HYDERABAD: Himachal Pradesh proved it’s prowess and handed Hyderabad a heavy defeat of 84 runs in the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy Twenty20 match on Monday.
Batting first, Himachal posted 183 for 5 in their stipulated overs with the help of Ekanth’s 38. In reply, Hyderabad faltered badly with the entire team returning to the pavilion for a paltry 99. Meanwhile, Himalay Agarwal of Hyderabad showed some resistance with his gritty 21 but couldn’t save his side.
Meanwhile in the BCCI men’s Under 19 Challenger, India ‘B’ hammered India ‘A’ by six wickets. Electing to bat, India ‘A’ posted 231 for 9 in 50 overs. India ‘A’ comfortably overhauled the target to reply with 235 for 4 in 40.5 overs. Hyderabad’s Thakur Tilak Varma scored 43 before retiring hurt. Siddhesh Ashok Veer then took charge and smashed 103 not out to script the win.
In another match, India ‘C’ scored a comfortable victory over Nepal. Batting first, Nepal put 116 runs on the board in 32.1 overs. India ‘C’, riding on Arjun swashbuckling 67, chased down the target in just 21.1 overs. Divyaansh Saxena also played a good knock of an unbeaten 52 to fashion his team’s win.
Brief scores:
SYED MUSTAQ ALI TROPHY
Himachal Pradesh 183/5 in 20 overs (Abhimanyu Rana 26, Prashant Chopra 32, Ekanth Sen 38, Amit Kumar 32 n.o, Rishi Dhawan 29, Md Siraj 2 for 31) bt Hyderabad 99 in 19 overs (Himalay Agarwal 21, Rishi Dhawan 3 for 18, Ayush Jamwal 2 for 18, D. Mayank 2 for 24)
UNDER-19 ONE-DAY CHALLENGER TROPHY
India ‘A’ 231/9 in 50 overs (Jay Gohil 99, Arjun Prasad M 36, Sameer Haseen Rizvi 44, Akash Maharaj Singh 6 for 47 — 10-0-47-6) lost to India ‘B’ 235/4 in 40.5 overs (Thakur Tilak Varma 43 retired hurt, Priyam Naresh 22, Siddhesh Ashok Veer 103 n.o — 102b, Divyansh Joshi 32 n.o, Arun Kumar Tyagi 2 for 41).
Nepal U-19 116 in 32.1 overs (Kushal Malla 26, C. Rakshann Readdi 2 for 21, Vidyadhar Somashekar 2 for 28, Shubham Hegde 2 for 29, Mujtaba Yousuf 2 for 26, Ravi Roshan 2 for 11) lost to India ‘C’ 120/0 in 21.1 overs (Divyaansh Saxena 52 n.o, Arjun A Azad 67 n.o).
