Gulecha after Namma Shivamogga lost its six wickets for 91 runs. SH Kirmani departed at 158 and his wicket was the seventh wicket to fall in Namma Shivamoga’s innnings. Four runs later it was all over for Namma Shivamoga as they failed to reach the target by 15 runs.

MRKPL-M21-Belagavi Panthers vs Bellary Tuskers at Mysuru on 14.09.15-Bellary Tuskers won by seven wickets

Belagavi Panthers posted a none-too-comfortable total of 136 for 7 in the allotted 20 overs and Bellary Tuskers found an easy target to romp by seven wickets. Prasanna Patil put breaks on the Belagavi Panthers bandwagon with a bag of 3 for 20. AM Reddy, celebrtated his 24th birthday by scoring 35 runs.

Batting second, B Chipli and Amit Verma made mincemeat of R Vinay Kumar’s bowling brigade. Both scored half centuries and ensured a 111 runs partnership between them. Captain B Chipli scored 63, while Amit Verma made 58 not out.

The following qre some of the stats highlights of this game. Amit Verma’s first run in this game gave him an aggregate of 600 runs in KPL. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 657. He became the fifth batsman in KPL to total 600 plus runs. Others are – MA Agarwal {740], R Jonathan {699}, B Chipli {722} and KK Nair {669}

Thus this game became the first game in which two batsmen with 600 plus runs are batting together in the same innings of a game in KPL – B Chipli and Amit Verma are the two batsmen.

This game is unique in KPL as it has three batsmen with 600 plus runs to their credit played this game – R Jonathan {699}, B Chipli {722} and Amit Verma {656}

B Chipli’s 63 in this game represent his sixth fifty in KPL. He now shares the record for most fifties in KPL with RK Sabharwal. Both the batsmen have scored six fifties.

B Chipli became the fourth batsmen to score 60 plus boundary fours in KPL. At the end of this game, his boundary fours aggregate read 63 Others to score 60 plus boundary fours in KPL are – KK Nair {67} Amit Verma {62} and MA Agarwal {61}

MRKPL-M22 – Mysuru Warriors vs Bijapur Bulls at Mysuru on 14.09.15 – Bijapur Bulls won by seven wickets

A whirlwind knock of 54 not out by J Suchith in just 15 deliveries and a patient knock of 58 by captain-wicket keeper-opener CM Gautham ensured Mysuru Warriors reach 167 for 5.

Off to a good start – an opening stand of 66 runs – through its openerd R Samarth and RR Bhatkal – Bijapur Bulls sailed to a comfortable win to win the game by seven wickets. RV Uthappa scored 49 not out and ensured that more wickets did not fall in Bijapur Bulls innings. He played very sensibly and rotated the strike. He added 37 runs in the company of SN Raju for the third wicket and also added 54 runs in an unfinished stand for the fourth wicket with M Nidiesh.

RV Uthappa became the ninth batsman to total 500 plus runs in KPL. At the end of this game, his run aggregate read 503. Others are MA Agarwal {740}, B Chipli {722}, R Jonathan {699}, KK Nair {669}, Amit Verma {657}, DT Patil {523}, RK Sabharwal {506} and MK Pandey {504}