In Group C of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Parvez Rasool’s all-round show (3-18, 34*) and Umran Malik’s 4-22 steered Jammu & Kashmir to a seven-wicket win against Haryana in Vadodara. Deepak Hooda’s unbeaten 36-ball 70 guided Rajasthan chase 137 against Himachal Pradesh with seven wickets and 32 balls to spare. Andhra, meanwhile, clinched a close eight-run win against Jharkhand.
In Group D matches, Vishnu Vinod’s unbeaten 43-ball 62 was not enough for Kerala, as they fell six runs short after coming to chase 145 against Railways. Gujarat beat Haryana by 50 runs, thanks to Priyank Panchal’s 79. Assam rode on Riyan Parag’s 33-ball 58 to register a three-wicket win against Bihar.
Brief Scores:
Group C
Haryana 108 in 19 overs (Rohit 29; Umran 4-22) lost to Jammu & Kashmir 109/3 in 17 overs (Rasool 34*; Jayant 2-23) by 7 wickets with 18 balls to spare.
Himachal Pradesh 136/6 in 20 overs (Prashant 53; Tanveer 2-13) lost to Rajasthan 141/3 in 14.4 overs (Hooda 70; Dhawan 2-21) by 7 wickets with 32 balls to spare.
Andhra 165/4 in 20 overs (Bharat 48; Nadeem 1-22) beat Jharkhand 157/9 in 20 overs (Jaggi 62; Stephen 3-23) by 6 runs.
Group D
Railways 144/6 in 20 overs (Upendra 39; Midhun 3-24) beat Kerala 138/6 in 20 overs (Vinod 62*; Yuvraj 3-23) by 6 runs.
Gujarat 162/3 in 20 overs (Panchal 79; Hirwani 1-16) beat Madhya Pradesh 112 in 18.3 overs (Iyer 31; Nagwaswalla 3-25) by 50 runs.
Bihar 135/8 in 20 overs (Babul 82; Rajjakuddin 3-24) lost to Assam 136/7 in 18.5 overs (Parag 58; Saket 2-25) by 3 wickets with 7 balls to spare.