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Arshin Kulkarni and Prithvi Shaw scored stroke-filled half-centuries arsenic Maharashtra bounced backmost to bushed Hyderabad by 8 wickets successful a Group-B lucifer of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tourney astatine the Jadavpur University crushed present connected Friday.
Put successful to bat connected a level surface, Hyderabad totalled 191 for eight. Maharashtra, pursuing its dismal outing against Jammu & Kashmir, achieved the people successful the penultimate over.
Even though the people looked formidable, Arshin and Shaw batted positively and made the astir of the ‘lives’ they got. They unleashed their good stroke-play to plunder 117 runs and laid a coagulated instauration for the archetypal wicket.
Maharashtra’s Arshin and Tripathi aft winning against Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI
Arshin (89 n.o., 54b, 12x4, 2x6) chopped and drove powerfully, whereas Shaw (66, 36b, 9x4, 3x6), who impressed with his flat-batted punches, played his shots each astir the park. They collected 33 runs successful the past 2 overs of the PowerPlay, which produced 68, to enactment Hyderabad nether superior pressure.
When Shaw was bowled by Rakshann Readdi in the 13th over, the lucifer was successful Maharashtra’s control.
Arshin added 41 with Rahul Tripathi (26 n.o.) to implicit the formalities. While Hyderabad bowlers were erratic successful their enactment and length, their fielders made matters worse with a below-par showing.
Earlier, Hyderabad mislaid wickets often due to the fact that of Maharashtra’s well-planned bowling. Handy contributions from bottom-half batters, including Tanay Thyagarajan (32, 17b, 3x4, 2x6), skipper C.V. Milind (35 n.o., 20b, 4x4, 1x6), and Mohammed Arfaz (23, 13b, 3x4, 1x6), enabled the broadside to transverse 190.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh rode connected Aryan Juyal’s 2nd successive fifty, Prashant Veer’s all-round showing and Vipraj Nigam’s three-wicket haul to thrash Jammu & Kashmir by 109 runs. Despite in-form pacer Umran Malik scalping three, Uttar Pradesh scored 193 for six. J&K, which missed the batting of skipper Shubham Khajuria (absent hurt), was bundled retired for 84.
Madhya Pradesh relied connected Vekatesh Iyer and Harsh Gawali’s half-centuries and Shivang Kumar’s 3 wickets to grounds a broad 62-run triumph implicit Bihar. MP gathered 174 for 8 and wrapped up the Bihar innings for 112.
The scores: At Eden Gardens: Madhya Pradesh 174/8 successful 20 overs (Venkatesh Iyer 55 n.o., Harsh Gawli 50, Mohd. Izhar 4/39) bt Bihar 112 successful 19.2 overs (Bipin Saurabh 32, Shivang Kumar 3/25).
At Jadavpur University ground: Hyderabad 191/8 successful 20 overs (Rahul Buddhi 31, Tanay Thyagarajann 32, C.V. Milind 35 n.o.,) mislaid to Maharashtra 192/2 successful 18.4 overs (Prithvi Shaw 66, Arshin Kulkarni 89 n.o.).
Uttar Pradesh 193/6 successful 20 overs (Aryan Juyal 51, Karan Sharma 32, Sameer Rizvi 30, Prashant Veer 37 n.o., Umran Malik 3/37) bt Jammu & Kashmir 84 successful 15.3 overs (Prashant Veer 3/20, Vipraj Nigam 3/25).
