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Date: 28.06.2015
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COAST SUPER KINGS
PUT IN A SUPERLATIVE PERFORMANCE
ably aided and abetted by third wicket partner, Vinesh Nair.
Jolet Abraham of Maasai Mara Tuskers makes a run
against Mount l^enya
Despite the swashbuckling heroics of batsman, Santosh
Gore, with his ripid­fire 79 runs off 45 balls, which in­
cluded six lofty sixes and four boundaries, the Rift Valley
Challengers did n at match up to the Coast Super Kings. The
scene was the Nairobi Gymkhana, where the two teams
The Maasai Mara Tuskers, who had lost nine wickets, had
only 84 runs on the scoreboard when their overs ground to
a halt in what was a disappointing display by them.
Coming on for their bowling innings however, their assault
started well when Gopi Krishnan quickly claimed the wicket
of Coast Super Kings opener, Santosh Golkhar in the fourth
over. However that was made up for by batsman Mani
Chandran, slammingto aft corners to amass 59 runs off 52
balls. He was ably assisted by crease partner, Chidambaram
fought it out in tie semi­finals of the 'Over 40' Samsung
Subramanian, unbeaten on 20 runs.
Cup tournament.
All through their magnificent innings the Coast Super Kings
After his side wor
the toss and put in Coast Super Kings to
bat, Parveen Rao top scored with 59 runs. The only other
batsmen with respectable scores were Parveen Kumar (19
runs) and Vidhusrtan Prabhakaran (15 runs), but it was
squad had lost only the one wicket, as they surpassed the
Tuskers' total, with 38 balls in hand. The pictures are from
earlier in the tournament.
enough to take tt m team to 201 runs at the end of their
full 25 overs.
Rift Valley Challengers looked set to live up to their name
until the very last Wry last over, when Vidhushan Prabha­
karan (2/30) claimed their sole survivors with two succes­
sive deliveries. Thoy finished 11 runs shy of their tormen­
tors, Coast Super kings.
Psychologically boosted for the final, Coast Super Kings
went on to make short work of Maasai Mara Tuskers,
trashing them by nine wickets. Putting the 'Tuskers' in to
bat first on the flat wicket in an afternoon of sporadic sun­
shine, Santosh Kumar shone for the Maasai Mara squad
with a battling, unbeaten 26 runs off 30 deliveries, He was
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Mount Kenya Chargers team cools down 3gainst Maasai
Mara Tuskers
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