Opener Abhimanyu Singh Rajput was out after scoring 9 runs. Atharva Ankolkar took his catch by diving. (Photo- BCCI)
The first semi-final match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) is being played between Mumbai and Baroda at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. Baroda has given Mumbai a target of 159 runs to win.
Mumbai won the toss and decided to bowl. Baroda scored 158 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Shivalik Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 36 runs on 24 balls. Opener Shashwat Rawat scored 33 runs, captain Krunal Pandya scored 30 runs and Atit Sheth scored 22 runs. Hardik Pandya was out after scoring 5 runs. Suryansh Shej took 2 wickets. Mohit Awasthi, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Tanush Kotian and Atharva Ankolekar took one wicket each.
Mumbai, chasing runs, has scored 61 runs for one wicket in 6 overs. Captain Shreyas Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane are at the crease. Prithvi Shaw was out after scoring 8 runs. Hardik Pandya sent him to the pavilion.
3 batsmen of Baroda scored 30 or more runs. These include Shashwat Rawat, Krunal Pandya and Shivalik Sharma.
Baroda's mixed start, Rawat-Pandya's fifty partnership Baroda, batting after losing the toss, made a mixed start. The team scored 49 runs after losing one wicket in the powerplay. After losing the first wicket for 23 runs, opener Shashwat Rawat made a fifty partnership with captain Krunal Pandya. Both of them made a partnership of 50 runs on 38 balls.
The team's middle order disintegrated after Krunal Pandya was out on a personal score of 30 runs. Bhanu Pania, who played an unbeaten inning of 134 runs against Sikkim, could score only 2 runs. While Hardik Pandya added 5 runs.
Suryansh Shej took 2 wickets for Mumbai.
The game was stopped due to rain The game had to be stopped due to rain during Baroda's innings. However, the rain stopped after some time and the match started again.
Due to rain the game had to be stopped for some time.
Mumbai won the toss and chose bowling, captain said – bowling is our strength Mumbai won the toss and decided to bowl. On this, captain Shreyas Iyer said- 'In the last few matches, we have performed well by bowling first and will continue the same.'
Playing-11 of both the teams
Mumbai: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Atharva Ankolkar, Hardik Tamore, Mohit Awasthi, Prithvi Shaw, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Surya, Suryansh and Tanush Kotian.
Baroda: Krunal Pandya (captain), AM Singh, A Seth, Abhimanyu Singh, Bhanu Punia, Hardik Pandya, LI Muriwala, Mahesh Pathiya, Shashwat Rawat, Shivalik Sharma, Vishnu Solanki.
Second semi-final between Delhi and Madhya Pradesh The second semi-final match of the tournament will be played between Delhi and Madhya Pradesh in Bengaluru at 4:30 pm. Delhi defeated UP by 19 runs, while Madhya Pradesh defeated Saurashtra by 6 wickets.
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Madhya Pradesh, Baroda, Mumbai and Delhi reached semi-finals
Venkatesh Iyer gave a double performance from MP. He played an unbeaten inning of 38 runs. Also took 2 wickets.
Madhya Pradesh, Baroda, Mumbai have reached the semi-finals of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. On Wednesday, 11 December, Madhya Pradesh team defeated Saurashtra by 6 wickets. At the same time, Baroda defeated Bengal by 41 runs. While Mumbai won by 6 wickets over Vidarbha. Delhi defeated UP by 19 runs.
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