That is the coverage of the final of APL. For now, this is me Hrutuja Deshmukh signing off on behalf of my co-commentators Aditya Agarwal and Gourav Samal, who, alongside our scorer/analyst Yogesh Kumar brought you all the live action of this fixture. We will meet again. Until then, cheers!
Srikar Bharat recieves the trophy from the tournament organisers and poses for the photographers. He takes and handovers the trophy to his teammates and they are absolutely elated. Celebrations in the camp of Vizag Warriors
Srikar Bharat (Captain Vizag Warriors)- "I would like to congratulate the Uttarandhra Lions who have played very well throughout the tournament. Everyone in our team performed very well due to which we are here today. I would also like to thank our coaches and the support staff who helped us a lot in the tournament. We had a brilliant start in the final and posted a good total on the board. The bowling was also fantastic today. I always enjoy my game every time I get on the field. I knew that one partnership can help our opponent to chase the target but did well to keep them quiet. I’m really proud to represent India and it has been an inspiration for me."
Srikar Bharat comes to receive the cheque of the winning team.
Pinninti Tapaswi ( Uttarandhra Lions Captain ) - "It's really disheartening to lose at the finals. We could have done better with the ball today. But really happy for the team that we made it to the finals. We will come back stronger in the next season."
Ashwin Hebbar (POTM & POT)- "Before the season started I practiced well for this tournament, which really paid off for me in the tournament. I always have a good partnership with Srikar Bharat. One of us goes for the big shot and the other always rotates the strike and today we did the same. Yes, I remained unbeaten in the innings but it was due to some drop catches in the middle."
Player of the Tournament - Ashwin Hebbar
Orange Cap - Ashwin Hebbar
Purple Cap - Kodavandla Sudharsan
D Ravi Kumar (Coach Vizag Warriors)- "It’s a happy moment for us as we win the tournament. Srikar Bharat has led the team very well which helped us to perform this well. Ashwin Hebbar is a young talent and he has been terrific in the whole tournament. The bowlers have also done their job quite well."
Player of the Match - Ashwin Hebbar
Super Striker - Ashwin Hebbar
Game Changer- Jagarlapudi Ram
Time for the presentation.
10:00 PM IST and Local Time | End of the final. It remained an one sided affair in the whole game. Vizag Warriors never allowed the Uttarandhra Lions, neither in bowling nor in the batting. Srikar Bharat's team won the final by 87 runs and are the winner of Andhra Premier League 2024. Here's a review of what happened in the match. Put into bat by the Lions, Warriors batters got off to flier start as they amassed 89 runs for the first wicket partnership. Ashwin Hebbar carried his bat till the last ball and remained not out on 91* from 56 balls, helping his team to post a score of 189. Yadla Vasu was the pick of the bowlers for Lions as he picked up 2 wickets in his quota of 4 overs. Chasing a target of 190 on the board, Sanaboyina Tarun and Ravi Kiran opened the batting for Uttarandhra Lions. They were down to 22/3 in just 3.3 overs. Bendalam Satvik and Seeram Venkata Rahul tried to build up the innings but it was not enough for the Lions to carry forward with the required run rate. Satvik remained the top scorer of the innings with 26 from 26 balls. Tarun scored 13 from 10 balls while M Dheeraj Kumar added 11 from 8 balls. No other batters managed to get a double digit score and they were all out for just 102 on the board in 16.3 overs. For Vizag Warriors, P Manikanta Gangadhar was the pick of the bowlers who took 3/17 in 3 overs. Jagarlapudi Ram and Kodavandla Sudharsan took two wickets each while Bailapudi Yeswanth and Pathuri P Manohar picked one wicket each in the innings.
W WICKET!! Short ball outside off and Kumar trying to pull this one again but he top edges it instead towards the covers fielder, a brilliant backward running catch by Varma. The fall of the last wicket seals the deal for the Vizag Warriors.
The Vizag Warriors won by a huge margin of 87 runs.
Finally Uttarandhra Lions reach the 100 run mark in 16.2 overs.