Telugu Warriors has convincingly defeated Kerala Strikers in their first match of Celebrity Cricket League 6 (CCL 2016). The match was played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
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Chasing the target of 148, the Tollywood team started off slowly but gradually accelerated the run rate. In the end, they reached the mark with five wickets in hand and 11 balls to spare. Sudhir Babu was awarded the Man of the Match award for his good batting performance.
| Telugu Warriors Batting Card | Runs | Balls | |
| S Joshi | c Rehman b V Mohan | 6 | 9 |
| Prince | lbw b v Mohan | 0 | 1 |
| Babu | c Gopan b Benny | 51 | 48 |
| R Raghu | b Gopan | 14 | 13 |
| A Akkineni | c Nandakumar b Mohan | 27 | 18 |
| Ashwyn | not out | 27 | 10 |
| Aadarsh | not out | 10 | 11 |
| Samrat | still to bat | ||
| Tarun | still to bat | ||
| Sushanth | still to bat | ||
| Extras | 16 | ||
| Kerala Strikers Bowling Card | |||||
| Name | Overs | Dots | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Mohan | 4 | 11 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 |
| S Nair | 3 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 |
| Manikuttan | 2 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 7.00 |
| V Gopan | 2 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 12.50 |
| M Mohan | 3 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 10.33 |
| A Benny | 3 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 5.67 |
| Rehman | 1.1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11.14 |
Second Innings Updates:
Telugu Warriors win by five wickets with 11 balls to spare.
18 runs from3 overs required for Tollywood.
Telugu Warriors need 22 runs in 24 balls. By the end of 16th over, the total is 127/4.
The Tollywood team requires 47 runs from 36 balls . The total stands at 101/4 after 14 overs.
After 10 overs, the score stands at 67/3 with 82 required from 60 balls.
The total of Telugu Warriors by the end of eigth over is 55/2.
Telugu Warriors loses its second wicket in its fifth over. The score stands at 37/2.
The Tollywood team scored 11 runs in the fourth over to take 30/1 by the end of fifth over.
After three overs, the total score of Telugu Warriors stand at 20 for the loss of one wicket.
First Innings Updates:
Telugu Warriors has won the toss and decided to field first. It is turning out to be a good decision as they have complete control over the match.
Kerala Strikers scored 148 runs from 20 overs. R Pillai is the top scorer for the Mollywood team. He made 78 runs from 59 balls. But no other batsmen played a supporting role that badly affected them. It has to be noted that only three players crossd double digits. The Tollywood bowlers have done exceedingly well with S Joshi being the pick of the bowler.
| Kerala Strikers Batting Card | Runs | Balls | |
| A Benny | run out (Babu) | 6 | 7 |
| R Pillai | run out (Akkineni) | 78 | 59 |
| B Kodiyeri | B Joshi | 4 | 8 |
| S Nair | run out (Ashwyn) | 2 | 7 |
| Manikuttan | not out | 8 | 8 |
| M Mohan | c Akkineni b Joshi | 13 | 9 |
| Nandakumar | c Kishore b Ashwyn | 19 | 13 |
| V Gopan | lbw b Kishore | 0 | 1 |
| Rehman | run out (Ashwyn) | 2 | 4 |
| Bala | run out (Akkineni) | 2 | 3 |
| Mohan | not out | 1 | 1 |
| Extras | 13 | Total 148-9 | |
| Telugu Warriors Bowling Card | |||||
| Name | Overs | Dots | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| R Raghu | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 |
| Prince | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 |
| S Joshi | 4 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 |
| Aadarsh | 3 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 |
| N Kishore | 3 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 9.33 |
| Samrat | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Tarun | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 |
| Ashwyn | 2 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 10.00 |
Telugu Warriors Squad:
Akhil Akkineni, Aadarsh, Nanda Kishore, Nikhil, Raghu, Sachin Joshi, Samrat, Srikanth, Taraka Ratna, Tarun, Vishwa, Prince, Sushanth, Dharam and Khayyum.
Kerala Strikers
Mohan Lal, Asif Ali, Unni Mukundan, Rajeev Pillai, Bineesh Kodiyeri, Manikuttan, Arjun Nandakumar, Manty, Vinu Mohan, Suresh Nair, Prajodh Kalabavan and Riyaz Khan.
