After UC Irvine won the toss and elected to bat first, UCSD kept applying pressure and never really let UC Irvine get away. They took wickets whenever partnerships looked to threaten, which meant that UC Irvine was only able to get 169 from their 25 overs. Ashar led the wickets tally for the home team with 2, with 4 other bowlers also contributing with a wicket each. For the visitors, Suvrat top-scored with a 52-ball 55. In response, UCSD started all guns blazing. They got to 70 in their 7-over powerplay, with captain Karan storming to a 21-ball half-century. After the loss of the early wicket in the powerplay, captain Karan and vice-captain Aryaman made sure UCSD got home, stitching a 145-run partnership for the second wicket. Both batsmen got half-centuries, with Karan scoring 92* and Aryaman scoring 59*.

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