Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, 18 November, Roundup

Nov 18, 2021

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Bengal vs Karnataka

Karnataka 160/5 (Nair 55*; Akash 1-23) tied with Bengal 160/8 in 20 overs (Chatterjee 51; Darshan 3-26). Karnataka win the Super Over.

Bengal's campaign in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy came to an end with a Super Over defeat to Karnataka in the quarter-final. Needing eight runs to win, Manish Pandey took a double on the first ball and followed it with a six over deep mid-wicket. Karnataka will now face Vidarbha in the semi-final.

Earlier, Karnataka rode on an unbeaten 55 from Karun Nair to post 160/5. Rohan Kadam scored 30, and Pandey took 34 balls for his 29. Akash Deep bowled a frugal spell, conceding just 23 off his quota of four overs.

Bengal lost both their openers inside the first three overs. Writtick Chatterjee scored 51 in 40 balls to keep Bengal in the game. With 20 required off the final over, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury struck two sixes and Akash Deep hit a four, but the latter was run out while trying to run the winning single off the last ball.

Gujarat vs Hyderabad

Hyderabad 158/5 in 20 overs (Varma 75; Chawla 2-9) beat Gujarat 128/8 in 20 overs (Ripal 35; Ravi Teja 3-27) by 30 runs.

Hyderabad scored 158/5, and beat Gujarat by 30 runs. Gujarat had an ordinary start, scoring 33/3 in eight overs. Het Patel and Piyush Chawla made 25 each, while Ripal Patel got 35 in 24 balls. For Hyderabad, T. Ravi Teja took 3-27.

Earlier, Hyderabad were lifted by a 50-ball 75 from Tilak Verma. Tanmay Agarwal (31) provided them with a brisk start, while a quick 25 from Rahul Buddhi drove them to 158/5.

Tamil Nadu vs Kerala

Kerala 181/4 (Vinod 65*; Sanjay 2-23) lost to Tamil Nadu 187/5 in 19.3 overs (Sudharsan 46; Manukrishnan 3-26) by 5 wickets with 3 balls to spare.

A collective batting effort from Tamil Nadu knocked Kerala out of the tournament. Sai Sudharsan's 31-ball 46 and thirties from Hari Nishanth (32), Vijay Shankar (33) and Sanjay Yadav (32) helped them chase 182 with three balls to spare. Shahrukh Khan scored an unbeaten 12, while M. Mohammed scored the winning boundary.

From Kerala, Vishnu Vinod struck an unbeaten 65 with two fours and seven sixes. Rohan Kunnummal scored 51 off 43 deliveries, while Sanju Samson got out for a duck.

Rajasthan vs Vidarbha

Rajasthan 84/8 in 20 overs (Nagarkoti 39*; Thakur 2-24) lost to Vidarbha 87/1 in 14.5 overs (Taide 40*; Choudhary 1-4) by 9 wickets with 31 balls to spare.

Vidarbha cruised to a nine-wicket win. They restricted Vidarbha to 84/8, and chased it down in 14.5 overs. For Vidarbha, Atharva Taide remained unbeaten on 40, and Ganesh Satish made 28.

Earlier, for Vidarbha, Yash Thakur picked up two wickets, while the remaining wickets were shared at one per bowler. Kamlesh Nagarkoti scored 39 for Rajasthan, but six batters fell for single-digit scores.