Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2018-19, Round 1: Round up

The T20 season in the Indian domestic cricket has arrived. Leading up to the IPL 2019, all the domestic teams will indulge in the shortest format in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2018-19. The first round of play in the tournament was terrific. The performances from Mumbai and Bengal headlined the Round 1 of the domestic tournament.

Playing against Sikkim, Mumbai put up a massive total of 258 runs on the board. A 55-ball 147 from Shreyas Iyer and a 33-ball 63 from Suryakumar Yadav helped the side put such a big total. This 147 from Shreyas Iyer is also now the highest score by an Indian in T20s. The cricketer surpassed Rishabh Pant’s 128* during the IPL 2018. Mumbai registered a 154-run win as Sikkim could only get 104 runs in 20 overs.

Bengal’s encounter against Mizoram was dictated by Abhimanyu Easwaran who scored an unbeaten 107 off 56 balls. While his side put up 221 runs, the opposition was bowled out for just 62 conceding a 159-run win. Jharkhand and Puducherry managed to win by a three-run margin in their respective games. RCB’s new recruit Prayas Barman picked up a four-wicket haul in the game.

Cheteshwar Pujara‘s first T20 century went in vain as the Railways comfortably chased down the target of 189. A 39-ball 74 from Manish Pandey was another highlight of the day. A 5/9 from Vikas Yadav couldn’t save the game for his side, Services. Atit Sheth picked up a 5-wicket haul for Baroda.

Brief Scores – Round 1

Group A

Delhi vs Jharkhand

Jharkhand: 158/4 in 20 overs (Virat Singh 70*, Anand Singh 37, Suboth Bhati 2/33)

Delhi: 155/5 in 20 overs (Dhruv Shorey 70, Unmukt Chand 33, Shahbaz Nadeem 2/26)

Result: Jharkhand won by 3 runs.

Jammu & Kashmir vs Nagaland

Nagaland: 136/6 in 20 overs (KB Pawan 53*, Jonathan Rongsen 31, Parvez Rasool 2/26)

Jammu & Kashmir: 142/1 in 15.1 overs (Abdul Samad 76*, Jatin Wadhwan 62, Tahmeed Rahman 1/27)

Result: Jammu & Kashmir won by 9 wickets

Kerala vs Manipur

Kerala: 186/5 in 20 overs (Sachin Baby 75*, Mohammad Azharuddeen 47, Kabrambam Homendro 2/25)

Manipur: 103/7 in 20 overs (Yashpal Singh 40*, Mayank Raghav 32, Basil Thampi 1/12)

Result: Kerala won by 83 runs

Group B

Gujarat vs Meghalaya

Gujarat: 146/8 in 20 overs (Axar Patel 48, Urvil Patel 21, Abhay Negi 3/30)

Meghalaya: 133/8 in 20 overs (Puneet Bisht 56, Swarajeet Das 23, Piyush Chawla 3/17)

Result: Gujarat won by 13 runs

Tamil Nadu vs Rajasthan

Rajasthan: 181/4 in 20 overs (Mahipal Lomror 78*, Tajinder Singh 38*, Murugan Ashwin 2/33)

Tamil Nadu: 128/10 in 19.5 overs (Shahrukh Khan 23, R Vivek 17, Khaleel Ahmed 3/14)

Result: Rajasthan won by 53 runs

Himachal Pradesh vs Vidarbha

Himachal Pradesh: 167/8 in 20 overs (Ekant sent 52, Nitin Sharma 36, Shrikant Wagh 3/32)

Vidarbha: 171/7 in 20 overs (Atharwa Taide 43, Jitesh Sharma 37, Prashant Chopra 2/18)

Result: Vidarbha won by 3 wickets

Group C

Railways vs Saurashtra

Saurashtra: 188/3 in 20 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 100*, Robin Uthappa 46, Ashish Yadav 1/30)

Railways: 190/5 in 19.4 overs (Mrunal Devdhar 49, Pratham Singh 40, D Jadeja 2/27)

Result: Railways won by 5 wickets

Madhya Pradesh vs Punjab

Madhya Pradesh: 199/4 in 20 overs (Parth Sahani 90, Abhishek Bhandari 54*, Manpreet Gony 2/34)

Punjab: 165/9 in 20 overs (Mandeep Singh 64, Gurkeerat Singh 46, Ishwar Pandey 3/17)

Result: Madhya Pradesh won by 34 runs

Mumbai vs Sikkim

Mumbai: 258/4 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 147, Suryakumar Yadav 63, Milind Kumar 2/30)

Sikkim: 104/7 in 20 overs (Bipul Sharma 32, Asish Thapa 19*, Shams Mulani 2/2)

Result: Mumbai won by 154 runs

Group D

Assam vs Karnataka

Karnataka: 169/6 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 74, Siddharth 27, Abu Nechim 2/32)

Assam: 154/7 in 20 overs (Wasiqur Rahman 62, Rajjakuddin 53*, Vinay Kumar 2/22)

Result: Karnataka won by 15 runs

Chhattisgarh vs Odisha

Odisha: 137/10 in 19.4 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 51, Rajesh Mohanty 36, Aishwarya Mourya 3/20)

Chhattisgarh: 138/0 in 16.1 overs (Rishabh Tiwari 71*, Shashank Chandraker 57*, Debasis Mohanty 0/12)

Result: Chhattisgarh won by 10 wickets

Bengal vs Mizoram

Bengal: 221/4 in 20 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 107*, Shreevats Goswami 55, T Kohli 2/49)

Mizoram: 62/10 in 13 overs (K Vanlalruata 17, Akhil Rajput 16, Prayas Barman 4/14)

Result: Bengal won by 159 runs

Haryana vs Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh: 106/6 in 20 overs (Kshitiz Sharma 46*, Samarth Seth 25, Sumit Kumar 3/13)

Haryana: 110/2 in 15.1 overs (Chaitanya Bishnoi 60*, Nitin Saini 45*, Licha Tehi 1/26)

Result: Haryana won by 8 wickets

Group E

Hyderabad vs Puducherry

Puducherry: 159/6 in 20 overs (Paras Dogra 89, Damodaren Rohit 27, Mehdi Hasan 2/29)

Hyderabad: 156/9 in 20 overs (Akshath Reddy 69*, Tanmay Agarwal 31, T Parandaman 4/39)

Result: Puducherry won by 3 runs

Maharashtra vs Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra: 149/5 in 20 overs (Naushad Shaikh 41, Nikhil Naik 41, Bobby Yadav 2/34)

Uttar Pradesh: 137/10 in 19.3 overs (Samarth Singh 93, Akshdeep Nath 10, Satyajeet Bachhav 3/23)

Result: Maharashtra won by 12 runs

Services vs Uttarakhand

Services: 164/5 in 20 overs (R Paliwal 54*, Nakul Sharma 48, Sunny Kashyap 1/18)

Uttarakhand: 165/7 in 19.5 overs (Karn Veer Kaushal 58, Girish Rauturi 49, Vikas Yadav 5/9)

Result: Uttarakhand won by 3 wickets

Baroda vs Tripura

Tripura: 100/10 in 19 overs (Nirupam Chowdhary 21, M Murasingh 18, Atit Sheth 5/13)

Baroda: 101/2 in 16.5 overs (Vishnu Solanki 32, Kedar Devdhar 24, Tushar Saha 2/29)

Result: Baroda won by 8 wickets.

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