Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Vidarbha E book Semifinal Berth With 9-Wicket Victory Over Rajasthan | Cricket Information

Vidarbha dished out a disciplined bowling efficiency to sign up a dominant nine-wicket win over Rajasthan and entered the semifinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Thursday. Electing to box, Vidarbha bowlers installed preferrred display to limit Rajasthan to a sub-par 84/8 in 20 overs earlier than their batters, led through opener Atharva Taide (40 now not out off 42 balls), chased down the objective with 5.1 overs to spare. Rajasthan misplaced openers Yash Kothari (1) and Arjit Gupta (0), who used to be run out through Ganesh Satish, cost effectively within the first two overs and had been reeling at 2/2.

It quickly turned into 18/4, as Vidarbha struck once more two times. Speedster Darshan Nalkande (1/8) got rid of rival skipper Mahipal Lomror (11) whilst younger pacer Yash Thakur (2/24) disregarded the in-form Deepak Hooda (3), who used to be stuck through Akshay Wadkar.

The Vidarbha bowlers saved making inroads and didn’t permit the Rajasthan batters to set in. Simplest Kamlesh Nagarkoti’s affected person 39 off 48 balls ensured that his crew crossed the 80-run mark, however that used to be now not going to be sufficient.

For Vidarbha, Thakur used to be smartly supported through fellow pacers Lalit Yadav (1/12) and Nalkande. In-form left-arm orthodox spinner Akshay Karnewar returned with wonderful figures of one/7 in his 4 overs, whilst seasoned off-spinner Akshay Wakhare (1/21) and left-arm orthodox bowler Atharva Taide (1/9) additionally performed their portions to perfection.

Chasing 85, Vidarbha openers Taide and Ganesh Satish (28 off 33 balls) laid the basis of the win with their 63-run stand. They took on a listless Rajasthan assault with gusto.

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Whilst Taide hammered 4 limitations, Satish additionally hit as many fours. After Satish fell within the eleventh over, Taide romped the crew house in corporate of skipper Akshay Wadkar (11 now not out). Vidarbha look forward to their semifinal combatants.

Temporary Ratings: Rajasthan 84/8 (Kamlesh Nagarkoti 39 now not out, Suraj Ahuja 12; Yash Thakur 2/24, Akshay Karnewar 1/7) misplaced to Vidarbha 87/1(Atharva Taide 40 now not out, Ganesh Satish 28; AV Choudhary 1/4) through 9 wickets.