Jharkhand defeat Hyd in super over

Kolkata, Jan. 18: Jharkhand saw off the challenge of Hyderabad via a super over in an Elite Group B match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament here on Monday.

Jharkhand restricted Hyderabad to 139/8 in 20 overs, with Vikash Singh and Vivekanand Tiwary picking up three wickets each.

B. Sandeep (37) was the top-scorer while Himalay Agarwal and Buddhi Rahul contributed 26 each as Hyderabad posted a modest score.

In reply, Jharkhand started in earnest with skipper Ishan Kishan (27) and Utkarsh Singh (29) going on the attack. The dismissal of Kishan by T Ravi Teja did not seem to deter Utkarsh and Virat Singh, who went for their shots.

In the super over, Kishan smacked two sixes off C. Rakshann Reddy while Roy hoisted one over the boundary as Jharkhand ended up with 23 runs. Hyderabad could only muster 14 for one.

Jharkhand are in third place with 12 points after completing their engagements in the group while Hyderabad are fifth with 4 points. Odisha beat Assam by four wickets to finish at the bottom with one win.

Tamil Nadu, who have so far won all their four games, meet hosts Bengal (three wins from four games) in the final Group B match.

BARODA GO INTO

KNOCKOUTS UNBEATEN Unbeaten Baroda qualified for the knockout stage as they finished on top in Group C following a 12-run win over Gujarat in Vadodar on Monday.

Baroda had come into the final Elite Group C match, after winning their first four games.

Baroda rode on an unbeaten 59 by Vishnu Solanki and a whirlwind 17-ball 34 by Abhimanyusingh Rajput to post a competitive 176/4 and then restricted Gujarat to 164/9 to eke out a win.

In Alur, Mandeep Singh led from the front with an unbeaten 99 to help Punjab trounce Tripura by five wickets and storm into the quarterfinals as table-toppers from Group A.

Defending champions Karnataka also remained in the hunt for the lasteight berth, securing a fivewicket win over Uttar Pradesh that took their net run-rate to 0.292.

BRIEF SCORES

Hyderabad 139/9 in 20 overs (B. Sandeep 37, Himalay Agarwal

26, Rahul Buddhi 26, Vivekanand Tiwari 3/25, Vikash Singh 3/36) tied Jharkhand 139/9 in 20 overs (Utkarsh Singh 29, Anukul Roy

28, Ishan Kishan 27, Ajay Dev Goud 4/22). Super over: Jharkhand 23/0 beat Hyderabad

14/1.

Uttar Pradesh 132/8 in 20 overs (Abhishek Goswami 47, Karan Sharma 41, J. Suchith 3/21, Praveen Dubey 3/15) lost to Karnataka 136/5 in 19.3 overs (Shreyas Gopal 47 n.o., Sharma

2/23) by five wickets.