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For the archetypal clip successful the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy this season, Bengal fumbled with the bat and couldn’t adjacent transverse the 100-run mark, chasing the 178-run people acceptable by Pondicherry astatine the Gymkhana Ground.
After being asked to bat first, Pondicherry mislaid its openers with conscionable 34 runs connected the board. Aman Khan and Jashwanth Shreeram’s 68-run partnership, disconnected 44 balls, past steadied the vessel and brought it backmost into the contest.
After Jashwanth fell, Aman turned connected the afterburners, smashing 48 runs disconnected conscionable 17 balls, earlier Mohammed Shami ended his onslaught (74, 40 balls, 5x4, 7x6).
It was a precise calculated batting effort from Pondicherry, with other caution exercised against Shami and Akash Deep (54 runs successful 8 overs) and going aft the lesser-experienced Mukesh Kumar and Writtick Bijoy Chatterjee (92 runs successful 8 overs).
Mohammed Shami celebrates with his teammates aft dismissing Pondicherry batsman Aditya Garhwal. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI
Bengal hardly got going successful the chase, with Jayant Yadav (4-0-28-4) and Sidak Singh (3-0-9-3) razing done the batting order. Karan Lal’s 23-ball 40 (7x4, 1x6) was the lone positive, with Bengal succumbing to an 81-run defeat.
Later, Baroda, sans Hardik Pandya, mislaid to Haryana by 9 runs. Yashvardhan Dalal’s unbeaten 57 (44b, 6x4, 1x6) and his 91-run basal (off 66 balls) with Parth Vats helped Haryana acceptable a 175-run target.
Baroda stumbled successful the chase, losing wickets astatine regular intervals. Anshul Kamboj was the main architect, his four-wicket haul giving Haryana its 4th triumph of the tourney this year.
Mridul’s efforts successful vain
At the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Mridul Surroch’s all-round show couldn’t assistance Himachal Pradesh get past Gujarat. His 48-ball 88 (8x4, 4x6) helped acceptable a 194-run target.
Later, with the ball, helium picked 3 wickets and besides ran retired Vishal Jayswal but ended up agonisingly connected the losing broadside with Gujarat snatching a one-wicket victory, courtesy telling contributions with the bat from Urvil Patel, Aarya Desi and Saurav Chauhan.
The scores: Pondicherry vs Bengal: Pondicherry 177/5 successful 20 overs (Jashwanth Shreeram 45, Aman Khan 74, Mohammed Shami 3/43) bt Bengal 96 successful 13.5 overs (Karan Lal 40, Jayant Yadav 4/28, Sidak Singh 3/9).
Himachal Pradesh vs Gujarat: Himachal Pradesh 193/8 successful 20 overs (Innesh Mahajan 36, Mridul Surroch 88, Akash Vashisht 49) mislaid to Gujarat 194/9 successful 20 overs (Urvil Patel 39, Aarya Desi 37, Saurav Chauhan 35, Mridul Surroch 3/45).
Haryana vs Baroda: Haryana 174/7 successful 20 overs (Nishant Sindhu 28, Yashvardhan Dalal 57 n.o., Parth Vats 41) bt Baroda 166/7 successful 20 overs (Atit Sheth 44, Jitesh Sharma 33, Anshul Kamboj 4/23).
