Season openerSeason 3 · Week 1 · 4 matches

Perfect day for NeuroStrikers: two from two at Heera Box Cricket

Four matches at Heera Box Cricket: NeuroStrikers won both of theirs, the Outliers went 1–1, Vikings went 1–1 and Mavericks lost both of theirs.

By The Third Umpire·Friday, 24 July 2026·Heera Box Cricket

Match 1Statement win

The Outliers45/27

NeuroStrikers48/04

NeuroStrikers won by 6 wickets (18 balls left) ↓

Match 2Result

Vikings66/37

Mavericks44/67

Vikings won by 22 runs ↓

Match 3Thriller

Mavericks54/37

The Outliers55/16.5

The Outliers won by 5 wickets (1 ball left) ↓

Match 4Result

NeuroStrikers42/57

Vikings33/17

NeuroStrikers won by 9 runs ↓

Season 3 got under way at Heera Box Cricket on Friday, four matches deep. The tightest of them, The Outliers by 5 wickets, came down to the last few balls. The standout performance belonged to Nishant Gupta: 2* off 2 balls and 3/2 from 2 overs. NeuroStrikers lead the early table.

Match 1Statement win

18 balls to spare: NeuroStrikers cruise past the Outliers

The Outliers 45/2 (7) · NeuroStrikers 48/0 (4) — NeuroStrikers won by 6 wickets (18 balls left)

There was only ever one side in it. The Outliers were asked to set the target. The backbone was Naman Saini's 34* off 25 balls, with 3 sixes and 2 fours. An unbroken stand of 25 at the end did most of the lifting. They closed on 45/2 from their 7 overs. Rahul Kasliwal was the pick of the NeuroStrikers attack with 1/15 from 1 over. Vikas kept things tight too, 9 runs from 2 overs.

Chasing 46, NeuroStrikers needed a shade over 6 an over. The innings belonged to Sagar, whose 28* off 12 balls, with 2 sixes and 4 fours, came at a strike rate of 233. Support came from Anil Rawat, whose 16* took 12 balls. They strolled home with 3 overs unused. For the Outliers, Siddharth Rao returned 0/5 from 1 over.

Player of the Match: Sagar28* off 12 balls and 0/3 from 1 over

Match 2Result

Nishant Gupta the difference as Vikings see off Mavericks

Vikings 66/3 (7) · Mavericks 44/6 (7) — Vikings won by 22 runs

Vikings batted first. The backbone was Bhairav Deep's 34 off 24 balls, with 4 sixes and 1 four. The 2nd-wicket stand was worth 31, the innings' best. They closed on 66/3 from their 7 overs. Ankit Jain was the miser of the innings, 1/10 from 2 overs at 5 an over. Mavericks will not enjoy the replay of the 15 extras they conceded.

Mavericks needed 67 at 9.6 an over. The backbone was Rahul Rathore's 31 off 24 balls, with 1 six and 5 fours. The chase petered out at 44/6. Nishant Gupta did the damage for Vikings, finishing with 3/2 from 2 overs. Mahesh Kumar backed it up with 2/20 from 2 overs.

Player of the Match: Nishant Gupta2* off 2 balls and 3/2 from 2 overs

Match 3Thriller

The Outliers reel in Mavericks' 54 at the last gasp

Mavericks 54/3 (7) · The Outliers 55/1 (6.5) — The Outliers won by 5 wickets (1 ball left)

Tight does not begin to cover it. Mavericks batted first. The backbone was Harish Jangid's 36 off 23 balls, with 3 sixes and 2 fours. Rahul Rathore chipped in with 12 off 16 balls, with 1 four. The 2nd-wicket stand was worth 41, the innings' best. They closed on 54/3 from their 7 overs. For the Outliers, Nitin Setia returned 1/3 from 1 over.

The Outliers needed 55 at 7.9 an over. The backbone was Siddharth Rao's 22* off 19 balls, with 2 sixes. Rudraksh added a useful 20* (14). They got there with 1 ball to spare, which is to say barely. For Mavericks, Harish returned 1/16 from 2 overs.

