KPLSH-M25-Bellary Tuskers vs Hubli Tigers at Mysuru on 16.09.15 – First game at 1.30 PM – Hubli Tigers won by three runs

Prasanna Patil opened the bowling for Bellary Tuskers in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a spinner opening the bowling in KPL 2015

KB Pawan scored two boundary fours in this game to take his aggregate of boundary fours to 25 in this edition. He now shares the record for most boundary fours in KPL 2015 with SH Kirmani.

KB Pawan’s two boundary fours in this game gave him an aggregate of 61 boundary fours in KPL. He became the sixth batsman to score 60 plus boundary fours in KPL. Others are – KK Nair {67}, B Chipli {63}, Amit Verma {62}, MA Agarwal {61} and RK Sabharwal {60}

Amit Verma and CA Karthik’s wicket tally in KPL 2015 read 10 each respectively. They joined Mitrakanth Yadav {13} and J Suchith {10} who had captured ten or more wickets in KPL 2015.

With these four bowlers capturing ten or more wickets in this edition, the number of occasion of bowlers accounting for ten plus wickets in a single season swelled to 26.

NC Aiyappa’s aggregate of wickets at the end of the game read 29. He now shares the second place amongst the bowlers who have taken most wickets in KPL with R Vinay Kumar and UB Patel who also have taken 29 wickets. The record for most wickets in KPL is held by K Gowtham who has taken 33 wickets.

This game was won by Hubli Tigers by three runs to provide the 14th occasion of a team winning a game by a single digit run in KPL. Hubil Tigers has won another game by exact three runs against Mangalore United at Bangalore on 06.09.14

DT Patil’s three boundary fours in this game gave him an aggregate of 62 boundary fours in KPL. He became the seventh batsman to score 60 plus boundary fours in KPL. Others are – KK Nair {67}, B Chipli {63}, Amit Verma {62}, MA Agarwal {61}, KB Pawan {61} and RK Sabharwal {60}

COMPILED BY HR GOPALA KRISHNA – OFFICIAL STATISTICIAN – FROM MYSURU – FOR KARNATAKA STATE CRICKET ASSOCIATION.