Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Vidarbha Stun Maharashtra By means of 7 Wickets To Input Quarter Finals; Kerala, Karnataka Too Win | Cricket Information

Vidarbha surprised fancied Maharashtra via seven wickets within the first pre-quarterfinal of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Tuesday to go into the last-eight level of the nationwide T20 championship. Opting to box on the Feroz Shah Kotla, Vidarbha limited Maharashtra to 157/8 regardless of a brisk 45-ball 66 via one-down Rahul Tripathi. Then they rode on half of centuries via opener Atharva Taide (56 off 38 balls) and skipper Akshay Wadkar (58 now not out off 47 balls) to chase down the objective with 13 balls to spare.

Maharashtra misplaced skipper Naushad Shaikh (0), who was once trapped in entrance of the wicket via younger right-arm pacer Yash Thakur (3/17), in the second one over. Then Tripathi, who struck 5 limitations and 3 sixes, rallied the innings with opener Yash Nahar (29), as the 2 added 64 runs for the second one wicket. However left-arm orthodox bowler Akshay Karnewar (2/25) introduced Vidarbha again into competition via putting off a well-set Nahar to go away Maharashtra at 77/2.

An out-of-form Kedar Jadhav (6) become Karnewar’s 2d scalp as Maharashtra slipped to 91/3. Vidarbha bowlers stored making inroads and didn’t permit the opposition batters to settle. Because of Tripathi’s knock, Maharashtra closed in on 160.

Chasing 158, Vidarbha misplaced opener Siddhesh Wath (0) within the first over. However Taide, who hammered six limitations and a most, along side skipper Wadkar, knocked Maharashtra out of the match with their match-winning 95-run stand for the second one wicket.

After Taide fell, the skipper took the onus upon himself to finish the activity within the corporate of Jitesh Sharma (28 now not out off 7 balls), who smashed 3 consecutive sixes.

Vidarbha, who complicated from the plate crew, will tackle Rajasthan within the 3rd quarter-final on the Airforce Floor in Palam on November 18.

In the meantime, Karnataka defeated Saurashtra via two wickets in a mystery. Electing to bat first, Saurashtra have been limited to 145/7 with Sheldon Jackson scoring 50 in simply 43 balls.

Arpit Vasavada (26) and Prerak Mankad (23) additionally chipped with in helpful contributions. Okay C Cariappa, V Vyashak and Koushik V took two wickets each and every. Karnataka chased down the objective with a ball to spare. Abhinav Manohar scored an unbeaten 70 in 49 balls with two fours and 6 sixes.

Contributions via Rohan Kadam (33) and Aniruddha Joshi (13) additionally performed a job within the workforce’s win. Within the 3rd pre-quarterfinal, Kerala beat Himachal via 8 wickets after half-centuries via Mohammed Azharuddeen and Sanju Samson.

Temporary rankings:

Maharashtra 157/8 (Rahul Tripathi 66, Yash Nahar 29; Yash Thakur 3/17, Akshay Karnewar 2/25) misplaced to Vidarbha 160/3 (Akshay Wadkar 58 now not out, Atharva Taide 56; Mukesh Choudhry 1/24) via seven wickets.

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Saurashtra 145/7 (Sheldon Jackson 50, Arpit Vasavada 26; V Vyashak 2/19) misplaced to Karnataka 150/8 (Abhinav Manohar 70 now not out, Jaydev Unadkat 4/22) via two wickets.

Himachal 145/6 (Raghav Dhawan 65, Midhun S 2/26) misplaced to Kerala 147/2 (Mohammed Azharuddeen 60, Sanju Samson 52 now not out; P P Jaswal 1/13) via 8 wickets.