Good weather normally brings high scoring but that wasn’t the case in Saturday’s matches, with bowlers on top. In the opening match the Rising Stars batted first, and tight bowling restricted them to 88/7 from their 20 overs. Raza Riaz top scored with 22, supported by Taqrim Ghous’ 17. Neelav Dhawan took 2 wickets for just 12 in four overs, with two maidens, and Rakesh Negi took 2/17 in his four overs. In reply the Rising Stars had the Stallions struggling at 33/4, thanks to Mohammed Irfan’s 3/15 from 4 overs, but then Kazi Ashraful (23*) and Kranthi Kumar (23*) guided the Stallions to a 5 wicket victory with 3 overs to spare. Kranthi was named man of the match.
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In the second match, the Eagles had no answer to the bowling of Dhrumitt Bhatt (man of the match). He came on with the score 30/1 and his 4 quick wickets reduced the Eagles to 38/6. Saeed Khan top scored with 14, and Drumhitt ended with 4 for 10. He was well supported by Rahul Vashisht and Sentil Selvamani with two wickets each. The Avengers made short work of a target of just 68, and a 28 ball fifty from Rahul Vashisht, well supported by Fahad Ijaz gave them a 10 wicket victory.
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