Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2016: Day 3 Review

1. Parthiv Patel stars in yet another win for Gujarat

Parthiv Patel (70 runs from 40 balls) along with K Panchal (32 runs from 42 balls) led Gujarat to their second consecutive victory today. Hyderabad won the toss and batted first, setting a target of 132 with Hanuma Vihari (32 from 31 balls) top-scoring for them. Gujarat, in reply, were sailing smoothly until the middle order collapsed taking them from 106/2 to 129/7. However, the target was small and was overhauled in the last over of the match with 3 wickets in hand.

Brief Scores:

Hyderabad: 131/7 in 20 overs (H Vihari 32; RP Singh 3/15)

Gujarat: 134/7 in 19.3 overs (P Patel 70; Sandeep 2/14)

2. Vidarbha register their first win

Haryana won the toss and could only set up a functional total of 140/2. The middle order batsmen simply could not jet off to a commanding total. S Hooda (65 in 56 balls) was their only batsman who could negotiate the tight Vidarbha bowling. Vidarbha did not face any problem while chasing as they overhauled the target in 19.2 overs with 8 wickets in hand. S Joshi (61 from 46 balls) starred in the chase.

Brief Scores:

Haryana: 136/8 in 20 overs (S Hooda 65; L Jangid 3/13)

Vidarbha: 140/2 in 19.1 overs (S Joshi 61; Yuzvendra Chahal 1/27)

3. Cheteshwar Pujara thumps J&K

The misery continued for J&K in the tournament as they face their third consecutive embarrassing loss in as many days. J&K won the toss and put Saurashtra to bat. Cheteshwar Pujara was at his destructive best as he hit 81 off just 55 deliveries to take Saurashtra to 157/7 in 20 overs. J&K, in reply, could not even come close to Saurashtra’s total as they were all out for 84 in 17.1 overs. Except Ian Chauhan (30 from 35) and Mithun Manhas (17 from 16 balls), no other batsmen could manage a double-figure against their name.

Brief Scores:

Saurashtra: 157/7 in 20 overs (C Pujara 81; Mohammad Mudhasir 2/15)

Jammu and Kashmir: 84 all out in 17.1 overs (I. Chauhan 30; A Jadeja 3/19)

4. Assam chase down a modest target

Goa’s losing streak continued as they were handed another defeat by Assam. Goa could only manage 132/7 in 20 overs after being put into bat by Assam. The modest target was chased down with some effort from the middle order by 19.3 overs with six wickets remaining. Pallav Kumar Das top scored in the chase with 44 from 29 balls.

Brief scores:

Goa: 132/7 in 20 overs (SS Bandekar 24; Syed Mohammad 2/18)

Assam: 133/6 in 19.3 overs (Pallav Kumar Das 44; SS Bandekar 2/16)

5. Uttar Pradesh continue their winning streak with a 5-wicket win over Karnataka

Uttar Pradesh made it three in a row after beating Karnataka by 5 wickets. After being asked to bowl first, UP somehow managed to restrict Karnataka to 160/6 after 20 overs. In reply, UP got off to a good start with the openers Prashant Gupta (48 runs from 37 balls) and Samarth Singh (22 from 22 balls) stitching a 55 runs partnership. Suresh Raina (28 from 15 balls) then continued the good work and took UP over the 100 run mark. Eklavya Dwivedi (29* in 19 balls) and Umang Sharma (13 from 10 balls) took care of the rest of the chase as UP won the match by 5 wickets to spare.

Brief Scores:

Karnataka: 160/6 in 20 overs (MD TAHA 45; P Chawla 2/24)

Uttar Pradesh: 161/5 in 19.1 overs (Prashant Gupta 48; Mithun 1/25)

6. Mumbai beat Services in easy face-off

Mumbai made up for the narrow one-run loss yesterday by comfortably winning their third tie of the tournament against Services by 8 wickets. Mumbai put up a brilliantly combined effort to restrict Services for 127/7 in 20 overs after Aditya Tare won the toss and chose to field first. Mumbai broke no sweat in reply and chased down the target with 11 balls to spare and eight wickets in hand. Skipper Tare led the chase with an unbeaten 49.

