Juhu Heroes thrashed Mulund Blasters by nine wickets for their third win in a row in the 8-team SAI-Mumbai Masters T-20 League, powered by- Paradigm Reality, at the Police Gymkhana’s floodlit ground here last night. And their opener Pratik Patil showed remarkable consistency with scores of 102, 96 not out and 67 not out in his three outings so far to earn his third man-of-the-match award. Batting first, Mulund Blasters, but for Anuj Mathur’s 53, failed to force the pace and ended with 133 for two in 18 overs as the tie was reduced by two overs for delayed start.
Hat-trick for opener Pratik Patil and Juhu Heroes as he receives his third Man-of-the-match award from the guest of honour Ms Riddhi Thomas of the co-sponsors. For Juhu Heroes, too, it was their third successive win in the league.
In reply, Juhu Heroes maintained a steady run-rate to achieve their target. Pratik, who had earlier hit soaring sixes in abundance, played rather sedate unbeaten innings of 67 with 11 fours..
In the other tie, Santacruz Crackers, thanks to tight bowling Amey Kothavle (4/22), beat Shivaji Park Superstars by 10 runs. Replying to Santacruz Crackers total of 147 for five, Shivaji Park outfit were 99 for six in 13.4 overs. But spinner Amey Kothavle’s (4/22) tight spell at this stage left them short by 10 runs in the end.
Brief scores: Mulund Blasters 133/20ff 18 overs (Anuj Mathur 53 (7×4, 2×6), Siddharth Naik 24,Vivek Prabhu 23) lost to Juhu Heroes 136/a off 16.2 overs (Pratik Patil n.o. 67, Tejas Solanki 33; Kunal Dedhia 2/21. By 9 wkts.
Santacruz Crackers 147/5 off 18 overs (Rohan Sadarjoshi 61 (8×4, 1×6), Meher Kamat 20; Dinesh Sawant 2/27) bt
Shivaji Park Superstars 137/6 in 18 overs (Amar Padhye 39, Saurabh Joshi n.o. 24, Prashant Gawade n.o. 21; Amey Kothavle 4/22) by 10 runs.