Advay Shidhaye, the lanky left-handed, justified his billing of being a dependable finisher with a cameo that saved Puneri Bappa’s marketing campaign alive within the Eliminator of the Shriram Capital Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) on Tuesday evening.
Thanks to Shidhaye’s unbeaten 27 (13b, 1×4, 2×6), Puneri Bappa overhauled a goal of 132 off 18 overs off the penultimate ball to finish Eagle Nashik Titans’ marketing campaign and arrange a digital semifinal date with Kolhapur Tuskers.
When Shidhaye took guard, the Bappa was reeling at 95 for 5 within the 14th over. Stand-in captain Rohan Damle – main in Ruturaj Gaikwad’s absence for the reason that India batter was resting earlier than leaving for the West Indies tour – and Yash Kshirsagar, the 2 set batters, had been dismissed.
With the Titans’ pacer Rehan Khan spewing venom, Shidhaye had a reprieve within the fifteenth over after being dropped within the deep by Siddhesh Veer.
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Shidhaye pulled pacer Samadhan Pagare into the stands and adopted it up with a fierce minimize for a 4 within the sixteenth over to tilt the sport within the Tuskers’ favour.
Left-arm spinner Akshay Waikar then bowled an impressive penultimate over that yielded simply three runs, together with two leg-byes.
With two left-handers on the crease, Nashik captain Rahul Tripathi tossed the ball to offie Kaushal Tambe in a bid to defend 11 runs within the final over.
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Shidhaye took a calculated danger with seven required off three balls and heaved the ball into the stands and the Bappa cricketers, who had been concerned in a number of heated exchanges with their opponents sprinting on to the sphere at 1.30 am within the evening.
Earlier within the evening, after the sport acquired off to a begin after a two-and-half-hour delay because of persistent rain, Tripathi (60, 41b, 9×4, 1×6) walked out to open and performed a captain’s knock.
Despite Bhosale hanging twice together with his left-arm tempo within the Powerplay, Tripathi’s elegant knock had positioned Nashik at 99 for 3 after 12 overs.
Just when the Titans hoped to run away with the sport, Puneri boys made a spirited comeback. The final six overs noticed simply 32 runs being scored because the Tuskers picked 5 wickets.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com