Mangaluru, Mar 20: A clinical all-round performance by coastaldigest.com helped them beat Bedra Bulls by 33 runs in the opening match of the Mangalore Premier League – 2018 on Tuesday.
The MPL season 4 is being jointly organized by the Brand Vision Events, Mangalore Occasionals and Sea Bird Cricket Academy with the approval and guidance of Karnataka State Cricket Association at Dr B R Ambedkar Stadium, Panambur, on the outskirts of the city.
Invited to bat after losing toss, the defending champions finally proved the decision of the previous champions wrong. Though coastaldigest.com opener Rishab G M lost his wicket after hitting three boundaries, the top order batsmen manage to bring the innings under their control.
A 72 run partnership between Dikshanshu Negi and Sai Rahul powered coastaldigest.com to 169. While Rahul lost his wicket after scoring 40 with two sixes and four fours Negi was not out 64. Rajat Hegde and Naveen MG took two wickets each.
Chasing a not so easy target, Bedra Bulls began losing their wickets one after the other after the fourth over. By 10 overs it had managed to score 70 after losing five important wickets. Except Vaishakh (45) and Bharat Dhoori (28) no other batsmen could exhibit their competence. Bedra Bulls lost all their wickets in 20th over after scoring 136.
While Pritviraj took three wickets, Aditya Somanna, Sahas and Negi sent two players each back to the dugout. Negi was adjudged man of the match.
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