The SG Stars took on the SG Crimsons in the 3rd match of the Elite Player 50 Over Series. The SG Stars came off a thumping win over the SG Crescents in their first match and looked to now extend their dominance against the SG Crimsons who lost a close match against the Crescents in their first match.
Winning the toss, SG Stars captain Rezza Gaznavi chose to bat first and whilst the SG Crimsons did well in taking two quick wickets in the first 5 overs, Arjun Mutreja looked to settle early and took control of the SG Stars innings and bossed his way to a 106 (111) which included 111 boundaries and 2 sixers. Kshitij Shinde was the next best scorer for the Stars with 28 (39), The SG Crimsons rallied well to contain the SG Stars to 193 all out with opening bowlers Tafara Chingwara 2-52 and Janak Prakash 3-37 bringing the SG Stars innings to a halt in 38.2 overs.
SG Crimsons started their innings in control of their chase in measured fashion and even with the loss of Karabo Motlhanka early, Rakshit and Prasheen Param looked to have got the chase back on track Rakshit’s dismissal for 34 (72) saw Janak Prakash departing soon after too the sting out of the Crimsons chase. Even as Hanshul Singhania 25 (35) did his best to bring the chase back on track, his dismissal meant that Prasheen Param was left with too much to do as wickets fell around him and was finally out for 45 (90) and with that SG Crimsons were soon all out for 172 in 48.3 overs. SG Stars winning by 17 runs and top of the pile after the first round of 50 over matches.
The T20 Series will commence soon on the 12th of Feb as the SG Crimsons take in the SG Crescents in the first match. 
