INB vs MUT

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Match Summary: Indo Bulgarian beat MU Trakia by 10 wickets!

Mike Jones 44* (20) & 4/7 (2) | Arjun Dhiman 1/7 (1)
Zaid Soulat 39* (16) | Rohit Singh 16* (12)

A performance that saw Indo Bulgarian dominate from start to finish as they imposed themselves on the contest across all departments. Right from the toss, everything went their way with Mike Jones picking up a hat-trick to keep the MU Trakia batters quiet, even as Zaid Soulat's counter-attacking effort took them to some sort of a competitive total.

They simply needed early wickets though to make a match of it but alas, they just never came. Jones was in the midst of it again as he did his bit with the bat this time with Rohit Singh looking solid at his end. The latter enjoyed the best seat in the house with Jones having majority of the strike and butchering the bowlers at will, find the fence and eating into the deficit in the powerplay.

A bit of confusion came about in the last over of the powerplay with the umpires having to confirm if the over was complete or not. That was the only bit of drama really with the bowlers just not having any idea as to how to stop Jones from tearing into them. The only question was whether he would get to a half-century or not but that wasn't to be, even as he won't be complaining after turning in an all-round display for the ages. Bowling too full cost Trakia dearly as they just couldn't get their radar right and with a below par total to play with, they were always going to find it tough in that case.

A clinical victory in the end for Indo Bulgarian with Jones also hitting the winning run and ending unbeaten on 44. This result has now given his team their third win in four games and they're looking really good as they look to continue this momentum going forward into their campaign. As for Trakia, they've now lost their seventh match in ten outings and things are starting to slip out of hand big time as they hope for other results to fall in their favor. Either way, they simply have to find a way to win their remaining matches though and they have plenty of work to do across departments to that end.

As easy as that in the end as Jones duly hits the winning runs. This game has been all about him and his dominance and MU Trakia have really had a game to forget here. Indo Bulgarian win by 10 wickets with 28 deliveries to spare!

5.2 Waleed Khan to Mike Jones, full and on the middle stump angling in, Jones whips that towards square leg and the batters scamper through for a quick single. And that will be it!

5.2 Waleed Khan to Mike Jones, FIVE WIDES! Full and sliding down the leg side. The keeper cannot pouch that and the slip chases it but cannot get anywhere near that as it races away to the fence! 

5.1 Waleed Khan to Mike Jones, full and on the middle stump line, Jones defends that but the ball bounces and is over the stumps as Jones uses his bat to push it into the off side. Not sure how legal that was. 

Rohit Singh doesn't want to be left far behind himself alright! Not much to get though with just one hit set to seal victory. This has been quite a display by Indo Bulgarian and it remains to be seen if the batters just tap a couple of singles before Jones looks to seal it with a big one and get to his half-century in the process. Indo Bulgarian require 6 runs off 30 deliveries at 1.20 RPO.

4.6 Zaid Soulat to Rohit Singh, FOUR! SHOT! Rohit joins in on the action as well! Short and on the middle stump line, Rohit takes a couple of steps down the track, clears his front foot and heaves that through the mid-wicket region for a boundary! 

4.4 Zaid Soulat to Mike Jones, FOUR! SHOT! Short and on the middle stump line, Jones heaves that into the leg side and pierces the gap perfectly as he gets it right between deep mid-wicket and long on! Moves into the forties now! 

4.3 Zaid Soulat to Mike Jones, SIX! BANG! Too short and Jones won't miss out on that! Stands tall and muscles the pull over the long on region for a huge maximum! 

4.1 Zaid Soulat to Rohit Singh, FOUR! SHOT! Short and sliding onto the body, Rohit rocks onto the back-foot and nicely helps that on its way through the fine leg region for a boundary!