Mangalore United vs Shivamogga Strikers, 25th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Avinash D to Vijaykumar Vyshak, SIX, Vyshak finishes the innings in style! Length ball, width offered and it allows him to free his arms. Hits through the line, flat-batting it straight down the ground and into the sightscreen. Mangalore end on 136/8!

Avinash D to Sharath, FOUR, valuable runs! Short and wide, Sharath stands tall and slaps this hard, bisecting long-off and sweeper cover with ease

Gowtham to M Venkatesh, out Caught by Rajvir Wadhwa!! Terrific catch near the rope! Seemed like a flat six the moment Venkatesh hit this but Wadhwa judged this well at deep mid-wicket, taking it inches away from the rope. Gowtham's day gets even better. Bowled this really slow, tempting the big hit and Venkatesh went for the slog sweep. Wasn't the best of connections but still seemed like he would get a maximum. Not to be. M Venkatesh c Rajvir Wadhwa b Gowtham 4(5)

Utham Aiyappa to Yashovardhan Parantap, out Caught by Sharath BR!! One heave too many and Parantap gets a nick through to the keeper now. Too wide for the slog, but he goes through with the shot nevertheless and gets the faintest of edges. Not so lucky with the edge this time. Mangalore continue to lose their way. Yashovardhan Parantap c Sharath BR b Utham Aiyappa 16(12) [4s-3]

Utham Aiyappa to Yashovardhan Parantap, FOUR, Parantap continues to deal in edges! Another big heave, big top edge again and this is over the leaping keeper. Handy runs nevertheless

Gowtham to Abhinav Manohar, out Stumped!! Massive strike from Gowtham! Manohar was threatening to take the game away from the Strikers, but he's gone now. Cleverly bowled by the skipper, sensed Manohar giving the charge and slowed this down considerably, also dragging his length back in the process. A wild swing and a miss from Manohar, and he's also well out of the crease. Sharath does the rest and everyone knew the outcome immediately. Abhinav Manohar st Sharath BR b Gowtham 36(25) [4s-2 6s-3]

Avinash D to Yashovardhan Parantap, FOUR, now this is a bad ball and gets punished! Very wide ball with third man in the ring, Parantap slices it away over the infield and picks up four. Wasn't in total control of the shot but certainly was intentional this time

Avinash D to Abhinav Manohar, FOUR, this is what happens! Short and wide, Manohar got hold of this and absolutely spanked this. Extra cover let it through his legs, technically bad fielding but Manohar does hit them very hard indeed. Probably was some awkward bounce there too'

Avinash D to Yashovardhan Parantap, FOUR, streaky runs but they all count! Parantap heaves wildly, loses his shape completely and gets a big top edge. Third man is in the ring though, and this goes well over that fielder

Utham Aiyappa to Abhinav Manohar, SIX, short again, this time Manohar backs away and pulls fiercely over fine leg. The man was in the ring, so it was a percentage stroke and he sent it deep into the stands. Again wants the bouncer signal

Avinash D to Aneeshwar Gautam, out Caught by Chaitanya S!! 2 in 2 for Avinash! And just like that, Mangalore have been rattled with these twin strikes. Short ball, Gautam actually middled the pull fairly well but it was aerial and he didn't get the leverage for it to go all the way. Deep square leg judged it well, running to his left to pouch the skier. These strikes are a big jolt for the batting side as it was just looking like they'd go up a gear or two. Aneeshwar Gautam c Chaitanya S b Avinash D 0(1)

Avinash D to Nikin Jose, out Caught&Bowled!! Jose has been put out of his misery! Apart from a few shots, he had to labour for his innings throughout. Perishes in trying to up the ante. Went for his favourite slog sweep by shuffling well across the stumps, but Avinash is too clever for the batter. Slips in a widish slower ball and induces a big top edge. The bowler himself runs across to his left to take the skier on the off-side. Nikin Jose c and b Avinash D 38(37) [4s-2 6s-1]

Cariappa to Abhinav Manohar, FOUR, 19 off the over! Manohar has spoilt Cariappa's figures drastically in the spinner's final over. Gets width on offer, the intent was to go inside out but gets it more off the outside half. Doesn't matter much though, as point is in the ring and this goes well over the infield

Cariappa to Abhinav Manohar, SIX, he's belted this so, so hard! Not a great deal wrong with this ball to be honest, on a good length but Manohar rocked back quickly and muscled the pull, all the way over wide long-on. The intent is clear from these two now

Cariappa to Abhinav Manohar, SIX, Manohar gets into the act now! First boundary of the afternoon for him. Charges down, gets to the pitch and launches this straight back over the bowler's head. Flat into the sightscreen

Shreyas BM to Nikin Jose, SIX, clobbered! Much-needed release shot for Jose and United. Shuffled well across the sticks, got inside the line and slog swept this comfortably over deep mid-wicket

Avinash D to Abhinav Manohar, 1 run, good length delivery slanted in on middle, Manohar turns it through midwicket

Cariappa to Amit Verma, out Bowled!! Middle stump uprooted! It's tossed up nicely, Verma reaches out to drive but is beaten on the inside edge as it straightens a touch. Mangalore's innings going nowhere. Amit Verma b Cariappa 10(8) [4s-2]

Shreyas BM to Amit Verma, FOUR, dances down and flicks it wide of deep midwicket. Not a great piece of fielding in the deep, Verma gets four

Cariappa to Amit Verma, FOUR, floated up outside off, Verma reaches out and drives through the covers

Cariappa to Samarth R, out Caught by Rajvir Wadhwa!! Dances down and miscues this in the air. Wanted to go big down the ground, it goes off the inside half and is taken at long-on. Samarth R c Rajvir Wadhwa b Cariappa 12(18) [4s-1]

Stallin Hoover to Nikin Jose, FOUR, short and wide, Jose waits on it and plays a late dab past short third

Stallin Hoover to Nikin Jose, FOUR, slower one on the pads, Jose flicks it past short fine

Stallin Hoover to Raghuveer Pavalur, out Caught by Vinay Sagar!! Full and wide, Raghuveer goes after it, drives it in the air and it's straight down the throat of deep point. It was a last minute decision to have a fielder there and it's worked like a charm. Raghuveer Pavalur c Vinay Sagar b Stallin Hoover 1(3)

Utham Aiyappa to Samarth R, FOUR, short and wide, Samarth cuts it away through backward point, there's a diving effort in the deep but in vain