WAR vs KGS

That brings us to the end of Sportskeeda's coverage for this encounter. Like always it was a pleasure bringing all the live updates from this Pondicherry T10 game. The cricketing action continues with several matches lined up for the remainder of the day. We have T20 Blast, the IPL final and quite a few T10 matches. So keep switching tabs to follow those games but for now this is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off on behalf of my fellow commentator and good friend Karthik Raj. 

Kings won by 24 runs

Warriors 109/7 in 10 overs

Mayank Pandey 26*(8) | Marimuthu Vigneshwaran 21(10)
Santosh Shinde 4/24(2) | Abishek P 1/7(1)

That turned out to be a pretty comfortable victory for the Kings as the bowlers did a commendable job to defend the huge score of 133. They eventually crossed the 100-run mark courtesy of some good hitting towards the back end but it was way too late and eventually Kings won by 24 runs. 

Vigneshwaran and Prabu B started off well but couldn't quite score at the rate they needed to. Wickets kept falling at regular intervals which didn't allow them to get any sort of momentum. Santosh Shinde bowled a splendid opening over where he bagged 3 wickets but by then the result was almost a foregone conclusion. 

Had it not been for Mayank Kumar Pandey who scored a quickfire 26 off 8 deliveries towards the back end, the Warriors would have suffered a bigger defeat. Santosh went on to bag his 4th in the penultimate over but wet for 16 runs as Mayank went berserk but couldn't quite get his side close to the victory target. 

9.6 Leela Chandrasekhar to Mayank Kumar, SIX! Slow and short from Leela, Mayank rocks back and pulls it over deep square-leg for a maximum. However, it is Kings who win by 24 runs!

9.3 Leela Chandrasekhar to Mayank Kumar, FOUR MORE! Length delivery, Mayank tries to slog towards mid-wicket but he gets a thick outside-edge to third where the fielder lets the ball go to the fence!

9.2 Leela Chandrasekhar to Mayank Kumar, short delivery, Mayank goes for the pull shot and top-edges it but the ball flies over the mid-wicket fielder. It goes onto reach the fence for a boundary

Leela Chandrasekhar [1-0-13-1] will bowl the final over.

That was a productive over for the Warriors but that won't have an impact on the outcome of the game. Shinde getting another wicket in that over, ending with 4 wickets but did go for 16 runs in that over. 

8.5 Santosh Shinde to Mayank Kumar, short and wide of off, Mayank slashes hard while he gets a thick outside-edge which flies to short third. Single taken

8.4 Santosh Shinde to Mayank Kumar, FOUR MORE! Full-toss, Mayank heaves it between deep square-leg and deep mid-wicket for a boundary. Looseners bowled and being put away!

8.3 Santosh Shinde to Mayank Kumar, SIX! WHAT AN INTRO FROM MAYANK! Full on the stumps, Mayank swings it to the right of deep mid-wicket for a maximum

8.2 Santosh Shinde to Sachin S, MISCUED AND TAKEN! Full outside-off, Sachin attempts the slog-sweep but he gets a top-edge towards short fine-leg. The fielder comes in and takes the catch safely!

Sachin S c Rajakavi Rajagopal b Santosh Shinde 10 (6b, 0x4, 1x6)

That's the 8th over done and dusted and we are just a couple of overs away from the completion of the game. 57 runs required off the last 2 overs and unless something miraculous happens, the Kings have bagged it fair and square.