Skipper Suyash Prabhudessai led from the front with an unbeaten 28-ball 51 as Goa handed a seven-wicket defeat to Jammu and Kashmir in their Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy’s Group B clash on Saturday. Goa were also bolstered by a fine 44-ball 59 with eight fours and a six by Kashyap Bakhale in the chase as they responded with 167 for three in 19 overs after keeping Jammu and Kashmir to 161 for six earlier.
Goa used as many as six bowling options and it was Shubham Tari who was the pick among them, returning 4-0-30-3, while Deepak Gaonkar and Vikash Singh claimed one wicket apiece. At the iconic Eden Gardens here, J&K batters Yawer Hasan (48) and skipper Shubham Khajuria (45) made key contributions, while Abdul Samad provided a late surge with a nine-ball 22 which included two fours and as many sixes.
J&K pacer Auqib Nabi and Sunil Kumar bowled identical spells of 1/31 but could not avert a defeat for their side. At the Jadavpur University Ground, Bihar suffered a crushing seven-wicket defeat to Hyderabad who won a low scoring match with more than eight overs to spare. Teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell for a run-a-ball 11 as Bihar could not find any momentum with the bat.
Piyush Singh scored 34 with the fours and Bipin Saurabh hit three late sixes to make 31 not out, as they crawled to 132 for eight. In reply, Tanmay Agarwal cracked 11 fours and a six to make 67 not out off 42 balls as Hyderabad responded with 134 for three in 12.5 overs. Maharashtra were made to toil for a three-wicket victory over Uttar Pradesh in which India batter Rinku Singh scored 45 for his side.
Rinku smacked six fours and a six to top score with 45 as his innings took UP to 130 for nine batting first. In reply, Maharashtra skipper Prithvi Shaw fell for a run-a-ball 28 as his side too struggled for momentum, but got over the line with an over to spare. Madhya Pradesh, meanwhile, completed a seven-wicket win over Chandigarh in another low-scoring match.
Arshad Khan produced an impressive 4-1-9-6 while Manan Vohra’s 43-ball 52, with three sixes and as many fours, took Chandigarh to 134/8. In reply, Harsh Gawali struck a 40-ball 74 with five sixes and six fours, and Harpreet Singh Bhatia made 48, as MP completed a seven-wicket win with six overs to spare.
Brief scores at Kolkata:
Jammu and Kashmir 161/6 in 20 overs (Shubham Khajuria 45, Yawer Hasan 48, Kawalpreet Singh 30 retd hurt, Abdul Samad 22; Shubham Tari 3/30) lost to Goa 167/3 in 19 overs (Kashyap Bakhale 59, Suyash Prabhudessai 51 not out; Auqib Nabi 1/31) by 7 wickets.
Bihar 132/8 in 20 overs (Piyush Singh 34, Bipin Saurabh 31 not out; Tanay Thyagarajan 3/21, Chama Milind 2/18) lost to Hyderabad 134/3 in 12.5 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 67 not out; Amod Yadav 1/22) by 7 wickets.
Uttar Pradesh 130/9 in 20 overs (Rinku Singh 45; Rajvardhan Hangargekar 3/10, Jalaj Saxena 2/19, Tanay Sanghvi 2/27) lost to Maharashtra 131/7 in 19 overs (Prithvi Shaw 28; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 1/19, Kartik Tyagi 3/34) by 3 wickets.
Chandigarh 134/8 in 20 overs (Manan Vohra 52, Sanyam Saini 33; Arshad Khan 6/9) lost to Madhya Pradesh 135/3 in 14 overs (Harsh Gawali 74 not out, Harpreet Singh Bhatia 48; Jagjit Singh 2/33) by 7 wickets.
Jharkhand beat TN by 28 runs; Saurashtra eke out one-run win over Karnataka
Ahmedabad: Strong fifties from Kumar Kushagra and Virat Singh were complemented by a disciplined bowling effort as Jharkhand defeated Tamil Nadu by 28 runs in their Elite Group D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Saturday. Asked to bat, Jharkhand made a woeful start and slipped to 29 for 2 in the fifth over before Kushagra (84 off 48 balls) and Virat (72 off 39 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand to take the innings close to the 150 mark in the 15th over.
Virat and Anukul Roy then provided the late acceleration to propel Jharkhand to a strong 207 for 3. Kushagra struck five fours and as many sixes, while Virat’s innings was laced with 10 boundaries and two sixes. In reply, Tamil Nadu stayed in contention in the first half of the chase, with Sai Sudharsan (64 off 42 balls) anchoring the effort as they reached 124 for 2 in the 14th over.
However, Sudharsan’s run-out in the same over triggered a collapse, and Tamil Nadu failed to recover, finishing at 179 for 7. Sushant Mishra (2 for 51) and Bal Krishna (2 for 29) picked up two wickets apiece. Saurashtra edge out Karnataka by one run In another match, Saurashtra registered their narrowest T20 victory in terms of runs, edging Karnataka by one run.
Batting first, Saurashtra rode on collective contributions, with Vishvaraj Jadeja (40) and Siddhant Rana (42) leading the way as they posted 178 for 8. Their bowlers then held their nerve, with Chetan Sakariya (2 for 37), Jaydev Unadkat (2 for 29) and Prerak Mankad (2 for 37) sharing the spoils to restrict Karnataka to 177 for 9.
Devdutt Padikkal’s 46-ball 66 kept Karnataka in the contest as they reached 103 for 3 in the 13th over, but back-to-back wickets of Manvanth Kumar L (9) and Shubhang Hegde (14) in successive deliveries of the 19th over dented their chase. Karnataka eventually fell short despite No. 11 batter Vijaykumar Vyshak striking two fours at the death.
Brief scores:
Jharkhand 207 for 3 in 20 overs (Kumar Kushagra 84, Virat Singh 72; T Natarajan 1/36) beat Tamil Nadu 179 for 7 in 20 overs (Sai Sudharsan 64; Bal Krishna 2/29) by 28 runs.
Saurashtra 178 for 8 in 20 overs (Vishvaraj Jadeja 40, Siddhant Rana 42; Vijaykumar Vyshak 3/28) beat Karnataka 177 for 9 in 20 overs (Devdutt Padikkal 66; Chetan Sakariya 2/37) by one run.
