Tamil Nadu beat Maharashtra – Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021: Defending champions Tamil Nadu began their SMAT 2021 campaign on a good note, defeating Maharashtra by 12 runs in Lucknow on Thursday. Ruturaj Gaikwad continued his good form slamming a half-century but his efforts were not enough as Tamil Nadu restricted Maharashtra to 155 after posting 168. Follow live updates of SMAT 2021 on InsideSport.
Opting to bowl first, Maharashtra didn’t have a good start as Tamil Nadu openers Narayana Jagadeeshan and Hari Nishanth shared a 51-run opening partnership. Once Nishanth fell, Jagadeeshan continued with Sai Sudharsan. With a quickfire 35 off 19, Sai Sudharsan took the game away. He was followed by skipper Vijay Shankar who hammered a 20-ball 40 as Tamil Nadu posted 167/4.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s half-century in vain as Vijay Shankar powers Tamil Nadu to 12-run win over Maharashtra
Chasing the target of 168, Maharashtra skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad continued his good form scoring a 30-ball 51 but once he fell, the scoring rate dipped and they lost the momentum. In the end, Murugan Ashwin picked up two wickets while Sandeep Warrier and T Natarajan scalped one wicket each as Maharashtra were restricted to 155/6.
Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra Playing XI:
Tamil Nadu: Shahrukh Khan, Hari Nishanth, Baba Aparajith, Vijay Shankar (c), N Jagadeesan (wk), M Mohammed, Sai Sudharsan, Sandeep Warrier, T Natarajan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Murugan Ashwin
Maharashtra: Ashay Palkar, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Yash Nahar, Kedar Jadhav, Naushad Shaikh (wk), Azim Kazi, Pradeep Dadhe, Satyajeet Bachhav, Ranjeet Nikam, Divyang Himganekar, Mukesh Choudhary
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s half-century in vain as Vijay Shankar powers Tamil Nadu to 12-run win over Maharashtra
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Hari Nishaanth | st N S Shaikh b S S Bachhav | 27 | 27 | 100.00 | 3 | 1 | |
| N Jagadeesan W | b S S Bachhav | 30 | 37 | 81.08 | 2 | 1 | |
| B Sai Sudharsan | ct D M Hinganekar b P C Dadhe | 35 | 19 | 184.21 | 5 | 0 | |
| Vijay Shankar C | Not Out | 42 | 21 | 200.00 | 5 | 1 | |
| Shahrukh Khan | ct N S Shaikh b M G Choudhary | 16 | 12 | 133.33 | 1 | 1 | |
| M Mohammed | Not Out | 4 | 4 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 9, b 0, lb 4, pen 0) | 13 | |||||
| TOTAL | (4 wickets; 20 overs) | 167 | |||||
Yet to bat: B Aparajith ,Warrier ,T Natarajan ,R Sai Kishore ,M Ashwin
| BOWLER | O | DOTS | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M G Choudhary | 4 | 13 | 34 | 1 | 8.50 | |
| A Palkar | 4 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 | |
| P C Dadhe | 4 | 7 | 42 | 1 | 10.50 | |
| D M Hinganekar | 3 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | |
| S S Bachhav | 4 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 8.75 | |
| A N Kazi | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | |
- 1-51 (C Hari Nishaanth, 8.6 ov) ,
- 2-80 (N Jagadeesan, 12.2 ov) ,
- 3-109 (B Sai Sudharsan, 15.1 ov) ,
- 4-140 (Shahrukh Khan, 17.5 ov)
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s half-century in vain as Vijay Shankar powers Tamil Nadu to 12-run win over Maharashtra
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R D Gaikwad C | lbw M Ashwin | 51 | 30 | 170.00 | 8 | 1 | |
| Y J Nahar | ct N Jagadeesan b M Ashwin | 17 | 18 | 94.44 | 3 | 0 | |
| K M Jadhav | ct B Aparajith b R Sai Kishore | 13 | 16 | 81.25 | 0 | 0 | |
| N S Shaikh W | ct Kaushik (Sub) b T Natarajan | 22 | 19 | 115.79 | 2 | 0 | |
| A N Kazi | Run Out B Sai Sudharsan | 2 | 4 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| R R Nikam | ct B Aparajith b Warrier | 20 | 17 | 117.65 | 0 | 1 | |
| D M Hinganekar | Not Out | 19 | 9 | 211.11 | 1 | 1 | |
| S S Bachhav | Not Out | 8 | 7 | 114.29 | 1 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 2, b 0, lb 1, pen 0) | 3 | |||||
| TOTAL | (6 wickets; 20 overs) | 155 | |||||
Yet to bat: A Palkar , P C Dadhe , S S Bachhav , M G Choudhary
| BOWLER | O | DOTS | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vijay Shankar C | 2 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | |
| Warrier | 4 | 14 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | |
| R Sai Kishore | 4 | 10 | 29 | 1 | 7.25 | |
| T Natarajan | 4 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 9.50 | |
| M Ashwin | 4 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| M Mohammed | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | |
- 1-58 (Y J Nahar, 6.5 ov) ,
- 2-82 (R D Gaikwad, 10.1 ov) ,
- 3-88 (K M Jadhav, 11.3 ov) ,
- 4-92 (A N Kazi, 12.4 ov) ,
- 5-115 (N S Shaikh, 16.1 ov) ,
- 6-130 (R R Nikam, 17.3 ov)
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s half-century in vain as Vijay Shankar powers Tamil Nadu to 12-run win over Maharashtra
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu squads for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021
Maharashtra: Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Naushad Shaikh, Satyajeet Bachhav, Pradeep Dadhe, Swapnil Fulpagar, Swapnil Gugale, Divyang Himganekar, Manoj Ingale, Kedar Jadhav, Azim Kazi, Shamshuzama Kazi, Mukesh Chaudhary, Yash Nahar, Ranjeet Nikam, Pavan Shah, Dhanrajsingh Pradeshi, Taranjitsingh Dhillon, Sunil Yadav, Jagdish Zope.
Tamil Nadu: Vijay Shankar (C), M S Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Sandeep S Warrier, R Sai Kishore, B Aparajith, N Jagadeesan, M Ashwin, M Shahrukh Khan, C Hari Nishaanth, M Siddharth, V Ganga Sridhar Raju, M Mohammed, J Kousik, R Sanjay Yadav, R Silambarasan, R Vivek Raj, B Sai Sudharshan, P Saravana Kumar.
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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s half-century in vain as Vijay Shankar powers Tamil Nadu to 12-run win over Maharashtra
When will Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu play their next match?
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu will play their respective second match against Punjab and Odisha on 5th November. Both the matches will played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Maharashtra will take on Punjab at 8:30 am, while Tamil Nadu will play Odisha at 1:00 pm.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Ruturaj Gaikwad’s half-century in vain as Vijay Shankar powers Tamil Nadu to 12-run win over Maharashtra
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