Mangalore Dragons vs Hubli Tigers, the final of the KSCA Maharaja T20 Trophy 2025, has concluded with Dragons emerging as champions of the season, proving most of our predictions right. They dominated the rain-affected final in Mysore and beat the Hubli Tigers by 14 runs (VJD method). Notably, this is the first title of the team in the Maharaja T20 Trophy 2025. Check out the Mangalore Dragons vs Hubli Tigers final highlights.
Mangalore Dragons vs Hubli Tigers final highlights
Hubli Tigers captain Devdutt Padikkal won the toss in the final and elected to bat first against Mangalore Dragons at Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysore.
Hubli Tigers Playing XI: Mohammed Taha, Devdutt Padikkal (c), Krishnan Shrijith, Karthikeya KP, Abhinav Manohar, Shivkumar Rakshith (wk), Manvanth Kumar L, Ritesh Bhatkal, KC Cariappa, Shreesha Achar, Yash Raj Punja
Mangalore Dragons Playing XI: Lochan Gowda, Pallavkumar Das, Aneesh KV, Macneil Hadley Noronha, Aadarsh Prajwal (wk), Sachin Shinde, Shreyas Gopal (c), S Shivaraj, Kranthi Kumar, Shreevathsa Acharya, Santokh Singh
Hubli Tigers openers, captain Devdutt Padikkal and Mohammed Taha, started decently, but Santokh Singh gave the first breakthrough in the final by dismissing the opposition captain on just 10 runs. However, the next batters, Krishnan Shrijith and Taha, build a strong partnership. Taha scored 27 runs off 15 balls, while Shrijith smashed the fifty before getting out to Sachin Shinde. After his wicket, no batter was able to go past 20 runs, and Hubli Tiger managed to score 154 runs in 20 overs at the end. Sachin Shinde took 3 wickets, while Macneil Noronha and Shreevathsa Acharya got 2 each.
While chasing the target of 155 in the big final, the openers of the Mangalore Dragons gave them an amazing start. Lochan Gowda got out on 18 runs with initial fireworks, but Sharath BR took the charge and scored 49 runs off 35 balls, including 4 fours and 3 sixes. After this amazing start, Pallavkumar Das and Aneesh KV held the inning, but the match was interrupted by rain when Dragons was on 85 runs with the loss of 2 wickets in 10.4 overs. When the rain didn’t stop, the referees decided to announce the winner by the VJD method, and Dragons won the game by 14 runs.
