With Mangaluru Dragons needing 25 runs in 18 deliveries, the 50-run alliance between Lochan Gowda and Nikin Jose was broken by Lavish Kaushal in the 18th over that only gained six runs. Lankesh KS (2) was dismissed in the 19th over by Naveen Mg, while Kranthi Kumar picked up Lochan Gowda in the final over to ensure the Mangaluru Dragons would fall short by 6 runs.