Madhav Sharma leads the way in Week 7
Two matches at Kodai Box Cricket: Vikings won their only game, the Outliers won their only game and NeuroStrikers lost both of theirs.
By The Third Umpire·Friday, 11 September 2026·Kodai Box Cricket
Week 7 of Season 3 brought two matches to Kodai Box Cricket on Friday. If one player owned the evening, it was Madhav Sharma, with 32* off 15 balls and 1/6 from 2 overs. NeuroStrikers stay top, 2 points clear. NeuroStrikers have lost three in a row.
Bhairav Deep stars as Vikings beat NeuroStrikers
NeuroStrikers 65/4 (7) · Vikings 66/1 (5.3) — Vikings won by 4 wickets (9 balls left)
NeuroStrikers' openers gave them a platform, the first wicket not falling until the 6th over at 54. The backbone was Anil Rawat's 30 off 18 balls, with 4 sixes. Sagar added a useful 18 (13). The 1st-wicket stand was worth 54, the innings' best. Then the wheels came off: three wickets went down for 6 runs, 54 becoming 60/4. NeuroStrikers finished on 65/4. For Vikings, Bhaskar Rathore returned 2/24 from 2 overs. Vikings will not enjoy the replay of the 10 extras they conceded.
Vikings needed 66 at 9.4 an over. Bhairav Deep was in no mood for subtlety, clattering 37 off 17 balls, with 4 sixes and 1 four at a strike rate of 218. Mahesh Kumar added a useful 20* (13). They reached 66/1 with 9 balls to spare. Sagar was the pick of the NeuroStrikers attack with 1/17 from 1.3 overs. NeuroStrikers conceded 8 extras along the way. In this fixture it is now 3–2 to Vikings this season.
Player of the Match: Bhaskar Rathore2/24 from 2 overs
The Outliers knock off 43 to beat NeuroStrikers
NeuroStrikers 42/2 (7) · The Outliers 43/2 (6) — The Outliers won by 5 wickets (6 balls left)
NeuroStrikers lost Anil Rawat inside the first over, 1/1 before anyone had found their feet. The backbone was Sagar's 22 off 21 balls, with 1 six and 2 fours. Vikas chipped in with 11* off 17 balls, with 1 four. The 2nd-wicket stand was worth 41, the innings' best. NeuroStrikers finished on 42/2. Nobody got Siddharth Rao away: 1/6 from 2 overs, 11 dot balls among them. Madhav Sharma kept things tight too, 6 runs from 2 overs. 9 extras in a 7-over innings is a gift no fielding side should be wrapping.
The equation for the Outliers: 43 to win from 7 overs. The innings belonged to Madhav, whose 32* off 15 balls, with 4 sixes and 1 four, came at a strike rate of 213. They reached 43/2 with 6 balls to spare. Anil was the miser of the innings, 1/7 from 2 overs at 3.5 an over. NeuroStrikers still lead this season's head-to-head 4–1.
Player of the Match: Madhav Sharma32* off 15 balls and 1/6 from 2 overs
A golden duck for Aditya Mutha. One ball, one walk back, zero regrets — we're told the bat is still in mint condition.
M1NeuroStrikers 65/4 v Vikings 66/1Vikings won by 4 wickets (9 balls left)
NeuroStrikers
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anil Rawat c Bhaskar Rathore b Nishant Gupta | 30 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 167 |
Sagar c Nishant Gupta b Bhaskar Rathore | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 138 |
Aditya Mutha c †Prashant Ramchandani b Chaitanya Saran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kunwar Gaurav b Bhaskar Rathore | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 120 |
Vikas not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Saurabh Charan not out | 1* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
10 extras·Fall of wickets: 54-1 (Anil Rawat, 5.0), 54-2 (Sagar, 5.1), 60-3 (Kunwar Gaurav, 6.0), 60-4 (Aditya Mutha, 6.1)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhaskar Rathore | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 12.00 |
| Mahesh Kumar | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Nishant Gupta | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Chaitanya Saran | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5.00 |
Vikings
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bhairav Deep c Anil Rawat b Sagar | 37 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 218 |
Mahesh Kumar not out | 20* | 13 | 2 | 2 | 154 |
Nishant Gupta not out | 1* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
8 extras·Fall of wickets: 56-1 (Bhairav Deep, 3.5)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saurabh Charan | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Anil Rawat | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 22.00 |
| Vikas | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13.00 |
| Sagar | 1.3 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 11.33 |
M2NeuroStrikers 42/2 v Outliers 43/2The Outliers won by 5 wickets (6 balls left)
NeuroStrikers
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anil Rawat c †Krishna Saxena b Siddharth Rao | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sagar st †Krishna Saxena b Madhav Sharma | 22 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 105 |
Vikas not out | 11* | 17 | 1 | 0 | 65 |
Saurabh Charan not out | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 extras·Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Anil Rawat, 0.3), 42-2 (Sagar, 6.5)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siddharth Rao | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Madhav Sharma | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Rudraksh | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Omi | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 |
| Abhijeet Singh Shekhawat | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 |
The Outliers
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Naman Saini c †Kunwar Gaurav b Anil Rawat | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
Jaivardhan Pathak c †Kunwar Gaurav b Saurabh Charan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Madhav Sharma not out | 32* | 15 | 1 | 4 | 213 |
Rudraksh not out | 2* | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
3 extras·Fall of wickets: 3-1 (Jaivardhan Pathak, 1.3), 19-2 (Naman Saini, 2.4)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vikas | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Saurabh Charan | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 13.00 |
| Anil Rawat | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Sagar | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17.00 |
7 overs a side