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Mangaluru Dragons Crush Hubli Tigers To Clinch Maharaja T20 Title

Aakash Saini

Mangaluru Dragons win Maharaja T20 Trophy 2025 [Source: @maharaja_t20/x]Mangaluru Dragons win Maharaja T20 Trophy 2025 [Source: @maharaja_t20/x]

Mangaluru Dragons justified their table-topping Maharaja T20 Trophy 2025 campaign by defeating Hubli Tigers in a rain-marred final. Opening batter Sharath BR hogged the limelight in the chase before rain interruption, while Sachin Shinde delivered a tight spell with the ball. 

Here, we take a look at the entire highlights of the final match of the Maharaja T20 Trophy 2025, as it panned out at the Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground on Thursday, August 28.

Sachin Shinde Keeps Hubli Tigers Down To 154

Hubli Tigers batted first and carted 154-8 from 20 overs, with courageous number three Krishnan Shrijith scoring the lone half-century of the innings through his 52-run knock from 45 balls. Opening batter Mohammed Taha got off to a flier in his 15-ball 27, but the Tigers still ended up losing three top-order wickets inside the first eight overs of the innings.

For the Mangaluru Dragons, left-arm spinner Sachin Shinde unfurled the spell of the innings with exceptional figures of 3-28 from his four overs. All-rounders Macneil Hadley Noronha (2-25) and Shreevathsa Acharya (2-30) also chipped in with two wickets each.

Sharath BR Sets Up Dragons Win Before Rains

Mangaluru Dragons openers Lochan S Gowda and Sharath BR raced to 55 runs off the first six overs until the former got castled by Hubli Tigers bowler Ritesh Bhatkal for a near run-a-ball 18. Sharath, on the other hand, bludgeoned 49 runs off 35 balls with four boundaries and three huge sixes. The cricketer missed his well-deserved half-century by just a run as he became Bhatkal’s second victim of the evening.

Rains interrupted play at a time when Mangaluru Dragons reached 85-2 in 10.4 overs. Finding themselves 70 runs away from their target, the Dragons were declared the winners of the Maharaja T20 2025 trophy by 14 runs courtesy of DLS method.