Himachal beat Haryana in Mushtaq Ali T20
NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh beat Haryana in a thrilling ‘Eliminator’ during a North Zone leg encounter of the National T20 Championship for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Batting first at the Ferozeshah Kotla, Himachal Pradesh scored 194 for 2 riding on opener Prashant Chopra’s 64-ball-99 that had 11 boundaries.
Veteran Paras Dogra also scored 47 off 32 balls. In reply, seam bowler Harshal Patel, who was promoted up the order to open the innings smashed 73 off 32 balls with seven fours and five sixes to keep his team in the hunt.
In the last over, Haryana required 10 runs to win the match and three off the last ball. However Jayant Yadav and Amit Mishra could manage only two runs resulting in a tie.
However HP seamer Pankaj Jaiswal did the star turn as he dismissed two batsmen of successive deliveries with Haryana managing only two runs in the ‘One Over Eliminator’.
MUMBAI, SAURASHTRA TRIUMPH
RAJKOT: Bowlers helped Saurashtra successfully defend a small total and record an exciting fourrun victory in the West Zone league. Chasing Saurashtra’s modest tally of 142 for 9, Maharashtra started well before falling short, ending up at 138 for 7.
Meanwhile, in the second match of the day, Mumbai defeated Gujarat by five wickets in a thriller, to record their first win of the tournament.
Mumbai batsmen Jay Bista (50) Surya Kumar Yadav (45 not
out) played a key role in the team’s victory.
In East Zone, Bengal beat Odisha by seven wickets while in South Zone, Tamil Nadu defeated Andhra by a similar scoreline.
INDIA BLIND TEAM’S GAME WASHED OUT
AJMAN (UAE): India’s opening game at World Cup for Blind against Australia was washed out. In another game at Lahore, Pakistan beat Bangladesh