Maharashtra 275 for six (Kulkarni 107, Bawne 60, Arshdeep 3-56) beat Punjab 205 (Arshdeep 49, Mukesh 3-44) by 70 runs
Maharashtra had been lowered to eight for two within the third over with Arshdeep Singh, who completed with a three-wicket haul that took him to the highest of the wicket charts, accounting for the openers. Maharashtra captain Rituraj Gaikwad was bowled by an away-swinger that pitched on leg stump and beat his outdoors edge to hit the highest of off within the first over of the match. Within the third, Arshdeep had left-hand batter Siddesh Veer nicking behind.
Kulkarni and Ankit Bawne, the veteran batter, placed on 145 for the third wicket. Bawne scored 60 earlier than he fell to seam-bowling allrounder Naman Dhir. Rahul Tripathi then fell for 15 as Maharashtra stumbled.
It wasn’t till the final 5 overs that they regained some momentum, with wicketkeeper batter Nikhil Naik hitting an unbeaten 29-ball 52. Maharashtra scored 63 off the final six overs to complete on 275.
When Punjab’s center order, comprising the damaging Ramandeep Singh and Naman Dhir, failed to fireplace, Maharashtra had been runaway winners. From 123 for 7, Arshdeep muscled a number of massive blows to cut back Punjab’s margin of defeat. He made his highest Checklist A rating of 49 earlier than being the final batter dismissed as they had been all out for 205.
