Match Details
Post Match Summary: Kirana: The Second match of the Shriram Andhra premier League was held here at Dr.Y.S Rajashekhara Reddy Stadium, Visakhapatnam. The match was delayed by almost one hour and 45 minutes and the match was reduced to 13 overs per side. UTL dominated throughout the game and they won 5 wickets in the end.
Uttaranndhra Lions won the toss and they asked Rayalaseema Kings, RK got a very good start, Abhishek Reddy and Vamsi Krishna put 50 runs stand for the first wicket after that they lost wickets in regular intervals, in the end, Captain Girinath Readdy muscled 2 massive sixes and they finished their innings with 99/7 in their 13 overs. For Lions Captain Shoaib Khan and Ahitesh Verma bowled an economical over and both took 2 wickets. Spinners dominated on this pitch.
Chasing the 100 runs the UTL hasn’t had a good start they
lost Vice-captain Kranthi at 22 and they also lost the wickets in the regular
sessions. But their batsmen managed to reach the run rate in time and in the
end, Rohit Gutta, Khan, and Koushik finished the game for them. For RK Santhosh Kumar bowled a good 3-over spell and gave 11 runs and 2 crucial wickets but that was not enough for RK to win this game. And with this win UTL take 2 points to their kitty.
UTL finished the game comfortably by 5 wickets and they finished it with one over spare. It wasn't a great chase but they finished well and they had the Last Laugh.