Bellary Tuskers earned a narrow win vs Belagavi Panthers in the 3rd game of Karnataka Premier League 2019. Bellary Tuskers batted first and scored 144 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Their top-order batsman Devdutt Padikkal‘s 54 runs in 43 balls helped them to build a medium size score. The bowling trio of Bellary Tuskers – Prasidh Krishna, Krishnappa Gowtham, Bhavesh Gulecha took 6 wickets combined and earned a narrow victory in the KPL 2019 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.

Bellary Tuskers bowlers helped their team to earn first win vs Belagavi Panthers: BT vs BP, KPL 2019

Bellary Tuskers won by 5 runs

Bellary Tuskers Innings (144-5 20)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Abhishek Reddy b Dikshanshu 35 33 5 0 106.06
Karthik CA c Abhinav Manohar b Avinash D 7 11 1 0 63.64
Devdutt Padikkal run out (Zahoor Farooqui) 54 33 2 2 125.58
CM Gautam (c & wk)
c Stallin Hoover b Zahoor Farooqui
 27 25 1 2 108.00
Krishnappa Gowtham
c Stallin Hoover b Zahoor Farooqui
 11 7 0 1 157.14
Zeeshan Ali Sayeed not out 0 1 0 0 0.00

Extras: 10(b 4, lb 0, w 6, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 144(5 wickets, 20 Overs)

Did not Bat: Srinivas Sharath, Abrar Kazi, Bhavesh Gulecha, Prasidh Krishna, KP Appanna

Fall of Wickets: 32-1 (Karthik CA, 4.5), 59-2 (Abhishek Reddy, 9.1), 116-3 (CM Gautam, 17.3), 143-4 (Krishnappa Gowtham, 19.5), 143-5 (Devdutt Padikkal, 20)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Stallin Hoover  2  0  18   0   0    3  9.00
Zahoor Farooqui  4  0  28   2   0    1  7.00
Avinash D  3  0  17   1   0    0  5.67
Shubang Hegde  4  0  34   0   0    1  8.50
Ritesh Bhatkal  4  0  24   0   0   0  6.00
Dikshanshu Negi  3  0 18   1   0   0  6.00
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-6 38

Bellary Tuskers Squad: 

Devdutt Padikkal, Abhishek Reddy, CM Gautam (c & wk), Srinivas Sharath, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karthik CA, Abrar Kazi, Zeeshan Ali Sayeed, Bhavesh Gulecha, Prasidh Krishna, KP Appanna, Nizar Niyas, Santok Singh, Ruchir Joshi, Vishnu Priyan, Suraj Reddy, Sharana Basawa, Gaurav Dhiman

Starting XI: 

Devdutt Padikkal, Abhishek Reddy, CM Gautam (c & wk), Srinivas Sharath, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karthik CA, Abrar Kazi, Zeeshan Ali Sayeed, Bhavesh Gulecha, Prasidh Krishna, KP Appanna

Bench:

Nizar Niyas, Santok Singh, Ruchir Joshi, Vishnu Priyan, Suraj Reddy, Sharana Basawa, Gaurav Dhiman

Belagavi Panthers Innings (138-8-20)
BATSMAN OUT / NOT OUT
R
B
4s
6s
 SR
Ravikumar Samarth c Srinivas Sharath b Prasidh 4 3 1 0 133.33
Stallin Hoover c Srinivas Sharath b Gowtham 10 11 2 0 90.91
Mir Kaunain Abbas (c) c Prasidh b Bhavesh Gulecha 19 28 0 1 67.86
Rakshith S (wk) c Gautam b Karthik CA 0 1 0 0 0.00
Dikshanshu Negi c Gautam b Bhavesh Gulecha 17 19 0 1 89.47
Abhinav Manohar c Devdutt Padikkal b Prasidh 26 19 3 1 136.84
Ritesh Bhatkal c Abhishek Reddy b Appanna 27 20 1 2 135.00
Arshdeep Singh Brar not out 10 11 0 0 90.91
Shubang Hegde c Prasidh b Gowtham 14 7 1 1 200.00
Avinash D not out 1 1 0 0 100.00

Extras: 10(b 0, lb 0, w 10, nb 0, p 0)

Total: 138(8 wickets, 20 Overs)

Fall of Wickets: 4-1 (Ravikumar Samarth, 0.3), 18-2 (Stallin Hoover, 3.2), 26-3 (Rakshith S, 4.4), 53-4 (Dikshanshu Negi, 10.1), 54-5 (Mir Kaunain Abbas, 10.4), 111-6 (Abhinav Manohar, 16.3), 113-7 (Ritesh Bhatkal, 17.1), 132-8 (Shubang Hegde, 19.1)

BOWLER O M R W NB WD ECO
Prasidh Krishna 4  0  26  2   0   2 6.50
Krishnappa Gowtham 4  0  32  2   0   6 8.00
Karthik CA 2  0  11  1   0   1 5.50
KP Appanna 4  0  27  1   0   1 6.75
Abrar Kazi 4  0  27  0   0   1 6.75
Bhavesh Gulecha 2  0  15  2   0   0 7.50
POWERPLAY Overs Runs
Mandatory 0.1-6 35

Belagavi Panthers Squad:

Ravikumar Samarth, Rakshith S (wk), Abhinav Manohar, Mir Kaunain Abbas (c), Arshdeep Singh Brar, Dikshanshu Negi, Stallin Hoover, Ritesh Bhatkal, Shubang Hegde, Avinash D, Zahoor Farooqui, Manish Pandey, AM Kiran, Darshan MB, Abdul Majid, Darshan Machaiah, Lochan Appanna, Sharan Gowda

Starting XI: 

Ravikumar Samarth, Rakshith S (wk), Abhinav Manohar, Mir Kaunain Abbas (c), Arshdeep Singh Brar, Dikshanshu Negi, Stallin Hoover, Ritesh Bhatkal, Shubang Hegde, Avinash D, Zahoor Farooqui

Bench:

Manish Pandey, AM Kiran, Darshan MB, Abdul Majid, Darshan Machaiah, Lochan Appanna, Sharan Gowda

Bellary Tuskers and Belagavi Panthers, both teams produced a tight match in a low-scoring T20 game. But, Bengaluru stadium favors bowlers most of the time. Bellary Tuskers will face Bijapur Bulls while Belagavi Panthers will battle Hubli Tigers in their next games.