Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Bowlers, Nitish Rana Guide Uttar Pradesh To Quarter-Final | Cricket News

Veteran seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and a fully-fit Mohsin Khan’s very good bowling effort was complemented by Nitish Rana’s power-packed half-century as Uttar Pradesh comfortably beat Gujarat by six wickets to enter the quarter-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 event in Mohali on Tuesday. Batting first, UP bowlers had been bang on 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 appeared below stress with Rana smashing unbeaten 71 off 49 balls.

Bhuvneshwar, who has now been out of nationwide reckoning for greater than a yr, gave good 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 commonly breached the 140 clicks to take 1 for 27. Saurav Chauhan (32 off 21 balls) was the one notable scorer for the shedding staff.

In reply, UP shortly misplaced a few wickets to be decreased to 22 for two at begin 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, greatest recognized for being considered one of Indian Test staff’s common internet bowlers.

Brief Scores: Gujarat: 127/8 in 20 overs (Saurav Chauhan 32 off 21 balls, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/21, Mohsin Khan 2/13).

UP: 130/4 in 18.4 overs (Nitish Rana 71 not out off 49 balls, Sameer Rizvi 30 off 39 balls, Ravi Bishnoi 2/29).

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