A majestic bowling performance followed by an explosive batting by Devdutt Padikkal and Rohan Patil saw Gulbarga Mystics storm to a nine-wicket victory over Hubli Tigers at Mysore on Friday, August 12.
Chasing a paltry victory target of 146, the last match-centurion Rohan Patil and Devdutt Padikkal exhibited killer intent as the duo forged up a match-winning 92-run partnership for the opening wicket.
While Padikkal perished after 47-ball 62, Patil stood firm in the middle and stacked unbeaten 61 runs from 40 balls to take his side home in just 16.4 overs and nine wickets in hand.
Jeswath Acharya also tonked a few shots at the backend to go unbeaten with 17 off 13. For the Hubli Tigers, only Abhimanyu Mithun could manage to scalp a wicket while others were taken to the cleaners.
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