Sunil Joshi-inspired Davangere beat Mangalore

Former India spinner Sunil Joshi turned in an allround performance that helped Shamanoor Davangere Diamonds beat Mangalore United by three wickets in Bangalore.

Opening the bowling, Joshi took 3 for 22, including the wicket of top-scorer Rongsen Jonathan. Jonathan's patient 39 off 45 deliveries enabled Mangalore to recover from 36 for 3. However, Davangere kept up the pressure to restrict Mangalore to 119 for 8.

Despite opener Mayank Agarwal's 36 off 30 which included three sixes, Mangalore struck regularly to reduce Davangere to 77 for 6. With 43 needed off 32, Joshi came in and smashed four fours in his 25 off 15 that took Davangere home with three balls to spare.

An opening stand of 112 between Shyam Ponnappa and J Arunkumar gave Belagavi Panthers a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bijapur Bulls in Bangalore.

Ponnappa top-scored with 60 off 50 deliveries, hitting eight fours and two sixes, while his captain Arunkumar made 49 off 47 with four fours and three sixes. The emphatic start meant Belagavi got to the target of 132 with five deliveries remaining.

They had earlier bowled with discipline to keep Bijapur to 131 for 7. Several Bijapur batsmen got starts but no one scored more than 30. Nithin Mulky top-scored with 28 off 23 but the way Belagavi went about their chase, 131 was never going to be enough.