Clean sweepSeason 3 · Week 10 · 4 matches

Vikings go two from two as Sagar hits 45*

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

By Deep Square Leg Bureau·Friday, 2 October 2026·Kodai Box Cricket

Match 1Result

The Outliers53/37

NeuroStrikers56/05.3

NeuroStrikers won by 5 wickets (9 balls left) ↓

Match 2Statement win

Mavericks48/37

Vikings49/14.1

Vikings won by 7 wickets (17 balls left) ↓

Match 3Result

Vikings69/27

NeuroStrikers59/17

Vikings won by 10 runs ↓

Match 4Result

The Outliers55/27

Mavericks48/47

The Outliers won by 7 runs ↓

Four matches, one evening, one box at Kodai Box Cricket: this was Week 10. The standout performance belonged to Sagar: 45* off 19 balls. NeuroStrikers stay top, 4 points clear. Mavericks have lost three in a row. Vikings have now won three on the bounce.

Match 1Result

Sagar the difference as NeuroStrikers see off the Outliers

The Outliers 53/3 (7) · NeuroStrikers 56/0 (5.3) — NeuroStrikers won by 5 wickets (9 balls left)

A professional job from NeuroStrikers. The Outliers lost Nitin Setia inside the first over, 6/1 before anyone had found their feet. Naman Saini treated the bowling with open contempt: 28 off 14 balls, with 4 sixes, a strike rate of 200. Siddharth Rao chipped in with 12* off 14 balls, with 1 four. The 2nd-wicket stand was worth 31, the innings' best. The Outliers finished on 53/3. Dhruv Paliwal was the pick of the NeuroStrikers attack with 2/19 from 2 overs. Vikas kept things tight too, 6 runs from 2 overs.

NeuroStrikers needed 54 at 7.7 an over. Sagar treated the bowling with open contempt: 45* off 19 balls, with 6 sixes, a strike rate of 237. They reached 56/0 with 9 balls to spare. Nobody got Siddharth away: 0/12 from 2 overs, 9 dot balls among them. In this fixture it is now 5–2 to NeuroStrikers this season.

Player of the Match: Sagar45* off 19 balls

Match 2Statement win

17 balls to spare: Vikings cruise past Mavericks

Mavericks 48/3 (7) · Vikings 49/1 (4.1) — Vikings won by 7 wickets (17 balls left)

One-way traffic. Mavericks batted first. The backbone was Rahul Rathore's 16 off 13 balls, with 2 sixes and 1 four. Support came from Harish Jangid, whose 13 took 10 balls. The 1st-wicket stand was worth 28, the innings' best. They closed on 48/3 from their 7 overs. Nishant Gupta was the miser of the innings, 2/6 from 2 overs at 3 an over. Mahesh Kumar kept things tight too, 10 runs from 2 overs.

The equation for Vikings: 49 to win from 7 overs. Rishi Agarwal led the way with 24* off 13 balls, with 3 sixes and 1 four. Mahesh chipped in with 14 off 8 balls, with 1 six and 1 four. It was done with 17 balls to spare. Jaivardhan Pathak was the pick of the Mavericks attack with 1/8 from 1 over. The season series between the two is level at 3–3.

Player of the Match: Nishant Gupta2/6 from 2 overs

Match 3Result

Vikings' 69 proves too many for NeuroStrikers

Vikings 69/2 (7) · NeuroStrikers 59/1 (7) — Vikings won by 10 runs

A professional job from Vikings. Vikings' openers gave them a platform, the first wicket not falling until the 5th over at 43. The backbone was Rishi Agarwal's 33 off 19 balls, with 2 sixes and 4 fours. Mahesh Kumar chipped in with 22 off 15 balls, with 2 sixes and 1 four. The 1st-wicket stand was worth 43, the innings' best. They closed on 69/2 from their 7 overs. Nobody got Dhruv Paliwal away: 1/5 from 2 overs, 10 dot balls among them. NeuroStrikers will not enjoy the replay of the 8 extras they conceded.

