Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Karnataka beat Saurashtra – Abhinav Manohar’s brilliant 70* off 49 balls led Karnataka to quarterfinals with a thrilling two-wicket victory over Saurashtra in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy . Chasing the target of 146, Karnataka managed to get through despite losing early wickets and poor middle-order. This is Karnataka’s fourth consecutive appearance in the quarterfinals and they will face off Bengal on Thursday. Follow live updates of SMAT 2021 on InsideSport.
After opting to bat first, Saurashtra lost the early wickets of Himalaya Barad and Vishvaraj Jadeja in 10 runs. Saurashtra struggled a bit against Karnataka’s bowling attack till 9th over, losing three wickets in 49 runs. However, Sheldon Jackson and Prerak Mankad shared 59-run partnership to help Saurashtra to get back on track. Jackson scored a decent 50 off 43 balls. In the final three overs of the innings, Saurashtra’s middle order added 33 runs to the total of 145 runs on the board. Koushik, Vysakh and KC Cariappa scalped two wickets each.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Abhinav half-century led Karnataka to thrilling victory as they beat Saurashtra by two wickets
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Karnataka beat Saurashtra – While chasing the target of 146, Karnataka lost early wickets of KR Bharat, Manish Pandey and Karun Nair. Later, they lost Rohan Kadam at 60/4 in the 9th over. However, Abhinav Manohar settled the game and single handedly led the team to a thrilling victory. In the final 11 overs, Karnataka added 90 runs to the total of 150, out of which Abhinav scored 78% of the runs. Saurashtra’s Jaydev Unadkat 4-wicket haul went in vain, while Chirag Jani, Dhamendrasinh Jadeja and Kushang Patel scalped only one wicket each.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Abhinav half-century led Karnataka to thrilling victory as they beat Saurashtra by two wickets
Karnataka vs Saurashtra Playing XI
Karnataka: Rohan Kadam, Sharath BR (wk), Karun Nair, Manish Pandey (c), Aniruddha Joshi, Abhinav Manohar, Vidyadhar Patil, Jagadeesha Suchith, Vijaykumar Vyshak, KC Cariappa, V Koushik
Saurashtra: Himalaya Barad, Arpit Vasavada, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Prerak Mankad, Samarth Vyas, Chirag Jani, Jaydev Unadkat (c), Chetan Sakariya, Kushang Patel, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Himalaya B | ct & b Koushik V | 4 | 5 | 80.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| A V Vasavada | ct Vidyadhar Patil b K C Cariappa | 26 | 24 | 108.33 | 3 | 0 | |
| Vishvarajsinh Jadeja | ct Vidyadhar Patil b V Vyshak | 3 | 7 | 42.86 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sheldon Jackson W | ct Rohan Kadam b V Vyshak | 50 | 43 | 116.28 | 3 | 3 | |
| Prerak Mankad | ct B R Sharath b K C Cariappa | 23 | 20 | 115.00 | 1 | 1 | |
| J Unadkat C | ct Manish Pandey b Vidyadhar Patil | 3 | 6 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chirag Jani | Not Out | 13 | 6 | 216.67 | 0 | 1 | |
| Samarth Vyas | ct Suchith J b Koushik V | 17 | 10 | 170.00 | 3 | 0 | |
| D A Jadeja | Not Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 1, w 4, b 0, lb 1, pen 0) | 6 | |||||
| TOTAL | (7 wickets; 20 overs) | 145 | |||||
DID NOT BAT: K D Patel , Chetan Sakariya
| BOWLER | O | DOTS | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koushik V | 4 | 9 | 49 | 2 | 12.25 | |
| Vidyadhar Patil | 4 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 5.75 | |
| V Vyshak | 4 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 4.75 | |
| Suchith J | 4 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 7.50 | |
| K C Cariappa | 4 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 5.75 | |
FALL OF WICKETS
- 1-4 (Himalaya B, 0.5 ov) ,
- 2-10 (Vishvarajsinh Jadeja, 2.5 ov) ,
- 3-49 (A V Vasavada, 9.1 ov) ,
- 4-108 (Prerak Mankad, 15.5 ov) ,
- 5-112 (Sheldon Jackson, 16.6 ov) ,
- 6-113 (J Unadkat, 17.3 ov) ,
- 7-133 (Samarth Vyas, 19.3 ov)
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohan Kadam | Run Out Chirag Jani | 33 | 29 | 113.79 | 4 | 0 | |
| B R Sharath W | ct Samarth Vyas b J Unadkat | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manish Pandey C | ct Vishvarajsinh Jadeja b J Unadkat | 4 | 7 | 57.14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karun Nair | ct Sheldon Jackson b Chirag Jani | 5 | 5 | 100.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| Abhinav Manohar | Not Out | 70 | 49 | 142.86 | 2 | 6 | |
| Aniruddha | ct Prerak Mankad b J Unadkat | 13 | 16 | 81.25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suchith J | b J Unadkat | 5 | 3 | 166.67 | 1 | 0 | |
| V Vyshak | b K D Patel | 4 | 5 | 80.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| K C Cariappa | ct Vishvarajsinh Jadeja b D A Jadeja | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vidyadhar Patil | Not Out | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 1, w 10, b 0, lb 4, pen 0) | 15 | |||||
| TOTAL | (8 wickets; 19.5 overs) | 150 | |||||
DID NOT BAT: Koushik V
| BOWLER | O | DOTS | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Unadkat C | 4 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 5.50 | |
| Chetan Sakariya | 4 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 7.00 | |
| K D Patel | 4 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | |
| Chirag Jani | 4 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | |
| Prerak Mankad | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | |
| D A Jadeja | 2.5 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 12.00 | |
FALL OF WICKETS
- 1-1 (B R Sharath, 0.4 ov) ,
- 2-13 (Manish Pandey, 2.6 ov) ,
- 3-34 (Karun Nair, 5.2 ov) ,
- 4-60 (Rohan Kadam, 9.2 ov) ,
- 5-124 (Aniruddha, 16.2 ov) ,
- 6-132 (Suchith J, 16.6 ov) ,
- 7-141 (V Vyshak, 18.5 ov) ,
- 8-142 (K C Cariappa, 19.2 ov)
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Abhinav half-century led Karnataka to thrilling victory as they beat Saurashtra by two wickets
Karnataka and Saurashtra squads for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy?
Karnataka: Manish Pandey (C), KC Cariappa, MB Darshan, Praveen Dubey, Shreyas Gopal, Prateek Jain, Aniruddha Joshi, Rohan Kadam, Abhinav Manohar, Karun Nair, Vidhyadhar Patil, BR Sharath, Krishnamurthy Siddharth, Jagadeesha Suchith, Nihal Ullal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Koushik V, Vyshak V, Aditya Somanna, Ritesh Bhatkal.
Saurashtra: Himalaya Barad (C), Parth Bhut, Parth Chauhan, Jay Chauhan, Divyaraj Chauhan, Harvik Desai, Sheldon Jackson, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Chirag Jani, Vandit Jivrajani, Devang Karamta, Prerak Mankad, Kushang Patel, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat, Arpit Vasavada, Samarth Vyas
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