Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023 semifinals: Jyotsnil, Abhimanyusingh steer Baroda to remaining with complete win over Assam  

When Abhimanyusingh Rajput obtained Assam’s Riyan Parag caught on the deep midwicket, a loud scream roared round right here on the PCA IS Bindra Stadium and the entire Baroda workforce jumped in pleasure on Saturday. 

The pacer had obtained Parag, the best run scorer of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023, cheaply and Krunal Pandya’s aspect assumed full management over the semifinal publish that dismissal. 

Abhimanyusingh’s 4 wickets restricted Assam to a modest complete of 144, establishing the sport for Baroda batters to win by six wickets with 23 balls to spare. 

Ninad Rathva and Jyotsnil Singh (37, 29b, 2×4, 3×6) made merry of the dewy situations within the second innings that stored bringing tremendous soppers and the ropes into play even between overs. 

The duo gave a terrific begin for Baroda, including 81 runs for the opening wicket in 41 balls. Rathva was the aggressor among the many two as he scored 44 runs off 26 balls and obtained out within the deep making an attempt to hit his second six. 

READ MORE: IND vs SA, ODI World Cup: Dravid not pondering too far forward of Proteas conflict

However, it was Jyotsnil who pushed Assam on the backfoot as he smoked three sixes and a 4 off Parag’s first 4 balls of the sport and the captain didn’t bowl himself for the following eight overs. 

Despite the cool situations, Assam fielders threw themselves on the sphere to save lots of as many runs as doable. But they may solely accomplish that a lot as Baroda batters stored discovering the hole to run and discover the fence repeatedly. 

Assam pacers switched to again of the size and quick ball techniques that did present a little bit of a scare as Baroda misplaced 4 wickets in fast succession. However, Vishnu Solanki (17, 17b, 1×4) as soon as once more took the duty to complete the sport off. 

Earlier, till the wicket of Parag within the twelfth over, Assam seemed to be in control of its innings. Denish Das had an excellent begin along with his 32 from 20 balls, whereas Rishav Das (48, 41b, 3×4, 2×6) was doing nicely. 

But Parag’s wicket, with 86 runs on the board, introduced within the collapse because the workforce misplaced its final seven wickets in 57 runs and finally the 143/10 complete wasn’t sufficient for Assam to enter its first-ever SMAT remaining.

Baroda will tackle Punjab within the remaining on Monday, November 6.