Ishan Kishan Scores 12-ball 19, Effects a Stumping on Competitive Return in DY Patil T20 Cup

India cricketer Ishan Kishan has made his return to competitive cricket through the DY Patil T20 Cup on Tuesday. Representing RBI on the second day of the tournament, Ishan effected a stumping and scored 19 off 12 against Route Mobile Limited.

However, his team suffered a massive 89-run defeat.

Ishan stumped Sumit Dhekale off Sayan Mondal at the DY Patil University Ground. Then with the bat, he struck two fours and a six in a brief but entertaining stay.

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Route batted first and posted 192 for eight in their 20 overs thanks to Aayush Vartan’s 54 off 31 balls with five boundaries and three sixes. Dhekale made 42 off just 17 balls with one boundary and five sixes. In their response RBI self-destructed as they were shot out for just 103 in 16.3 overs. For Route the best bowler was Badrey Alam (5-20).

CAG posted 170 off their allotted 20 overs against Indian Oil. Skipper R Sanjay (40) and his partner Varun Lavande (68: 46b, 5×4, 3×6) shared a 88 run opening stand. For Indian Oil the best bowler was Himanshu Sharma (4-32). The chase for Indian Oil was being fashioned by Akshay Raghuvanshi (53: 32b, 3×4, 4×6) and his 54 run stand with skipper Aditya Tare (37). But the middle and late order collapsed without a fight handing CAG a narrow two run win.

Earlier in the morning Mumbai Customs made a confident start with a nine-wicket win over Nirlon Sports Club at the DY Patil Stadium.

At the Stadium, Nirlon finished on 161 for eight in their 20 overs. For Customs the best bowler was Pradeep Dhade (4-20). In their response Customs rode on an unbeaten second wicket stand between Sachin Yadav (82 n.o.: 42b, 10×4, 3×6) and Smit Patel (74 n.o.: 46b, 9×4, 2×6). The stand was worth 141 runs.

In the other game, Central Railway after being asked to bat was bowled out for 145 in 17.2 overs. The chase for Jain started off well thanks to their skipper Jay Bista. Jain overhauled the target in 18.3 overs to finish on 146 for five and thereby sealed a five-wicket win.

Brief Scores

At DY Patil University Ground

Group A: Central Railway 145 in 17.2 overs (Sachin Kataria 45; Sairaj Patil 4-40, Prashant Solanki 3-29) lost to Jain Irrigation 146-5 in 18.3 overs (Sachin Dhas 48, Jay Bista 38; Ramkrishna Ghosh 2-29, Salil Agharkar 2-26)-by five wickets

Group B: Route Mobile 192-8 in 20 overs (Aayush Vartak 54, Sumit Dhekale 42, Umesh Gujjar 29; Sayan Mondal 3-19, Rajesh Bishnoi Sr 2-35) bt RBI (Ishan Kishan 19; Badrey Alam 5-20, Sachin Bhosle 2-18, Aayush Vartak (2-22)-by 89 runs

At DY Patil Stadium

Group D: Nirlon Sports Club 161-8 in 20 overs (Ishan Mulchandani 56, Jayesh Pokhar 35; Pradeep Shade 4-20, Deepak Shetty 2-49, Pushkaraj Chavan 2-8) lost to Mumbai Customs 163-1 in 16.1 overs (Sachin Yadav 82 n.o., Smit Patel 74 n.o.)-by nine wickets

Group D: CAG 170 in 20 overs (Varun Lavande 68, R Sanjay 40; Himanshu Sharma 4-32, Rohan Raje 3-28, Harsh Tanna 2-15) bt Indian Oil 168-9 in 20 overs (Akshat Raghuvanshi 53, Aditya Tare 37; Rajnish Burbank 2-25, Sayan Ghosh 2-39)-by two runs

Wednesday’s fixtures

At DY Patil Talegaon:

11 am, Group B: DY Patil Blue v Tata Sports Club; 4 pm: Group C: DY Patil Red v income Tax

At DY Patil Stadium

11 am, Group C: Bank of Baroda Vs Canara Bank, 4 pm: Group A: Reliance 1 vs Central Railway