Kolkata: Novus Royals Purulia beat Rashmi Nes Medinipur Wizards by 7 wickets in a rain-curtailed thriller at the Eden Garden in the Bengal T20 League Season 3.
Batting first, after the match was reduced to 6-overs-a-side due to rain, Medinipur Wizards scored 74/3 in the alloted overs. Abhishek Das (24 not out off 14), Aishik Patel (22 off 13) and Subham Sarkar (12 off 4) were the pick of the batters.
For Royals Purulia, Pritam Chakraborty and Pradipta Pramanik, Mithilesh Das bagged a wicket each.
In reply, Royals Purulia went over the line, scoring 75/3 in 5.5 overs. Ankur Paul (30 off 12) and Pradipta (19 not out off 10) were the star batters. The match went down the wires in the final over, where Purulia required 13 runs to win. Pradipta Pramanik smashed Sayed Irfan Aftab for a boundary and four doubles to clinch the match in second last ball of the innings.
Aamir Gani, Vikas Singh and Sayed Irfan Aftab bagged one wicket each for Medinipur.
This is the third consecutive win for debutant Purilia as they go to table summit.
Brief Scorecard –
Rashmi Nes Medinipur Wizards : 74/3 (6)
Novas Royals Purulia : 75/3 (5.5)
Result – Novas Royals Purulia won by 7 wickets.
