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Maestro Titans create record as they won their first match of MPL 2016

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Mangaluru: In a spectacular display of team work and grit, team Maestro Titans won their first game of Mangalore Premier League tournament by creating the fastest half century of this season. A complete utilization of planning and team efforts took this team to victory against Karavali Warriors on Monday, 19 December.The toss was won by Maestro Titans as well and the team skipper, Akshay Ballal opted to bowl first and then chase the score by batting. As the game began, the team’s left arm medium pace bowler Abhilash Shetty bowled the first over.

Asjath Hyder then bowled the second over and sent one batsman of Karavali Warriors back to the pavilion on his first ball of this tournament. Hyder bowled and caught the ball himself as the wicket came to him unexpectedly but Hyder was ready for the catch as if he had planned for it.

From 6 runs for a wicket, team Karavali Warriors reached a total of 149 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs while the Titans beat the score with 153 runs for five wickets in 18.1 overs. Asjath Hyder bowled four overs, gave Karavali Warriors 31 runs but got two of their wickets. Abhilash Shetty on the other hand bowled three overs, gave off 27 runs and secured one wicket.

Medium pace bowler Rajat Hegde gave 21 runs for a wicket in three overs and team captain Akshay Ballal gave 24 runs for two wickets in four overs. Vice Captain of Maestro Titans Sinan Khadar did not get any wickets when he bowled but his bowling was definitely a hurdle to the batting team as he gave only 23 runs in four overs.

On the batting end, Maestro Titans did suffer a lag after losing three wickets after reaching 60 runs for no loss. Team wicket keeper and ace batsman Vishwanathan scored 51 runs off 21 balls while opening batsman Rohan Kadam scored 13 runs and together got the fastest half century in MPL 2016 within five overs.

After Rohan lost his wicket to a run-out, Akshay came into the battle and held on to the end of the match and got 53 runs out of 32 balls. Akshay, the team captain was also awarded the ‘Man of the match’ title. It was Lokesh of Maestro Titans who kept a good partnership with Akshay after the team lost three wickets mid-game.

Team Captain Ritesh was very pleased with the team’s performance and told News Karnataka that there was a great partnership between Lokesh and Akshay as they went on to end the game in 18.1 overs. “The game had a great start to chasing 149 run target as Rohan and Vishwanathan brought the score to 60. Lokesh helped Akshay in taking the score from 84 at mid game to the winning 153 runs by scoring 17 runs during a crucial time in the game”, Rithesh added.

Owner of Maestro Titans, Canyut Fernandes said that there was a great display of team effort which helped the team win the game. He also said that this is just the beginning and there is a long way for the team to go before they can really celebrate.

Maestro Titans will be playing against Red Hawks Kudla on Wednesday, 21 December at 10 AM.

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Maestro Titans create record as they won their first match of MPL 2016
Maestro Titans create record as they won their first match of MPL 2016
Maestro Titans create record as they won their first match of MPL 2016
Maestro Titans create record as they won their first match of MPL 2016
Maestro Titans create record as they won their first match of MPL 2016
Maestro Titans create record as they won their first match of MPL 2016
Maestro Titans create record as they won their first match of MPL 2016
Maestro Titans create record as they won their first match of MPL 2016

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