In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the Baroda team registered a thrilling victory against the Tamil Nadu team by 3 wickets. The biggest hero for Baroda was Hardik Pandya. He has won the team by batting brilliantly. Baroda captain Krunal Pandya won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, the Tamil Nadu team scored 221 runs with the help of N Jagadeesan’s half-century and gave Baroda a big target to chase.
Baroda’s bowlers were a flop
The Baroda bowlers could not show anything special while bowling first. Lukman Meriwala took the most 3 wickets in his name. Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya also proved costly. He conceded 44 runs in his four overs and did not take a single wicket. Atit Seth gave 50 runs in three overs. Tamil Nadu batsmen scored many runs against these two. N Jagadeesan scored 57 runs and Vijay Shankar contributed 42 runs for Tamil Nadu. Apart from this, captain Shah Rukh Khan scored 39 runs.
Hardik Pandya performed brilliantly with the bat
Even though Hardik Pandya could not perform well with the ball, but he managed to win everyone’s hearts with his batting. He scored 69 runs in just 30 balls which included 4 fours and 7 long sixes. Because of that, the team was able to win the match. Hardik was dismissed in the second ball of the last over when the team needed nine runs. By the time he got out, the Baroda team was on the verge of victory. Atit Seth hit a four off the last ball to give Baroda the win.
Mumbai also achieved victory under the leadership of the captain
On the other hand, in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy itself, Mumbai defeated Maharashtra by five wickets with the help of captain Shreyas Iyer and veteran Ajinkya Rahane’s half century. Shreyas, who was bought by Punjab Kings for 26 crore 75 lakh rupees in the mega auction of IPL, scored 71 runs in 39 balls with the help of eight fours and three sixes. Rahane contributed 52 runs off 34 balls. Mumbai achieved a target of 172 runs in 17.1 overs to win. Earlier, Shardul Thakur and Mohit Awasthi took two wickets each to restrict Maharashtra to 171 for nine.
(Input:PTI)
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