North Mumbai Panthers beat Eagle Thane Strikers by six runs in a high-scoring contest of the T20 Mumbai League at the Wankhede Stadium yesterday. With 26 required off the last two overs, the Strikers came quite close to the Panthers's 190-8 before pacers Atif Attarwala (3-37) and Moondeep Mangela (0-31) bowled sensibly to restrict the Strikers to 184-5.

Tare's 71 in vain
Strikers's opener Kaushik Chikhalikar (56 runs off 41 balls) and one-drop batsman Aditya Tare (71 off 44) ensured their team began the chase well. Skipper Tare first shared an 87-run second-wicket partnership off 55 balls with Chikhalikar and later stitched a 54-run stand off 33 balls with Sagar Mishra (22 off 15 balls) for the fourth wicket. However, Mishra's dismissal in the 19th over put the Strikers in a spot of bother.