Mumbai, which suffered a disappointing defeat against Kerala in the previous round, couldn’t have expected a far easier opposition than Nagaland and it expectedly pulled off a convincing, seven-wicket win in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group E match at Gymkhana Ground here on Sunday. Batting first, Nagaland put up a dismal show but for … Read more
Playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy — India’s domestic T20 competition — has made many Indian Premier League (IPL) and India stars accessible for domestic cricketers to gain insights and for Rajkot locals to collect selfies and autographs. Hyderabad’s Tilak Varma has been the most sought-after player in this tournament. The 22-year-old star remains … Read more
In a game of slender margins in Group B of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Friday, the dismissals of Vijay Shankar and M Shahrukh Khan in the space of 10 deliveries proved costly for Tamil Nadu. In pursuit of 134 against Gujarat at the Emerald Heights International School ground, the southern side withered away … Read more
Madhya Pradesh put one foot into the knockout stage after a thrilling last-over win against Bengal during the fourth-round fixture of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Niranjan Shah Stadium Ground C here on Friday. Mohammed Shami conceded nine runs in the penultimate over when Madhya Pradesh needed 22 runs. There was a bit … Read more
Hardik Pandya played an excellent knock of 69 runs in 30 balls to lead Baroda to a three-wicket win over Tamil Nadu in a high-scoring Group B match at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on Wednesday. Hardik’s innings included four 4s and seven 6s. Out of those seven sixes, four came in the 17th over … Read more
Kerala notched up a convincing, eight-wicket win over Nagaland in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T-20 cricket championship Group E match at Gymkhana Ground here on Wednesday. Kerala, with India star Sanju Samson not playing today, was still too good for Nagaland and was perhaps an apt reflection of the huge gap in the standard … Read more
On a Monday afternoon, where the scorching sun ramped up the heat, Tamil Nadu produced fireworks with the bat against Sikkim in a battle as one-sided as a victory margin of 134 runs illustrates. Batting first on winning the toss, the men in yellow posted 218 for six at the Emerald Heights International School ground. … Read more
Divyang Hinganekar demonstrated the essence of timing a cameo in the T-20 format to near perfection as his brilliant assault (43 not out, 18b, 5×4, 2×6) helped Maharashtra pull off a creditable, four-wicket win over Kerala with one ball to spare in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket championship Group E match at Rajiv … Read more
Shahbaz Ahmed doesn’t speak a lot on the field, and he surely isn’t the one who’ll try to steal a spotlight from someone. But on Saturday, Ahmed had a sparse crowd move away its eyeballs from Mohammed Shami here at the Niranjan Shah Stadium. The 29-year-old walked into bat when Bengal was reeling at 10/4 … Read more
Captain Shreyas Iyer, thriving on the generosity of the Goan fielders who floored three chances, scored a brilliant century (130 n.o., 57b, 11×4,10×6) to guide Mumbai to a 26-run win over Goa in the first round match of Group E of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket championship at Gymkhana Ground here on Saturday. … Read more