Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy: Raina, Bhuvneshwar fail to help UP against Punjab; Karnataka begin title defense with win
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The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 began today and several well-known players and young talents were seen in action on what proved to be an exciting opening day.
Group A
In Group A, Karnataka beat Jammu and Kashmir by 43 runs. Abhimanyu Mithun and Prasidh Krishna picked up seven wickets between them to help Karnataka begin their title defense. The 65-run partnership between Karnataka batsmen, KL Shrijith and Aniruddha Joshi helped finish their innings well after a few early wickets. The winners scored 150/5.
Railways beat Tripura by 6 wickets. The latter scored 170/3 in 20 overs. All-round performances from Karn Sharma and Harsh Tyagi helped Railways to a six-wicket win against Tripura. In the chase, Mrunal Devdhar‘s 51-ball 61 knock served as the anchor.
Uttar Pradesh‘s Bhuvneshwar Kumar‘s three-wicket haul and Suresh Raina‘s unbeaten half-century both went in vain as Punjab defended a low total. Punjab won by 11 runs against UP. UP wasn’t able to chase the average target of 134/7 scored by Punjab.
Group B
In Group B, Tamil Nadu beat Jharkhand by a whopping 66 runs. The former scored 189/5 in 20 overs that Jharkhand wasn’t able to chase. Jharkhand’s innings never really got going with the top score of 28 coming from Anand Singh. Tamil Nadu all-rounder Vijay Shankar pulled up in his run-up early into his third over. He limped off the field with Hari Nishanth finishing his over.
Bengal beat Odisha by 9 wickets. Ishan Porel led Odisha’s demolition as his four-wicket haul kept the visitors to 113 in 20 overs. Bengal comfortably chased the score in 12.2 overs with 9 wickets in hand.
Group C
In Group C, Gujarat beat Maharashtra by 29 runs. The former scored 157/8 in 20 overs. But astonishingly cleaned out the Maharashtra batting line-up for just 128 runs in 19.3 overs. Gujarat bowler Arzan Nagwaswalla picked up 6 wickets.
Baroda beat Uttarakhand by 5 runs. Krunal Pandya‘s spat with vice-captain Deepak Hooda seemed to have little effect on the Baroda captain as he smashed 76 off 42 balls and then picked up 2 wickets. Baroda scored 168/7 in 20 overs in the first innings.
Himachal Pradesh beat Chattisgarh by 32 runs. Himachal Pradesh scored 173/5 in 20 overs in the first innings. RI Thakur made 51 for Himachal and Ekant Sen‘s late 38 off 18 pushed the side to a fighting score even with Vishal Kushwah bagging three crucial wickets.
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