He scored an unbeaten 58 runs from 29 balls for Mysuru Warriors.
Captain Manish Pandey shone with the bat for Mysuru Warriors during a match of Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 2025 tournament against Bengaluru Blasters in Mysore on Monday.
The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) star scored an unbeaten 58 runs from 29 balls to help Mysuru Warriors post 180/5 after opting to bat first. It was an entertaining knock from Manish as he slammed four fours and as many sixes.
The veteran batter walked out to bat at a crucial time for Mysuru Warriors. The Mysuru Warriors were in a spot of bother at 71/4 after the dismissal of Lankesh KS in the 10th over. The hosts went into further trouble after they lost Harshil Dharmani in the 12th over, leaving the team at 94/5.
AUSA-W
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INDA-W
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AMR
193/5
TBW
188/6
Amaravati Royals beat Tungabhadra Warriors by 5 wickets
SVL
207/7
KNK
208/5
Kakinada Kings beat Simhadri Vizag Lions by 5 wickets
BVB
–
AMR
–
VSS
–
SVL
–
SDS
198/7
NDT
196/9
South Delhi Superstarz beat New Delhi Tigers by 3 wickets
NDS
165/9
WDL
154/8
North Delhi Strikers beat West Delhi Lions by 11 runs
ODW
–
CDK
–
PD
–
EDR
–
ZGW
97/6
ZAS
133/5
Zagreb Sokol beat Zagreb Warriors by 36 runs
ZAS
58/10
RJM
141/5
Rijeka Markhors beat Zagreb Sokol by 83 runs 🏆
ZGW
72/9
ZGA
124/8
Zagreb Assassins beat Zagreb Warriors by 52 runs
ZAS
114/5
RJM
125/6
Rijeka Markhors beat Zagreb Sokol by 11 runs
ZGW
48/10
ZGA
163/2
Zagreb Assassins beat Zagreb Warriors by 115 runs
ZGW
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ZAS
–
ZAS
–
SOS
–
ZGW
–
RJM
–
ZAS
–
SOS
–
ZGW
–
RJM
–
YOR
–
LAN
–
CCC
86/3
91YC
88/5
91 Yards Club beat City Cricket Club by 5 wickets
NVR
113/3
GUG
105/10
Navarang Club beat Guwahati Giants by 8 runs
GTC
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CCC
–
BCC
–
NAJC
–
CEC-A
113/4
RTZ
87/3
CECC beat Royal Trivianz by 26 runs
KRMPS
104/4
GUJCC
99/5
ACE KRM Panthers beat Gujrat Cricket Club by 6 wickets
BNC
–
KZK
–
TCC
–
KUMS
–
KLPR
–
JOR
–
PRK
–
SEL
–
GBM
147/10
MGD
180/8
Mangalore Dragons beat Gulbarga Mystics by 33 runs
BNB
141/10
MYW
180/5
Mysore Warriors won by 39 runs
HBT
–
SML
–
MYW
–
GBM
–
WI
–
PAK
–
SLGR
158/6
SLBL
86/9
SLC Greens beat SLC Blues by 72 runs
AUS
–
SA
–
MAO
163/6
LOS
153/6
Manchester Originals beat London Spirit by 10 runs
BIP
–
OVI
–
MOW-W
122/6
LSW-W
124/7
London Spirit Women beat Manchester Originals Women by 3 wickets
BIP-W
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OIW-W
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However, Manish found a reliable partner in wicketkeeper-batter Sumit Kumar (44), who hit two fours and one six. The duo shared an unbeaten 86-run partnership for the sixth wicket.
In reply, the Bengaluru Blasters were 22/3 in the third over at the time of writing this report. The visitors lost openers LR Chethan (8), Rohan Patil (10) and the No.4 batter Bhuvan Rahu (0). Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Mayank Agarwal (2*) was one of the unbeaten batters at the time of writing this report.
Manish Pandey was acquired by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 75 lakh. This meant that the Karnataka batter returned to the franchise he represented from 2014 and 2017.
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However, the 35-year-old game time was limited as he only got to play three matches in IPL 2025. He scored just 92 runs at a strike-rate of 141.53 this season. Going by his performance in IPL 2025, it remains to be seen if Manish will be retained by the three-time champions ahead of IPL 2026. However, his batting display on Monday should definitely give him a chance of retention for IPL 2026.
Overall, the right-handed batter has played 64 matches for Kolkata Knight Riders and has scored 1576 runs at a strike-rate of 127.81. This includes just four half-centuries.
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