Hyderabad lose to Assam by 2 runs

Kolkata, Jan. 10: Riyan Parag’s 51 turned the match in favour of Assam, who got the better of Hyderabad in a close-fought match in their opening game of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Sunday.

After making a modest 159 for 5 even as Hyderabad’s Kartikeya Kak took 3 wickets while conceding 42 runs, Assam managed to restrict Hyderabad to 157 for 8.

Himalay Agarwal was Hyderabad’s top scorer with 29.

Meanwhile in Vadodara, Krunal Pandya’s all-round show helped Baroda beat Uttarakhand by five runs.

Put into bat in a Group ‘C’ game, hosts Baroda first rode on Pandya’s blazing 76 to post a competitive 168/7 on the board before the bowlers held their nerves to restrict Uttarakhand to 163/6 despite a fighting 77 by Dikshanshu Negi.

Krunal, who is Baroda’s captain, also contributed with the ball handsomely to return with figures of 2/33.

He along with Smit Patel conjured a crucial 89 run stand for the fourth wicket and rescued the team after they were one stage.

For Uttarakhand, righthanded batsman Negi hammered nine boundaries and six in his 57-ball 77 run knock, while Kunal Chandela, who came in at number seven, stuck a 26-ball

48 but the two could not take their side home.

In another match, host Bengal began their campaign in the Syed Mushthaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament with a thumping nine-wicket win against Odisha in an Elite Group ‘B’ match.

Tamil Nadu also posted a crushing 66-run win over Jharkhand, courtesy opener C. Hari Nishanth’s unbeaten

92-run knock and an allround effort by the bowlers.

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BRIEF SCORES

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■ Assam 159/5 in 20 overs (Riyan Parag 51, S. Jain 31; Kartikeya Kak

3/42) bt Hyderabad 157/8 (Himalay Agarwal 29; Pritam Das 3/30).

■ Baroda 168/7 (Krunal Pandya 76, S Patel 41; A Madhwal 3/16) bt Uttarakhand 163/6 (D. Negi 77 not out; Kunal Chandela 48; Krunal Pandya 2/33).

■ Tamil Nadu 189/5 (C. Hari Nishanth 92 not out, Dinesh Karthik

46) beat Jharkhand 123/7 (Anand Singh 28 not out, Sonu Yadav 3/31, Sandeep Warrier 2/22).