Ratnagiri Jets have 3 wins and 2 losses of their last five. They lost their last match against Eagle Nashik Titans, which was the first match of this season. This was surprising, as they had won the final against them last season. In the recent match, they lost by 8 wickets. Dhiraj Phatangare scored 81 off 47, and captain Azim Kazi scored 42 off 31 balls. Jets finished with 194/6, but Eagle Nashik Titans successfully chased the target. Divyang Hinganekar and Azim Kazi took one wicket each, but were expensive.
Puneri Bappa have 3 losses, 2 wins of their last five. Playing their first match of the season. They lost their last match against Ratnagiri Jets in the previous edition by just 6 runs. Ramakrishna Ghosh took 2 wickets to restrict Ratnagiri Jets to 178/5 in 20 overs. The openers fell early, and a final effort by Suraj Shinde, scoring 55 off 24, couldn’t save the match for Puneri Bappa.
Maharashtra T20 Premier League also known as MCA cricket stadium is a batting friendly wicket which has very little help for the bowlers. Fast bowlers might get some help in the innintal half of the matches but there is very less help for the bowlers in whole. The average first innings score of this ground is 162 runs which is a good score. The first batting team has been more successful on this ground. This ground has hosted 51 T20 matches where the batting first team has won 28 matches. IPL team Chennai Super Kings once scored 211 runs on this surface indicating a good batting surface.
So far, 3 matches have been played in the Maharashtra T20 Premier League between Ratnagiri Jets and Puneri Bappa, in which Ratnagiri Jets have won by three wickets. In the last match, Ratnagiri scored 178/5, where Dhiraj Phatangare and Kiran Chormale scored 38-38 runs, and Nikhil Naik played a quick knock of 41 off 19.
Ramakrishna Ghosh took 2 wickets for PB. In the chase, Puneri could score only 172/9. Suraj Shinde hit 55 off 24, but the team lost by 6 runs. Divyang, Bachhav, and Sahil Churi took 2-2 wickets for Jets.
Azim Kazi (C), Nikhil Naik (WK), Abhishek Pawar, Jay Pandey, Dhiraj Phatangare, Divyang Hinganekar, Kiran Chormale, Sahil Churi, Vijay Pawale, Satyajeet Bachhav, Pradeep Dadhe, Kunal Thorat
Injury Update: None
Suraj Shinde, Sahil Autade, Yash Avinash Jadhav, Rushikesh Sonavne, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sagar Pawar, Aaryan Desai, Nikhil lunawat, Yash Kshirsagar, Aayush Raktade, Sachin Bhosale, Abhinav Tiwari, Nikit Dhumal, Piyush Salvi
Injury Updates: None
Keeper: Nikhil Naik, Suraj Shinde
Batters: Jay Pandey, Dhiraj Phatangare, Sagar Pawar
All-rounders: Satyajeet Bachhav, Azim Kazi, Yash Kshirsagar
Bowlers: Nikit Dhumal, Divyang Hinganekar, Kunal Thorat
Azim Kazi
Sagar Pawar
Nikhil Naik
Satyajeet Bachhav
Keeper: Nikhil Naik, Suraj Shinde
Batters: Jay Pandey, Dhiraj Phatangare, Sagar Pawar
All-rounders: Satyajeet Bachhav, Azim Kazi, Yash Kshirsagar
Bowlers: Nikit Dhumal, Divyang Hinganekar, Kunal Thorat
Divyang Hinganekar
Yash Kshirsagar
Suraj Shinde
Nikit Dhumal
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