Saurabh Charan's 4/8 lights up Week 2
Four matches at Jai Club Box: The Outliers won both of theirs, Vikings went 1–1, NeuroStrikers went 1–1 and Mavericks lost both of theirs.
By The Boundary Desk·Friday, 31 July 2026·Jai Club Box
The Outliers68/37
Vikings48/37
Mavericks43/47The Outliers44/26.4Mavericks33/87
NeuroStrikers34/35.3NeuroStrikers34/77Vikings38/24.4Four matches, one evening, one box at Jai Club Box: this was Week 2. The tightest of them, The Outliers by 5 wickets, came down to the last few balls. If one player owned the evening, it was Saurabh Charan, with 2* off 3 balls and 4/8 from 2 overs. NeuroStrikers stay top, but only on percentage and net run rate. The Outliers have now won three on the bounce. Mavericks have lost four in a row.
The Outliers defend 68 to beat Vikings
The Outliers 68/3 (7) · Vikings 48/3 (7) — The Outliers won by 20 runs
A professional job from the Outliers. The Outliers lost Naman Saini inside the first over, 6/1 before anyone had found their feet. Madhav Sharma led the way with 28 off 18 balls, with 3 sixes. Uddhav Chaudhary added a useful 22* (15). The 3rd-wicket stand was worth 38, the innings' best. The Outliers finished on 68/3. For Vikings, Nishant Gupta returned 2/20 from 2 overs.
Vikings needed 69 at 9.9 an over. Bhairav Deep led the way with 13* off 7 balls, with 2 sixes. Mahesh Kumar added a useful 11 (19). They ended on 48/3, well short. Satvik Todwal was the pick of the the Outliers attack with 0/2 from 1 over. The Outliers conceded 15 extras along the way.
Player of the Match: Krishna Saxena0/9 from 2 overs
The Outliers reel in Mavericks' 43 at the last gasp
Mavericks 43/4 (7) · The Outliers 44/2 (6.4) — The Outliers won by 5 wickets (2 balls left)
This one went to the wire. It started badly for Mavericks: Harish was gone in the first over with 4 runs on the board. Nitesh was the pick of the batters, making 15 off 15 balls, with 1 six and 1 four. Adhip Chaudhary chipped in with 14 off 8 balls, with 2 sixes. They closed on 43/4 from their 7 overs. For the Outliers, Madhav Sharma returned 1/2 from 1 over. Siddharth Rao kept things tight too, 8 runs from 2 overs.
Chasing 44, the Outliers needed a shade over 6 an over. Naman Saini fell in the first over, which is never the start a chase wants. The backbone was Uddhav Chaudhary's 15 off 11 balls, with 2 fours. Madhav chipped in with 14* off 13 balls, with 1 six. They got there with 2 balls to spare, which is to say barely. Nobody got Adhip away: 1/10 from 2 overs, 7 dot balls among them.
Player of the Match: Siddharth Rao1/8 from 2 overs
Saurabh Charan stars as NeuroStrikers beat Mavericks
Mavericks 33/8 (7) · NeuroStrikers 34/3 (5.3) — NeuroStrikers won by 4 wickets (9 balls left)
Mavericks were asked to set the target. Nitesh led the way with 9 off 8 balls, with 1 four. Then the wheels came off: three wickets went down for 7 runs, 13 becoming 20/4. Mavericks finished on 33/8. With 4/8 from 2 overs, Saurabh Charan made sure Mavericks never settled.
The equation for NeuroStrikers: 34 to win from 7 overs. Anil Rawat fell in the first over, which is never the start a chase wants. Sagar was the pick of the batters, making 22 off 15 balls, with 1 six and 4 fours. They reached 34/3 with 9 balls to spare. For Mavericks, Prateek Chatterjee returned 2/9 from 1 over.
Player of the Match: Saurabh Charan2* off 3 balls and 4/8 from 2 overs
Vikings make light work of NeuroStrikers
NeuroStrikers 34/7 (7) · Vikings 38/2 (4.4) — Vikings won by 5 wickets (14 balls left)
This one was over early. NeuroStrikers lost Sagar inside the first over, 1/1 before anyone had found their feet. Dhruv Paliwal led the way with 13* off 11 balls, with 1 six. A wobble cost them dearly, three wickets falling for 2 runs. They closed on 34/7 from their 7 overs. Nishant Gupta did the damage for Vikings, finishing with 3/14 from 2 overs. Mahesh Kumar kept things tight too, 6 runs from 2 overs. Vikings will not enjoy the replay of the 12 extras they conceded.
Chasing 35, Vikings needed a shade over 5 an over. Bhairav Deep led the way with 20* off 19 balls, with 2 sixes. It was done with 14 balls to spare. Saurabh Charan was the pick of the NeuroStrikers attack with 1/7 from 1 over. NeuroStrikers conceded 9 extras along the way.
Player of the Match: Nishant Gupta3/14 from 2 overs
For the record books
68 is the highest team total of the season so far. Saurabh Charan's 4/8 are the best bowling figures of the season to date.
A golden duck for Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat. One ball, one walk back, zero regrets — we're told the bat is still in mint condition.
