Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh): Chambal Gharials storms into the final after a dramatic chase in a rain affected game against Gwalior Cheetaz in Madhya Pradesh League 2025's second semi-final.
Chambal Gharials booked their spot in final and is set to face IPL star Aniket Verma's Bhopal Leopards Today.
Gwalior Chetaaz sets a massive total
Gwalior Cheetaz won the toss and batted first at the Madhavrao Scindia Stadium and scored a huge score of 221/5. Opener Parth Chaudhary gave an explosive start to the inning with his quickfire 63 runs in 27 balls, which included 9 sixes. Alongside Chaudhary, Vikas Sharma anchored the inning with his 41(28).
Later, captain Parth Sahni took the charge and scored an unbeaten 72 runs in 38 balls to take the team's score beyond 200. His innings included 7 fours and 3 sixes.
Chambal's Aryan Pandey and Tripuresh Singh got 2 wickets each.
Chambal Ghariyal's poor start
The second inning started with Chambal's opener's wicket, Apoorv Dwivedi departed with just 6 runs.
Soon after this, the weather took turns and rain stopped the game. When the game resumed after a delay of about an hour, Chambal got a revised target of 108 runs in 8 overs under the VJD method.
Harpreet stole the show
Under the heat of pressure, Ankush Singh also returned to the dugout on 13 runs. But then Harpreet Singh Bhatia's explosive intent stole the show.
Harpreet scattered strokes in every corner of the field and scored a half-century in just 16 balls. He scored 61 runs in just 18 balls and took the team to the finals with 5 balls remaining.
His brilliant innings included 6 fours and 5 sixes. This destructive innings of Harpreet not only changed the course of the match but also gave Chambal Ghadials a historic victory.
