KOLKATA: Jharkhand beat Uttarakhand in a thriller via Super Over for their consecutive win in a Group D game of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Mohali on Thursday.
Electing to bat first in a morning start, Jharkhand reached 178 for seven wickets as Virat Singh played a captain’s knock of 71 off 40 balls and veteran Saurabh Tiwary scored 31 off 18 balls. Agrim Tiwary was Uttarakhand’s best bowler returning figures of 4 for 33.
In reply, Uttarakhand were in the hunt for a win as No. 3 Kunal Chandela scored a strokeful 83 off 55 balls and opener Yuvraj Chaudhary scored a 42-ball 54, but they fell agonisingly short of the target by just a run and the match went into Super Over.
Batting first in the Super Over by Rahul Shukla, Uttarakhand notched up 13 runs without losing a wicket but all-rounder Anukul Roy’s 5-ball 10 runs helped Jharkhand reach the target with ease.
Bihar lose again: Bihar suffered their third straight loss of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as they went down to Group A toppers Kerala by six wickets at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Asked to bat first, none of the Bihar batters could stand in the middle as their innings folded for just 111 runs. No. 3 Gaurav Joshi (37 off 32 balls), Krishna Yadav (23) and impact player Sharman Nigrodh (15* off 17 balls) were the only batters who reached double-digit scores.
Chasing 112 for their third win on the trot, Kerala had no problem whatsoever reaching 117 for 4 wickets with seven overs to spare.
Riyan show continues for Assam: Captain Riyan Parag starred with another all-round performance as Assam notched back-to-back wins, after losing the opener, in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at BKC Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Electing to bat first, Services could score only 124 as Assam off-spinning duo of Sourav Dey and Riyan snared seven wickets between them with Dey taking four. In reply, opener Rishav Das gave Assam a solid start despite two losing two early wickets. But Riyan (76* off 37, eight fours and five sixes) joined forces with Das to finish off the chase with 44 balls remaining.
Odisha come back to winning ways: Tasting their first loss in the last game, Odisha came back to winning ways on Thursday as they defeated Sikkim by a huge margin of 104 runs at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. This was Odisha’s second victory in three matches so far in Group D.
Elected to bat first, opener Sandeep Pattnaik (71* off 45 balls) and impact player Prayash Singh’s (75 off 34) 121-run stand for the fourth wicket took Odisha to 210 for five wickets.
In reply, Sikkim were all out for 106 runs in 17.2 overs as medium pacers Sunil Roul and Debabrata Pradhan shared seven wickets between them giving just 38 runs.
Summarised scores:
Jharkhand 178/7 in 20 overs (Virat 71, S Tiwary 31; A Tiwari 4/33, H Bisht 1/20) & 14/0 (A Roy 10 n.o.). Uttarakhand 178/3 in 20 overs (K Chandela 83, Yuvraj 54; S Mishra 2/37, R Shukla 1/19) & 13/0 (Swapnil 12 n.o.). Jharkhand won via super over.
Bihar 111 all out in 20 overs (G Joshi 37, KK Yadav 23; KM Asif 2/15, B Thampi 2/19). Kerala 117/4 in 13 overs (A Basith 39 n.o., R Kunnummal 36; Paramjit 2/20, M Raj 1/4). Kerala won by 6 wickets.
Services 124 all out in 19.4 overs (R Paliwal 39, N Sharma 22; S Dey 4/20, Riyan 3/9). Assam 128/2 in 12.4 overs (Riyan 76 n.o., R Das 41 n.o.; P Narang 2/13). Assam won by 8 wickets.
Odisha 210/5 in 20 overs (Prayash 75, S Pattnaik 71 n.o.; Sumit 2/21, Md Saptulla 1/11). Sikkim 106 all out in 17.2 overs (N Lamichaney 28, Sumit 19; S Roul 4/24, D Pradhan 3/14, A Yadav 2/16). Odisha won by 104 runs.
