Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20: Mumbai kick Saurashtra by 5 wickets, Baroda win opposite Gujarat

Abhishek Nayar
Abhishek Nayar

Vadodara: Mumbai rode on Abhishek Nayar’s scintillating 47-ball 76 to record a gentle five-wicket win over Saurashtra in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 tournament for west section here today.

Batting initial after winning a toss, Saurashtra posted a competitive 175 for 6 in a stipulated 20 overs, though that did not infer to be adequate as Mumbai chased down a target with dual balls to gangling during a Moti Bagh Stadium.

Shashank Singh was a second-best scorer for Mumbai, as he crushed 47 off a small 22 balls with a assistance of four boundaries and 3 sixes. During his knock, a gifted Nayar found a blockade 7 times and privileged it thrice. The twin was concerned in a 102-run mount for a sixth wicket after Mumbai were struggling during 74 for 5 in a 13th over.

Earlier, opener Cheteshwar Pujara top-scored for Saurashtra with 47 off 42 deliveries, while Rajdeep Darbar and Sheldon Jackson contributed 37 and 30 respectively. Down the order, Chirag Jani blazed divided to 32 off only 10 round with the help of dual fours and 3 sixes. 

In a other west section compare of a day, Baroda kick Gujarat by 15 runs in a high-scoring diversion in that Deepak Hooda scored a century for a winning team.

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