MRKPL-M13 – Bijapur Bulls vs Namma Shivamogga at Hubli on 09.09.15 – Bijapur Bulls won by seven wickets on the last ball of the match

Namma Shivamogga opted to bat first after winning the toss and posted a comfortable 161 for 7 in its twenty overs. Inform wicket keeper batsman SH Kirmani was in form again by scoring a fluent 61 which came off 43 deliveries. His innings contained four boundary fours and five boundary sixes. M Kaunian Abbas scored 58 and were the batting main stay for Namma Shivamogga

This game had all the ingredients of a T20 game that are usually associated with as the game into the last ball. Namma Shivamogga defended the total to the last ball of the match. Bijapur Bulls batsman had their nerves to win the match. Stuart Binny – who did not bowl himself in the match – led his team astutely.

Opening batsman R Samarth with his 78 not out in the game stayed at the crease till the end of the game. Useful contributions from RR Bhatkal {36} and RV Uthappa {39} contributed to thier team’s win. An unnecessary run out of M Nideesh for no score at the score of 149 after 18.1 overs set the game for tension for both the teams. 12 runs were required from 11 balls was the equation and R Samarth and SN Raju with their clever batting ensured the win for Bijapur Bulls

This game was won on the last ball of the match to provide the second occasion of a team winnning the match on the last ball. The first such occasion was witnessed when Bijapur Bulls had won the game against Mangalore United by two wickets on the last ball of the match at Bsngalore on 19.09.10

Thus Bijapur Bulls became the only team in KPL to win a match on the last ball on two occasions.

MRKPL-M14 – Mysore Warriors vs Belagavi Panthers at Hubli on 09.09.15 – Delayed start due to rain – Match reduced to 17 overs a side. Further reduced to ten overs a side – Belagavi Panthers won by 21 runs on VJD Method

Mysore Warriors won the toss and opted to field. Rain interrupted play again and the game was reduced to ten overs a side. Rain interfered when Belagavi Panthers score read 33 for 2 in 5.2 overs

R Vinay Kumar’s 52 ensure a total of 91 for 4 in 20 overs. Mysuru Warriors were set a target of 96 in ten overs on V Jayadevan Method and they failed to reach the target and were 74 for 9 in ten overs and lost the game by 21 runs. This was Mysuru Warriors’s third loss in four outings in this edition.

This was the 15th win for Belagvi Panthers and they share the record for most wins in KPL with Bijapur Bulls