Arbind Rai claimed four wickets to bowl out Blasters; Samit Dravid and Praveen Dubey’s late resistance for Bengaluru in vain
Mysuru, 23 June 2026: L R Chethan hammered a fiery 60-ball 106 to mastermind Mysore Warriors maiden victory in the DACSS Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament in front of a packed crowd on Tuesday night.
Warriors medium pacer Arbind Kumar Rai then worked magic with the ball claiming the first four of the five wickets to fall conceding just 17 runs. The Blasters needed a miracle to bounce back from 33/5 in 6.1 overs, eventually folding up for 131 in 16 overs.
The undisputed hero the day was the 26-year-old attacking opener Chethan, who steered the Warriors to a daunting total of 203 with a flourishing knock containing nine fours and seven sixes.
The Mysore-lad was so dominant that he scored more than 50 per cent of his team’s total with K P Karthikeya (65 retired hurt, 41 balls, 6 fours, 2 sixes) being the next best scorer.
Chethan and Karthikeya helped the Warriors recover from 12/2 and batted with increasing confidence and calculated aggression. The duo added a match-winning 165 runs for the third wicket in just 85 balls.
The Blasters, in reply, could not match Mysore’s firepower on the night. The daunting equation and mounting pressure led to a series of poor strokes and they were reduced to 33 for five by the end of the power play.Rai did the maximum damage, striking off the first delivery of the innings and then accounting for three other batsmen. Captain Vyshak Vijaykumar claimed the other wicket.
Samit Dravid (30, 27 balls, 2 fours, 1 six) and Praveen Dubey (36, 22 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) offered late resistance with some defiant batting adding 54 runs of 30 balls. But once Dravid and Dubey departed, the inevitable looked unavoidable.
In the first match of the day, Gulbarga Mystics scored their maiden victory defeating Shivamogga Yodhas by 95 runs.
Brief scores:
Mysore Warriors won by 72 runs
Mysore Warriors 203-6 in 20 overs (L R Chethan 106, K P Karthikeya 65 retired hurt; Samit Dravid 1-27; Shubhang Hegde 1-31) bt Bengaluru Blasters 131-10 in 16 overs (Samit Dravid 30, Praveen Dubey 36; Arbind Kumar Rai 4-17)
