Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Yash Dhull stars in Delhi's big win over Hyderabad; HP, Gujarat also emerge victorious

Jaipur: Yash Dhull smashed the daylights out of Hyderabad attack with a 36-ball 73 as Delhi recorded a comprehensive 46-run victory in a group B league match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy on Tuesday. Dhull, who has been in great form in the tournament, hit half a dozen of fours and an equal number of sixes to guide Delhi to an imposing 196 for 6 in 20 overs. Ayush Badoni’s 23 off 10 balls at the death and Himmat Singh’s 47 off 39 at the start also helped in beefing up the score. In reply, Hyderabad scored only 150 as main batter NT Tilak Verma (13) endured a rare failure. Navdeep Saini bowled at a scorching pace, picking 4/17 in 3.1 overs. Skipper Nitish rana opened the bowling and contributed with 2/34 in his four overs. Delhi, now with four wins in five games, are tied on 16 points with table toppers Punjab but are placed second due to inferior net run-rate. In another match, Manipur had 10 players getting dismissed for single digits as Punjab skittled them out for 40 in 14.1 overs. The required runs were scored in 5.3 overs, losing a wicket. Brief Scores Delhi 196/6 in 20 overs (Yash Dhull 73, Ayush Badoni 23) Hyderabad 150 in 19.1 overs (NT Tilak Verma 13, Navdeep Saini 4/17). Delhi won by 46 runs. Tripura 159/6 in 20 overs (Bikramkumar Das 61, Wriddhiman Saha 1, Sudip Chatterjee 46). Puducherry 136/8 in 20 overs (Parvez Sultan 3/20). Tripura won by 23 runs. Goa 131/7 in 20 overs (Eknath Kerkar 31, Suyash Prabhudesai 24, shivam Mavi 3/16). UP 120/8 in 20 overs (Rinku Singh 38, Lakshay Garg 4/38). Goa won by 11 runs. Manipur 40 all out in 14.1 overs (Rex Rajkumar 25, Mayank Markande 4/4) Punjab 43/1 in 5.3 overs (Abhishek Sharma 28 not out). Punjab won by 9 wickets. Mumbai beat Rajasthan by 20 runs, clinch QF berth Rajkot: Prithvi Shaw once again excelled during his brief stay while Yashasvi Jaiswal continued to impress as Mumbai comfortably beat Rajasthan by 20 runs to win their fifth consecutive game and assure a quarter-final berth in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament on Tuesday. In a group A match, Mumbai scored 159 for 6, courtesy Shaw’s 17-ball-32 with three fours and two sixes and Jaiswal’s 27-ball-46. Jaiswal’s innings was studded with seven fours and two sixes. Sarfaraz Khan (37 off 36 balls) and Shivam Dube (26 off 28 balls) also made useful runs at the back-end. For Rajasthan, the most successful bowler was leg-spinner Rahul Chahar, with figures of 2/18. In reply, Rajasthan were restricted to 139 for 7 in 20 overs with pacer Tushar Deshpande ending with fine figures of 2/12 in 4 overs. It was Samarpit Joshi, whose 28-ball-32 became Rajasthan’s undoing as he consumed a lot of dot balls towards the later part of the innings. Seamer Mohit Avasthi also got 2/29 in 4 overs. Mumbai now have 20 points from five games with two more matches left. Brief Scores: Mumbai 159/6 in 20 overs (Prithvi Shaw 32, Yashasvi Jaiswal 46, Rahul Chahar 2/18). Rajasthan 139/7 in 20 overs (Mahipal Lomror 46, Tushar Deshpande 2/12). Mumbai won by 20 runs. Assam 134/5 in 20 overs (Riyan Parag 49, Rishav Das 35, Yuvraj Singh 2/18) Railways 135/2 in 18.5 overs (Shivam Chaudhary 62). Railways won by 8 wkts Vidarbha 157/6 in 20 overs (Jitesh Sharma 34, Atharva Taide 36, Mayank Mishra 2/27) Uttarakhand 155/8 in 20 overs (Aditya Tare 46, Yash Thakur 4/22). Vidarbha won by 2 runs. Mizoram 94/6 in 20 overs (Taruwar Kohli 26, Kamal Tripathi 4/11). Madhya Pradesh 98/4 in 12.1 overs (Shubham Sharma 31). MP won by 6 wickets. Bengal crush Sikkim by 84 runs Lucknow: Fancied Bengal produced an all-round display to rout Sikkim by 84 runs in their Group C Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match in Lucknow on Tuesday. Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Bengal were served well by Sudip Kumar Gharami’s 43-ball 56, Shahbaz Ahmed’s 33-ball 43 before wicketkeeper Agniv Pan blazed away to an unbeaten 34 in just 12 deliveries. Thanks to their efforts, Bengal made a competitive 179 for six in their stipulated 20 overs. There were two wickets apiece for Palzor Tamang, Sumit Singh and Ankur Malik. In reply, Sikkim were restricted to 95 for eight with only two of their batters reaching double figures at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium B. Pradipta Pramanik and Karan Lal were the most successful bowlers for Bengal, returning with figures of 2/11 and 2/5, respectively. Set a stiff target, Sikkim were never in the game and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Brief scores: Bengal 179/6 in 20 overs (Sudip Kumar Gharami’s 56, Shahbaz Ahmed’s 43, Agniv Pan 34) beat Sikkim 95/8 in 20 overs (Ashish Thapa 21; Karan Lal 2/5, Pradipta Pramanik 2/11) by 84 runs. Chandigarh 150/6 in 20 overs (Manan Vohra 52; Sumit Ruikar 2/16) lost to Chhattisgarh 156/2 in 20 overs (Amandeep Khare 73, Harpreet Singh 60). Shinde’s 75 gives Andhra two-wicket win; HP, Gujarat also emerge winners Indore: Kiran Shinde produced a blistering 38-ball 75 as Andhra Pradesh chased down a tricky target to register a two-wicket win over Bihar in an Elite group D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Indore on Tuesday. Chasing 182 to win, Andhra were down in the dumps at 68-5 in the ninth over, but Shinde changed the complexion of the match with a whirlwind innings. Shinde made good use of the long handle, plundering nine fours and four sixes while adding 92 runs with Ricky Bhui (37) to lift Andhra to 160 in the 17th over. Once both the batters were back in the hut, K V Sasikanth, who had taken two wickets, slammed a six off Anuj Raj in the last over to take the team home with two balls to spare. Earlier, Bihar posted 181 for two in 20 overs, riding on Babul Kumar’s 72 and Bipin Saurabh’s 52. S Gani also smashed a quickfire 17-ball 33. Defending the total, Abhijeet Saket (3/31), Harsh Singh (2/43) and Anuj Raj (2/30) did put up a good show but, in the end, they were done in by Shinde’s brilliance. In another match, Himachal Pradesh beat Saurashtra by 13 runs to move to the second position in the points table. Saurashtra still sits at top with 14 points, while HP and Andhra are tied at 12 points. Brief Scores: Bihar 181-2 in 20 overs (Babul Kumar 72, Bipin Saurabh 52; KV Sasikanth 2/36) lost by 2 wickets to Andhra 186-8 in 19.4 overs. Himachal Pradesh 157-8 in 20 overs (Nikhil Gangta 54; Jaydev Unadkat 2/24, Chirag Jani 2/28) win by 13 runs against       Saurashtra 144-9 in 20 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 57; Rishi Dhawan 3/25). Nagaland 119-8 in 20 overs (S Mundhe 45; Roosh Kalaria 2/20, Chintan Gaja 2/27, Arzan Nagwaswalla 2/27) lost by 9 wickets to Gujarat 122-1 in 9.5 overs (Saurav Chauhan 84; Akash Singh 1/20). Read all the  Latest News ,  Trending News ,  Cricket News ,  Bollywood News ,  India News  and  Entertainment News  here. Follow us on  Facebook,  Twitter and  Instagram.