Mangalore Dragons had a strong start to the tournament, winning their opening match by 33 runs against Gulberga Mystics and currently leads the points table. They successfully defended the target of 180 runs. Macneil Noronha was the standout performer for Mangalore Dragons, scoring 53 runs off 28 balls. 

On the other hand, Shivamogga Lions lost their opening match by 29 runs against Hubli Tigers, failing to chase down the target of 217 runs. 

MD vs SL Match Details

Date: August 13th, 2025

Time: 7:15 PM IST

Venue: Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar Ground, Mysore 

Live Streaming: Fancode  

MD vs SL Weather Report

Clear weather 

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Top Batters MD vs SL

• Aniruddha Joshi (SL) - 79 runs in this tournament 

• Macneil Noronha (MD) - 53 runs in this tournament 

• Aneeshwar Gautam (SL) - 32 runs this tournament 

Top Bowler MD vs SL

• Shreyas Gopal (MD) - 3 wickets in this tournament 

• Kranthi Kumar (MD) - 3 wickets in this tournament 

• Vidwath Kaverappa (SL) - 2 wickets in this tournament 

MD vs SL Recent Performance

MD vs SL Today Match Prediction Scenarios

Scenario 1- If MD bats first

• First Innings score prediction- MD is expected to score 180-195 runs

• Result prediction- MD will win the match by 30-40 Runs 

Scenario 2- If SL bats first

• First Innings score prediction- SL is expected to score 155-165 runs.

• Result prediction- MD will win the match by 5 wickets 

MD vs SL Predicted Playing XI

Mangalore Dragons (MD) Playing XI 

Nihal Ullal© (wk), Dhruv Prabhakar, Hardik Raj, Aneeshwar Gautam, Aniruddha Joshi, Bharath Dhuri, Avinash D, Vasuki Koushik, Vidwath Kaverappa, Doddamani Anand, Deepak Devadiga, Rohit Kumar K.

Shivamogga Lions (SL) Playing XI

KV Aneesh, Shivaraj S, Lochan Gowda, BR Sharath(wk), Macneil Noronha, Aadarsh Prajwal, Kranthi Kumar, Paras Arya, Shreyas Gopal©, Ronit More, Abhilash Shetty, Pallav Kumar Das.

MD vs SL Complete Squad

Mangalore Dragons - 

Thippa Reddy, BR Sharath(WK), Ronit More, Paras Gurbax Arya, Shreyas Gopal(C), Macneil Noronha, Lochan Gowda(WK), Abhilash Shetty, Melu-Kranthi Kumar, Pallav Das, Sachin Shinde, Shreevathsa Acharya, Aadarsh Prajwal(WK), S Shivaraj, KV Aneesh, Rohan Revankar, Santokh Singh-I, Abhishek Prabhakar.

Shivamogga Lions -

D Avinash, MB Darshan, Sahil Sharma, Dhruv Prabhakar, Maribasava Gowda, Bharath Dhuri, Sireesh Balgaar, Nihal Umesh Ullal(WK)(C), Sanjay Ashwin(WK), Tushar Singh, Aneeshwar Gautam, Aniruddha Joshi, Ashok-D, Vidwath Kaverappa, V Koushik, Hardik Raj, Anand Doddamani, Deepak Devadiga, K Rohit, Mohammad Ashfaq.

MD vs SL Today Match Prediction, Who Will Win the Match?

Mangalore Dragons To win

We predict that Mangalore Dragons will be winning this Karnataka T20 Maharaja Trophy 2025 match. The likes of Macneil Noronha, Shreyas Gopal and Kranthi Kumar will be key players to watch out for.