Hyderabad Heroes register first win of the tournament.

The Fourteenth match of the ICL 20-20 domestic Indian championship featured the Mumbai Champs take on hosts Hyderabad Heroes at the Lahari resorts ground Hyderabad. Both teams came into this match deprived of any wins in the tournament, preceding this match. In the end it was the Heroes who registered a comprehensive six wicket victory marshaled by a cracking half century from opener D. Vinay Kumar. Kumar was declared Man of the Match for his brilliant batting display. Kumar scored a quick-fire 66 off just 45 deliveries in a knock that included 6 boundaries and 2 hits over the fence.



Earlier in the day, Stuart Binny won the toss and put the Champs in to bat first. They got off to a rollicking start with their openers Morris(60) & Subhojit Paul (52), scoring the tournament’s first century partnership for the first wicket. However the departure of the openers’ post the fifteenth over saw the quick wickets of Powar & Khirid, putting breaks on the Champs’ batting juggernaut. A late onslaught from dashing south paw Dheeraj Jadhav (21 runs off 15 balls) saw the Champs set the Heroes a competitive target of 157.

In reply the Heroes got off to a good start with Vinay Kumar & P Shashank Nag taking the attack to the Champs’ bowling with a solid 75-run partnership for the opening wicket. Rock-hard, useful contributions from Captain Stuart Binny & prodigious Ambati Rayudu saw the Heroes emerge victorious by a comprehensive six wicket margin. The highlight of the Heroes win was the crackling half century from D. Vinay Kumar.