Uttar Pradesh beat Baroda by two wickets in a last-ball thriller in the Super league (Group B) match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, here on Friday. Chasing 128 runs, UP required 16 runs off the last over with just two wickets in hand. Imtiyaz Ahmad (15 not out) struck two sixes in the last over to take his side home.
UP's middle-order batsmen made useful contributions with Mohd Kaif and Tanmay Srivastava scoring 24 each and sharing a crucial 44-run stand for the third wicket after their side was reduced to 20 for two in the fifth over. For Baroda, M Y Vahora grabbed three wickets for 13 runs while B A Bhatt took 2/27.
Brief Scores — Baroda: 128/8 (J Chhaya 37 no; Amit Mishra 3/23) lost to UP: 129/8 (M Kaif 24, T Srivastava 24; M Vahora 3/13) by 2 wickets.
Kerala beat Odisha
A good all-round performance helped Kerala register a comfortable six-wicket victory over Odisha after they were dismissed for a modest 125 in a Group A encounter. Electing to field, Kerala restricted the opposition for 125 for eigth in the stipulated 20 overs which they chased down with six wickets in hand and four balls to spare.
Brief Scores — Odisha: 125/8 (A Yadav 28; V Jagadeesh 2/10, N Niyas 2/24) lost to Kerala: 126/4 (S Samson 41 not out; B Mohanty 1/22) by 6 wickets.
Gujaratwin
Riding on Niraj Patel and Jesal Karia's fine knocks, Gujarat got the better of Vidarbha by three wickets in the Super league Group A. Electing to bat, Vidarbha posted 156 for seven in their stipulated 20 overs. And then Gujarat reached the target with five balls to spare.
Brief scores — Vidarbha: 156/7 (S Srivastava 34; J Bumrah 3/33) lost to Gujarat: 157/7 (NK Patel 47, JB Karia 47; S Wagh 3/29) by 3 wickets
Karnataka beat Bengal
Bengal on Friday concluded their campaign going down to Karnataka by four wickets. Chasing 152, Karnataka rode on a quickfire 51 (33 balls; 5x4, 2x6) from lokesh Rahul to chase down the target in 19.2 overs.
Brief Scores — Bengal: 151/7 (Mondal 42, Nandi 37 no; Akshay 2/24, Gowtham 2/26) lost to Karnataka: 152/6 (Rahul 51, Uthappa 41; Shami Ahmed 3/39, Mondal 2/26) by 4 wkts.