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Jagjit Singh Sandhu’s fine all-round show and Arjun Azad’s fantabulous half-century piloted Chandigarh to a four-wicket triumph implicit Hyderabad successful a Group-B lucifer of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy astatine the Eden Gardens present connected Monday.
Despite the loss, Hyderabad moved into the Super League arsenic the radical topper. Madhya Pradesh, which mislaid its past engagement and was tied connected 16 points with Maharashtra, Goa and Jammu and Kashmir, besides reached the adjacent signifier connected the ground of a amended nett tally rate.
Having ensured a spot successful the Super League, Hyderabad opted to bat successful the forenoon to springiness its batters immoderate signifier and managed 146 for eight. Chandigarh achieved the people with a shot to spare to extremity its run connected a high.
Even though openers Tanmay Agarwal and Rishiket Sisodia fell successful seamer Jagjit Singh Sandhu’s well-executed 2nd over, Aman Rao (33, 26b, 2x4, 2x6) and Pragnay Reddy (43, 31b, 4x4, 2x6) did not caput taking risks. Despite 3 reprieves, Hyderabad aggregated 61 for 2 successful the PowerPlay.
The Aman-Pragnay combination enactment up a 51-ball 75-run concern earlier the Chandigarh bowlers’ tidy show stifled Hyderabad.
Lanky off-spinner Chiragvir Dhindsa, who returned 2 for 18, mixed his magnitude with well-controlled formation to bowl Aman and have Pragnay caught astatine constituent with fuller deliveries.
While the experienced Sandeep Sharma scalped two, disciplined seamer Rohit Dhanda dismissed one.
Tanay Thyagarajann’s useful sound (27, 23b, 2x6) besides benefited Hyderabad.
Chandigarh opener Arjun (63, 48b, 8x4, 2x6) played immoderate crisp shots connected some sides.
After adding 41 with Manan Vohra, who was scalped by Tanay, Arjun put connected a captious 68-run basal with Shivam Bhambri (42, 36b, 5x4).
Though the Hyderabad bowlers took a fewer wickets successful the decease overs, Jagjit (12 n.o., 6b, 1x4, 1x6) flexed his muscles to assistance Chandigarh people 12 successful the thrilling last over.
In different matches, Jammu and Kashmir rode on Auqib Nabi’s excellent all-round showing (32, 3/19) to bushed Madhya Pradesh by 13 runs, Maharashtra defeated Goa by 15 runs to publication its 4th triumph and Bihar upset Uttar Pradesh by six wickets to station its archetypal win.
The scores: At Eden Gardens: Jammu and Kashmir 150/9 successful 20 overs (Auqib Nabi 32, Tripuresh Singh 3/32) bt Madhya Pradesh 137 successful 20 overs (Harsh Gawali 33, Harpreet Singh Bhatia 32, Auqib Nabi 3/19, Sunil Kumar 3/32).
Hyderabad 146/8 successful 20 overs (Aman Rao 33, Pragnay Reddy 43, Jagjit Singh Sandhu 3/36) mislaid to Chandigarh 147/6 successful 19.5 overs (Arjun Azad 63, Shivam Bhambri 42).
At Jadavpur University ground: Uttar Pradesh 144/6 successful 20 overs (Prashant Veer 40 n.o., Mangal Mahrour 3/12) mislaid to Bihar 145/4 successful 19.2 overs (Ayush Loharuka 36, Piyush Singh 57, Prince Yadav 3/24).
Maharashtra 161/7 successful 20 overs (Rahul Tripathi 83 n.o., V. Koushik 3/20) bt Goa 146 successful 19.3 overs (Lalit Yadav 49, Darshan Misal 31, Jalaj Saxena 3/22, Tanay Sanghvi 3/23, Vicky Otswal 3/27).
Group-B table: Hyderabad 7-5-2-20 (1.423); Madhya Pradesh 7-4-3-16 (0.935); Maharashtra 7-4-3-16 (0.063); Goa 7-4-3-16 (-0.013); Jammu & Kashmir 7-4-3-16 (-0.538); Uttar Pradesh 7-3-4-12 (0.634); Chandigarh 7-3-4-12 (-1.092), Bihar 7-1-6-4 (-1.342).
