SMAT 2023: Ashutosh Sharma hits document breaking half century as Railways defeats Arunachal Pradesh

Ashutosh Sharma scored a record-breaking half-century (53, 12b, 1×4, 8×6) to assist Railways get to 246 for 5 from 131 for 4 and submit an 127-run win over Arunachal Pradesh within the Group-C match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket event at Ranchi right here on Tuesday.

Railways plundered 115 runs within the final 5 overs. Wicketkeeper Upendra Yadav top-scored with an unbeaten 103 (51b, 6×4, 9×6) for Railways.

Ashutosh (25), in his second T20 match for Railways, introduced up his fifty off simply 11 balls for the quickest T20 fifty by an Indian batter, the document beforehand held by Yuvraj Singh for 16 years since he hit six sixes in an over off Stuart Broad to get to his fifty off 12 balls versus England within the 2007 T20 World Cup.

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Ashutosh’s is the second-fastest T20 fifty general. Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee holds the document for the quickest fifty (9 balls), a feat he achieved when he scored an unbeaten 52 off 10 balls (8×6) versus Mongolia within the Asian Games in Hangzhou final month.

In one other Group-C match, left-handed opener Abhishek Sharma top-scored with 112 (51b, 9×4, 9×6) to assist Punjab beat Andhra by 105 runs. Ricky Bhui’s unbeaten 104 (52b, 6×4, 9×6) for Andhra went in useless.

The scores:
Group-A (At Jaipur):

Jammu & Kashmir (J&Okay) 159/8 in 20 overs (Shubham Pundir 58) misplaced to Hyderabad 160/2 in 18.3 overs (Rohit Rayudu 38, Tilak Varma 58 n.o., Rahul Singh 35 n.o.); Points: Hyderabad 4 (8), J&Okay 0 (0).

Meghalaya 65/9 in 20 overs (Tushar Deshpande 3/8) misplaced to Mumbai 66/1 in 9.4 overs (Angkrish Raghuvanshi 32 n.o.); Mumbai 4 (8), Meghalaya 0 (0).

Mizoram 97/7 in 20 overs (Lukman Meriwala 3/12) misplaced to Baroda 98/4 in 14 overs (Bhanu Pania 36 n.o., Okay.C. Cariappa 3/17); Baroda 4 (8), Mizoram 0 (0).

Haryana 162/5 in 20 overs (Ankit Kumar 59, Himanshu Rana 31) misplaced to Chhattisgarh 163/6 in 19.2 overs (Harpreet Singh 53, Ajay Mandal 33 n.o.); Chhattisgarh 4 (8), Haryana 0 (0).

Group-B (At Mumbai):

Assam 200/5 in 20 overs (Rishav Das 32, Riyan Parag 61) bt Bihar 195/4 in 20 overs (Bipin Saurabh 85, Sakibul Gani 65); Assam 4 (4), Bihar 0 (0).

Sikkim 90/9 in 20 overs (Sandeep Sharma 3/13) misplaced to Chandigarh 94/2 in 10.1 overs (Manan Vohra 36 n.o., Shivam Bhambri 33); Chandigarh 4 (8), Sikkim 0 (0).

Odisha 138/7 in 20 overs (Abhishek Yadav 38 n.o., Rakesh Pattnaik 40) misplaced to Himachal Pradesh (HP) 140/2 in 16.3 overs (Ekant Sen 39, Prashant Chopra 35, Sumeet Verma 58 n.o.); HP 4 (4), Odisha 0 (4).

Kerala 189/3 in 20 overs (Vishnu Vinod 109 n.o., Salman Nizar 42 n.o.) bt Services 188/5 in 20 overs (Shubham Rohilla 41, Vikas Hathwala 40 n.o.); Kerala 4 (8), Services 0 (4).

Group-C (At Ranchi):

Manipur 122/9 in 20 overs (Johnson Singh 50) misplaced to Goa 123/4 in 16.2 overs (Ishaan Gedekar 34, Okay.V. Siddhanth 39); Goa 4 (8), Manipur 0 (0).

Punjab 275/6 in 20 overs (Abhishek Sharma 112, Anmolpreet Singh 87) bt Andhra 170/7 in 20 overs (Ricky Bhui 104 n.o., Harpreet Brar 3/18); Punjab 4 (4), Andhra 0 (0).

Railways 246/5 in 20 overs (Upendra Yadav 103 n.o., Ashutosh Sharma 53) bt Arunachal Pradesh 119 in 18.1 overs (Ayush Awasthi 36, Susheel Kumar 4/17); Railways 4 (8), Arunachal 0 (0).

Saurashtra 122/6 in 16.2 overs (Harvik Desai 41) misplaced to Gujarat 110/4 in 10.2 overs (Umang Kumar 35 n.o., Chirag Jani 3/21); Gujarat gained by six wickets by VJD technique; Gujarat 4 (8), Saurashtra 0 (4).

Group-D (At Mohali):

Uttarakhand 171/2 in 16.4 overs (Yuvraj Chaudhary 78, Avneesh Sudha 78) bt Maharashtra 105/6 in 11 overs (Azim Kazi 35, Nikhil Naik 33 n.o.); Uttarakhand gained by 23 runs by VJD technique; Uttarakhand 4 (4), Maharashtra 0 (4).

Bengal 172/7 in 20 overs (Sudip Kumar Gharami 39, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury 51 n.o., Khaleel Ahmed 3/41) bt Rajasthan 143/9 in 20 overs (Abhijeet Tomar 48, Akash Deep 3/29, Ishan Porel 3/20); Bengal 4 (4), Rajasthan 0 (2).

Puducherry 188/4 in 20 overs (Akash Kargave 61, Arun Karthik 66 n.o., Parameeswaran Sivaraman 37, Rahul Shukla 3/34) misplaced to Jharkhand 189/6 in 19.3 overs (Anukul Roy 43, Pankaj Kumar 35 n.o.); Jharkhand 4 (4), Puducherry 0 (2).

Group-E (At Dehradun):

Madhya Pradesh (MP) 115/9 in 20 overs (Rahul Batham 32, Suyash Sharma 5/13) misplaced to Delhi 119/3 in 19.2 overs (Ayush Badoni 44 n.o.); Delhi 4 (6), MP 0 (2).

Tamil Nadu (TN) 146/6 in 20 overs (Sai Sudharsan 46, Vijay Shankar 42, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/31) bt Uttar Pradesh (UP) 138/5 in 20 overs (Sameer Rizvi 75 n.o.); TN 4 (6), UP 0 (2).

Nagaland 129/4 in 20 overs (Joshua Ozukum 46, Sedezhalie Rupero 31) misplaced to Tripura 132/7 in 19.5 overs (Wriddhiman Saha 41, R.S. Jaganath Sinivas 3/29); Tripura 4 (4), Nagaland 0 (2).

Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com

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