Jagat Sarkar Stands Out in Chennai Singams’ Promising ISPL Season 2 Opener

 Jagat Sarkar Stands Out in Chennai Singams’ Promising ISPL Season 2 Opener

Mumbai, 27th January 2025: Suriya – the superstar – was present at the Dadoji Konddev Stadium in Thane to egg Chennai Singams on for its maiden outing of the Indian Street Premier League T10 tournament. Despite the co-owner’s presence outside the boundary ropes, it was a former Singam that took the game away from the Singams as Falcon Risers Hyderabad won the duel by eight wickets and with three overs to spare.

Riding on captain Bablu Patil’s cameo of 19 runs off five balls, the Falcons overhauled a target of 73 at the end of the seventh over. Patil – who was an integral part of the Chennai Singams last year – took on Devid Gogoi in the 50-50 over and finished the game.

In fact, Gogoi started the 50-50 over – an ISPL innovation that either adds half the runs that actual runs scored (10 or more) bonus runs or deducts penalty runs (up to 9) to the batting team – on an ideal note by dismissing Shreyas Kadam. The next ball was a full-toss and Patil hit it straight to the midwicket boundary but despite being caught, he survived as the umpire adjudged it a no-ball.

Patil was then given another reprieve two balls later with a difficult chance spilling for a one-bounced four. He then made the most by finishing the game off with two consecutive sixes. With the Falcons having scored 21 runs in the over, it meant they were awarded seven bonus runs and thus the match came to an end.

Earlier in the evening, left-handed opener Jagat Sarkar (22 off 8 balls, 1x4, 2x6) got the Singams off the blocks rapidly. However, it lost the momentum with both the openers being dismissed off successive balls in the second over. While “Biker Man” Ketan Mhatre was caught at mid-off, Sarkar was unfortunately run-out off the next ball.

It forced veteran Sumeet Dhekale to play out the middle overs with caution. However, the Singams could not accelerate starting with the seventh over, which was chosen as the 50-50 over. It could add just seven runs and was thus penalised four.

In the end, the 50-50 over resulted in being a major point of difference. Despite starting its campaign with a loss, the Chennai Singams are looking forward to bounce back strongly against KVN Bangalore Strikers on Tuesday.

Brief scores: Chennai Singams 68/8 in 10 overs (Jagat Sarkar 22, Rahul Sawant 14; Parveen Kumar 2-14, Vicky Bhoir 2-18) lost to Falcon Risers Hyderabad 73/2 in 7 overs (Padmesh Mhatre 23*, Bablu Patil 19*; Jignesh Patel 1/20).