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Mumbai Rifters vs Central Cats

Venue: Johannesburg Lions Arena

Round: 1 • Result: Defending team won by 51 runs • Winner: Central Cats

Man of the Match
Diego Mendez
Batting: 78 (43) • SR 181.40 • 4s 11 • 6s 1 | Bowling: 1/30 • 1.3 ov | Team: Central Cats

Innings

Innings 1 — Central Cats
Score: 230/5 • Overs: 20.0
Bowling: Mumbai Rifters
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Callum Hughes 10 6 166.67 2 0 b Dev Patel
Diego Mendez 78 43 181.40 11 1 c Sameer Qazi b Viren Kapoor
Faisal Rahman 1 2 50.00 0 0 c Faisal Rahman b Mitch O’Connor
Ishaan Malhotra 77 42 183.33 8 3 c Jett Rourke b Faisal Rahman
Imtiaz Ali 55 23 239.13 7 3 b Faisal Rahman
Jai Suryan 7 2 350.00 0 1 not out
Mitch O’Connor 2 2 100.00 0 0 not out
Fall of Wickets: 10/1, 88/2, 89/3, 166/4, 221/5
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Faisal Rahman 3.0 45 2 15.00
Dev Patel 4.0 41 1 10.25
Viren Kapoor 4.0 44 1 11.00
Mitch O’Connor 4.0 51 1 12.75
Harpreet Singh 2.0 24 0 12.00
Ben Callaghan 3.0 25 0 8.33
Innings 2 — Mumbai Rifters
Score: 179/10 • Overs: 18.3
Bowling: Central Cats
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Faisal Rahman 20 12 166.67 2 1 run out (Ben Callaghan)
Harpreet Singh 2 2 100.00 0 0 b Jai Suryan
Jett Rourke 12 5 240.00 1 1 c Jai Suryan b Jai Suryan
Rohit Kulkarni 6 5 120.00 1 0 b Mitch O’Connor
Sameer Qazi 47 29 162.07 4 2 c Callum Hughes b Yusuf Siddiqui
Imtiaz Ali 5 3 166.67 1 0 c Diego Mendez b Jai Suryan
Dev Patel 3 5 60.00 0 0 c Mitch O’Connor b Mitch O’Connor
Mitch O’Connor 1 4 25.00 0 0 b Ben Callaghan
Viren Kapoor 36 26 138.46 2 2 not out
Ben Callaghan 11 8 137.50 2 0 c Jai Suryan b Callum Hughes
Mujeeb Anwar 36 12 300.00 4 2 c Callum Hughes b Diego Mendez
Fall of Wickets: 20/1, 22/2, 34/3, 40/4, 87/5, 92/6, 95/7, 96/8, 107/9, 179/10
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Jai Suryan 4.0 40 3 10.00
Mitch O’Connor 4.0 35 2 8.75
Ben Callaghan 3.0 9 1 3.00
Diego Mendez 1.3 30 1 20.00
Callum Hughes 2.0 31 1 15.50
Yusuf Siddiqui 4.0 34 1 8.50