Played at St Xavier’s College Stadium, Chhattisgarh after being put to bat first were all out for 149 runs with Harpreet Singh Bhatia at no.4 top scoring with 40 runs off 56 balls. Jalaj Saxena from Kerala returned with a great fifer keeping opposition team under control.
Kerala in reply scored 311 runs in their first innings 162 runs. Chhattisgarh team made a sort of comeback in their 2nd innings scoring 287 runs out of which more than half of the team runs were single handedly scored by the skipper Harpreet Singh Bhatia. Harpreet went on to score his 15th FC Ton scoring 152 off 228 balls. Harpreet smashed 12 fours and 3 sixes at a healthy strike rate of 67.00 keeping the scoreboard ticking and giving a lead target of 126 runs to Kerala for 4th innings.
Kerala in reply chased down the score in 19.1 overs winning the match by 7 wkts.