NeuroStrikers needed 70 at 10.0 an over. The backbone was Anil Rawat's 21* off 20 balls, with 1 six and 1 four. Support came from Sagar, whose 20 took 13 balls. They ended on 59/1, well short. Nishant Gupta was the pick of the Vikings attack with 1/14 from 2 overs. In this fixture it is now 4–3 to Vikings this season.

Player of the Match: Dhruv Paliwal1/5 from 2 overs

Match 4Result

The Outliers defend 55 to beat Mavericks

The Outliers 55/2 (7) · Mavericks 48/4 (7) — The Outliers won by 7 runs

The Outliers batted first. Naman Saini treated the bowling with open contempt: 41* off 19 balls, with 6 sixes, a strike rate of 216. The 2nd-wicket stand was worth 28, the innings' best. They closed on 55/2 from their 7 overs. Ankit Jain was the pick of the Mavericks attack with 1/15 from 2 overs. Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat kept things tight too, 7 runs from 2 overs.

The equation for Mavericks: 56 to win from 7 overs. Rohit Rathore fell in the first over, which is never the start a chase wants. Harish Jangid led the way with 36 off 23 balls, with 4 sixes and 2 fours. The chase petered out at 48/4. Rudraksh was the miser of the innings, 1/10 from 2 overs at 5 an over. In this fixture it is now 4–2 to the Outliers this season.

Player of the Match: Naman Saini41* off 19 balls and 0/14 from 2 overs

The Banter Verdict

Krishna Saxena faced one ball and left. Efficient, if nothing else.

Star of the day

Sagar

NeuroStrikers

45* off 19 balls

45* off 19 balls — nobody had a bigger say on the day than Sagar. Measured against the conditions of the game, no one did more in Week 10.

The day in numbers

437: runs across the day, 8.5 an over
37: sixes
45*: top score, Sagar (19 balls)
2/6: best bowling, Nishant Gupta
60%: dot balls (187 of 310)
34: extras conceded

Season 3 table, after Week 10

Team	P	W	Pts	NRR
1NeuroStrikers	20	12	24	+0.72
2Vikings	19	10	20	+0.37
3Outliers	19	9	18	-0.32
4Mavericks	18	7	14	-0.78

Full scorecards

M1Outliers 53/3 v NeuroStrikers 56/0NeuroStrikers won by 5 wickets (9 balls left)

The Outliers

53/3 (7)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Nitin Setia c Anil Rawat b Dhruv Paliwal	4	3	1	0	133
Naman Saini c Sagar b Dhruv Paliwal	28	14	0	4	200
Siddharth Rao not out	12*	14	1	0	86
Rudraksh b Vikas	3	8	0	0	38
Satvik Todwal not out	2*	3	0	0	67

4 extras·Fall of wickets: 6-1 (Nitin Setia, 0.3), 37-2 (Naman Saini, 3.3), 49-3 (Rudraksh, 6.1)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Dhruv Paliwal	2	19	2	9.50
Vikas	2	6	1	3.00
Anil Rawat	2	25	0	12.50
Saurabh Charan	1	3	0	3.00

NeuroStrikers

56/0 (5.3)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Anil Rawat not out	7*	14	1	0	50
Sagar not out	45*	19	0	6	237

4 extras

Bowler	O	R	Econ
Siddharth Rao	2	12	6.00
Naman Saini	2	21	10.50
Rudraksh	1	15	15.00
Satvik Todwal	0.3	8	16.00

M2Mavericks 48/3 v Vikings 49/1Vikings won by 7 wickets (17 balls left)

Mavericks

48/3 (7)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rahul Rathore run out (Chaitanya Saran)	16	13	1	2	123
Harish Jangid b Nishant Gupta	13	10	0	2	130
Rohit Rathore c Rishi Agarwal b Nishant Gupta	5	10	0	0	50
Jaivardhan Pathak not out	3*	5	0	0	60
Divyanshu not out	6*	7	0	0	86

