Kolkata, June 15 -- Riding on Sourav Halder's hat-trick, Kolkata Royal Tigers bagged their first victory of the Bengal T20 League Season 3 after a hard-fought one-run victory overServotech Siliguri Strikers at the Eden Gardens here on Monday.
Put into bat, Royal Tigers posted 147/9 in 20 overs. Abishek Porel (76 off 53) and Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (33 off 27) were the pick of the batters.
For Siliguri Strikers, Ishan Porel (3-24), Geet Puri (2-28) and Kaushik Maity (2-17) were the star bowlers.
Chasing the target, Karan (46 off 35) and Sudip Chatterjee (35 off 31) gave Siliguri Strikers a fine start. Vishal Bhati (18 off 15) also chipped in with a handy knock.
Against the run of play, Sourav brought Royal Tigers back into game in the 13th ...