In the third match of the ongoing ICL 50's being played at Mayajaal, Delhi Jets overpowered Mumbai Champs by six wickets. The key performer for the Jets was Man of the Match Sachin Dholpure who smashed brilliant hundred chasing 300 plus. Mumbai Champs captain Kiran Powar won the toss and elected to bat.
Batting first, Mumbai were off to a good start as the Champs openers Robin Morris and Dheeraj Yadav took the score to 64. Dheeraj Yadav struck a fine 49 to get the innings going for the Champs. Ravi Raj Patil then joined Yadav to further bolster Mumbai's position. He was out 2 short of his half-century. Then came the burst for Mumbai as Kiran Powar and Nikhil Mandale put on a 128 runs of 78 balls for the 5th wicket. Powar played a true captain's knock to score a belligerent 58 ball 92 that included five huge sixes. Meanwhile, Nikhil Mandale was at his fluid best and was a perfect foil for Powar's big hitting. Mandale was not out on 60 of 44 balls as the Mumbai Champs closed their innings on 304 of the stipulated 50 overs. There was nothing to write home about for the Delhi Jet's bowlers as the Mumbai Champs powered past 300. The best performance coming from Delhi's left arm spinner and top wicket taker of the recently concluded ICL Indian 20-20 Championship, Ali Murtuza who picked up 2 for 45 in his 10 overs.
Chasing 300 plus was never going to be easy for the Jets but that never seemed evident from the way the Delhi Jets batsman approached the target bowlers. Delhi reached the target in the 39th over thanks to big hitting and some wayward bowling and inept fielding by the Champ's. The chief destroyer for the Delhi Jets was Sachin Dholpure who scored a swashbuckling 103 of 95 balls to set the game up for Delhi. He was given able support by Abbas Ali who scored 48. He along with Dholpure put on 79 for the 3rd wicket. The fall of Ali's wicket brought in Delhi Jets skipper J.P. Yadav who smashed 82 of 64 balls to forge a 153 run partnership with Dholpure for the 3rd wicket. Sachin Dholpure was unfortunately run out but the game was beyond the Mumbai Champs. Dhruv Mahajan scored 32 from 19 balls to finish the game for the Jets, and give them a comfortable victory.
Mumbai Champs poor form in the ICL continues and they need to find ways to strengthen their bowling if want to have any chance of progressing in this tournament.
Brief scores: Mumbai Champs 304 for 6 in 50 overs (Kiran Powar 92, Nikhil Mandle 60*, Dheeraj Yadav 49, Ali Murtuza 2-45) lost to Delhi Jets 307 for 4 in 38.4 overs (Sachin Dholpure 103, J.P Yadav 82, Abbas Ali 49, Rakesh Patel 1-18) by 6 wickets.
Source : http://www.indiancricketleague.in/
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