UT Dallas Comets wins South West C’ship ! UT Arlington Mavericks is # 2 !

UT Dallas won the South West Championship for the 2nd time !

UT Dallas won the South West Championship for the 2nd time !

UT Dallas Comets won the 2017 South West Championship for the 2nd time.They defeated 2016 South West Champion UT Arlington in the final. UT Dallas batted first on a grassy pitch, and at 48 for 4 after 9.2 they had to be rescued by a 79 run partnership by Karthik Gattepalli 40* and Jagpreet Singh 32 before Singh was run out. Dallas made 131 for 5.
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From the beginning the Mavericks were ahead of the required Run rate. A 59 run in 8.4 overs opening partnership between Rahul Rao 45 and Luv Sachdeva 29 got them off to an excellent start. At one point they were comfortably set for a win with 47 needed off 7 overs with 9 wickets remaining. But the Comets had not given up and were intensifying their efforts. Eventually 30 was needed off 18 balls, and 16 off the last over which Arlington could not make so UT Dallas won the 2017 South West Championship !

Best Batsman of the Championship was Likith Gowda (UTA)
Best Bowler – Romit Shah (UTA)
MVP – Harish Bv (UTA)
SCORECARD & STATS :https://cricclubs.com/americancollegecricket/viewScorecard.do?matchId=435&clubId=3456

OTHER MATCHES :https://cricclubs.com/americancollegecricket/fixtures.do?league=28&clubId=3456

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