Player of the Match: Nitin Setia1/3 from 1 over

Match 4Result

NeuroStrikers' 42 proves too many for Vikings

NeuroStrikers 42/5 (7) · Vikings 33/1 (7) — NeuroStrikers won by 9 runs

NeuroStrikers were asked to set the target. Saurabh Charan led the way with 16* off 11 balls, with 2 sixes. They closed on 42/5 from their 7 overs. Nobody got Mahesh Kumar away: 2/4 from 2 overs, 10 dot balls among them. Navin Gurjar kept things tight too, 9 runs from 2 overs. 14 extras in a 7-over innings is a gift no fielding side should be wrapping.

Vikings needed 43 at 6.1 an over. Mahesh was the pick of the batters, making 11 off 9 balls, with 1 six and 1 four. They ended on 33/1, well short. Saurabh was the miser of the innings, 1/9 from 2 overs at 4.5 an over.

Player of the Match: Saurabh Charan16* off 11 balls and 1/9 from 2 overs

For the record books

Nishant Gupta's 3/2 are the best bowling figures of the season to date. 66 is the highest team total of the season so far. 44 is the lowest total of the season so far. Harish Jangid's 36 is the highest individual score of Season 3 so far. 33 is the lowest total of the season so far.

The Banter Verdict

Somebody check on Satvik Todwal: 24 off 1, an economy of 24. The ball will need counselling too.

Star of the day

Nishant Gupta

Vikings

2* off 2 balls and 3/2 from 2 overs

Nishant Gupta gets our vote for 2* off 2 balls and 3/2 from 2 overs. Measured against the conditions of the game, no one did more in Week 1.

The day in numbers

387: runs across the day, 7.3 an over
27: sixes
36: top score, Harish Jangid (23 balls)
3/2: best bowling, Nishant Gupta
62%: dot balls (195 of 317)
51: extras conceded

Season 3 table, after Week 1

Team	P	W	Pts	NRR
1NeuroStrikers▲	2	2	4	+2.61
2Vikings▲	2	1	2	+0.93
3Outliers▼	2	1	2	-2.04
4Mavericks	2	0	0	-1.75

Full scorecards

M1Outliers 45/2 v NeuroStrikers 48/0NeuroStrikers won by 6 wickets (18 balls left)

The Outliers

45/2 (7)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Naman Saini not out	34*	25	2	3	136
Rishabh Soni run out (Saurabh Charan)	1	2	0	0	50
Rudraksh st †Kunwar Gaurav b Rahul Kasliwal	3	11	0	0	27
Siddharth Rao not out	3*	5	0	0	60

4 extras·Fall of wickets: 3-1 (Rishabh Soni, 1.0), 20-2 (Rudraksh, 4.1)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Sagar	1	3	0	3.00
Saurabh Charan	2	10	0	5.00
Vikas	2	9	0	4.50
Dhruv Paliwal	1	8	0	8.00
Rahul Kasliwal	1	15	1	15.00

NeuroStrikers

48/0 (4)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Anil Rawat not out	16*	12	1	2	133
Sagar not out	28*	12	4	2	233

4 extras

Bowler	O	R	Econ
Rudraksh	2	19	9.50
Siddharth Rao	1	5	5.00
Satvik Todwal	1	24	24.00

M2Vikings 66/3 v Mavericks 44/6Vikings won by 22 runs

Vikings

66/3 (7)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mahesh Kumar c Prateek Chatterjee b Ankit Jain	8	11	0	1	73
Bhairav Deep c Rahul Rathore b Lakshya Sharma	34	24	1	4	142
Navin Gurjar run out (Harish Jangid)	7	6	0	1	117
Nishant Gupta not out	2*	2	0	0	100

15 extras·Fall of wickets: 13-1 (Mahesh Kumar, 2.5), 44-2 (Navin Gurjar, 5.1), 66-3 (Bhairav Deep, 7.0)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Ankit Jain	2	10	1	5.00
Harish Jangid	2	15	0	7.50
Prateek Chatterjee	1	20	0	20.00
Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat	1	10	0	10.00
Lakshya Sharma	1	11	1	11.00

