Mysuru, Aug. 23 -- Lochan Gowda's (63 off 32) breathtaking knock granted the Mangaluru Dragons a five-run win over the Shivamogga Lions at the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20. Tushar Singh's (89 off 48) fluent innings took Shivamogga Lions deep into the chase, but Kranthi Kumar held their nerve at the death to become the first team to seal a berth in the playoffs, as per a release from KSCA.

Tushar Singh (89 off 48) and Nihal Ullal (13 off 13) kept the Lions in the hunt with a brisk 50 run stand at the top of the innings. While Ullal was dismissed by Abhilash Shetty (impact player), Tushar was in impeccable form. The runs came thick and fast as Tushar found a boundary nearly every over to bring up a 28-ball half century. Tushar also thumped Mac...