Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: Bengal vs Baroda – Baroda’s Krunal Pandya played a captain knock but in vain as his team lost to Bengal by just two runs in Elite Group B in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Baroda were restricted to 144 runs by Bengal bowlers while chasing the moderate target of 147. Baroda didn’t have a good start to SMAT 2021 as they lost their opening match to Services, while Bengal has won two consecutive games so far.
After opting to bowl first, Bengal had a decent start to the innings. In the first overs, they scored a total of 41 runs. However, in the next six overs, Bengal batsmen struggled a bit as they could only add 24 runs and lost four wickets. In the final 11 overs, they accelerated the innings and added 81 runs, totaling 146 runs. Abhisek Das scored 35 runs off 27 balls, while Shahbaz Khan returned with 34 runs off 25 balls. Atit Sheth picked 3 wickets for Baroda.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: Bengal vs Baroda – While chasing the target, Baroda lost top three batsmen and Krunal Pandya stepped in and put the team on right track. Unfortunately, he didn’t receive receive support from the middle order as his 57 runs off 41 balls effort went in vain. Krunal Pandya almost chased the target for the team and had put pressure on the Bengal bowlers. Shahbaz Ahmed picked two wickets for Bengal.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: Krunal Pandya’s captain knock in vain as Baroda narrowly lost to Bengal by 2 runs
Bengal and Baroda Playing XI:
Bengal: Abhishek Das,Sudip Chatterjee (c), Karan Lal, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Kaif Ahmed, Writtick Chatterjee, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Ritwik Chowdhury, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ishan Porel
Baroda: Kedar Devdhar, Shashwat Rawat, Vishnu Solanki (wk), Bhanu Pania, Krunal Pandya (c), Karthik Kakade, Atit Sheth, Dhruv Patel, Ansh Patel, Lukman Meriwala, Ninad Rathva
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: Krunal Pandya’s captain knock in vain as Baroda narrowly lost to Bengal by 2 runs
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhisek Das | Run Out N A Rathva | 35 | 27 | 129.63 | 3 | 0 | |
| Sudip Chatterjee C | b A Sheth | 13 | 16 | 81.25 | 2 | 0 | |
| Karan Lal | b N A Rathva | 3 | 7 | 42.86 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wriddhiman Saha W | lbw K R Kakade | 7 | 10 | 70.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kaif Ahmad | b K R Kakade | 7 | 12 | 58.33 | 1 | 0 | |
| Shahbaz | ct L I Meriwala b A Sheth | 34 | 25 | 136.00 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ritwik Roy Chowdhury | ct N A Rathva b A Sheth | 21 | 16 | 131.25 | 0 | 1 | |
| Writtick Bijoy Chatterjee | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Akash Deep | Not Out | 12 | 6 | 200.00 | 0 | 1 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 9, b 2, lb 2, pen 0) | 13 | |||||
| TOTAL | (7 wickets; 20 overs) | 146 | |||||
DID NOT BAT: Mukesh Kumar , Ishan Porel
| BOWLER | O | DOTS | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Sheth | 4 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 8.25 | |
| K H Pandya C | 4 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | |
| L I Meriwala | 4 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | |
| N A Rathva | 4 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 4.75 | |
| K R Kakade | 4 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 7.00 | |
FALL OF WICKETS:
- 1-44 (Sudip Chatterjee, 5.4 ov) ,
- 2-52 (Karan Lal, 7.5 ov) ,
- 3-60 (Abhisek Das, 9.1 ov) ,
- 4-65 (Wriddhiman Saha, 10.4 ov) ,
- 5-81 (Kaif Ahmad, 12.5 ov) ,
- 6-121 (Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, 18.2 ov) ,
- 7-133 (Shahbaz, 18.5 ov)
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kedar Devdhar | lbw Shahbaz | 18 | 21 | 85.71 | 2 | 0 | |
| Shashwat Rawat | b Shahbaz | 8 | 15 | 53.33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dhruv Patel | ct Wriddhiman Saha b Karan Lal | 21 | 18 | 116.67 | 1 | 1 | |
| K H Pandya C | Not Out | 57 | 43 | 132.56 | 9 | 0 | |
| Vishnu Solanki W | ct Ritwik Roy Chowdhury b Writtick Bijoy Chatterjee | 13 | 11 | 118.18 | 1 | 0 | |
| A Sheth | Run Out Ritwik Roy Chowdhury | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bhanu Pania | ct Ritwik Roy Chowdhury b Akash Deep | 15 | 9 | 166.67 | 1 | 1 | |
| K R Kakade | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 4, b 0, lb 5, pen 0) | 9 | |||||
| TOTAL | (6 wickets; 20 overs) | 144 | |||||
DID NOT BAT: N A Rathva , L I Meriwala , Ansh Patel
| BOWLER | O | DOTS | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishan Porel | 3 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| Writtick Bijoy Chatterjee | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 3.50 | |
| Mukesh Kumar | 4 | 11 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 | |
| Shahbaz | 4 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 6.50 | |
| Akash Deep | 3 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 9.67 | |
| Karan Lal | 2 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 7.50 | |
FALL OF WICKETS:
- 1-0 (Abhishek Goswami, 0.1 ov) ,
- 2-26 (Madhav Kaushik, 3.3 ov) ,
- 3-37 (Karan Sharma, 5.3 ov) ,
- 4-45 (Priyam Garg, 6.6 ov) ,
- 5-83 (Aksh Deep Nath, 13.1 ov) ,
- 6-117 (Saurabh Kumar, 17.3 ov) ,
- 7-124 (Shivam Mavi, 18.1 ov) ,
- 8-145 (Mohsin Khan, 19.6 ov)
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: Krunal Pandya’s captain knock in vain as Baroda narrowly lost to Bengal by 2 runs
Bengal and Baroda squads for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021?
Bengal: Sudip Chatterjee (C), Akash Deep, Suvankar Bal, Writtick Chatterjee, Abhishek Das, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sayan Ghosh, Habib Gandhi, Kaif Ahmed, Karan Lal, Ranjot Khaira, Mohammed Kaif, Mukesh Kumar, Ishan Porel, Pradipta Pramanik, Pratap Singh, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Wriddhiman Saha, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sujit Yadav
Baroda: Krunal Pandya (C), Kedar Devdhar, Agnivesh Ayachi, Bhargav Bhatt, Chinta Gandhi, Pratik Ghodadra, Kartik Kakade, Parth Kohli, Lukman Meriwala, Bhanu Pania, Mitesh Patel, Ansh Patel, Dhruv Patel, Babashafi Pathan, Ninad Rathva, Shashwat Rawat, Shivalik Sharma, Atit Sheth, Vishnu Solanki, Pradeep Yadav.
When will Bengal and Baroda play their next match?
Bengal and Baroda will play their respective third match against Mumbai and Chattisgarh on 6th November. Bengal will play Mumbai at Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, Assam at 12:30 pm, while Baroda will play Chattisgarh at Nehru Stadium in Guwahati, Assam at 12:00 pm.
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