Nagpur Ninjas Vs Patna Warriors Match 5 24 March 2023

5th T20 • Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium • Ghaziabad

Nagpur Ninjas

147/6 (20)

Patna Warriors

151/5 (19.1)

PW won by 5 wickets

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Playing XI

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Nagpur Ninjas

147/6 (20)

Batters

Richard Levi

100.00

c R Clarke b CB Mpofu

Virendra Pratap-Singh Chauhan

133.33

lbw b K Khan

Abhimanyu Khod

78.57

c VS Rajawat b D Govind

Reetinder Sodhi

33.33

st M Bisla b D Govind

Kuldeep Hooda

81.82

b O Boken

Satnam Singh

75.00

c K Mehta-l b D Govind

Prince

141.38

Not out

Harbhajan Singh

(C)

170.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.35)

147/6

Did not Bat

Vishwajeet Singh, Nagendra Chaudhary, Dilhara Fernando

Bowlers

EXT

Abhimanyu Mithun

5.75

Chris Mpofu

9.00

Ompal Boken

6.25

Kalim Khan

8.25

Dheeraj Govind

4.33

Praveen

10.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Richard Levi

c R Clarke b CB Mpofu

1-23

3.1

Virendra Pratap-Singh Chauhan

lbw b K Khan

2-40

5.4

Reetinder Sodhi

st M Bisla b D Govind

3-45

7.2

Abhimanyu Khod

c VS Rajawat b D Govind

4-46

7.4

Satnam Singh

c K Mehta-l b D Govind

5-60

9.5

Kuldeep Hooda

b O Boken

6-75

13.1

Patna Warriors

151/5 (19.1)

Batters

Manvinder Bisla

123.08

c Vishwajeet Singh b N Chaudhary

Rikki Clarke

144.74

b Vishwajeet Singh

Vikram Singh

104.76

c V P-S Chauhan b KR Hooda

Ompal Boken

86.67

runout (Vishwajeet Singh / KR Hooda)

Abhimanyu Mithun

50.00

b S Singh

Kapil Mehta-l

112.50

Not out

Farveez Maharoof *

172.73

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 3)

TOTAL

(19.1 Ov, RR: 7.88)

151/5

Did not Bat

Praveen, Dheeraj Govind, Kalim Khan, Chris Mpofu

Bowlers

EXT

Dilhara Fernando

9.50

Nagendra Chaudhary

3.1

9.16

Vishwajeet Singh

6.00

Kuldeep Hooda

6.50

Reetinder Sodhi

9.50

Satnam Singh

7.80

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Manvinder Bisla

c Vishwajeet Singh b N Chaudhary

1-31

3.3

Vikram Singh

c V P-S Chauhan b KR Hooda

2-84

9.4

Ompal Boken

runout (Vishwajeet Singh / KR Hooda)

3-113

14.1

Rikki Clarke

b Vishwajeet Singh

4-113

14.2

Abhimanyu Mithun

b S Singh

5-115

15.1

Match Info

Date & Time

24 Mar, 03:00 PM IST

Venue

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ghaziabad

Match

5th T20,

KhiladiX Legends Cricket Trophy

Toss

Patna Warriors elected to bowl

Commentary

So, that will be it for Match 5 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad but Match 6 is coming your way in a little less than an hour from now. It will be Chandigarh Champs taking on Vizag Titans. Do join us for that game. It is expected to be a cracker! As for now, this is the pair of Bidipto and Rajarshi saying good bye. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Rikki Clarke has been adjudged the Player of the Match! Here is what he has to say.

Rikki Clarke: It felt good to be out there and it feels nice receiving this award. The pitch was not the easiest to bat on but we started with the right approach. I took some time early on and then got into the groove with some timely fours and sixes. This is out first game, we will need to keep this standard going into the upcoming games as well. On the whole, it was a clinical effort from us right through.