Brief Scores:

Services: 127/7 in 20 overs (Yashpal Singh 40; Shardul Thakur 2/17)

Mumbai: 128/2 in 18.1 overs (Aditya Tare 49; Rajat Paliwal 1/15)

7. Railways defend a lowly target

Ranjit Mali’s 4/26 and Anureet 2/16 helped Railways defend a lowly total of 123. The bowlers made up for the mediocre job done by their batsmen in the first innings. Andhra had an easy job at hand but eventually made the task look tough. However, the Railways bowlers kept striking in small intervals and none of their batsmen was able to put in a match-winning effort.

Brief Scores:

Railways: 122/9 in 20 overs (AR Pandey 28; Stephen 4/15)

Andhra: 115 all out in 19.4 overs (Karan Shinde 28; Ranjeet Mali 4/26)

8. Bengal secure a close victory

Himachal Pradesh lost to Bengal in the match which was completely in their hands at one stage. Bengal won the toss and posted 154/6 after 20 overs. They had a slow start but Pramod Chandila, who came at number five smashed 70 runs off just 39 deliveries to push Bengal to a respectable total. Himachal had a blazing start even after losing the first wicket cheaply. S Chopra (74 in 61 balls) and K Dogra (52 in 38 balls) turned the game into Himachal’s favor. Both shared a 110 runs partnership and had almost sealed the match. However, Bengal bowlers made a remarkable comeback after the partnership was broken in the 15^th over with the wicket of Dogra and defended the total to win the game by just two runs.

Brief Scores

Bengal: 154/6 in 20 overs (Pramod Chandila 70; P Jaiswal 4/26)

Himachal Pradesh: 152/3 in 20 overs (S Chopra 74; AP Singh 2/28)

9. Jharkhand cruise on Saurabh Tiwary’s half-century

Jharkhand did not have any trouble in chasing down the ordinary target of 121 set by Team Rajasthan after they won the toss and elected to bat first. Jharkhand faced early setbacks during the chase in the form of Virat Singh and Ishank Jaggi. However, Sumit Kumar (38 from 50 balls) and Saurabh Tiwary (61 from 43 balls) batted with ease and reached the target in 19.5 overs with 8 wickets in hand. Earlier, Jharkhand seamer Vikash shook the Rajasthan top order and the team could not recover from there and managed only 120/9 in 20 overs.

Brief Scores:

Team Rajasthan: 120/9 in 20 overs (CK Singh 40; Vikash 4/12)

Jharkhand: 121/2 in 20 overs (Saurabh Tiwary 61; NB Singh 2/14)

10. Kerala thump Tripura

Sanju Samson (56 from 49 balls) and Rohan Prem (40 from 39 balls) easily chased down the simple target of 112 put forth by Tripura in front of Kerala. Kerala bowlers led by Basil Thampi (4/15) turned the match into a one-sided contest and completely dominated Tripura as they were all out for just 111 runs. Tripura never had any comfortable moment while batting and kept losing wickets in short successions.

Brief Score:

Tripura: 111 all out in 19.5 overs (U Bose 35; Thampi 4/15)

Kerala: 113/2 in 16.1 overs (Sanju Samson 56; Mura Singh 1/17)

11. Delhi secure yet another win

Madhya Pradesh had put up a challenging total of 157 runs for Delhi to chase after losing the toss and being asked to bat first. Naman Ojha (48 from 42), Harpreet Singh Bhatia (35 from 27) and Parth Saini (36 from 14 balls) were top performers for MP. However, Delhi, led by Gautam Gambhir (38 from 38 balls), were also not short of inspiration after posting a record-breaking total in the last match and chased down the target with one ball to spare and 4 wickets in hand.

Brief Score:

Madhya Pradesh: 156/6 in 20 overs (Naman Ojha 48; Pradeep Sangwan 3/22)

Delhi: 160/6 in 19.5 overs (Gautam Gambhir 38; Ishwar Pandey 2/23)

12. Maharashtra deny Odisha their first victory

Odisha were denied their first victory of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2016 after Maharashtra, chased down the highly challenging target of 184 set by them and beat them by four wickets. Biplab Samantaray, who was in sublime form, hit 102 runs off just 59 deliveries and got out only off the last ball. He was promptly supported by Govinda Poddar (63 from 43 balls). Maharashtra, in reply, were able to chase the target due the collective effort put in by their batsmen J Bhati (44 from 33 balls) and R Bawane (49 from 24 balls).

Brief Scores:

Odisha: 183/4 (Samantaray 102; Sanklecha 2/23)

Maharashtra: 184/6 in 20 overs (R Bawane 49; Deepak Behera 2/32)