Hubballi: The troika of Robin Uthappa, R. Samarth and Abhimanyu Mithun starred as defending champions Bijapur Bulls thumped Namma Shivamogga by 65 runs in a rain-truncated clash of the KPL-5 at the KSCA Stadium in Rajnagar here on Saturday.
In the 13 overs-a-side second game, Bulls’ Samarth (51, 25b, 2x6, 6x4) along with skipper Robin Uthappa (67; 37b, 4x6, 6x4) ripped apart Shivamogga bowling to stack 159/6. The duo added 77 in 45 deliveries.
In chase of the big total, Shivamogga managed 94/5 as KV Siddharth (44 n.o) and Pavan Deshpande (34 n.o) contributed useful runs that wasn’t simply enough to take across the finish line. Pacer Abhimanyu Mithun bagged three wickets.
Earlier in the day, Bellary Tuskers recorded their second win defeating Mangalore United by seven wickets in a seven overs-a-side clash.
Brief scores: Mangalore United: 48/6 in 7 overs (Karun Nair 25 n.o, Prasidh Krisna 2/11, IG Anil 2/7) lost to Bellary Tuskers: 52/3 in 5.5 overs (Amit Verma 26 n.o, Bhavesh Gulechha 2/4) by seven wickets.
Bijapur Bulls: 159 for 6 in 13 overs (Robin Uthappa 67, R Samarth 51) bt Namma Shivamogga: 94 for 5 in 13 overs (KV Siddharth 44 n.o, Pavan Deshpande 34 n.o, Abhimanyu Mithun 3/2) by 65 runs.
Mysuru Warriors: 142 ((Manish Pandey 44, Jonathan 43, T Pradeep 4/18, R Vinay Kumar 2/17, Sachin Shinde 2/30) beat Belagavi Panthers: 108 in 17.2 overs (Vinay Kumar 36, Mayank Agarwal 21, Praveen Dubey 20, J Suchith 4/26, Suraj Yadav 3/19, Vyshak Vijaykumar 2/7) by 34 runs
