Historic victory of Jharkhand. (Photo- PTI)
An exciting match was seen in the Super League stage of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Jharkhand achieved a historic win against Punjab at the DY Patil Stadium in Pune. A lot of runs were scored in this match and fans got to see a lot of fours and sixes. With this, the Jharkhand team under the captaincy of Ishan Kishan started the Super League with a win and secured 4 important points. In this match, many players showed strong performance for Jharkhand.
Punjab team put a big score on the board
Batting first in this match, Punjab scored 235 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs, which included a century innings by Salil Arora. He scored a century in 39 balls and scored unbeaten 125 runs in 45 balls. Which included 9 fours and 11 sixes. But apart from him, no other player could touch the figure of 30 runs. On the other hand, for Jharkhand, Sushant Mishra and Bal Krishna took maximum 2-2 wickets in this match.
Jharkhand won the match in 18.1 overs
But this target proved to be small for the Jharkhand team. Jharkhand won the match by losing 4 wickets in just 18.1 overs. Kumar Kushagra’s explosive unbeaten innings and Ishan Kishan’s strong start had an important contribution in this. Ishan Kishan started the run chase by scoring 47 runs in just 23 balls. After this, Kumar Kushagra made the match one-sided by scoring unbeaten 86 runs on 42 balls. 8 fours and 4 sixes were seen in his innings. At the same time, Anukul Roy scored 37 runs and Pankaj Kumar scored 39 runs, due to which the team achieved a historic victory.
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Joy, jubilation, and history as Jharkhand achieves the highest successful run chase in the history of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Punjab in Pune!#SMAT , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/saPWfEkdB1
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In this match, both the teams together scored 432 runs, which is rarely seen in T20 cricket. At the same time, it also proved to be the biggest run chase in the history of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Jharkhand broke Mumbai’s record, Mumbai had achieved the target of 230 runs against Andhra Pradesh by 2024.