Mavericks

44/6 (7)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rahul Rathore c Navin Gurjar b Opal	31	24	5	1	129
Ankit Jain b Nishant Gupta	1	2	0	0	50
Lakshya Sharma b Mahesh Kumar	1	4	0	0	25
Harish Jangid c Opal b Nishant Gupta	8	5	0	1	160
Nitesh b Nishant Gupta	0	2	0	0	0
Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat b Mahesh Kumar	0	4	0	0	0
Prateek Chatterjee not out	1*	1	0	0	100

2 extras·Fall of wickets: 8-1 (Ankit Jain, 1.1), 10-2 (Lakshya Sharma, 2.1), 32-3 (Harish Jangid, 4.1), 32-4 (Nitesh, 4.3), 37-5 (Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat, 5.4), 44-6 (Rahul Rathore, 7.0)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Navin Gurjar	2	0	17	0	8.50
Nishant Gupta	2	1	2	3	1.00
Mahesh Kumar	2	0	20	2	10.00
Opal	1	0	5	1	5.00

M3Mavericks 54/3 v Outliers 55/1The Outliers won by 5 wickets (1 ball left)

Mavericks

54/3 (7)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Harish Jangid run out (Rudraksh / Naman Saini)	36	23	2	3	157
Nitesh c †Nitin Setia b Satvik Todwal	2	5	0	0	40
Rahul Rathore st †Krishna Saxena b Nitin Setia	12	16	1	0	75
Prateek Chatterjee not out	0*	0	0	0	–

4 extras·Fall of wickets: 11-1 (Nitesh, 2.1), 52-2 (Harish Jangid, 6.2), 54-3 (Rahul Rathore, 7.0)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Siddharth Rao	2	13	0	6.50
Krishna Saxena	1	3	0	3.00
Satvik Todwal	1	16	1	16.00
Naman Saini	2	19	0	9.50
Nitin Setia	1	3	1	3.00

The Outliers

55/1 (6.5)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Naman Saini b Harish Jangid	12	8	0	2	150
Siddharth Rao not out	22*	19	0	2	116
Rudraksh not out	20*	14	1	2	143

1 extras·Fall of wickets: 16-1 (Naman Saini, 1.4)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Ankit Jain	2	14	0	7.00
Harish Jangid	2	16	1	8.00
Rahul Rathore	1	14	0	14.00
Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat	1	6	0	6.00
Prateek Chatterjee	0.5	5	0	6.00

M4NeuroStrikers 42/5 v Vikings 33/1NeuroStrikers won by 9 runs

NeuroStrikers

42/5 (7)

Batter	R	B	6s	SR
Anil Rawat c Mahesh Kumar b Opal	0	8	0	0
Sagar c †Prashant Ramchandani b Navin Gurjar	4	6	0	67
Rahul Kasliwal b Navin Gurjar	1	4	0	25
Vikas b Mahesh Kumar	7	11	0	64
Saurabh Charan not out	16*	11	2	145
Kunwar Gaurav b Mahesh Kumar	0	2	0	0
Dhruv Paliwal not out	0*	0	0	–

14 extras·Fall of wickets: 5-1 (Sagar, 2.0), 5-2 (Anil Rawat, 2.2), 19-3 (Rahul Kasliwal, 4.1), 27-4 (Vikas, 5.4), 27-5 (Kunwar Gaurav, 6.0)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Mahesh Kumar	2	4	2	2.00
Navin Gurjar	2	9	2	4.50
Opal	1	1	1	1.00
Bhairav Deep	1	13	0	13.00
Nishant Gupta	1	15	0	15.00

Vikings

33/1 (7)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mahesh Kumar c †Kunwar Gaurav b Saurabh Charan	11	9	1	1	122
Prashant Ramchandani not out	5*	14	0	0	36
Navin Gurjar retired out	2	12	0	0	17
Bhairav Deep not out	8*	8	1	0	100

7 extras·Fall of wickets: 11-1 (Mahesh Kumar, 1.3), 19-1 (Navin Gurjar, 5.0)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Sagar	2	18	0	9.00
Saurabh Charan	2	9	1	4.50
Vikas	2	4	0	2.00
Dhruv Paliwal	1	2	0	2.00

7 overs a side