Mumbai recorded the highest successful run chase in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy knockouts as it shot down 224 runs against Vidarbha in the quarterfinals in Alur on Wednesday. Ajinkya Rahane top-scored with 85 runs to help Mumbai advance to the semifinals of the competition. The previous record in the elimination games belonged to Himachal … Read more
The Syed Mushtaq Ali domestic T20 tournament is set to enter its final phase with eight teams left in the reckoning. The quarterfinal matches will be held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and the KSCA Cricket Ground in Alur on Wednesday. Madhya Pradesh, Baroda, Delhi, Vidarbha and Mumbai finished the group stage as … Read more
The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is all set to enter the business end with the pre-quarterfinals set to take place from Monday at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Which teams are playing in the SMAT 2024 pre-quarterfinals? Bengal, Chandigarh, Andhra and Uttar Pradesh are the four teams which will compete for the two places … Read more
Ravi Bishnoi isn’t exactly a conventional leg-spinner. He runs into the crease on a slight angle, whips through his action and delivers a mix of sliders and googlies. When he bowls the leg-break, the ball is usually quick through the air and takes very little turn. It is perhaps why the 24-year-old’s methods have been … Read more
After Hyderabad completed a 119-run chase in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match on Friday, around eight players from Bihar gathered around Tilak Varma at the boundary. Among them was Bihar’s captain, Sakibul Gani. For nearly 20 minutes, Tilak talked to them about batting and mindset among other things. “He told us if you cannot … Read more
A six-hitting blitzkrieg by Tamil Nadu’s batters on a flat track paved the way for a 43-run win over Tripura in its opening Group B game of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here on Saturday. The team in yellow bludgeoned a record 13 sixes at the Holkar Stadium, eclipsing its previous best of 10 against … Read more