By Paritosh Pramanik
INDIA Warriors rode on their solid batting performance as they defeated Nagpur Heroz in what was the opening encounter for both the sides on second day of Vidarbha Premier League Season 2 at Jamtha International Stadium on Tuesday.
Half centuries from Satyam Bhoyar (56), Shubham Dubey (74*) and brutal hitting from Abhishek Agrawal (63 from 19 deliveries) saw India Warriors post 261-5 in 20 overs.
In return, Nagpur Heroz were restricted at 228-8 as they lost the match by 33 runs. Siddhesh Wath top scored for Heroz with a 33-ball 78 runs.
It was a late surge from India Warriors who scored 89 runs from the last five overs as they posted the highest total of the tournament.
Agrawal picked 24 runs from Rajneesh Gurbani’s last over as he hit four boundaries and a six in the last six balls.
Dubey used all his Rajasthan Royals experience hitting boundaries and sixes to keep the scoreboard ticking. His unbeaten knock from 33 balls had four boundaries and seven sixes.
At the top, Warriors’ Vaibhav Lande slammed India international Umesh Yadav a boundary and two huge sixes to start their proceedings. Bhoyar scored a 23-ball 56 collecting four boundaries and five sixes.
After losing Sahil Sheikh (14) and Ashit Singh (0), captain Akshay Wadkar scored 24-ball 29 before being caught by Tejas Soni off Rajveer Jolly.
Dubey and Agrawal then stitched an unbeaten 97 runs sixth wicket partnership which came from just 32 deliveries to help their side put up a huge total.
Nagpur Heroz got the start they wanted but their batters were unable to spend time in the middle. They scored 84 runs in the powerplay but lost three wickets which troubled them the most. By the end of 10th over they were 112-5.
Captain Aman Mokhade scored 14-ball 42. Apoorv Wankhade, the costliest player of the tournament, was surprisingly sent too low down the order. He could muster only 12 runs from 15 deliveries. Wath carried their hopes with eight fours and five sixes but his fall in the 14th over made it difficult for the Mokhade-led side.
For the winners, Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler Praful Hinge, Darshan Nalkande, Rahul Dongarwar and Gurdeepsingh Sodhi took two wickets each.
SCOREBOARD
INDIA WARRIORS INNINGS R B 4 6
V Lande c Wath b Yadav 16 5 1 2
S Bhoyar c Rekhade b Tammiwar 56 23 4 5
S Sheikh c Rathod b Gurbani 14 14 3 0
A Singh b Soni 0 3 0 0
A Wadkar c Soni b Jolly 29 24 2 1
S Dubey Not Out 74 33 4 7
A Agrawal Not Out 63 19 6 5
Extras: (w 7, lb 1, nb 1) 9
TOTAL: (5 wickets, 20 overs) 261
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-35, 3-43, 4-99, 5-164.
Bowling: Yadav 3-0-41-1, Gurbani 4-0-52-1, Soni 4-0-50-1,
Rekhade 3-0-37-0, Jolly 3-0-37-1, Tammiwar 3-0-43-1.
NAGPUR HEROZ INNINGS R B 4 6
P Rekhade c Bhoyar b Hinge 19 9 1 2
A Mokhade b Nalkande 42 14 3 4
S Wath c Sheikh b Nalkande 78 33 8 5
K Rathod c Nagar b Dongarwar 3 4 0 0
R Jolly c Wadkar b Sodhi 4 10 1 0
A Kombe b Sodhi 8 6 0 1
A Wankhade c Choudhary b Dongarwar 12 15 0 0
T Soni c Agrawal b Hinge 22 15 0 2
R Gurbani Not Out 19 9 2 1
I Bhamra Not Out 8 5 1 0
Extras: (w 12, lb 1) 13
TOTAL: (8 wickets, 20 overs) 228
Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-81, 3-84, 4-90, 5-112, 6-165, 7-188,
8-207.
Bowling: Hinge 4-0-47-2, Nalkande 4-0-70-2, Dongarwar
4-0-36-2, Nagar 4-0-52-0, Sodhi 4-0-22-2.
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