 "Shivam Dubey completes Hardik Pandya’s work, then Rahane reverses, Suriya also responsible")
The biggest competition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy took place on Friday. In this match, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Shardul Thakur, Krunal Pandya took command of their respective teams. The most awaited in this match against Mumbai was the batting of Hardik Pandya and how he will defeat the Mumbai bowlers. But Hardik’s fans were disappointed. Mumbai all-rounder Shivam Dubey gave a big blow to Baroda by getting Hardik caught on his own ball.
The first semi-final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy tournament was played between Mumbai and Baroda. This match is Bangalore’s M. Held at Chinnaswamy Stadium. Mumbai captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Mumbai bowlers liked this decision and kept Baroda from scoring big with continuous strikes. The Baroda team scored 158 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Baroda lost the first wicket for 23 runs. Abhimanyu Rajput got out after scoring 9 runs. After this, captain Krunal Pandya (30) and second opener Shashwat Rawat (33) took over the innings. Both of them took the team’s score to 73 runs. Baroda lost their second wicket in the form of Krunal Pandya on the first ball of the 10th over. As soon as the opponent captain’s wicket fell, the Mumbai bowlers began to take control of the match and took 4 more wickets in no time. As a result, the team whose score was 73 runs for one wicket lost 6 wickets for 103 runs.
Hardik Pandya did not live up to expectations
When Hardik Pandya came in to bat at number five, Baroda’s score was 78 for 3. Baroda fans were hoping that Hardik would play a big innings and lead the team to a big score. But his teammate Shivam Dubey of Team India did not allow this to happen. Shivam Dubey ended Hardik’s short innings with a catch on his own ball. Hardik could score only 5 runs.
Shivalik-Seth gave a fightable score
Shivalik Sharma (36) and Atit Seth (22) took the Baroda team to a struggling score after losing 6 wickets for 103 runs. Both shared 49 runs in 27 balls. Both of them led the team to 152 runs. Mahesh Pithia hit a six on the last ball to take the team to 158 runs. Suryansh Shedge took the most 2 wickets for Mumbai.