Middle-order batsman Umang Sharma struck an unbeaten 47 to help Uttar Pradesh steal a tense four-wicket win against big guns Mumbai in the Group D Twenty20 cricket match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Middle-order batsman Umang Sharma struck an unbeaten 47 to help Uttar Pradesh steal a tense four-wicket win against big guns Mumbai in the Group D Twenty20 cricket match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Thursday.
Chasing 165 for a win at the Barabati Stadium, UP top-order batsmen squandered away good starts only to see Umang stay on with his 32-ball blitz and help the side achieve the target with two balls to spare.
Openers Prashant Gupta (33) and Samarth Singh (16) provided a 40-run start and later skipper Suresh Raina (20) and Akshdeep Nath (14) also chipped in with useful contributions.
Mumbai Pace spearhead Dhawal Kulkarni and Siddhesh Lad bagged two wickets each.
Earlier put into bat, Mumbai rode Shreyas Iyer’s 43-ball 78 to post 164/6 in 20 overs. Ankit Rajpoot and Piyush Chawla picked up two wickets each.
Elsewhere, Saurabh Tiwary clubbed an unbeaten 57 as Jharkhand crushed J&K by 76 runs while Punjab drubbed Tripura by 8 wickets in Group-B of Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 here on Thursday.
With Saurashtra posting a 25-run win against Team Rajasthan at Kalamassery, the three teams are level on 12 points after four matches each, behind group leaders Kerala that has 16 points.
Scores Maharashtra 184/8 in 20 overs (N.S. Naik 67, R. Vinay 3/32) bt Karnataka 158 in 18.3 overs (R. Uthappa 80, A. Sanklecha 3/23). Tripura 96 in 18 overs (S. Ladda 3/30) lost to Punjab 100/2 in 15.3 overs (A. Malhotra 40). Railways 165/8 in 20 overs (S. Bandekar 4/25) bt Goa 116/9 in 20 overs (Karn Sharma 5/24, R. Mali 4/24). Andhra 117/8 in 20 overs (S. Mohammed 3/15) bt Assam 105 in 19.3 overs (Stephen 4/14). Mumbai 164/6 in 20 overs (S. Iyer 78) lost to UP 168/6 in 19.4 overs (Umang Sharma 47*). Bengal 147/5 in 20 overs (S.S. Mandal 52, A. Das 56) lost to Vidarbha 151/6 in 19.2 overs (F. Fazal 49). Gujarat 105/9 in 19.4 overs (R. Taylor 44*, W. Anthony Das 3/19) lost to Tamil Nadu 111/1 in 12.5 overs (Abhinav Mukund 67*).
