Bilaspur Bulls locked horns with Raigarh Lions in the 12th Chhattisgarh Cricket Premier League 2024 match on Thursday, June 13. Raipur Rhinos faced Surguja Tigers in the following game.
The Bulls moved from second to the top spot after defeating the Lions. They have won four out of five games so far.
The Rhinos, meanwhile, dropped to the second position as the Tigers hammered them. They have a positive net run rate of 0.813 with three wins in five matches.
Raigarh Lions and Rajnandgaon Panthers are in the middle of the points table. They have two wins and two losses each to their names.
Bastar Bisons and Surguja Tigers are sitting at the bottom of the table with just one win in four games.
Here’s how the Chhattisgarh Cricket Premier League 2024 Points Table read after Match 13:
Bilaspur Bulls climbs to the top while Surguja Tigers finds first success
Raigarh Lions had set a competitive 177-run target for Bilaspur Bulls. Dev Singh scored a half-century while skipper Shubham Agarwal (36) and Ashish Pandey (24) made decent contributions as well. Bharat Gondwani and MD Irfan picked up two wickets each for the Bulls.
In reply, Aayush Pandey’s 59-ball 85-run match-winning knock backed by Prateek Yadav’s quick-fire 41 off 22 balls helped them reach the target with two balls to spare. Aayush Singh Thakur and Deepak Yadav claimed two wickets each for the Lions.
In the second game, Surguja Tigers bundled out Raipur Rhinos to 152 in 19.4 overs. Daksh Parekh (19) and Harsh Sharma (13) added decent runs in the top order of the Rhinos. Sumit Ruikar was the top-scorer with 32 runs followed by Sahab Khan (25) and Impact Sub Vaibhav Sahu (25).
Snehil Chadda chipped in four wickets for the Tigers while Anand Rao secured three and Harsh Yadav took two.
In reply, openers Sanidhya Hurkat (76) and captain Ashutosh Singh (76) chased down the target in 15.5 overs, resulting in a comfortable win for the Surguja Tigers.
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