Gozo Vs Royal Strikers Match 17 03 February 2023

17th T10 • Marsa Sports Club • Malta

Gozo

75/4 (10)

Royal Strikers

78/6 (9.1)

RST won by 4 wickets

Info

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Playing XI

GOZ

RST

Info

Gozo

75/4 (10)

Batters

Darshit Patankar

66.67

lbw b J Mathew

Indika Perera

25.00

runout (S Thomas / Arjun Jose)

Senthil Raj

147.83

lbw b Priyan Pushparajan

Waseem Abbas

112.50

b S Thomas

Gautam Datta

77.78

Not out

Bibek Basnet

33.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(10 Ov, RR: 7.5)

75/4

Did not Bat

Jerin Jacob, Bhuwan Aryal, Stivey Roy, Ajeesh Antony, Mohammed Rafeeque

Bowlers

EXT

Jais Mathew

5.50

Savio Thomas

5.00

Jithu Johny

16.00

Priyan Pushparajan

5.50

Kushlesh Koppaka

14.00

Rejit Abraham

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Darshit Patankar

lbw b J Mathew

1-7

0.6

Indika Perera

runout (S Thomas / Arjun Jose)

2-9

1.5

Waseem Abbas

b S Thomas

3-55

6.5

Senthil Raj

lbw b Priyan Pushparajan

4-72

8.6

Royal Strikers

78/6 (9.1)

Batters

Savio Thomas

50.00

c W Abbas b M Rafeeque

Kushlesh Koppaka

0.00

c G Datta b S Roy

Yadav Manu

63.64

c S Raj b M Rafeeque

Priyan Pushparajan *

255.56

Not out

Thanseer Thahir

40.00

b A Antony

Roshan Lorance

180.00

c S Raj b B Basnet

Chanjal Sudarsanan

60.00

lbw b S Roy

Arjun Jose

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(9.1 Ov, RR: 8.51)

78/6

Did not Bat

Rejit Abraham, Jais Mathew, Jithu Johny

Bowlers

EXT

Stivey Roy

6.00

Waseem Abbas

8.50

Mohammed Rafeeque

5.50

Ajeesh Antony

7.50

Bibek Basnet

1.1

18.86

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kushlesh Koppaka

c G Datta b S Roy

1-2

0.2

Savio Thomas

c W Abbas b M Rafeeque

2-14

2.5

Yadav Manu

c S Raj b M Rafeeque

3-20

4.1

Thanseer Thahir

b A Antony

4-28

5.2

Roshan Lorance

c S Raj b B Basnet

5-55

6.6

Chanjal Sudarsanan

lbw b S Roy

6-74

8.5

Match Info

Date & Time

03 Feb, 01:30 PM IST

Venue

Marsa Sports Club, Malta

Match

17th T10,

ECS Malta

Toss

Gozo elected to bat

1 4 6 1 6 W

Over 7

Runs: 18

1 1 2 4 6 0

Over 8

Runs: 14

0 1nb 1 1 1 W 0

Over 9

Runs: 4

Over 10

Runs: 4

All Overs

Commentary

So that concludes our coverage of this contest but there is plenty more cricketing action coming your way from around the world. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for our coverage of the same. Until next time, this is the duo of Pratyush Rohra and Sooryanarayanan Sesha taking your leave. See you around soon - buh-bye for now!

Match Summary: Royal Strikers beat Gozo CC by 4 wickets

Priyan Pushparajan 46* (18) | Mohammed Rafeeque 2/11 (2)
Senthil Raj - 34 (23) | Savio Thomas 1/10 (2)

All it needed was one special innings to do the needful for the Royal Strikers but they sure found themselves in a pickle today. Chasing a modest target of 76, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals and never got any kind of impetus into their chase.

The bowlers were on top of their mark for Gozo, with Waseem Abbas and Ajeesh Antony hitting those hard lengths to good effect while extracting extra bounce. With the chase going nowhere at the halfway mark, all the onus was on skipper Priyan Pushparajan to deliver the goods and avert a third straight loss for the Strikers.

He obliged to great effect, tearing into Bibek Basnet in the 7th over to turbocharge the chase ahead of the eight-ball. Once he got into his zone, there was nothing that the Gozo bowlers could do despite their best efforts with a couple more wickets falling at the other end. The game did stretch into the final over but fittingly enough, it was Pushparajan himself who applied the final stamp of authority to wrap things up with a boundary.

So the Strikers finally get on the board while Gozo lose their second game of the season. They will look to put this behind them quickly and bounce back - still early days in the tournament but you don't want to be playing catch-up alright!

As easy as that! What a stellar innings this has been by Pushparajan. He has single-handedly powered his side to their first win of the season just when they needed one. Take a bow, skip!

9.1 Bibek Basnet to Priyan Pushparajan, FOUR! The captain finishes things off in style! Full delivery outside the off-stump and Pushparajan slices this over backward point with a bit of a flourish. It wasn't straightforward but the Royal Strikers beat Gozo by 4 wickets with 5 balls to spare.

Bibek Basnet [1.0-0-18-1] to bowl the final over of the innings

Excellent from Roy in stretching this into the final over. This could always come in handy later in the competition, should net run-rate prove to be a differentiator. Poetically though, Pushparajan has it in his hands to finish this contest. Royal Strikers require 2 runs to win off the final over!

overs

74 /6 score

2nb

runs

Arjun Jose *

0 (1)

Priyan Pushparajan

42 (17)

Stivey Roy

2 /11

8.6 Stivey Roy to Arjun Jose, on the good length around off-stump. Jose prods forward to push it to cover, no run

Arjun Jose, RHB, comes to the crease

The inevitable is being delayed out there at the Marsa Sports Club. A second wicket for Roy as he gets one to dip in late. That was dead in front alright!

8.5 Stivey Roy to Chanjal Sudarsanan, STONE DEAD LBW! Stivey R gets a consolation wicket! Full and straight. You miss, I hit. Sudarsanan attempted a slog across the line and missed out, ending up being pinged dead in front.

8.4 Stivey Roy to Priyan Pushparajan, LANDS SAFE! Full and in the slot at middle stump. Pushparajan launched this high into the orbit and somehow in no man's land at mid-on. Only a single in the end

8.3 Stivey Roy to Chanjal Sudarsanan, keeps it full on the middle stump line, swiped to mid-wicket for a quick single. Not sure if Sudarsanan has made it but replays swiftly confirm that he did

8.2 Stivey Roy to Priyan Pushparajan, low full toss on the middle stump line. Pushparajan can't get underneath that one and bunts it off the toe-end towards long-on

A free hit and a fitting chance for the skipper to have the last say in the contest himself...

8.2 Stivey Roy to Chanjal Sudarsanan, NO BALL! High full toss on this occasion and Sudarsanan manages to work it behind square for a single

8.1 Stivey Roy to Chanjal Sudarsanan, full length delivery outside the off-stump. Breeze past Sudarsanan's outside edge as he tried to squeeze it out, no run

Stivey Roy [1.0-0-7-1] is back into the attack

Talk about a captain leading from the front in a moment of crisis and Priyan Pushparajan has shown the way today for the Royal Strikers, who are just 7 runs away from their first win of the season. They've got to try and finish it off at the earliest to boost their net run-rate as well.

overs

69 /5 score