PATNA: Boring Road Bombers beat Ashok Rajpath Rajwade by 43 runs in the opening match of the Mirchi Premier League cricket tournament organized by Radio Mirchi at Moinul Haq Stadium here on Sunday. Gaurav was declared man of the match.
Patliputra Panthers crushed Mithapur Mandricks by 102 runs in the second match of the league. Abhishek was man of the match.
Former Test player Saba Karim, food and consumer protection minister Shyam Razak, minister for information and public relations Brishen Patel and secretary, road construction department, Pratyay Amrit were present at the inaugural function.
Brief scores: Boring Road Bombers 138/5 in 20 overs (Nazim Siddiqui 50, Abhijit Soni 40, Gaurav 27, Dharmesh 3/22). Ashok Rajpath Rajwade 95 all out in 19 overs (Dharmesh 22, Gaurav 3/18).
Patliputra Panthers 171/7 in 20 overs (Ishan Kishan 53, Kumar Mridul 43, Imran 2/26). Mithapur Mandricks 69 all out in 16.2 overs (Nandan 18, Abhishek 4/8, Rupesh 3/15).