Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Round 6 Highlights: Vikas Singh Smashes 9-Ball 31 To Steer Goa Past Maharashtra In Thriller

Good morning and welcome to the live coverage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. Today we have the sixth round of matches in the tournament.

Today is the penultimate group stage fixture for most teams except four sides who are playing their last game of this stage. Kerala plays Andhra in their last group stage fixture while Vidarbha faces Chhattisgarh for their final group stage game.

• Gujarat vs Uttarakhand, Group B 9:00 AM

• Bengal vs Bihar, Group A 9:00 AM

• Jammu and Kashmir vs Uttar Pradesh, Group C 9:00 AM

• Services vs Mumbai, Group E 11:00 AM

• Chhattisgarh vs Vidarbha, Group D 11:00 AM

• Andhra vs Kerala, Group E 11:00 AM

• Assam vs Odisha, Group D 11:00 AM

• Haryana vs Himachal Pradesh, Group C 11:00 AM

• Saurashtra vs Tamil Nadu, Group B 11:00 AM

• Hyderabad vs Madhya Pradesh, Group A 11:00 AM

• Punjab vs Rajasthan, Group A 1:30 PM

• Baroda vs Karnataka, Group B 1:30 PM

• Delhi vs Jharkhand, Group C 1:30 PM

• Goa vs Maharashtra, Group E 4:30 PM

• Chandigarh vs Railways, Group D 4:30 PM

• Arunachal Pradesh vs Manipur, Group C 4:30 PM

• Sikkim vs Tripura, Group B 4:30 PM

• Meghalaya vs Mizoram, Group A 4:30 PM

In some time, we will begin with our first three matches of the day. These matches are:

• Gujarat vs Uttarakhand, Group B 9:00 AM

• Bengal vs Bihar, Group A 9:00 AM

• Jammu and Kashmir vs Uttar Pradesh, Group C 9:00 AM

Toss Updates

Bengal win toss against Bihar and choose to field.

Gujarat win toss against Uttarakhand and opt to field

Jammu and Kashmir win toss against Uttar Pradesh and elect to field.

Gujarat vs Uttarakhand Playing XIs

Uttarakhand (Playing XI): Avneesh Sudha(c), Ravikumar Samarth, Akhil Rawat, Kunal Chandela, Aditya Tare(w), Swapnil Singh, Himanshu Bisht, Mukesh Gupta, Jagmohan Nagarkoti, Rajan Kumar, Agrim Tiwari

Gujarat (Playing XI): Aarya Desai, Abhishek Desai, Umang Kumar, Vishal Jayswal, Urvil Patel(w), Axar Patel(c), Hemang Patel, Saurav Chauhan, Chintan Gaja, Ravi Bishnoi, Arzan Nagwaswalla

Gujarat bowling first.

Bihar vs Bengal Playing XIs

Bihar (Playing XI): Baljeet Singh Binny, Ankit Singh, Sakibul Gani(c), Bipin Saurabh(w), Himanshu Singh, Mayank Choudhary, Prashant Singh, Sachin Kumar, Kumar Rajnish, Gajendra Singh, Amod Yadav

Bengal (Playing XI): Abishek Porel(w), Karan Lal, Shakir Gandhi, Sudip Kumar Gharami(c), Writtick Chatterjee, Shahbaz Ahmed, Agniv Pan, Mohammed Shami, Kanishk Seth, Prayas Barman, Sayan Ghosh

Bengal bowling first.

Jammu and Kashmir have won the toss and have opted to field against Uttar Pradesh.

