Hardik Pandya led Baroda to an emphatic five-wicket win over Gujarat within the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Indore. Making a uncommon look within the home circuit, Hardik smashed an unbeaten knock of 74 runs off 35 balls, hanging 211.4 with six fours and 5 sixes. By doing so, Hardik etched his identify within the historical past e-book with a never-before-seen report. He turned the primary Indian participant register a singular double of 5000 runs and 100-plus wickets within the T20 format. The previous India T20 captain has 5,067 runs and 180 wickets to his identify.
Within the match towards Gujarat, Hardik additionally took a wicket whereas conceding 37 runs in 4 overs as Gujarat made 184 for 5.
Axar Patel made an unbeaten 43 off 33 balls. However in bowling, the India left-arm spinner couldn’t choose up any wicket whereas freely giving 31 runs in his full quota of overs. Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi took two wickets.
In the meantime, Veteran pacer Mohammed Shami’s first white ball outing since 2023 World Cup closing was under par however Bengal survived a tremendous all-round effort by Arshdeep Singh to eke out a four-wicket win over Punjab.
Shami returned with figures of 4-0-46-1 in Punjab’s complete of 179 all out in 19.4 overs.
The Bengal man earlier made his red-ball return in a Ranji Trophy match towards Madhya Pradesh in Indore and was spectacular whereas choosing up seven wickets.
Abhishek Sharma (18 off 8 balls) didn’t hearth however Prabhsimran Singh (35, 19 balls), Anmolpreet Singh (39 21 balls) and Arshdeep (23 not out, 11 balls) chipped in for Punjab.
Karan Lal took three wickets for Bengal.
In reply, Shahbaz Ahmed made a 49-ball 100 as Bengal overcame spell by pacer Arshdeep (2/21 in 3 overs) to achieve the goal with an over to spare.
Temporary Scores: Group A: At Rajkot: Punjab: 179 all out in 19.4 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 35, Anmolpreet Singh 39, Arshdeep 23; Karan Lal 3/23) misplaced to Bengal: 181/6 in 19 overs (Shahbaz Ahmed 100 not out, Arshdeep Singh 2/21, Abhishek Sharma 3/37) by 4 wickets.
Group B: At Indore: Gujarat: 184/5 in 20 overs (Aarya Desai 78, Axar Patel 43 not out; Hardik Pandya 1/37, Atit Sheth 2/31) misplaced to Baroda: 188/5 in 19.4 overs (Hardik Pandya 74 not out, Shivalik Sharma 64; Ravi Bishnoi 2/23) by 5 wickets.
Group C: At Mumbai: Delhi: 233/3 in 20 overs (Priyansh Arya 102, Himmat Singh 77 not out, Bhunveshwar Kumar 1/29) beat UP: 186/8 in 20 overs (Rinku Singh 70, Nitish Rana 61; Ishant Sharma 2/23) by 47 runs.
Group E: At Hyderabad: Companies: 149/9 in 20 overs (Mohit Ahlawat 41; Akhil Scaria 5/30) misplaced to Kerala: 153/ in 18.1 overs (Sanju Samson 75; Pulkit Narang 4/7) by 3 wickets.
(With PTI Inputs)
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