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Murshidabad Kings rode connected Saksham Chaudhary’s stunning 47-ball 98 to bushed Novus Royals Purulia by 4 wickets successful a nail-biting last-over decorativeness and enactment live successful the Bengal T20 League astatine the Eden Gardens present connected Tuesday.
In a rain-curtailed affair, Purulia relied connected Priyam Sarkar’s period (100, 56b, 10x4, 6x6) to people 196 for 3 successful the reduced quota of 18 overs. Murshidabad achieved the revised people of 200 to station its 3rd win.
Sarkar showed his fearless attack and awesome range. He took vantage of 2 reprieves to play due cricketing shots successful the ‘V’ and quadrate of the wicket connected some sides to stitchery runs quickly.
Sarkar added 83 runs with attacking left-hander Yuvraj Keswani (56, 27b, 3x4, 5x6) successful Purulia’s rain-interrupted innings.
Kings got disconnected to a bully commencement owed to skipper Abhishek Raman’s rapid-fire sound (43, 20b, 5x4, 3x6) earlier slipping to 56 for 3 successful six overs.
Saksham displayed his earthy stroke-play arsenic helium pulled and drove heavy connected the onside to bring Kings backmost into contention. The southpaw, who deed six fours and 10 sixes, missed a period arsenic helium departed erstwhile Kings needed conscionable 17 to win. He was delighted to spot his colleagues execute the target.
The scores: Men: Novus Royals Purulia 196/3 successful 18 overs (Priyam Sarkar 100, Yuvraj Keswani 56) mislaid to Murshidabad Kings 200/6 successful 17.4 overs (Abhishek Raman 43, Saksham Chaudhary 98, Ravi Kumar 3/44) (Revised target: 200 successful 18 overs, DLS method).
On Monday: Adamas Howrah Warriors 132 successful 20 overs (Shashank Singh 60, Mukesh Kumar 3/22, Suraj Jaiswal 4/18, Akhil 2/21) mislaid to Sobisco Smashers Malda 136/2 successful 13.4 overs (Akhil 41, Abhimanyu Easwaran 58 n.o.).
Women: Sobisco Smashers Malda 127/7 successful 20 overs (Mamta Kisku 60, Bidisha Dey 2/19, Rupal Tiwari 3/17) mislaid to Shrachi Rarh Tigers 128/9 successful 19.1 overs (Bristi Maji 38, Piyali Ghosh 28, Rupal Tiwari 29, Saika Ishaque 2/14, Snigdha Bag 2/18); Adamas Howrah Warriors 121/5 successful 16 overs (Ankita Chakraborty 26, Tithi Das 68 n.o.) bt Kolkata Royal Tigers 98/9 successful 16 overs (Sreyoshi Aich 3/19, Chandrima Ghoshal 3/10).
