Skipper shubhang hegde

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20: Skipper Shubhang Hegde starred with a three-wicket haul and a quickfire finish as the Bengaluru Blasters overpowered the Shivamogga Lions by eight wickets in a rain-reduced six-overs-a-side clash of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20, at the Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Stadium here on Friday.

Electing to bowl first, Hegde’s (3/7) three-wicket haul and Mohsin Khan’s (2-5) one-over spell held the Lions to 62/6 after Nihal Ullal had given the Lions a promising start.

The Bengaluru Blasters’ chase was off to a flyer with the in-form Chethan LR clubbing Vidwath Kaverappa for two sixes and a four in the very first over. Vasuki Koushik scalped Chethan in the second over while Anand Doddamani (impact player) removed opener Rohan Patil to leave the Blasters at 31/2 in 2.3 overs.