Basith scored an unbeaten 50 and bagged three wickets in the Royals' 5-wicket win.

Basith scored an unbeaten 50 and bagged three wickets in the Royals' 5-wicket win.

Basith scored an unbeaten 50 and bagged three wickets in the Royals' 5-wicket win.

Skipper Abdul Basith's brilliant all-round performance powered Trivandrum Royals to a 5-wicket win over Kochi Blue Tigers in the Kerala Cricket League T20 in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.

Basith scored an unbeaten 50 as the Royals chased down a 132-run target with one ball remaining. Earlier, the off-spinner bagged three wickets. Vinod Kumar took four wickets for the Royals.

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The Royals have climbed to the second position in the points table, displacing the Blue Tigers.

Brief scores: Kochi Blue Tigers 131 in 20 overs (Nikhil Thottath 37, Shoun Roger 20, Vinod Kumar 4/16, Abdul Basith 3/23, Sreehari S Nair 2/18) lost to Trivandrum Royals 135/5 in 19.5 overs (Abdul Basith 50 not out, Akarsh A K 25, Subin S 24, Manukrishnan 2/28, Shine John Jacob 2/33)