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Kedar Jadhav and Naushad Shaikh struck unbeaten half-centuries as Maharashtra defeated Chhattisgarh by eight wickets of their Elite Group ‘C’ sport of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 event right here on Tuesday.
Opting to bat on the FB Colony floor, Chhattisgarh posted a mammoth 192 for 5 on the board, however Jadhav (84 not out off 45 balls) and Naushad Shaikh (78 not out off 44 balls) made gentle work of the opposition bowlers and ensured that their crew emerged triumphant.
Maharashtra, who had misplaced their opening match in opposition to Gujarat, had been reeling at 30 for two, having misplaced openers Ruturaj Gaikwad (15) and skipper Rahul Tripathi (14) cheaply.
But then it was a Jadhav-Shaikh present because the duo took a listless Chhattisgarh assault to the cleaners.
While Jadhav, who has performed ODIs and T20s for India, hammered 5 fours and as many sixes, Naushad struck 10 boundaries and two maximums in his knock.
The two performed around the park, conjuring a match profitable 166-run stand for the third wicket and took the sport away from their opposition.
Earlier, contributions from openers Rishabh Tiwari (44), Shashank Chandrakar (44), skipper Harpreet Singh Bhatia (42) together with a late cameo by Shashank Singh (24 not out off 8 balls) propelled Chhattisgarh to 192 for five.
Brief Scores:
At FB Colony Ground: Chhattisgarh 192/5 (Rishabh Tiwari 44; Shashank Chandrakar 44; Manoj Ingle 2/43) misplaced to Maharashtra 196/2 (Kedar Jadhav 84 not out; Naushad Shaikh 78 not out; Veer Pratap Singh 1/23) by 8 wickets.
At Reliance Ground: Himachal Pradesh 109 (Prashant Chopra 39; Amit Kumar 19; Babashafi Pathan 3/9, L Meriwala 3/13) misplaced to Baroda 112/6 (Kedar Devdhar 49 not out, Abhimanyu Singh 15; Vaibhav Arora 2/34) by 4 wickets.
At Motibaug Cricket Ground: Gujarat 172/5 (Priyank Panchal 46; Ripal Patel 41 not out; D Negi 2/25) received in opposition to Uttarakhand 99/8 (Jay Bista 26, Karanveer Kaushal 25; Piyush Chawla 3/12, Arzan Nagwaswalla 2/19) by 73 runs.
