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Vinay scripts Panthers' win

Cricket Karnataka Premier League : Skipper hits unbeaten 64 to help Belagavi down Mangalore
Last Updated 03 September 2015, 19:26 IST

 Led by an authoritative unbeaten 64 from skipper R Vinay Kumar and his unfinished 122-run stand for the third wicket with R Jonathan (62 n.o.), Belagavi Panthers romped home by eight wickets with 12 balls to spare over Mangalore United in the inaugural match of the Karbonn Smart KPL IV match here on Thursday.

Chasing Mangalore United’s what in the end appeared to be inadequate total, 141/5, Panthers began on the wrong foot losing both their openers rather cheaply. From 22 for two in the fourth over, Vinay, who promoted himself up the order to number 3, not only led the recovery, but he also ably guided his team to a winning start.

At no time did the two batsmen look in discomfort, ensuring the run-chase was always on by maintaining a healthy run-rate.

The pair put on its match winning partnership off just 81 balls with Jonathan hammering four sixes and three fours while Vinay had six fours in his knock.

Put into bat, United were struck a double blow when medium pacer Stalin Hoover struck to remove opening batsman Rohit Sabharwal (0) and Sishir Bhavane (3).

Karun Nair (38, 27b, 5x4, 1x6), who opened the innings, took it upon himself to shore up his team and along with KC Avinash seemed to be leading the team towards a healthy total when the veteran and oldest player of the tournament, Nitin Mulkhi struck to have him leg before.

Rohan Kadam was run out a little while later and United were clearly struggling.
However, KC Avinash farmed strike with an aggressive Arsdeep Singh Brar.

The pair managed to take the team to a respectable total with a 76-run partnership that came off 48 balls before Brar was out off the last ball of the innings.  
Vinay was adjudged the man of the match for his unbeaten 64.

Score board


MANGALORE UNITED: Rohit Sabharwal c & b Hoover 0, Karun Nair lbw Mulki 38, Shishir Bhavane c Jonathan b Hoover 3, KC Avinash (not out) 50, Rohan Kadam (run out) 3, Arsdeep Singh Brar c Dubey b Vinay 36, Extras (B-4, W-4, LB-3) 11, Total: (for 5 wkts, in 20 overs) 141.

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-13, 3-58, 4-65, 5-151. Bowling: Stalin Hoover 4-0-20-2, R Vinay Kumar 4-0-33-1, HS Sharath 4-0-25-0, Praveen Dubey 3-0-25-0, Nitin Mulki 4-0-24-1, Zeeshan Ali 1-0-7-0.

BELAGAVI PANTHERS: Abhishek Reddy c Nair b More 4, Mayank Agarwal c Nair b Yadav 12, R Vinay Kumar (not out) 64, R Jonathan (not out) 62, Extras (W-2) 2, Total (for 2 wkts, in 18 overs) 144.

Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-22.
Bowling: Ronit More 3-0-29-1, Abhishek Bhat 4-0-39-0, Mithrakanth Yadav 4-0-22-1, BN Bharath 3-0-22-0, Udit Patel 2-0-19-0,  Arsdeep Brar 1-0-5-0, Karun Nair 1-0-8-0.


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(Published 03 September 2015, 19:26 IST)

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