SRT vs SSS

 Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (Servotech Siliguri Strikers captain): Decisive comeback, very proud of the boys. We don't want to think too far ahead though. Good toss to win. Slightly tacky, not for too long. Our bowlers were very good, we kept things tight. I don't remember conceding a boundary in the last three-four overs and we took that momentum to the batting innings. (On Akash Deep) He's showing why he's a marquee player, his actions, his training, his words - it's all so good to see and really inspirational. Hopefully, he stays fit and healthy for us.

Ankur Paul (Player of the Match): The wicket was good. My strategy was to play to my strengths in the powerplay and then if I score runs, I wanted to take the team through with me. Yes, the net-run rate was on our minds, we wanted to finish the game quickly.

Shahbaz Ahmed (Shrachi Rarh Tigets captain) : We are not at the top with the bat, not showing intent with the bat. We are still struggling with the combination. The wicket was good, we were targeting 150-160. But, we were behind with the run-rate and went for the big shots and lost wickets in the process. The wicket is similar to how it is in the IPL, the best wicket to bat on so far. Very happy for Ankur and Shantanu, the way they batted, very good for Bengal.

Servotech Siliguri Strikers win by eight wickets with 28 balls in hand!

Ankur Paul 62 (43) | Vishal Bhati (2/17)
Arindam Ghosh 40 (45) | Arnab Nandi (1/9)

A brilliant, commanding win for SSS, one that boosts their NRR and that'll surely take their confidence to the next level. RT never really looked in the game, failing to put up a par score in the first innings. There was not much intent and then wickets kept falling from where they never really recovered.

SSS went about the chase as clinically as they could. Paul absolutely blasted through the powerplay, playing out Shahbaz carefully and taking out everyone else with supreme intent, despite losing his partner Raman in the second over. The barrage of left-arm spinners couldn't create any chances which allowed him and Gupta to consolidate.

A bit of magic in the field took Gupta out but till then the match was all but done. Impact Player Shantanu helped the mini recovery and then smashed a few boundaries to finish things off.

15.2 Sandipan Das to Shantanu, FOUR MORE AND SERVOTECH SILIGURI STRIKERS REGISTER A THUMPING VICTORY, fuller delivery at the stumps, Shantanu mistimes it past the bowlers, mid-off and mid-on were up and that races away to the fence 

15.1 Sandipan Das to Shantanu, SCORES ARE LEVEL, this is full and outside off, Shantanu throws his hands at it and carves it over the behind square on the off side and gets a boundary

14.5 Shahbaz Ahmed to Shantanu, IS THAT A RUN OUT?? another delivery fired in on the leg side, tucked away into the leg side with soft hands, they go for the second run and deep mid wicket fires in a good throw, Shahbaz whips off the bails, referred upstairs

The replays show that Ankur just about made his ground with the dive even though his bat was in the air when the bails were taken off. The bat was grounded when inside the crease when he made the dive and that saves him

14.3 Shahbaz Ahmed to Shantanu, pushed through into the batter, Shantanu tucks it into the leg side, they decide against the second this time

 Shahbaz Ahmed [3-0-17-0] comes back

Suman Das has just not found his areas. He looks like a promising, ambitious quick but just lacks the required level of control. He'll need to do much better than the odd moment of magic.

13.6 Suman Das to Ankur Paul, THEY ARE RACING TO THE FINISH LINE, another short one and Ankur was waiting for it, pulls it way in front of square and this too races away to the fence, HUGE OVER