Stats highlights – KPL 2016-M-05-Bellary Tuskers vs Namma Shivamogga at Hubli on 18.09.16 – Namma Shivamogga won by four wickets with two balls to spare {target revised under VJD Method}

Amit Verma earned the distinction of becoming the most capped cricketer in KPL. This game was his 34^th game. He went past AA Joshi and R Jonathan who have played 33 games. He was run out for 27 in this game

Amit Verma’s run aggregate at the end of this game read 695. He now stands fourth in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in KPL. Others are – MA Agarwal {814}, R Jonathan {746} and B Chipli {736}

B Akhil was captaining a team for the 27^th occasion in KPL when he led Bellary Tuskers. He holds the record for captaining a team on most occasions in KPL. He is the only captain to have led 25 plus games in KPL

KB Pawan scored four boundary fours in his knock of 42 in this game to take his aggregate of boundary fours in KPL to 70. He now holds the record for most boundary fours by a batsman in KPL. He went past MA Agarwal who held the record previously with 68 boundary fours to his credit.

SH Kirmani was run out for 8 in this game to provide the 16^th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out in KPL. His run out dismissal provides the 34^th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out in KPL. It also provides the 18^th occasion of an opening batsman batting at number one dismissed run out in KPL

S Gopal and AA Kazi added 60 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the seventh occasion of Namma Shivamogga batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in KPL. This stand represents the record partnership for the fifth wicket by Namma Shivamogga batsmen in KPL. The previous best was the 33 runs partnership between MK Abbas and S Gopal against Bijapur Bulls at Hubli on 09.09.15

Namma Shivamogga won by four wickets with two balls to spare to provide the 38^th occasion of a team winning a KPL game with single digit deliveries to spare {zero to nine}. It also provides the fourth occasion of a team winning a KPL game with exact two deliveries to spare and also provide the third occasion of Namma Shivamogga winning a KPL game with single digit deliveries to spare, It also provide the second occasion of Namma Shivamogga winning a

KPL game with single digit deliveries to spare against Bellary Tuskers. The other occasion was its victory with three balls to spare at Hubli on 06.09.15

Bellary Tuskers lost its tenth game in KPL and became the fifth team to lose ten or more games in KPL. Others are – Belgavi Panthers {14}, Mangalore United {14}, Rockstars {13} and Bijapur Bulls {12}

Match report – KPL 2016-M-05-Bellary Tuskers vs Namma Shivamogga at Hubli on 18.09.16 – Namma Shivamogga won by four wickets with two balls to spare {target revised under VJD Method}

Put into bat Bellary Tuskers start was disastrous as it lost opener RP Kadam to the third ball of the innings. He wad dismissed for a duck without a run on the score board. KB Pawan and Amit Verma propped up the innings with a second wicket stand of 48 runs before the latter was dismissed run out for 27. Amit Verma became the most capped cricketer of KPL with 34 caps to his credit. He also became the fourth batsman to score most runs in KPL. His run aggregate at the end of this game read 695. Others are – MA Agarwal {814}, R Jonathan {746} and B Chipli {736}

Sixth wicket stand of 53 runs between B Akhil and SP Manjunath ensured Bellary Tuskers a score of 169 for 6 in twenty overs. B Akhil was captaining a team for the 27^th occasion in KPL when he led Bellary Tuskers. He holds the record for captaining a team on most occasions in KPL. He is the only captain to have led 25 plus games in KPL

KB Pawan {42}, Amit Verma {27}, SN Raju {28}, B Akhil {21 not out} and SP Manjunath {28} were the main contributors to Bellary Tuskers’s total of 169. KP Appanna was the most successful bowler for Namma Shivamogga with a bag of 2 for 35

Namma Shivamogga’s chase was not rosy. Inform opener SH Kirmani was dismissed run out for 8 with the score board reading mere 11. It lost Nikin Jose for 18, PU Deshpande for 8 and Skipper STR Binny for 1 and the side was in deep trouble as the score board read 61 for 4. It was left to S Gopal {42} and AA Kazi {37} and their fifth wicket stand of 60 runs to ensure that they reach the revised target of 159 runs in 16 overs. Rain interference had reduced the target to 159 runs in 16 overs under VJD Method. The match became an interesting as S Gopal and AA Kazi left the crease with 30 more runs required for win in 2.3 overs. It was left to S Zeeshan Ali {12 not out} and KV Siddarth {22 not out} and their unfinished stand of 32 runs saw the team romp home with two balls to spare. IG Anil with 3 for 37 shone with the leather for the losers