Mumbai: Shreyas Iyer’s 51-ball 86 run blitzkrieg helped Mumbai sail past a tall Vidarbha total to notch up a five-wicket win in the Super League phase of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 meet, on Saturday.
Chasing Vidarbha’s score of 181 for four, built mainly around opener Jignesh Sharma’s punishing knock of 56 off just 30 balls, Mumbai cantered home in 18.5 overs to register their second straight victory in as many days in the tournament, at the Wankhede Stadium.
Iyer and captain Aditya Tare (41 off 24 balls) steadied the Mumbai innings after the early loss of left-handed opener Akhil Herwadkar (4) through a brisk second-wicket partnership of 71 runs in 7.2 overs.
After Tare fell, Iyer combined forces with Sidhesh Lad to take the score to 162.
In another match, Raiphi Gomez smashed an unbeaten 47 off 21 balls with three sixes and as many fours to guide Kerala to an impressive four-wicket victory over two-time former champions Baroda. Gomez’s whirlwind, unbroken partnership of 45 off just 17 balls for the seventh wicket with Prashanth Padmanabhan, who remained not out on 17 after hitting two successive sixes off Munaf Patel in the 19th over, enabled Kerala to chase down Baroda’s total of 160 for six, with two balls to spare. Earlier, Baroda built their innings on opener Kedar Devdhar’s slow 31, Deepak Hooda’s 32 off 16 balls and Irfan’s 35 not out off 18 balls. Prashanth impressed with a haul of 2/15.
Meanwhile, Delhi outplayed Jharkhand by five wickets for their first win in the Super League stage. They rode Nitesh Rana’s unbeaten half-century to pull things back after being precariously placed at one stage here on Saturday. The loss meant Jharkhand are out of the tournament.
SUMMARISED SCORES
Vidarbha 181/4 in 20 ovs (J. Sharma 56; S. Trivedi 2/44). Mumbai 182/5 in 18.5 ovs (S. Iyer 86, A. Tare 41). Mumbai won by five wickets.
Baroda 160/6 in 20 ovs (I. Pathan 35 n.o., D. Hooda 32,; P. Prashanth 2/15). Kerala 164/6 in 19.4 ovs (S. Baby 44, R. Gomez 47 n.o.). Kerala won by four wickets.
Jharkhand 134/7 in 20 ovs (V. Singh 45, I. Jaggi 42; P. Awana 3/28, M. Sharma 2/28). Delhi 138/5 in 18 ovs (N. Rana 60 n.o., D. Shorey 30; V. Aaron 3-27). Delhi won by 5 wickets.
Gujarat 165/6 in 20 ovs.(M. Juneja 54; P. Kumar 2/32). Uttar Pradesh 167/3 in 19 ovs. (S. Singh 65 n.o.) Uttar Pradesh won by 7 wickets.
