Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy: Mayank Agarwal's pyrotechnics power Karnataka to title win over Maharashtra
Cricket | March 15, 2019 11:09 ISTKarnataka chased the target with nine balls to spare and ended their otherwise ordinary season on a high.
Karnataka chased the target with nine balls to spare and ended their otherwise ordinary season on a high.
Karnataka restricted Vidarbha to a modest 138/7 with pacer R Vinay Kumar (2-27) leading from the front. Later, skipper Manish Pandey struck a fluent unbeaten 49 to guide his side home.
Opting to field at the Holkar Stadium, Mumbai bowlers, led by medium pacer Tushar Deshpande (3-28), put in a spirited show to restrict Vidarbha to 137/8 in their allotted 20 overs.
Rahane was seen struggling with the bat in the group stage as he was able to put a total of just 58 runs in six matches at an average of 9.67.
Put into bat by Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane, Railways posted a competitive 175/5 in their 20 overs with opener Pratham Singh (89) top-scoring.
This is Saha's second century of his T20 career. His first hundred had come way back in 2014 during the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Mumbai rode on Shaw's blazing 71 off just 47 balls to reach the target of 140 with 10 balls to spare.
The middle-order batsman now sits at sixth position amongst all-time leading scorers in T20s with Chris Gayle leading the charts with 12,298 runs.
Uttar Pradesh captain Raina guided his team to victory in 18.3 overs after openers Upendra Yadav 25 and Samarth Singh 36 provided a steady start.
Bengal defeated Mizoram by 159 runs while Karnataka got the better of Assam by 15 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Thursday.
The 24-year-old smashed 147 runs in just 55 balls for Mumbai against Sikkim in Indore.
Cheteshwar Pujara's ton came against Railways in the domestic T20 tournament - Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy. In doing so, Pujara also became the first batsman from Saurashtra to hit a hundred in the format.
Ishant, who missed out on the final Test against Australia in Sydney owing to an injury is now fit and will be unleashing his thunderbolts against Jharkhand in Delhi's opening game at Vijaywada.
The former India Test wicketkeeper batsman, who went under the knife for a shoulder injury, is set to return to action for the first time since May 25, 2018.
Shaw had suffered a left ankle injury while attempting a catch in a practice game against Cricket Australia XI.
All-rounder Vijay Shankar, who is currently with the Indian team playing in the T20 series in New Zealand after making his ODI debut in Australia, has been picked in the 16-man squad.
Chand, playing his second match of the tournament, produced the timely knock after in-form Rishabh Pant (13) and veteran Gautam Gambhir (27) got out cheaply as Delhi put on board 153 for six.
On a day India veteran Gautam Gambhir failed to get a big score, Rishabh Pant again did the star turn smashing 34-ball 58.
Chasing a stiff 193 after they opted to field, Uttar Pradesh were in trouble early but Raina and opener Umang Sharma made it easy in the end with a match-winning 160-run partnership off 90 balls.
This was also Raina's fourth T20 century and second highest by an Indian as he missed Murali Vijay's record 127 by just one run.
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