Mysuru: Young Nikin Jose had a dream debut in the Karbonn Smart KPL 2015, clinching the man of the match title, for his entertaining 18-ball 25 and six for 11 as Mysuru Warriors ended the League with a convincing 75-run victory over Rockstars here.
Batting first, the home team ran up 175 riding on Arjun Hoysala’s 48-ball 73, skipper CM Goutham’s 42 and Jose’s antics at the end.
In reply, Charan Teja made it a worthy first half of the Rockstars, chase hammering a 30-ball 40 to keep the crowd cheering as his team managed an exact 100.
Teja was going great guns till the introduction of the youngest player in the League. Jose literally had the Rockstars in his web as he claimed wicket after wicket to make it a memorable evening for his team and himself.
With the league coming to an end, the morrow holds excitement with the eliminator and qualifier promising action.
Mysuru Warriors:
Arjun Hoysala b M Mohan 73 (48b, 8x 4, 1 x 6); CM Gautam (run out) 42 (36b, 5 x 4); Bharath N c R Gowda b S Joshi 5; K Gowtham C C Teja b M Mohan 4; Nikin Jose b M Mohan 25 (18b, 1 x 4, 1 x 6); J Suchith (not out) 11. Extras: (lb-3, w-12) 15.
Total: (for five wickets, 20 overs) 175
Fall of wickets: 1-110 (Gautam); 2-125 (Hoysala); 3-129 (Bharath); 4-137 (Gowtham); 5-175 (Jose).
Bowling: Sunil Joshi 4-0-29-1; Charan Teja 3-0-29-0; Nitish 3-0-21-0; Mahesh 3-0-37-0; Mahendra Gouda 3-0-23-0; Sharath Chandru 1-0-12-0; Madan Mohan 3-0-21-3.
Rockstars:
Raju Gowda c A Doddamani b D Mathias 4; Charan Teja c Bharath b N Jose 40 (30b, 1 x 4, 3 x 6); Raahul RK c Bharath b D Mathias 1; Madan Mohan b Suchith 11; Mahendra Gouda c&b K Gowtham 1; Sunil Joshi lbw N Jose 15; Sudeep c A Hoysala b N Jose 1; Rajkumar c S Manager b N Jose 7; Mahesh st CM Gautam b N Jose 8; Nitish b N Jose 0; Sharath Chandru (not out) 2. Extras: (b-4, w-5, lb-1) 10.
Total: (All out, 16.2 overs).
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Gowda); 2-19 (Raahul), 3-52 (Mohan); 4-53 (Gouda); 5-71 (Teja); 6-79 (Sudeep), 7-79 (Joshi); 8-93 (Mahesh); 9-93 (Nitish).
Bowling: David Mathias 3-0-21-2; Darshan MB 1-0-13-0; Naveen MG 1-0-4-0; J Suchith 4-0-27-1; K Gowtham 3-0-11-1; Nikin Jose 3.2-0-11-6; Anand Doddamani 1-0-8-0.
Toss: Won by Mysuru Warriors; opted to bat.
Result: Mysuru Warriors won by 75 runs.
