Shreyas, Tare combine powers Falcons to a win

For years, Aditya Tare and Shreyas Iyer were Mumbai’s batting mainstays crossed formats. On Thursday (June 4, 2026) evening astatine the Wankhede Stadium, the duo concisely turned the timepiece back.

Tare and Iyer rolled backmost the years to assistance SOBO Mumbai Falcons registry its archetypal triumph of the T20 Mumbai, surviving a precocious wobble to unafraid a three-wicket triumph against defending champion MSC Maratha Royals.

With Shreyas utilized arsenic an Impact Player for an day game, skipper Tare ensured Falcons made the cleanable commencement successful quest of a people of 153. The seasoned wicketkeeper-batter blazed distant to 42 (19b, 4x4, 3x6) portion combining with Ishan Mulchandani (29, 24b, 1x4, 1x6) for a brisk 57-run opening partnership.

When Shreyas replaced Tare, helium maintained the momentum seamlessly. The India batter, successful contention for taking implicit arsenic India’s T20I captain, struck a fluent 30 (24b, 2x4, 2x6) arsenic Falcons raced to 106 wrong 12 overs, appearing to cruise towards victory.

Once Shreyas departed, the Siddhesh Lad-led Royals clawed backmost dramatically, picking 4 for 21 to person a straightforward pursuit into a nervy finish. But Arjun Dani wilted nether the unit of bowling his archetypal implicit the time arsenic the past of the lucifer and conceded a plethora of extras to marque it easier for Falcons to transverse the line.

Earlier, opener Sahil Jadhav fought a lone conflict for Royals with a sparkling 52 (30b, 5x4, 3x6). Had it not been for a precocious complaint by Dani (35, 30b, 1x4, 3x6), Royals would person struggled to transverse 150.

While left-arm spinner Yash Dicholkar was the astir palmy bowler, accounting for Jadhav and Tushar Deshpande, 15-year-old offspinner Vedant Gore had an awesome spell, conceding conscionable 15 runs successful his 4 overs.

Brief Scores:

MSC Maratha Royals 152/9 successful 20 overs (Sahil Jadhav 52, Arjun Dani 35, Akash Parkar 3/22, Yash Dicholkar 3/25) mislaid to SOBO Mumbai Falcons 156/6 successful 19.1 overs (Aditya Tare 42, Shreyas Iyer 30, Ishan Mulchandani 29; Maxwell Swaminathan 2/24).

Aakash Tigers MWS 172/9 successful 20 overs (Jay Bista 56, Saksham Parashar 30, Sourabh Singh 30, Onkar Tarmale 3/20) bt Eagle Thane Strikers 171 each retired successful 19.5 overs (Sairaj Patil 39, Siddhant Singh 37, Shashank Attarde 3/24, Shams Mulani 2/18, Kruthik Hanagavadi 2/38).