Opener Robin Uthappa and Stuart Binny made short work of a modest chase to add to the team's bowling effort as Karnataka outplayed Odisha by six wickets in the Group D T20 cricket match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Friday.
If medium-pacer Abhimanyu Mithun and leg-spinners Shreyas Gopal and KC Cariappa, sharing two wickets each, set up the win for Karnataka then the 53-run fourth-wicket partnership between Uthappa (48) and Binny (32 not out) helped the R Vinay Kumar-led side achieve the target in 17.5 overs.
Uthappa smashed six fours and a six in his 41-ball stay, while Binny's 30-ball knock was laced with two fours and a six. Earlier put into bat, Odisha suffered from lack of partnerships against a disciplined Karnataka attack to stumble to 102 for seven in 20 overs.
Brief Scores
Odisha: 102/7 (Abhishek 31, Biplab Samantray 19; Mithun 2/13, Shreyas Gopal 2/15, KC Cariappa 2-14) lose to Karnataka: 106/4 (Uthappa 48, Binny 32*; Sahoo 2/17)
Tare fifty leads Mumbai to win
Skipper Aditya Tare led from the front to crack an unbeaten 65 as Mumbai thrashed Maharashtra by eight wickets in the Group D Twenty20 cricket match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Friday.
Chasing 156 for a win at the DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, the Mumbai top-order came good and an unbeaten 83-run third-wicket stand between Tare and Siddhesh lad (31 not out) helped the side achieve its target in 16.1 overs.
Tare reigned supreme in his 39-ball blitz, which was laced with three fours and four sixes, while opener Akhil Herwadkar (21) and Shreyas Iyer (38) also made useful contributions.
Earlier put into bat, the Kedar Jadhav-led side posted 155 for eight in 20 overs. Prayag Bhati top-scored with 36 runs. Pace spearhead Dhawal Kulkarni and leg-spinner Pravin Tambe bagged two wickets apiece.
Brief Scores
Maharashtra: 155/8 (Bhati 36, Nikhil Naik 31; Dhawal Kulkarni 2/28, Pravin Tambe 2/24) lose to Mumbai: 157/2 (Aditya Tare 65 not out, Shreyas Iyer 38; Satyajit Bachhav 1-20).