Tanmay's Twin Brilliance Powers CC Past Newtown Knights

🏆 MOM

34(11) · 5×6 + 3/32

Tanmay Karmakar

49(23) · 6×4, 3×6 · SR 213

Masud Rana

24(8) · 3×6 · SR 300

Hamzad

22(9) · 3×6 + 3/28 · Eco 9.33

P D

Calcutta Challengers delivered a complete performance across all three departments to dismantle Newtown Knights by 25 runs, with a ferocious batting display setting up an imposing 183 before a clinical bowling attack wrapped up the Knights inside 13 overs. Opener Hamzad lit up the innings from ball one, smashing 24 off just 8 deliveries at a staggering strike rate of 300, hitting three sixes in a cameo that set the tone immediately. His explosive start laid the foundation for what became a total no team could realistically chase.

Masud Rana & Tanmay Anchor with the Accelerator Fully Pressed

With Hamzad gone early, Tanmay Karmakar walked in and turned destroyer. The left-hander cleared the ropes five times in his 34 off 11 balls (SR 309.09), dispatching Mayukh Ghosh for back-to-back maximums before Rahul Kr Shaw finally found the edge. At the other end, Masud Rana was the innings' quiet conductor — composed yet relentlessly attacking. His 49 off 23 balls, studded with six fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 213, was the highest score of the match and the most technically complete knock on the day. He came agonisingly close to a half-century, falling to a Mayukh Ghosh delivery just one run short. The middle overs also saw Miraj contribute a brisk 23 off 16 before P D hammered a blistering 22 off 9 (three sixes, SR 244) to push Challengers past 180.

Masud Rana didn't just bat — he constructed an innings. Five sixes, six fours, and the kind of strike rotation that makes bowlers despair.

Tanmay & P D Unravel the Chase

Defending 184, Calcutta Challengers needed early incisions and they got them. SURAJ PRAHLADKA trapped Moly in the first over before Tanmay Karmakar and P D combined for six wickets in six overs to put the match beyond doubt. Tanmay's three-over spell yielded 3/32 — he dismissed the dangerous Avinash (30) and the well-set Rahul Kr Shaw (16), breaking key partnerships with guile and flight. P D was even more clinical: 3/28 in 3 overs at an economy of 9.33, the best bowling performance of the innings. His three wickets removed Shankar, Biswajit and Ashok at crucial junctures, exposing the lower order to a rampant attack. Despite brave cameos from Mayukh Ghosh (32 off 8, 5 sixes) and Milan (40 off 20), Newtown Knights were folded for 158 in 12.1 overs — 25 runs short. Kunal Gupta delivered the final blow with a caught-and-bowled to dismiss last man Bikram Howladar.

Bapi..Molla Provides the Perfect Support Act

Bapi..Molla was the ideal foil for Tanmay and P D, claiming 2/34 in 2 overs with sharp variations that kept the middle order guessing. His dismissals of Mayukh Ghosh and ROHIT SINGH arrived at exactly the right moments, cutting off any counter-attacking rally before it could gather momentum. The bowling unit as a whole was relentless, disciplined and devastatingly effective — a performance that underlines just how multi-dimensional this Challengers side has become.

Calcutta Challengers — Batting (183/8 in 13.0 Ov)

Newtown Knights — Batting (158/10 in 12.1 Ov)

Bowling — Calcutta Challengers

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