Raina hits 49-ball ton in UP victory
KOLKATA : Suresh Raina roared back to form with an unbeaten century in Uttar Pradesh’ s 75- run win even as Bengal stood on the br ink of exit at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T 20 tournament here.
Delhi and Punjab, on the other hand, posted second successive wins in their respective Super League group matches to brighten their hopes to make the final. Without a half-century for more than 10 innings across formats, Rain a cracked a 49- ball century en route to an unbeaten 126 (59b; 13x4, 7x6) to become the second Indian after Virat Kohli to score 7,000 runs in T20 format.
He is the ninth player to scale ‘Mount 7000’ runs in the Twenty 20 format. This was also Rain a’ s fourth T20 century and second highest by an Indiana she missed Murali Vijay’s record 127 by just one run here. Raina’s century helped UP pile up 235 for 3 after the UP skipper opted to bat.
Bengal folded for 160 in 16.1 overs with India chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav returning with 4 for 26.
SHORE Y POWERS DELHI
Delhi sh one bright under lights as Dhruv Shorey (74 from 56 balls; 8x4, 2x6) laid the foundation for an intense two-wicket win over Baroda. It was No 8 Pr a deep Sangwan’ sun beaten 23 from 12 balls which helped Delhi to romp home with five balls to spare.
Putin, Baroda rode on Kedhar Devdhar’s 77 to post a modest 140/8 and in reply Delhi were 66/5 midway into their chase with their star duo of Gautam Gambhir (7) and Rishabh Pant (0) getting out cheap ly. But S ho rey kept them in the fight before Sang wan finished the chase.
YUVRAJ STARS
Yuvraj Singhs truck a 34- ball 40 to help Punjab beat Mumbai by three wickets for their second successive win. Chasing a challenging 199, Punjab were 72 for two when the out-of-favour India left-hander took control of the match with opener Manan Vohra (42 from 31 balls; 3x4s, 2x6s).