Star-studded Bradman World XI crashed to a 33-run defeat at the hands of Karnataka State Cricket Association XI in a league match of the Unibic 20-20 Bradman Cup tournament at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday.
Sent in to bat, the home side made 137 for eight wickets in their 20 overs with man-of-the-match Bharath Chipli top-scoring with a 40-ball 48 with six fours and one six.
Skipper Barrington Rowland chipped in with 22 and B Akhil contributed 18.
Upul Chandana picked up two wickets for the Bradman XI, while Mohammed Sami, Javagal Srinath and Shoaib Malik scalped one each.
Bradman XI put up an uninspired run chase in the face of some splendid bowling by C Raghavendra and R Vinay Kumar who scalped three wickets apiece to put their side on top.
A good start eluded Bradman XI as they were reduced to 40 for the loss of four wickets in the eighth over. Russel Arnold (28), Shoaib Malik (21) and R Kaluwitharana (12) enabled them to cross the three digit mark before they were all out for 104 in 17.5 overs.
Brief scores: KSCA XI 137 for eight in 20 overs (Chipli 48, Rowland 22, Akhil 18; Chandana 2/23, Sami 1/19, Srinath 1/21, Malik 1/32) vs Bradman World XI 104 all out in 17.5 overs (Arnold 28, Malik 21, Kaluwitharana 12; Raghavendra 3/15, Vinay Kumar 3/22, Akhil 2/16).
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