CALCULATED: Punjab, Vidarbha and Saurashtra recorded victories over their respective opponents to seal the quarter-final places in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament on Sunday.
Sheldon Jackson scored for Saurashtra with a 64 from 44 (4×4, 4×6) as they overcame a late challenge from Kerala to win by nine points and set up a quarter-final clash against Mumbai.
Opening the bat, Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara set off to run an 11 (2×4) ball as Saurashtra lost two wickets in the Power Play before Jackson led the charge to make it 183 for six.
Kerala also had a nervous start, but skipper Sanju Samson and Sachin Baby kept them in the chase in an entertaining 98-race partnership.
Samson slammed a 59 from 38 balls (8×4) but he failed to complete the chase, falling to Prerak Mankad (2/26) in the 16th. Baby went undefeated in 64 (47b; 6×4, 2×6) but it wasn’t enough as Kerala bowlers had their way.
In the opener at Eden Gardens, wicket-keeper batsman Prabhsimran Singh and fly-half Abhishek Sharma slammed half-centuries as Punjab overcame a shaky loss to Haryana by 49 runs that set up their last eight clashes against Karnataka.
Punjab lost their star Indian striker Shubman Gill (4) in the third with Mohit Sharma giving Haryana an early breakthrough after opting to play.
But afterwards, Haryana struggled to make further inroads as Sharma alongside Singh settled into the Power Play and led them to 176 for seven.
Singh broke five sixes and five fours en route to a 64-36 ball, while Sharma went unbeaten on a 50-48 ball (5×4, 1×6) in a 100-point partnership.
In response, Haryana was limited to 172/9 as Punjab put in a disciplined bowling effort with medium pace Baltej Singh leading in a fine 4-1-20-3 spell.
Nishant Sindhu fought a lonely battle for Haryana in a 42-25 ball but Siddharth Kaul (2/29) sparked the collapse before Singh wreaked havoc taking two out of two balls. Haryana then lost five wickets in addition to just four runs to manage just 127/9.
At Jadavpur University Second Campus, veteran pacer Umesh Yadav grabbed 3/27 of his four overs as Vidarbha put on a spirited bowling show to defeat Chhattisgarh by five wickets. Vidarbha will now face Delhi in the quarter-finals.
Short scores:
At the Gardens of Eden: Punjab 176/7; 20 overs (Prabhismaran Singh 64, Abhishek Sharma 55 not out; Anshul Kamboj 3/25) b Haryana 127/9; 20 overs (Nishant Sindhu 42; Baltej Singh 3/20, Siddharth Kaul 2/29, Mayank Markande 2/32) by 49 runs.
Saurashtra 183/6; 20 overs (Sheldon Jackson 64; KM Asif 3/33) b Kerala 174/4; 20 overs (Sachin Baby 64, Sanju Samson 59; Prerak Mankad 2/26) by nine runs.
At the second ground of the JU campus: Chhattisgarh 111/9; 20 overs (Harpreet Singh 27; Umesh Yadav 3/27, Yash Thakur 2/23) lost to Vidarbha 112/5; 18.4 overs (Sanjay Raghunath 63) by five wickets.
QUARTER-FINALS ROSTER:
Karnataka versus Punjab; Delhi versus Vidarbha; Himachal Pradesh versus Bengal; Mumbai vs Saurashtra (every Tuesday).
Sheldon Jackson scored for Saurashtra with a 64 from 44 (4×4, 4×6) as they overcame a late challenge from Kerala to win by nine points and set up a quarter-final clash against Mumbai.
Opening the bat, Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara set off to run an 11 (2×4) ball as Saurashtra lost two wickets in the Power Play before Jackson led the charge to make it 183 for six.
Kerala also had a nervous start, but skipper Sanju Samson and Sachin Baby kept them in the chase in an entertaining 98-race partnership.
Samson slammed a 59 from 38 balls (8×4) but he failed to complete the chase, falling to Prerak Mankad (2/26) in the 16th. Baby went undefeated in 64 (47b; 6×4, 2×6) but it wasn’t enough as Kerala bowlers had their way.
In the opener at Eden Gardens, wicket-keeper batsman Prabhsimran Singh and fly-half Abhishek Sharma slammed half-centuries as Punjab overcame a shaky loss to Haryana by 49 runs that set up their last eight clashes against Karnataka.
Punjab lost their star Indian striker Shubman Gill (4) in the third with Mohit Sharma giving Haryana an early breakthrough after opting to play.
But afterwards, Haryana struggled to make further inroads as Sharma alongside Singh settled into the Power Play and led them to 176 for seven.
Singh broke five sixes and five fours en route to a 64-36 ball, while Sharma went unbeaten on a 50-48 ball (5×4, 1×6) in a 100-point partnership.
In response, Haryana was limited to 172/9 as Punjab put in a disciplined bowling effort with medium pace Baltej Singh leading in a fine 4-1-20-3 spell.
Nishant Sindhu fought a lonely battle for Haryana in a 42-25 ball but Siddharth Kaul (2/29) sparked the collapse before Singh wreaked havoc taking two out of two balls. Haryana then lost five wickets in addition to just four runs to manage just 127/9.
At Jadavpur University Second Campus, veteran pacer Umesh Yadav grabbed 3/27 of his four overs as Vidarbha put on a spirited bowling show to defeat Chhattisgarh by five wickets. Vidarbha will now face Delhi in the quarter-finals.
Short scores:
At the Gardens of Eden: Punjab 176/7; 20 overs (Prabhismaran Singh 64, Abhishek Sharma 55 not out; Anshul Kamboj 3/25) b Haryana 127/9; 20 overs (Nishant Sindhu 42; Baltej Singh 3/20, Siddharth Kaul 2/29, Mayank Markande 2/32) by 49 runs.
Saurashtra 183/6; 20 overs (Sheldon Jackson 64; KM Asif 3/33) b Kerala 174/4; 20 overs (Sachin Baby 64, Sanju Samson 59; Prerak Mankad 2/26) by nine runs.
At the second ground of the JU campus: Chhattisgarh 111/9; 20 overs (Harpreet Singh 27; Umesh Yadav 3/27, Yash Thakur 2/23) lost to Vidarbha 112/5; 18.4 overs (Sanjay Raghunath 63) by five wickets.
QUARTER-FINALS ROSTER:
Karnataka versus Punjab; Delhi versus Vidarbha; Himachal Pradesh versus Bengal; Mumbai vs Saurashtra (every Tuesday).
