Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Live: Hyderabad beat Gujarat Live – Hyderabad beat Gujarat by 30 runs in the quarterfinal clash. They will now play Tamil Nadu in the semifinal clash. After being put into bat first Hyderabad put 158 on the board which Gujarat failed to chase the total. Follow live updates of SMAT 2021 on InsideSport.
Gujarat were outdone by Hyderbad bowlers, especially Telukupalli Ravi Teja. He did not allow the Gujarat batters to settle and claimed three wickets from his four overs.
Put in to bat at the Air Force ground at Palam, Hyderabad rode on Varma’s 75 off just 50 balls to post a competitive 158/5 and then restricted the opposition to 128/8 to enter the last-four stage of the national T20 championship.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Live: Hyderabad beat Gujarat by 30 runs to book semifinal clash against Tamil Nadu
Hyderabad lost opener Pragnay Reddy (1) early after he was trapped in front by pacer Chintan Gaja (2/32). In-form skipper Tanmay Agarwal (31) then steadied the innings, along with Varma, as the duo added 46 runs for the second wicket.
It was Varma, who not only toyed with the Gujarat attack but also anchored the innings and hammered five fours and two sixes in the process.
He was well supported by Himalay Agarwal (23) and Buddhi Rahul (25 not out), who played second fiddle. Thanks to Varma, Hyderabad could go near the 160-run mark.
Chasing 159, Gujarat were reeling at 3/33 after having lost their top-three batters cheaply.
Two-down Het Patel (25) and Piyush Chawla (25) tried to take the game deep, but Hyderabad kept on making inroads.
Ripal Patel, with his 24-ball 35, did raise Gujarat’s hopes but it was too little and too late. Once Ripal was dismissed by Chama Milind (2/28), it was all over for Gujarat.
Hyderabad beat Gujarat Live – Hyderabad were unbeaten in the group stage and are only one of three undefeated teams in the tournament.
In the opening match of Elite Group D, Hyderabad pulled off a thrilling victory over Saurashtra. Thereafter, Hyderabad went on to win four consecutive matches against Uttarakhand, Chandigarh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Tanmay Agarwal is star batsman for Hyderabad and is the leading run-scorer of SMAT 2021, aggregating 302 runs from five matches played so far. Bowler Chama Milind is currently the highest wicket-taker of the season, scalping 16 wickets from five matches.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Live: Hyderabad beat Gujarat by 30 runs to book semifinal clash against Tamil Nadu
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Gujarat and Hyderabad squads for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Gujarat: Piyush Chawla, Siddharth Desai, Chintan Gaja, Chirag Gandhi, Roosh Kalaria, Umang Kumar, Jayveer Parmar, Het Patel, Hardik Patel, Ripal Patel, Tejas Patel ,Urvil Patel , Hemang Patel, Karan Patel, Dhruv Raval, Rahul Shah, Abhinav Tandel.
Hyderabad: Tanmay Agarwal, Pragnay Reddy, Tilak Varma, Bavanaka Sandeep, Kolla Sumanth(w), Himalay Agarwal, Telukupalli Ravi Teja, Mehdi Hassan, Chama V Milind, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rohit Rayudu, Ajay Dev Goud, Kartikeya Kak, Rahul Buddhi, Rakshann Readdi, Chandan Sahani
