Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Live: Karnataka vs Baroda – Manish Pandey led Karnataka will take on Baroda in Elite Group E clash on Monday. Karnataka registered three consecutive wins against Mumbai, Chattisgarh and Services in SMAT 2021 while Krunal Pandya-led side lost the first two matches against Services and Bengal and marked the first win of the season against Chattisgarh. Follow live updates of SMAT 2021 on InsideSport.
Karnataka began their campaign with a victory over Mumbai, thanks to brilliant knocks by skipper Manish Pandey and Karun Pandey who revived team’s batting line-up and the bowlers defended the total of 166. In the match against Chattisgarh, BR Sharath and Devdutt Padikkal starred for Karnataka as they helped the team to achieve the target of 146 on Friday.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Live: Manish Pandey’s Karnataka face Krunal Pandya’s Baroda- Follow live updates
On Saturday, Karnataka bowlers, especially Vijaykumar Vyshak and Darshan MB, led the team to defend a total of 142 by restricting Services to 109/8 in 20 overs.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: Karnataka vs Baroda – In the opening match, Baroda suffered a defeat against Services despite brilliant bowling by Krunal Pandya (2/12) and Ninad Rathva (3/8). On Friday, Baroda’s victory was close and yet so far regardless of Krunal’s captain knock of 57 runs off 43 balls as they lost to Bengal by just two runs.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Live: Manish Pandey’s Karnataka face Krunal Pandya’s Baroda- Follow live updates
After two consecutive defeats, Baroda bounced back stronger and earned first win of SMAT 2021 by defeating Chattisgarh. Krunal Pandya did brilliant bowling, scalping 4 wickets off 12 runs and Baroda batsmen easily chased the target of 95. Karnataka will look to remain undefeated in the group stage, while Baroda will try to win rest of the matches in Elite Group E in order to qualify for at least the preliminary quarterfinal.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Live: Manish Pandey’s Karnataka face Krunal Pandya’s Baroda- Follow live updates
Karnataka and Baroda squads for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Karnataka: Manish Pandey (C), Mayank Agarwal, KC Cariappa, MB Darshan, Praveen Dubey, Shreyas Gopal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Prateek Jain, Aniruddha Joshi, Rohan Kadam, Abhinav Manohar, Karun Nair, Devdutt Padikkal, Vidhyadhar Patil, Prasidh Krishna, BR Sharath, Krishnamurthy Siddharth, Jagadeesha Suchith, Nihal Ullal, Vijaykumar Vyshak
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
Where will Karnataka vs Baroda match will take place?
The venue for the Karnataka vs Baroda match has not yet decided. Most probably, the match will take place either at Nehru Stadium or Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, Assam.
Where to watch Karnataka vs Baroda match?
The Star Sports Network will only live telecast from the quarterfinals. Disney+Hotstar will live stream selected matches on the OTT platform.
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