Playing XIs

Jammu and Kashmir: Qamran Iqbal, Shubham Khajuria(w), Yudhvir Singh Charak, Paras Dogra(c), Vivrant Sharma, Abdul Samad, Abid Mushtaq, Auqib Nabi Dar, Murugan Ashwin, Rasikh Dar Salam, Lone Nasir Muzaffar

Uttar Pradesh: Aryan Juyal(w), Madhav Kaushik, Priyam Garg, Vipraj Nigam, Nitish Rana, Sameer Rizvi, Rinku Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Mohsin Khan, Vineet Panwar, Shivam Mavi

Uttar Pradesh lost three top-order batters in the powerplay. Aryan Juyal, Madhav Kaushik and Nitish Rana have been dismissed within 30 runs on the board. Rinku Singh and Priyam Garg are batting and taking the score to a respectable number.

Bihar's Sakibul Gani is unbeaten after hitting his fifty against Bengal in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. With only four overs left in Bihar's innings, he has to shift his gears and start hitting some boundaries. Bihar's score is 109/3 after 16 overs.

Captain Sakibul Gani changed gears in the death overs and took his team to a respectable total of 147 runs against Bengal. Mohammed Shami took a single wicket in his four overs and conceded just 18 runs. Now, Bengal need 148 runs to win this match.

Shivam Mavi added 45 runs in just 15 balls in the death overs to take his team Uttar Pradesh to 157 runs in 20 overs. Now, Jammu and Kashmir need 158 runs to win this match.

Andhra have won the toss and have opted to field against Kerala.

Playing XIs

Andhra: Srikar Bharat(w), Ashwin Hebbar, Shaik Rasheed, Ricky Bhui(c), Pyla Avinash, SDNV Prasad, Bodhala Kumar, KV Sasikanth, Kodavandla Sudharsan, Satyanarayana Raju, Cheepurapalli Stephen

Kerala: Sanju Samson(w/c), Rohan Kunnummal, Salman Nizar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Vishnu Vinod, Abdul Basith, Sharafuddeen, Jalaj Saxena, Sudhesan Midhun, Vinod Kumar, MD Nidheesh

Assam vs Odisha toss has been delayed due to a wet outfield. The Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam is the venue for the match.

Haryana have won the toss and have opted to field against Himachal Pradesh.

Playing XIs

Himachal Pradesh: Ankit Kalsi, Ekant Sen, Mayank Dagar, Rishi Dhawan(c), Mridul Surroch, Sumeet Verma, Mani Sharma(w), Kanwar Abhinay Singh, Ankush Bedi, Divesh Sharma, Arpit Guleria

Haryana: Ankit Kumar(c), Himanshu Rana, Nishant Sindhu, Sumit Kumar, Yuvraj Yogender Singh, Rahul Tewatia, Dinesh Bana(w), Harshal Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Amit Rana, Yuzvendra Chahal

Gujarat wicketkeeper-batter Urvil Patel hit another ton to help his team win the match by eight wickets. Chasing a 183-run target, Gujarat reached the target in just 13.1 overs. Patel came to open the innings and made 115 runs not out of 41 balls.

Sanju Samson-led Kerala lost five wickets within the first 10 overs. The veteran all-rounder Jalaj Saxena came one down and is still unbeaten. The team's score reads 51/5 after 10 overs and the onus is on the pair of Vinod Kumar and Saxena.

Andhra bamboozled the Kerala cricket team for just 87 runs in Hyderabad. Jalaj Saxena was the highest run-scorer with the bat for Kerala and made 27 runs. KV Sasikanth took three wickets whereas K Sudharsan, Satyanarayana Raju and Bodhala Kumar grabbed a brace of wickets each.

Karnataka have won the toss and have opted to bat against Baroda.

Playing XIs

Karnataka: Mayank Agarwal(c), Manish Pandey, Krishnan Shrijith(w), Smaran Ravichandran, Abhinav Manohar, Shreyas Gopal, Shubhang Hegde, Manoj Bhandage, Vasuki Koushik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Vidyadhar Patil

Baroda: Mahesh Pithiya, Shashwat Rawat, Abhimanyu Singh Rajput, Shivalik Sharma, Bhanu Pania, Krunal Pandya(c), Hardik Pandya, Vishnu Solanki(w), Atit Sheth, Akash Maharaj Singh, Lukman Meriwala

Bihar set a 148-run target thanks to captain Sakibul Gani's 79-run knock. Bengal's opener Karal Lal made 94 not out and played a vital role in helping Bengal achieve the target in the 14th over.

Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube scored in 70s to help Mumbai set a 193-run target for Services which they failed to achieve by 39 runs as Shardul Thakur bowled brilliant spell of 3-0-8-4. Shams Mulani alo grabbed three wickets For Mumbai.

The toss was delayed due to wet outfield and play started late. The match was reduced to a nine-over per side. Odisha batted first and made 120 runs. Opener batter Swastik Samal (69 off 26 balls) and Sandeep Pattnaik (31 off 8 balls) were the backbone of Odisha inning. In response, Assam lost all of their wickets in 8.1 over for 57 runs.

Karthik Sharma hit a half-century as Rajasthan set a 162-run target for Punjab in their Round 6 match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. Baltej Singh took three wickets whereas India regular Arshdeep Singh grabbed a brace.

Delhi have won the toss and have opted to bat against Jharkhand.

Playing XIs

Jharkhand: Ishan Kishan(w), Utkarsh Singh, Virat Singh(c), Kumar Kushagra, Pankaj Kishor Kumar, Robin Minz, Anukul Roy, Bal Krishna, Vivekanand Tiwari, Vikash Singh, Vikas Kumar

Delhi: Priyansh Arya, Yash Dhull, Ayush Badoni(c), Himmat Singh, Harsh Tyagi, Anuj Rawat(w), Mayank Rawat, Vaibhav Kandpal, Suyash Sharma, Ishant Sharma, Prince Yadav

Manish Pandey and Mayank Agarwal came to open the innings for Karnataka and failed to give a good start. But Abhinav Manohar's half-century and Smaran Ravichandran's 38 off 34 balls took the Southern State to a respectable total. Atit Sheth and Krunal Pandya took a couple of wickets.

Karnataka's Shreyas Gopal has taken a hat-trick against Baroda in the ongoing Round 6 match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. Gopal came to bowl the 11th over and dismissed Shashwat Rawat, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya in the first three deliveries to grab his hat-trick.

Baroda defeated Karnataka by four wickets in Indore. Shashwat Rawat anchored the inning but lost his wicket to Shreyas Gopal who came to bowl the 11th over. Gopal took a hat-trick by dismissing Krunal Pandya and Hardik Pandya on the next two deliveries. But it was Vishnu Solanki and Shivalik Sharma who took Baroda past the winning line. They gained four points with this win.

Goa have won the toss and have opted to field against Maharashtra.

Playing XIs

Maharashtra: Arshin Kulkarni, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rahul Tripathi, Ankit Bawne, Nikhil Naik(w), Dhanraj Shinde, Divyang Hinganekar, RS Hangargekar, Vicky Ostwal, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki

Goa: Ishaan Gadekar, Azaan Thota, Kashyap Bakhale, Suyash Prabhudessai, Darshan Misal, Deepraj Gaonkar(c), Krishnamurthy Siddharth(w), Mohit Redkar, Vikash Kanwar Singh, Shubham Tari, Felix Alemao

Manipur have won the toss and have opted to bat against Arunachal Pradesh.

Playing XIs

Arunachal Pradesh: Techi Sonam(w), Nazeeb Saiyed, Tana Teti, Nabam Tempol, Sushant Rana, Sagar Kisan Sakpal, Licha John, Nabam Abo(c), Hardik Varma, Tadakamalla Mohith, Prince Yadav

Manipur: Kangabam Priyojit Singh, Al Bashid Muhammed, Sanatombaroy Laiphangbam, Johnson Singh, Pheiroijam Jotin, Chingakham Bidash, Ahmed Shah(w), Rex Rajkumar(c), L Kishan Singha, Ajay Lamabam Singh, Bishworjit Konthoujam

Tripura have won the toss and have opted to field against Sikkim.