5 extras·Fall of wickets: 28-1 (Harish Jangid, 2.4), 35-2 (Rahul Rathore, 4.0), 38-3 (Rohit Rathore, 5.1)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Mahesh Kumar	2	10	0	5.00
Bhaskar Rathore	1	22	0	22.00
Nishant Gupta	2	6	2	3.00
Navin Gurjar	2	10	0	5.00

Vikings

49/1 (4.1)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Agarwal not out	24*	13	1	3	185
Mahesh Kumar c Harish Jangid b Jaivardhan Pathak	14	8	1	1	175
Mitlesh Choudhary not out	6*	4	1	0	150

5 extras·Fall of wickets: 37-1 (Mahesh Kumar, 3.2)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Ankit Jain	1	15	0	15.00
Divyanshu	1	14	0	14.00
Harish Jangid	1.1	12	0	10.29
Jaivardhan Pathak	1	8	1	8.00

M3Vikings 69/2 v NeuroStrikers 59/1Vikings won by 10 runs

Vikings

69/2 (7)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rishi Agarwal c †Kunwar Gaurav b Vikas	33	19	4	2	174
Mahesh Kumar c Anil Rawat b Dhruv Paliwal	22	15	1	2	147
Mitlesh Choudhary not out	5*	7	1	0	71
Navin Gurjar not out	1*	2	0	0	50

8 extras·Fall of wickets: 43-1 (Mahesh Kumar, 4.2), 64-2 (Rishi Agarwal, 6.3)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Bhaskar Rathore	2	0	32	0	16.00
Vikas	2	0	18	1	9.00
Dhruv Paliwal	2	1	5	1	2.50
Anil Rawat	1	0	14	0	14.00

NeuroStrikers

59/1 (7)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Anil Rawat not out	21*	20	1	1	105
Sagar b Nishant Gupta	20	13	3	1	154
Saurabh Charan not out	16*	9	0	2	178

2 extras·Fall of wickets: 29-1 (Sagar, 4.1)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Mahesh Kumar	2	23	0	11.50
Navin Gurjar	2	7	0	3.50
Nishant Gupta	2	14	1	7.00
Mitlesh Choudhary	1	15	0	15.00

M4Outliers 55/2 v Mavericks 48/4The Outliers won by 7 runs

The Outliers

55/2 (7)

Batter	R	B	6s	SR
Nitin Setia c Jaivardhan Pathak b Ankit Jain	4	16	0	25
Krishna Saxena c & b Lakshya Sharma	0	1	0	0
Naman Saini not out	41*	19	6	216
Rudraksh not out	6*	7	1	86

4 extras·Fall of wickets: 6-1 (Krishna Saxena, 1.1), 34-2 (Nitin Setia, 4.3)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat	2	7	0	3.50
Lakshya Sharma	1	18	1	18.00
Harish Jangid	2	15	0	7.50
Ankit Jain	2	15	1	7.50

Mavericks

48/4 (7)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rohit Rathore c Naman Saini b Siddharth Rao	2	4	0	0	50
Harish Jangid c Naman Saini b Krishna Saxena	36	23	2	4	157
Rahul Rathore c & b Rudraksh	6	9	1	0	67
Jaivardhan Pathak run out (Naman Saini)	2	5	0	0	40
Pankaj Tanwar not out	0*	2	0	0	0

2 extras·Fall of wickets: 2-1 (Rohit Rathore, 0.4), 25-2 (Rahul Rathore, 4.1), 40-3 (Jaivardhan Pathak, 5.4), 48-4 (Harish Jangid, 7.0)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Siddharth Rao	2	16	1	8.00
Naman Saini	2	14	0	7.00
Rudraksh	2	10	1	5.00
Krishna Saxena	1	8	1	8.00

7 overs a side