Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Tamil Nadu notches second straight win

While Tamil Nadu registered a comfortable win over Rajasthan, Tripura fashioned a win over Manipur and Vidarbha triumphed over Uttar Pradesh.

Published : Nov 09, 2019 19:48 IST , Thiruvananthapuram

Dinesh Karthik made a match-winning 48 as Tamil Nadu recorded its second straight win.
Dinesh Karthik made a match-winning 48 as Tamil Nadu recorded its second straight win.
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Dinesh Karthik made a match-winning 48 as Tamil Nadu recorded its second straight win.

Tamil Nadu beat Rajasthan by 39 runs on Saturday to record its second straight win in Group ‘B’ of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket tournament here.

Tamil Nadu, sent in to bat by its opponent, made 169 for 5 in 20 overs and restricted Rajasthan to 116 for 8.

Murali Vijay (35, 29b, 6*4) and N Jagadeesan (48, 37b, 2*4, 1*6) provided a solid start, adding 54 runs for the first wicket.

After the fall of Vijay to Akash Singh, captain Dinesh Karthik (48, 30b, 5*4, 2*6) got into the act and added 48 runs.

Karthik, who played some attractive shots from the word go and hit two big sixes, fell trying to accelerate the scoring, giving Akash Singh his second wicket.

Vijay Shankar and M Shahrukh Khan hit out towards the end to take Tamil Nadu to 169.

In reply, Rajasthan lost opener Manender Singh off the second ball as R. Sai Kishore removed Singh for a duck. Kishore went on to add the wickets of Ankit Lamba and Aditya Garhwal to put Rajasthan in early trouble.

Kishore’s strikes helped Tamil Nadu reduce the opponent to 23 for 3 in the 5th over and Rajasthan never recovered.

Skipper Mahipal Lomror (32, 36b, 1*4, 1*6) made the top-score but the others couldn’t handle the pressure and the team finished with 116 for 8 in its quota of overs.

Sai Kishore was the pick of the bowlers, taking 3 for 19 from 4 overs while T Natarajan, G Periyaswamy, M Ashwin and Vijay Shankar picked up a wicket each.

Tamil Nadu and Vidarbha have two wins from two games and lead Group B with 8 points.

Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 169 for 5 in 20 overs (Dinesh Karthik 48, N Jagadeesan 48, Akash Singh 4/26) beat Rajasthan 116 for 8 in 20 overs (Mahipal Lomror 32, R Sai Kishore 3/19)

TN: 4 points, Rajasthan: 0

Manipur 93 for 8 in 20 overs (Bashid Muhammed 24, M B Murasingh 1/5) lost to Tripura 97 for 5 in 15.1 overs (UU Bose 29, Rex Singh 3/26)

Tripura: 4 points, Manipur: 0

UP 60 all out in 14.4 overs (Darshan Nalkande 5/18, S B Wagh 2/13) lost to Vidarbha 62 for 1 in 7.5 overs (A V Kolhar 29 not out, Faiz Fazal 25)

Vidarbha: 4 points, UP: 0

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