Playing XIs

Tripura: Sridam Paul, Bikramkumar Das, Mandeep Singh(c), Chiranjit Paul, Srinivas Sharath(w), Manisankar Murasingh, Jiwanjot Singh, Saurabh Das, Parvez Sultan, Ajay Sarkar, Rajat Dey

Sikkim: Nilesh Lamichaney, Palzor Tamang, Ashish Thapa(w), Parth Palawat, Pranesh Chettri, Roshan Kumar, Lee Yong Lepcha(c), Ankur Malik, Md Saptulla, Saurav Prasad, Anwesh Sharma

Meghalaya have won the toss and have opted to bat against Mizoram.

Playing XIs

Mizoram: Jehu Anderson(w), Agni Chopra, Mohit Jangra, KC Cariappa, Lalhriatrenga, F Vanlalmuanzuala, Joseph Lalthankhuma, Khiangte Vanrotlinga, Vikash Kumar, Bobby Zothansanga(c), Jonathan Lalrinchhana

Meghalaya: Arien Sangma, Arpit Bhatewara(w), Roshan Warbah, Larry Sangma, Roberth Sangma, Jaskirat Singh, Aryan Bora(c), Akash Choudhary, Anish Charak, Swarajeet Das, Himan Phukan

Delhi batted first and made 154/8 in 20 overs. No batter crossed the 50-run mark as Anuj Rawat was the highest scorer for Delhi with a score of 49 runs. In response, Kumar Kushagra played an unbeaten knock of 55 runs in 30 balls to help Jharkhand achieve the target in the 19th over.

Tripura restricted Sikkim for 91 runs in 19.3 overs as Parvez Sultan grabbed four wickets. Manishankar Murasingh and Ajay Sarkar took a couple of wickets each. Opener batter Pranesh Chhetri was the highest scorer for Sikkim with 23 runs.

In Hyderabad, Goa have lost two wickets for 15 runs in the third over in response to Maharashtra's 195-run target. Ankit Bawane smashed a 41-ball 51 and Nikhil Naik struck 40 off 22 deliveries to propel Maharashtra to the imposing total.

Over in Rajkot, Mizoram are batting at 56 for three after nine overs, in pursuit of Meghalaya's 112-run target. The much-talked-about Agni Chopra, son of the acclaimed '12th Fail' director Vidhu Vinod Chopra, is batting on 33 off 27 balls. Thankhuma has just joined him and is not out at 1 off three deliveries.

At the Holkar Stadium in Indore, Tripura have made light work of Sikkim's 92-run target, getting there in 10 overs for the loss of two wickets. Opener Bikram Kumar Das stays unbeaten on 42 runs off 28 balls to guide the team to a facile victory.

Earlier in the evening, Punjab chased down Rajasthan's target of 162 runs in Rajkot. The Abhishek Sharma-led side got there in 17.2 overs, with wicketkeeper-opener Prabhsimran Singh top-scoring with a blazing 31-ball 62.

At the Wankhede Stadium, Manipur have secured a comprehensive 20-run win against Arunachal Pradesh. Manipur huffed and puffed their way to 119 for nine in 20 overs, but then skittled Arunachal for just 99 runs in 19.5 overs, with Jotin Pheiroijam and Bishorjit L bagging three wickets apiece for the victorious side.

Agni Chopra stays undefeated at 56 off 47 balls to steer Mizoram to a six-wicket win over Meghalaya in Rajkot. Mizoram chase down a 112-run target with ease, getting there in 17.2 overs with KC Cariappa (7 not out off four) giving Chopra company at the end.

The last result of the evening is a high-scoring thriller that goes Goa's way in Hyderabad. Vikas Singh plays an outstanding unbeaten knock of 31 off just 9 deliveries as Goa chase down Maharashtra's 194-run target, rattling 16 runs in the final over. Suyash Prabhudessai had earlier laid the foundation with a power-packed 66 off 45.