Farveez Maharoof (Patna Warriors captain): We batted well today. On that pitch, we started well with the bat and kept the scoreboard ticking over. That helped us in keeping up with the asking rate right till the end. We have a good group of cricketers in our squad and they will be required to come good in the next few days with the schedule as packed as it is.

Harbhajan Singh (Nagpur Ninjas captain): We came close yet again but could not quite finish the job. We need to bat and field better to be honest. Those were the two areas where we ended up losing the match. The opposition teams are planning really well against us and managing to win some crucial moments, so, we have to plan better now and execute those plans properly.

It is time for the post-match presentation!

Match summary:

Patna Warriors win by 5 wickets with 5 balls to spare

Rikki Clarke 55(38) | Dheeraj Govind 3/13 (3)
Prince 41(29) | Vishwajeet Singh Solanki 1/24 (4)

It wasn't meant to get this close with the way things started out, but a commendable effort from the Ninjas bowlers, the slow bowlers in particular, made the equation a lot more interesting! The game turned on its head as we headed into the slog overs, and it took a calculated, measured effort from Warriors captain Farveez Maharoof, partnered by Kapil Mehta, to get their team over the line!

Rikki Clarke absolutely toyed with the Nagpur Ninjas bowling early on in the innings. The former England international was seeing the ball like a beach-ball in the powerplay, hitting fours and sixes for fun! While his opening partner, Manvinder Bisla, failed to capitalize on a good start, Clarke found a good companion in Vikram Singh and later, Ompal Boken, and the duo went on to control the run-chase!

Boken's run out, followed by Clarke's off stump being pegged back in the same over, changed the complexion of the game just a bit. The required rate started to simmer just a tad bit, but in the end, Kapil Mehta and Farveez Maharoof held their nerves, took the game deep, and in the end, helped the team sail through to the target of 148! Stay tuned, the presentations are coming up!

Game, set and match! The Patna Warriors came across a few nervy moments towards the end, but they creep through the line eventually!

19.1 Nagendra Chaudhary to Farveez Maharoof, over the wicket, THAT'S IT! PATNA WARRIORS WIN! Good length ball on off. Maharoof steps across a touch and pulls it well wide of long-on from the middle of the bat. The ball hits the boundary cushion on the full for a six and that gives Farveez Maharoof's side their first win of the tournament!

Nagendra Chaudhary (3-0-23-1) is back into the attack

Kuldeep almost bowled the Ninjas to a competitive position going into the last 6 balls, but he ended up dishing one in the slot to the batter, and Kapil took full toll of it! Just 3 needed off the final over!

overs

145 /5 score

runs

Kapil Mehta-l *

18 (16)

Farveez Maharoof

13 (10)

Kuldeep Hooda

1 /26

18.6 Kuldeep Hooda to Kapil Mehta, SIX RUNS! Good length ball around off. Kapil steps across to get it in his hitting arc and hammers it over deep mid-wicket for pick up a maximum!

18.5 Kuldeep Hooda to Farveez Maharoof, fuller outside off. Maharoof steps across and miscues it to long-off from the front foot for one.

18.4 Kuldeep Hooda to Kapil Mehta, fuller and slower around off. Heaved away to deep square-leg from the back foot for a single.

18.3 Kuldeep Hooda to Kapil Mehta, good length ball on off-and-middle. Pushed down to short extra cover from the back foot for no run.

18.2 Kuldeep Hooda to Farveez Maharoof, full around off. Hoicked down to deep mid-wicket from the crease for a single only!

18.1 Kuldeep Hooda to Kapil Mehta, full on the legs. Clipped fine towards the right of fine-leg for a single to rotate strike.

Two overs to go, and the required rate is just over a run-a-ball! Ideally, Patna Warriors will want to end the game in this over itself, but a good penultimate over will help us have a match on our hands!

overs

135 /5 score

runs

Kapil Mehta-l *

10 (12)

Farveez Maharoof

11 (8)

Satnam Singh

1 /31

17.6 Satnam Singh to Kapil Mehta, full on middle-and-leg. Clipped down to long-leg from the pads for a single to keep strike.

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