M1Outliers 68/3 v Vikings 48/3The Outliers won by 20 runs
The Outliers
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naman Saini c Yash Pareek b Navin Gurjar | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 300 |
Siddharth Rao c Yash Pareek b Nishant Gupta | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133 |
Madhav Sharma c Mahesh Kumar b Nishant Gupta | 28 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 156 |
Uddhav Chaudhary not out | 22* | 15 | 3 | 1 | 147 |
Nitin Setia not out | 2* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
6 extras·Fall of wickets: 6-1 (Naman Saini, 0.2), 18-2 (Siddharth Rao, 2.0), 56-3 (Madhav Sharma, 5.4)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navin Gurjar | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 13.00 |
| Nishant Gupta | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 10.00 |
| Yash Pareek | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Mahesh Kumar | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Opal | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Anagh Nandwana | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11.00 |
Vikings
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yash Pareek run out (Madhav Sharma) | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Mahesh Kumar run out (Madhav Sharma) | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 58 |
Anagh Nandwana run out (Krishna Saxena) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Bhairav Deep not out | 13* | 7 | 0 | 2 | 186 |
Prashant Ramchandani not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
15 extras·Fall of wickets: 30-1 (Mahesh Kumar, 4.3), 32-2 (Yash Pareek, 5.0), 46-3 (Anagh Nandwana, 6.1)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siddharth Rao | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Krishna Saxena | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Rudraksh | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 |
| Madhav Sharma | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 |
| Satvik Todwal | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
M2Mavericks 43/4 v Outliers 44/2The Outliers won by 5 wickets (2 balls left)
Mavericks
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Harish Jangid c †Nitin Setia b Siddharth Rao | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133 |
Nitesh c †Nitin Setia b Rudraksh | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Rahul Rathore b Madhav Sharma | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Prateek Chatterjee not out | 4* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
Adhip Chaudhary run out (Nitin Setia) | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 175 |
2 extras·Fall of wickets: 4-1 (Harish Jangid, 0.3), 16-2 (Rahul Rathore, 3.2), 28-3 (Nitesh, 5.2), 43-4 (Adhip Chaudhary, 7.0)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siddharth Rao | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Krishna Saxena | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Madhav Sharma | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.00 |
| Satvik Todwal | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Rudraksh | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Nitin Setia | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 |
The Outliers
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naman Saini c †Nitesh b Ankit Jain | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 200 |
Madhav Sharma not out | 14* | 13 | 0 | 1 | 108 |
Uddhav Chaudhary c Harish Jangid b Adhip Chaudhary | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 136 |
Nitin Setia not out | 7* | 13 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
2 extras·Fall of wickets: 6-1 (Naman Saini, 0.3), 28-2 (Uddhav Chaudhary, 3.2)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankit Jain | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Harish Jangid | 1.4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7.80 |
| Adhip Chaudhary | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Prateek Chatterjee | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
M3Mavericks 33/8 v NeuroStrikers 34/3NeuroStrikers won by 4 wickets (9 balls left)
Mavericks
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adhip Chaudhary c Anil Rawat b Saurabh Charan | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
Nitesh c †Kunwar Gaurav b Vikas | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 113 |
Harish Jangid run out (Vikas / Kunwar Gaurav) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Lakshya Sharma b Saurabh Charan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rahul Rathore c †Kunwar Gaurav b Rahul Kasliwal | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ankit Jain run out (Anil Rawat / Sagar) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Prateek Chatterjee not out | 7* | 4 | 1 | 0 | 175 |
Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat c Rahul Kasliwal b Saurabh Charan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raghav Patodia b Saurabh Charan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 extras·Fall of wickets: 13-1 (Nitesh, 2.1), 19-2 (Harish Jangid, 3.3), 19-3 (Lakshya Sharma, 4.0), 20-4 (Rahul Rathore, 5.0), 25-5 (Ankit Jain, 5.5), 29-6 (Adhip Chaudhary, 6.1), 29-7 (Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat, 6.2), 30-8 (Raghav Patodia, 6.3)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhruv Paliwal | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Sagar | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 |
| Vikas | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.00 |
| Saurabh Charan | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4.00 |
| Rahul Kasliwal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
NeuroStrikers
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anil Rawat c †Nitesh b Ankit Jain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sagar c †Nitesh b Prateek Chatterjee | 22 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 147 |
Vikas not out | 6* | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Rahul Kasliwal st †Nitesh b Prateek Chatterjee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Saurabh Charan not out | 2* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
4 extras·Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Anil Rawat, 0.2), 30-2 (Sagar, 3.5), 30-3 (Rahul Kasliwal, 4.0)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ankit Jain | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 10.00 |
| Harish Jangid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Prateek Chatterjee | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 9.00 |
| Rahul Rathore | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 |
M4NeuroStrikers 34/7 v Vikings 38/2Vikings won by 5 wickets (14 balls left)
NeuroStrikers
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anil Rawat c Opal b Mahesh Kumar | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
Sagar c & b Yash Pareek | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vikas run out (Yash Pareek / Nishant Gupta) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
Rahul Kasliwal c †Anagh Nandwana b Nishant Gupta | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Saurabh Charan c Bhairav Deep b Nishant Gupta | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dhruv Paliwal not out | 13* | 11 | 0 | 1 | 118 |
Kunwar Gaurav b Nishant Gupta | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raghav Chaturvedi c Navin Gurjar b Opal | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
12 extras·Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Sagar, 0.3), 2-2 (Anil Rawat, 1.4), 10-3 (Rahul Kasliwal, 3.2), 11-4 (Vikas, 3.3), 11-5 (Saurabh Charan, 3.4), 12-6 (Kunwar Gaurav, 4.0), 32-7 (Raghav Chaturvedi, 6.4)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yash Pareek | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Mahesh Kumar | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Nishant Gupta | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7.00 |
| Opal | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7.00 |
Vikings
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anagh Nandwana c Sagar b Saurabh Charan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Bhairav Deep not out | 20* | 19 | 0 | 2 | 105 |
Navin Gurjar c †Kunwar Gaurav b Anil Rawat | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 117 |
Mahesh Kumar not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
9 extras·Fall of wickets: 12-1 (Anagh Nandwana, 1.4), 31-2 (Navin Gurjar, 4.1)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sagar | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Saurabh Charan | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7.00 |
| Vikas | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Anil Rawat | 0.4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10.50 |
7 overs a side