Brilliant innings of Kumar Kushagra (Photo: X)
Jharkhand T20 Final: The final match of Jharkhand T20 League was played on 23 June between Chhota Nagpur Royals and Jamshedpur Steelers. Chhota Nagpur Royals won this exciting final played in Ranchi. Kumar Kushagra’s brilliant inning of 39 balls was decisive in this title victory of Chhota Nagpur Royals. Kumar Kushagra, who returned after winning the title with India A on the Sri Lanka tour, joined Chhota Nagpur Royals in the semi-final match. First, with the help of his powerful half-century, he made Chhota Nagpur Royals win the semi-final and now he wrote the script of victory in the final also in a stormy manner. A total of 25 sixes were hit by both the teams in the final of Jharkhand T20.
Brilliant innings in 39 balls, Kumar Kushagra made the team champion
Kumar Kushagra scored unbeaten 78 runs in 39 balls playing at a strike rate of 200 in the final of Jharkhand T20. His innings included 8 sixes and 3 fours. Thanks to this unbeaten and powerful half-century innings of Kumar Kushagra, Chhota Nagpur Royals achieved the target of 181 runs 16 balls early. He scored 184 runs after losing 3 wickets in 17.2 overs.
Chhota Nagpur Royals hit 14 out of 25 sixes.
Apart from Kumar Kushagra, Himanshu Dwivedi also scored a half-century for Chhota Nagpur Royals. He scored 51 runs with 3 sixes. Opener Nazim Siddiqui scored 38 runs with 2 sixes. While one six was scored by middle order batsman Chandan Mukhi. In this way, in the final of Jharkhand T20 consisting of 25 sixes, 14 sixes including 8 sixes of Kumar Kushagra were hit by Chhota Nagpur Royals.
13 sixes were hit by Jamshedpur Steelers.
Earlier, batting first, Jamshedpur Steelers had scored 180 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. From his side, number 7 batsman Harsh Rana scored the maximum of 64 runs with 5 sixes in 26 balls. For Jamshedpur Steelers, opener Kumar Karan scored 28 runs in 13 balls with 4 sixes, while Anurag Sengar and captain Kumar Debabrata hit 1 six each. In this way, Jamshedpur Steelers hit 13 out of 25 sixes in the final of Jharkhand T20.
Chhota Nagpur Royals became ahead in hitting sixes and also became champion.
Meaning, Chhota Nagpur Royals team not only remained ahead of Jamshedpur Steelers in the final of Jharkhand T20 in terms of hitting sixes, but by winning this race, they also captured the title. The first trophy of Jharkhand T20 League was won in his name.
