Mysore Warriors celebrate after winning the Maharaja Trophy by defeating Bengaluru Blasters in the final at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday. DH Photo/ S K Dinesh
In yet another dominant display, Mysore Warriors defeated Bengaluru Blasters by 45 runs to emerge as the champions of the third edition of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament here on Sunday.
Karthik SU (71) and Karun Nair (66) registered vital half-centuries while Manoj Bhandage electrified the crowd at the M Chinnaswamy stadium with an unbeaten 13-ball knock of 44 runs to place Mysore at a formidable 207 for 4. Though Chethan LR (51) waged a lone battle, Bengaluru Blasters were thwarted by a good spell from Vidyadhar Patil (3/19) and the shrewd K Gowtham (2/23).
In response to Mysore, the Bengaluru Blasters were derailed early by Vidyadhar Patil. Patil castled Mayank Agarwal (6) with a peach of a delivery in the first over and followed it up with the wicket of Bhuvan Raju (1) in the third over.
Dhanush Gowda then struck off his first delivery to remove Rakshith S (5) as Bengaluru Blasters finished their powerplay precariously placed at 39/3.
Opener Chethan was the exception as he struck three fours and four sixes to a 29-ball fifty until he was fell prey to spinner Gowtham in the 10th over. Gowtham also picked the wicket of Shubhang Hegde (5) earlier to leave Bengaluru Blasters at 72/5 in 10 overs.
Brief scores: Mysore Warriors: 207/4 in 20 overs (Karthik SU 71, Karun Nair 66, Manoj Bhandage 44 n.o.; Naveen MG 2-44) bt Bengaluru Blasters: 162/8 in 20 overs (Chethan LR 51, Kranthi Kumar 39 n.o.; Vidyadhar Patil 3-19, K Gowtham 2-23).
Result: Mysore Warriors won by 45 runs.