BNB vs MWS 1st Semi-Final Match Prediction

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Bengaluru Blasters

Bengaluru Blasters have been absolutely in rampaging mood in the tournament, notching up five wins in five completed games. However, their last match was quite unlike the way they've played in the series. It was a rather see-saw game of Cricket where they somehow managed to finish at the top.

After being put into bat, the Blasters were reduced to 24 for 3 at one moment before a small partnership between Robbin Uthappa and Pavan Deshpande bailed them out. Uthappa departed for a personal score of 37 with team's total at 61 in the tenth over. Vinit Yadav and Deshpande then joined together for an unbeaten partnership of 87 which propelled their total to 148 which gave their bowlers a little bit of chance.

They needed their bowlers to bowl accurately so as to grab slightest of chances to turn the game into their favor and they did not disappoint. They dismissed Mysore's key batsmen within the powerplay from which the Warriors were never really able to recover. A dramatic innings by Manjunath did send a bit of scare but excellent last over by Doddamani Anand who finished with the figures of 2 for 18 in his three overs.

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Mysuru Warriors

A steady start would have sealed it for the Warriors, but the batting ghosts of their last game got to their brains as their openers perished while trying to score too quickly. To the disappointment of the home crowd, the Warriors lost the key wickets of Rajoo Bhatkal, A Arjun Hoysala, and Amit Verma for just 27 runs in 3.2 overs.

Despite a valiant effort by S Sharath, who scored 37 off 39 deliveries, and Manjunath SP, they fell short of the Blasters' total by a little margin of three runs. Needing 11 off the last over with two wickets in hand, Manjunath reverse-smashed Anand towards point boundary for four. With the equation of 7 needed off 5, the Warriors were outright favorites, but some poor judgment from Manjunath and no support from the remaining batsman saw the fall short.

Although, their bowlers did particularly well to pick up key wickets at regular intervals and restrict Blasters to a manageable total of 148, their inability to clean up the tail was one of the reasons for their loss. Poor bowling coupled with defensive fieldsets and poor strategy, Warriors struggled to get wickets in the middle and death overs which instilled confidence in Blasters' batsmen as they eventually bailed them out of the trouble.