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Karun Nair, Mysore Warriors captain: "Am very happy, our bowlers were on target and then the batters chipped in to complete the task. Our bowlers, especially spinners bowled beautifully, it was a little slow and really happy with how we played tonight. What we ask for is intensity on the field, save five ten runs. We were pretty confident on how we wanted to bat. And our plans are working for us. Every team wanted to be in the last four and we are fortunate to have made it."
9:06pm IST
| So Mysore Warriors have made it to the semi-finals of the Maharaja Trophy
after a dominating all-round performance against the Gulbarga Mystics, winning
the game by eight wickets and with two overs to spare.
A fine bowling performance ensured that the Warriors were chasing a moderate target of 154 and were never in any real trouble during the chase despite losing star man Karun Nair cheaply.
Karthik managed a few boundaries opening the batting but departed at 20(14), getting out to teenage left-arm spinner Hardik Raj (2/30). Raj showed promise but was also often wayward with his line and length. However, he was the one who got Nair's prized wicket, the latter holing out to long off on 23(24). But the Warriors had nothing to fret about as man-of-the-match Ravikumar Samarth played a brilliant composed knock, opening and then staying unbeaten on 62(50). He was all timing and class, while Lankesh (39 off 21) was more power and big hitting. The two were ideal foils to each other and stitched a great partnership to get their team over the line.
Earlier, Suchith's three wickets helped the Warriors restrict the Mystics to 153. Kushal Wadhwani was also brilliant, conceding just 17 off his four and getting two wickets as none of the batters really getting going.
In the end, the deserving team won the game as Nair's wards were better in all three departments of the game and are now two steps away from the title.