Mysuru, Aug. 11 -- The Mangaluru Dragons began their campaign at the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20, with a 33-run victory over the Gulbarga Mystics at the Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Cricket Stadium. Macneil Noronha's fiery half-century of 53 runs, studded with three fours and four sixes, powered the Dragons to 180/8 before skipper Shreyas Gopal and Kranthi Kumar's three-wicket hauls sealed the result.

Earlier in the day, the Mystics' bowling attack was led by Prithviraj, who returned impressive figures of 3/21, while Vyshak Vijaykumar and Monish Reddy picked up two wickets each. Shreyas Gopal also made a handy contribution of 20 runs to steer the Dragons through the death overs.

The Mystics' run chase was off to a flying start as Lu...