Thrash Neco Master Blaster by five wickets
By Paritosh Pramanik
ROHIT Binkar toyed with defending champions Neco Master Blaster bowlers as Orange Tigers thumped them to make it to the play-offs of the Vidarbha Premier League Season 2 here at VCA’s Jamtha Stadium.
With eight points from seven games, Orange Tigers joined Bharat Rangers (10), Nagpur Heroz (8) and Pagariya Strikers (8) in the top four slots. The positions will be decided after last round matches on Thursday.
The target of 163 looked too small for Orange Tigers as they knocked off the runs in 12.4 overs with five wickets in hand. Avinash Jadhav and Gaurav Farde took two wickets each for the losing side.
Neco Master Blaster created an unwanted record of finishing with a wooden spoon losing all their seven matches.
The chase was thunderous from Orange Tigers as Rohit Binkar (64; 25b, 5x4, 6x6) and Mandar Mahale (20; 13b, 3x4) clobbered the Neco Master Blaster bowlers to all parts of the field. Orange Tigers raced to 50 in just 3.1 overs and then finished the powerplay with 85 runs with the loss of Mahale’s wicket.
Binkar completed his half century in 15 balls, a joint fastest of the tournament. He was finally sent back for a 25-ball 64 by Avinash Jadhav in the 7th over caught by wicketkeeper Vedant Dighade.
In the process Binkar took the Orange Cap with 265 runs pushing behind Pagariya Strikers’ R Samarth (261). Vishesh Ram Tiwari entertained Orange Tigers supporters with 16-ball 45 which had six fours and three sixes.
Neco Master Blaster had nothing to lose in their last inconsequential match. They threw their bats and succeeded in scoring 123 runs in 10 overs but in the process lost seven wickets.
Captain Jitesh Sharma hit maximum five sixes from his cameo of 13-ball 37 to entertain the sparse crowd. Though Neco Master Blaster batters slammed sixes they were unable to produce any good partnership. Orange Tigers’ Addhyan Rauthan was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets from his quota of four overs. His wickets included Kush Khandelwal, Jitesh, Vaibhav Chandekar and Gaurav Farde.
Purple Cap holder Aditya Thakare swelled his wickets column further to 19 taking three Neco Master Blaster scalps on Wednesday. Shantanu Rajput then scored 17-ball 32 which had two fours and three maximums as the bottom placed side crawled towards a total which was easily chased by Orange Tigers.
SCOREBOOARD
NECO MASTER BLASTER INNINGS R B 4 6
V Dighade c Binkar b Dubey 10 4 1 1
K Khandelwal c Dubey b Rauthan 8 9 2 0
A Daga c Binkar b Dubey 14 7 0 2
J Sharma c Binkar b Rauthan 37 13 1 5
T Kadu c Padole b Thakare 21 10 1 2
V Chandekar c Mahale b Rauthan 8 5 0 1
S Rajput c Mahale b Dahiya 32 17 2 3
G Farde c Mahale b Rauthan 7 6 1 0
A Jadhav Not Out 12 27 0 0
A Meshram c Varma b Thakare 1 3 0 0
D Parwani c Dubey b Thakare 6 20 0 0
Extras: (wd 3, lb 2, nb 1) 6
TOTAL: (All out, 20 overs) 162
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-28, 3-70, 4-71, 5-100, 6-104, 7-123, 8-146, 9-147.
Bowling: Dubey 4-0-28-2, Thakare 4-0-26-3, Dahiya 3-0-23-1, Padole 2-0-30-0, Rauthan 4-0-29-4, Varma 1-0-21-0, Mahale 2-1-3-0.
ORANGE TIGERS INNINGS R B 4 6
M Mahale c Khandelwal b Jadhav 20 13 3 0
R Binkar c Dighade b Jadhav 64 25 5 6
A Agarwal c Sharma b Farde 10 11 0 0
Y Rathod c Rajput b Farde 5 6 0 0
V Tiwari lbw b Jayaswal 45 17 6 3
K Dahiya Not Out 8 7 1 0
A Karnewar Not Out 1 1 0 0
Extras: (wd 9, nb 4) 13
TOTAL:(5 wickets, 12.4 overs) 166
Fall of Wickets: 1-70, 2-93, 3-103, 4-105, 5-161.
Bowling: Parwani 3-0-64-0, Jayaswal 1.4-0-28-1, Jadhav 4-0-36-2, Farde 3-0-32-2, Kadu 1-0-6-0.
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