BLB vs GBM assets, Maharaja T20 2023

20:49 IST and Local Time | That's all from our coverage of the low scoring encounter between Gulbarga Mystics and Bengaluru Blasters. Gulbarga Mystics outshone their opponent in every department to clinch a convincing win.

For now this is Saptak Sanyal, taking your leave on behalf of my co-commentators Akshay Bhide and Anirudh Modi and our scorer/analyst Dushyant Madhukar Kumar.

Stay safe, good night and keep Crexing!

Chasing 114 runs, they lost the impact player Aadrash Prajwal for 4 but after that it was LR Chethan and Macneil Hadley Noronha who kept the scoreboard ticking with singles and couples. They were hitting boundaries regularly too. But then, Shubhang Hegde dismissed Chethan(18) with a beautiful delivery and just after that ball, Noronha suffered an unfortunate dismissal to Ashraf.

After those two wickets, R Smaran and Aneesh K batted well to help their team register a convincing win. Smaran scored 29 before his departure and registered 2 fours and 2 sixes. Amit Verma came in at number 5 and smacked a massive six in the 89th ball of the innings to carry his team home.

For Bengaluru Blasters, Kumar LR, Shubhang Hegde, Sarfaraz Ashraf, Tanish Mahesh and Rishi Bopanna scalped 1 wicket each.

Earlier bowling first, Mystics got a good start as they removed Bhuvan Raju early and then the good looking Mayank Agarwal went back to the pavilion after scoring 15.  Dega Nischal scored a good 33 ball 36 to help his team go past the 100 run mark. When Aman Khan came in, he scored 18 from 11 only and had hit only six of the innings. For Mystics, Abhilash Shetty and Avinash D took 3 wickets.

In the end, Gulbarga Mystics dominated over Bengaluru Blasters in every aspect of the game- be it batting, bowling or fielding to clinch a convincing win. They registered fourth consecutive win, where Blasters suffered eighth consecutive loss.