Star-studded Bradman World XI crashed to a 33-run defeat at the hands of Karnataka State Cricket Association XI in a league match of the Unibic 20-20 Bradman Cup tournament at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday.

Sent in to bat, the home side made 137 for eight wickets in their 20 overs with man-of-the-match Bharath Chipli top-scoring with a 40-ball 48 with six fours and one six.

Skipper Barrington Rowland chipped in with 22 and B Akhil contributed 18.

Upul Chandana picked up two wickets for the Bradman XI, while Mohammed Sami, Javagal Srinath and Shoaib Malik [Images] scalped one each.

Bradman XI put up an uninspired run chase in the face of some splendid bowling by C Raghavendra and R Vinay Kumar who scalped three wickets apiece to put their side on top.

A good start eluded Bradman XI as they were reduced to 40 for the loss of four wickets in the eighth over. Russel Arnold (28), Shoaib Malik (21) and R Kaluwitharana (12) enabled them to cross the three digit mark before they were all out for 104 in 17.5 overs.

Brief scores: KSCA XI 137 for eight in 20 overs (Chipli 48, Rowland 22, Akhil 18; Chandana 2/23, Sami 1/19, Srinath 1/21, Malik 1/32) vs Bradman World XI 104 all out in 17.5 overs (Arnold 28, Malik 21, Kaluwitharana 12; Raghavendra 3/15, Vinay Kumar 3/22, Akhil 2/16).