Gowda was the next to fall, cleaned up for 19 off 17 balls, by Yash Punja, with the score at 59/3 in the eighth over. After that, Thippa Reddy was joined by Macneil Noronha, with the latter taking up the onus of upping the ante through the middle overs. The counter-attack from the two batters pushed the Mangaluru Dragons into a good position.