Fancied Tamil Nadu crushed Sikkim by 9 wickets of their Group E Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match on Friday.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 14, 2022 21:47 IST
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Sai Kishore starred in Tamil Nadu’s win (Courtesy of BCCI)
By India Today Web Desk: Defending champion Tamil Nadu hammered Sikkim by 9 wickets of their Group E Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match. Bengal additionally defeated Odisha by eight wickets to register its first win in a Group E Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match.
Batting first, Sikkim have been all out for 79, and in response, Tamil Nadu accomplished the formalities with greater than 10 overs to spare on the Ekana Cricket Stadium B. TN’s resolution to subject first after profitable the toss labored properly as they acquired wickets at common intervals.
Left-arm spinner Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore was probably the most profitable bowler for Tamil Nadu, ending with wonderful figures of three/7 in his full quota of 4 overs. There have been two wickets apiece for Sanjay Yadav and Manimaran Siddharth.
Only three Sikkim batters — opener Pankaj Kumar Rawat (22), Ankur Malik (17) and Anwesh Sharma (11) — managed to succeed in double figures in a forgettable outing. Opener Narayan Jagadeesan top-scored for Tamil Nadu with a brisk 35-ball 58 as TN gained the sport with as many as 62 deliveries remaining.
Brief scores:
Sikkim 79 all out in 20 overs (Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore 3/7) misplaced to Tamil Nadu 80 for one in 9.4 overs (Narayan Jagadeesan 58 not out) by 9 wickets.
Odisha 86 all out in 18.1 overs (Abhishek Raut 25; Writtick Chatterjee 3/2, Ranjot Khaira 2/4) misplaced to Bengal 87/2 in 14.3 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 37 not out, Abishek Porel 20 not out) by eight wickets.
Jharkhand 106/9 in 20 overs (Aayush Bhardwaj 30; Gurinder Singh 4/20, Sandeep Sharma 3/16) misplaced to Chandigarh 107/1 in 17.3 overs (Manan Vohra 72 not out) by 9 wickets.
