Maharaja Trophy | Blasters start off with a tight victory over Mystics

Bengaluru Blasters recorded a last-gasp triumph implicit Gulbarga Mystics successful the opening lucifer of the DACSS Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tourney astatine Mysuru connected Saturday.

Blasters needed 11 runs to triumph successful the last implicit bowled by Kranthi Kumar, with skipper Shubhang Hegde and Praveen Dubey astatine the crease. Shubhang eased the unit with a bound disconnected the 2nd ball. With 1 needed disconnected the last delivery, Praveen got the occupation done.

Batting first, Mystics posted a challenging 201 for 5 with contributions from Prakhar Chaturvedi (64, 38b, 6x4, 4x6) and Aarav Mahesh (63, 41b, 6x4, 3x4).

In reply, Blasters started confidently with Bhuvan Raju (56, 29b, 3x4, 4x6) and Rohan Patil (31, 24b, 3x4, 2x6) adding 88 runs for the opening concern successful 7.1 overs.

Mystics bounced backmost with a mates of speedy wickets to trim the Blasters to 122 for 3 successful 11.3 overs.

K.L. Shrijith (22, 15b, 3x4), Shubhang and Praveen past took implicit to guarantee a Blasters’ victory.

The scores: Gulbarga Mystics 201/5 successful 20 overs (Prakhar Chaturvedi 64, Aarav Mahesh 63) mislaid to Bengaluru Blasters 202/4 successful 20 overs (Bhuvan Raju 56).