Veteran seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and a fully-fit Mohsin Khan’s excellent bowling effort was complemented by Nitish Rana’s power-packed half-century as Uttar Pradesh (UP) comfortably beat Gujarat by six wickets to enter the quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 match right here on Tuesday.
Batting first, UP bowlers have been bang on the right track as Gujarat managed a below-par 127 for 8 in 20 overs. UP crossed the goal with eight balls to spare and by no means regarded below strain with Rana smashing an unbeaten 71 off 49 balls.
Bhuvneshwar, who has now been out of the nationwide reckoning for greater than a yr, gave a pleasant exhibition of seam and swing bowling to choose up 3 for 21 in 4 overs whereas the lanky left-arm quick bowler Mohsin pegged the Gujarat batters again with tempo and bounce to finish with figures of two/13.
Kartik Tyagi, one of many quickest pacers within the Indian home circuit, additionally repeatedly breached the 140 clicks to take 1 for 27. Saurav Chauhan (32 off 21 balls) was the one notable scorer for the shedding staff.
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In reply, UP shortly misplaced a few wickets to be decreased to 22 for two at first of the fourth over however Rana together with Sameer Rizvi (30 off 39 balls) added 81 runs in 12.1 overs to place the staff on the cusp of victory.
Rana’s innings had seven fours and two sixes — one every off pacer Chintan Gaja and off-spinner Arya Desai.
It was Dhruv Jurel (13 not out), who ended the proceedings, hitting a 4 and a six off left-arm pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla, finest recognized for being one of many Indian Test staff’s common web bowlers.
Brief Scores:
Gujarat: 127/8 in 20 overs (Saurav Chauhan 32 off 21 balls, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/21, Mohsin Khan 2/13).
Uttar Pradesh: 130/4 in 18.4 overs (Nitish Rana 71 not out off 49 balls, Sameer Rizvi 30 off 39 balls, Ravi Bishnoi 2/29).
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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