Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Kerala beat Himachal – Mohammed Azharuddeen and Sanju Samson’s half centuries have paved way for Kerala to quarterfinals by defeating Himachal Pradesh by 8 wickets in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The crucial partnership between Azharuddeen and Samson have helped Kerala to convincingly chase the target of 146 with three balls to spare. Kerala will lock horns against the defending champions Tamil Nadu in the quarterfinals of SMAT 2021 on Thursday. Follow live updates of SMAT 2021 on InsideSport.
After opting to bowling first, Kerala got an early wicket of Ankush Bains for a duck. Thereafter, they got the wicket of Prashant Chopra, who was dominating in 46-run partnership with Raghav Dhawan for second wicket. Then, Raghav Dhawan find his form and went after Kerala’s bowling attack to score a brilliant 65 off 52 balls. Dhawan’s knock had helped Himachal Pradesh to add 92 runs to the total of 145 runs in the final 10 overs. Kerala’s Sudhesan Midhun picked two wickets, while Basil Thampi, Jalaj Saxena, Sajeevan Akhil and Manukrishnan scalped one wicket each.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Kerala beat Himachal Pradesh – While chasing the target of 146, Kerala had a great start to their innings. After losing the wicket of Rohan Kunnummal at 34/1, Mohammed Azharuddeen (60 off 57 balls) and Sanju Samson (52* off 39 balls) dominated the innings with brilliant partnership stand of 98 runs for second wicket. The partnership between Azharuddeen and Samson helped Kerala to pull off the victory. Himachal Pradesh bowlers were unable to stop the duo from scoring runs. Ayush Jamal and Pankaj Jaiswal scalped one wicket each. Skipper Rishi Dhawan conceded most runs without taking a wicket (0/33).
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Azharuddeen, Samson half centuries led Kerala to quarterfinals as they beat Himachal Pradesh in pre-quarters
Kerala and Himachal Pradesh Playing XI
Kerala: Rohan Kunnummal, Mohammed Azharuddeen (wk), Sachin Baby, Sanju Samson (C), Suresh Vishweshwar, Jalaj Saxena, Vishnu Vinod, Sajeevan Akhil, Sudhesan Midhun, Basil Thampi, Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan
Himachal Pradesh: Prashant Chopra, Ankush Bains (wk), Akash Vasisht, Raghav Dhawan, Nikhil Gangta, Rishi Dhawan (c), Digvijay Rangi, Mayank Dagar, Pankaj Jaiswal, Ayush Jamwal, Vaibhav Arora
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raghav Dhawan | ct & b Basil Thampi | 65 | 52 | 125.00 | 5 | 2 | |
| A K Bains W | lbw Manu Krishnan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P S Chopra | b M S AKHIL | 36 | 32 | 112.50 | 6 | 0 | |
| N R Gangta | ct Sanju Samson b Jalaj Saxena | 1 | 3 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | |
| A P Vashisht | b Midhun S | 12 | 17 | 70.59 | 0 | 0 | |
| R R Dhawan C | st Mohammed Azharuddeen b Midhun S | 1 | 2 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | |
| D B Rangi | Not Out | 17 | 9 | 188.89 | 1 | 1 | |
| P P Jaswal | Not Out | 5 | 3 | 166.67 | 0 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 3, b 0, lb 5, pen 0) | 8 | |||||
| TOTAL | (6 wickets; 20 overs) | 145 | |||||
DID NOT BAT: Vaibhav G Arora , M J Dagar , A S Jamwal
| BOWLER | O | DOTS | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manu Krishnan | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1.33 | |
| Vishweshar A Suresh | 4 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | |
| Midhun S | 3 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 8.67 | |
| Basil Thampi | 3 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 11.00 | |
| Jalaj Saxena | 4 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | |
| M S AKHIL | 3 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 10.00 | |
FALL OF WICKETS
- 1-1 (A K Bains, 0.4 ov) ,
- 2-46 (P S Chopra, 8.5 ov) ,
- 3-47 (N R Gangta, 9.2 ov) ,
- 4-103 (A P Vashisht, 16.1 ov) ,
- 5-109 (R R Dhawan, 16.5 ov) ,
- 6-127 (Raghav Dhawan, 18.4 ov)
| BATSMEN | RUNS | BALLS | SR | 4S | 6S | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohan S Kunnummal | lbw A S Jamwal | 22 | 16 | 137.50 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mohammed Azharuddeen (WK) | ct P S Chopra b P P Jaswal | 60 | 57 | 105.26 | 4 | 2 | |
| Sanju Samson (C) | Not Out | 52 | 39 | 133.33 | 6 | 1 | |
| Sachin Baby | Not Out | 10 | 5 | 200.00 | 2 | 0 | |
| EXTRAS | (nb 0, w 0, b 0, lb 3, pen 0) | 3 | |||||
| TOTAL | (2 wickets; 19.3 overs) | 147 | |||||
DID NOT BAT: Midhun S , M S AKHIL , Jalaj Saxena , Basil Thampi , Manu Krishnan , Vishnu Vinod , Vishweshar A Suresh
| BOWLER | O | DOTS | R | W | ECON | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaibhav G Arora | 3 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 | |
| R R Dhawan C | 4 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 8.25 | |
| A S Jamwal | 4 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 | |
| P P Jaswal | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 6.50 | |
| M J Dagar | 4 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | |
| A P Vashisht | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| D B Rangi | 0.3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10.00 | |
FALL OF WICKETS
- 1-34 (Rohan S Kunnummal, 4.3 ov) ,
- 2-132 (Mohammed Azharuddeen, 17.6 ov)
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Azharuddeen, Samson half centuries led Kerala to quarterfinals as they beat Himachal Pradesh in pre-quarters
Kerala and Himachal Pradesh squads for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021?
Kerala: Sanju Samson (C), Sajeevan Akhil, KM Asif, Basil Thampi, Vathsal Govind, Jalaj Saxena, Sijomon Joseph, Rohan Kunnummal, Sudhesan Midhun, Pathirikattu Midhun, Mohammed Azharudden, Rojith Ganesh, Sachin Baby, Robin Uthappa, Vishnu Vinod.
Himachal Pradesh: Rishi Dhawan (C), Prashant Chopra, Vaibhav Arora, Ankush Bedi, Mayank Dagar, Vinay Galetiya, Nikhil Gangta, Pankaj Jaswal, Ayush Jamwal, Nitin Sharma, Raghav Dhawan, Abhimanyu Rana, Digvijay Rangi, Ekant Sen, Shubham Arora, Sidharth Sharma, Akash Vasisht
