The Scorpions Club 163 in 20 overs (Bharat Rawat 64, Happy(Dev) 28*, Dinesh Kabira 3/22) beat Rogers 11 163 in 20 overs (Himanshu Gulati 76, Himanshu 32, Kishan Singh 2/28) in the super over.
Rogers 11 after losing the toss have to chase down the target of 164 runs in their 120 balls. Gulati and Ashu came out to open the innings and things were going pretty well until the third over when the latter fell down to Naveen Kumar on the score of 9. But Gulati held one end, he was going absolutely fine to build his innings. He, with Shailender Singh compiled 48 runs for the second wicket, they both maintained 10 rpo over their course of together-stay. Gulati played exceptionally well for his 76(8x4,5x6), he was dismissed in 11th over. After the dismissal of Himanshu Gulati, not a single batsman could show resistance on wicket. Now it was down to the last over and Rogers 11 needed just six runs with three wickets in hand. But that was not supposed to be, as Rawat who was given the responsibilty of defending six runs was fantastic. He did not bowled any lose deliveries. As the ultimate over commenced, Sidharth took a single on the first delivery, then Rajnish was caught by Choudhary at long-off. Third ball again saw a run and a run-out, the next two balls provided two singles and now it was down to last delivery with Rogers needing 2 runs of it. Rawat bowls the last ball, Pankaj hits it to extra-cover resulting in yet another run-out of the over, but the good thing was, Harsh was run-out while taking the second run and as a result, match ending in a tie. Talking about the bowling side, Kishan Singh was pick of the bowlers grabbing two wickets in his bag. Naveen, Meena, Mohit, Choudhary and Rawat also picked a wicket each.
After winning the toss, Scorpions elected to bat first. But their start was quite unforgettable as both of their openers went without troubling the scorers. Then Choudhary and Rawat came back strongly by adding 61 runs for the third wicket, Rawat hit five boundaries and three sixes for his 64(48). After him, Happy was the only one to get to double-figures, he contributed 28 runs. From the bowling side, Kabira was best of the bowlers with 3/22, Saifi and Sidharth grabbed a couple each and Shailender and Sheraj also picked a wicket each. And as a result, Scorpions managed an average total of 163 runs at the end of their innings. After an exciting contest between the two sides, there is a lot more to come in the upcoming matches. That's it for today, goodbye, cheers!