Royal Bengal Gold v Southern Sharks

Result · Round 5 · All Nations Cup Championship · 2025/26 · Sun 17 May 2026 · Walter Padbury Park, THORNLIE

Royal Bengal Gold 125 (19.2 ov)

Southern Sharks 131/6 (20 ov)

Southern Sharks won by 6 runs

Match report

Southern Sharks made 131/6 (20 ov) and defended it, holding Royal Bengal Gold to 125 (19.2 ov) to win by 6 runs. For the winners, Arslan Zafar top-scored with 31* off 26 and Sukhbir Sidhu took 3/20 from 4 overs. For Royal Bengal Gold, Shahroz Khan top-scored with 39 and Md Tawnid took 2/14 from 4 overs.

Written automatically from the scorecard.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match

Devender Kumar

Southern Sharks · 4 (8) & 3/31

Our pick, not the official award: 1 point a run, 25 a wicket, 10 a catch, stumping or run-out.

Top performers

Royal Bengal Gold

🏏 Shahroz Khan 39 (0)

🏏 Abhishek Talwar 12 (0)

🎯 Md Tawnid 2/14 (4)

🎯 Shahroz Khan 1/21 (3)

Southern Sharks

🏏 Arslan Zafar 31* (26)

🏏 NIKHIL BHATKAR 27 (10)

🎯 Sukhbir Sidhu 3/20 (4)

🎯 Devender Kumar 3/31 (3.2)

Match details

Competition: All Nations Cup Championship
Round: Round 5
Format: T20
Venue: Walter Padbury Park, THORNLIE
Date: Sunday 17 May 2026, 1:00pm
Season: 2025/26
Toss: Southern Sharks won the toss and chose to bat

Southern Sharks · 1st Innings - Southern Sharks 131/6 (20 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Balraj Singh	c&b:	21	22	0	0	95.45
Gaurav Kataria	run out ()	0	0	0	0	0.00
NIKHIL BHATKAR	c&b:	27	10	0	0	270.00
Bhargav Jani	c&b:	20	22	0	0	90.90
Gautam Tridandapani	c&b:	8	9	0	0	88.88
Devender Kumar	b:	4	8	0	0	50.00
Manas Virk	not out	12*	20	0	0	60.00
Arslan Zafar	not out	31*	26	0	0	119.23
Sandeep Dhankhar	not out	0*	0	0	0	0.00
Puneet Verma	not out	0*	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, w 6, nb 0, pen 0)	8
Total	20 Ov (RR 6.55)	131/6

Did not bat: Sukhbir Sidhu

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ	Wd
Haris Ali	3	32	1	10.66	2
Shafiul Islam	4	27	1	6.75	1
Shahroz Khan	3	21	1	7.00	1
Abhishek Talwar	2	13	0	6.50	2
Md Tawnid	4	14	2	3.50	1
Kazi Islam (Fahim)	4	24	0	6.00	0

Royal Bengal Gold · 1st Innings - Royal Bengal Gold 125 (19.2 ov)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shahroz Khan	c&b:	39	0	0	0	0.00
Mazharul Bhuian	c&b:	5	0	0	0	0.00
Shadman Shahriar	c&b:	11	0	0	0	0.00
Amin Mehraj Rhid	c&b:	11	0	0	0	0.00
Abhishek Talwar	b:	12	0	0	0	0.00
Shafiul Islam	b:	6	0	0	0	0.00
********	b:	12	0	0	0	0.00
Swarup Afsar	c&b:	8	0	0	0	0.00
Haris Ali	lbw:	5	0	0	0	0.00
Kazi Islam (Fahim)	c&b:	2	0	0	0	0.00
Md Tawnid	not out	0*	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 0, lb 0, w 12, nb 2, pen 0)	14
Total	19.2 Ov (RR 6.47)	125

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Sukhbir Sidhu	4	20	3	5.00
Puneet Verma	4	25	1	6.25
Arslan Zafar	4	17	1	4.25
Devender Kumar	3.2	31	3	9.30
Bhargav Jani	4	21	2	5.25

Royal Bengal Gold

Shadman Shahriar Wicketkeeper-Batter 9 rating
Swarup Afsar Middle-Order Batter 4 rating
Abhishek Talwar Second-Change Bowler 14 rating
Shafiul Islam Second-Change Bowler 18 rating
******** Middle-Order Batter 7 rating
Amin Mehraj Rhid Top-Order Batter 20 rating
Haris Ali Opening Bowler 15 rating
Md Tawnid Second-Change Bowler 13 rating
Shahroz Khan Top-Order Batter 22 rating
Mazharul Bhuian Opening Batter 14 rating
Kazi Islam (Fahim) Second-Change Bowler 6 rating

Southern Sharks

Gaurav Kataria Opening Batter 7 rating
Puneet Verma First-Change Bowler 6 rating
Sandeep Dhankhar Top-Order Batter 6 rating
Sukhbir Sidhu Opening Bowler 6 rating
Manas Virk Middle-Order Batter 6 rating
Gautam Tridandapani Top-Order Batter 8 rating
Bhargav Jani Bowling All-Rounder 11 rating
Balraj Singh Opening Batter 7 rating
NIKHIL BHATKAR Top-Order Batter 10 rating
Arslan Zafar Bowling All-Rounder 13 rating
Devender Kumar First-Change Bowler 8 rating

Innings comparison

Innings	Score	RR	4s	6s	Extras	Top score
Southern Sharks	131/6 (20 ov)	6.55	0	0	8	Arslan Zafar 31*
Royal Bengal Gold	125 (19.2 ov)	6.47	0	0	14	Shahroz Khan 39

Partnerships · Southern Sharks

1st wkt 131*

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · Royal Bengal Gold

No fall of wickets recorded for this innings.