Third Match of the Four Match Series between Riders A & Riders B

Toss Time:

All set ready for the toss, two captains are up into the middle with the match refree. Riders B captain spin the coin and Sathya (Riders A Skipper) called heads and coin landed as he said. Riders A won the toss and without any hesitation, they wanted to bat first in the very good pitch. Both teams are playing with same team without any changes in it.

Riders A Aggression in the Batting:

Riders A opening batsmen Bharathy & Nagoor started their innings as usual slowly, the feature of their batting is both rotating the strike frequently and keep the scoreboard ticking. Riders B bowlers struggle to pick the line, one end Dinesh bowled brilliant spells but no support from the other end. Bharathy & Nagoor smashed few lusty blows in the middle overs. They reached a brilliant half century runs partnership in the 7th over of the innings, both very comfortable in the middle. At the end of 10 overs they scored 63 runs without losing a wicket.

Riders B Collapse in the Batting:

Riders B openers Pavunu & Rajarajan ready for the big chase. Rajarajan facing the first ball of the innings and hit the ball from the middle of the bat, superb brilliantly caught by Nasar in the covers position. Terrific catch to start the innings, early set back for the Riders B. Then they are losing their wickets in regular intervals. They managed to get just 34 runs.

Result:

Bharathy won the Man of the Match award for this match.

Batting

RIDERS A	RIDERS B
63/0 (10 Overs)	34 all-out(7.3)
NAME                       RUNS       4’S     6’S	NAME                       RUNS        4’S     6’S
Bharathy                   35*          4         0	Pavunu                      14              2        0
Nagoor                       22*          2           0	Dinesh                       12              1          0

Bowling

NAME             O       M       R       W	NAME             O       M      R           W
N.Mani           3         0       10        2	Dinesh             4       1         17          0
Sathya            1.3      0      10        1	Pavunu           3       0       22          0
S.Mani            3         1        14         1	Raja                   3        0        24         0

Riders A won by 29 runs and lead the series 2-1.