Centurion nikin jose

Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20: Nikin Jose struck the first century of the fifth edition of the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament, smashing an unbeaten 100 off just 47 balls, as Coastal Kings Mangaluru cruised to an eight-wicket victory over Gulbarga Mystics on Monday.

Jose fittingly brought up his century with back-to-back sixes off the final two deliveries of the chase as Coastal Kings overhauled the 178-run target with 21 balls to spare. The victory was Coastal Kings' first of the tournament after their opening fixture against Hubli Tigers was washed out, while Gulbarga Mystics slipped to their second consecutive defeat.

Chasing 178, Coastal Kings lost Muralidhara Venkatesh early but never looked under pressure thereafter as Jose and captain Karun Nair stitched together a match-winning 96-run partnership off just 52 deliveries.