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The final of the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) will be played between Madhya Pradesh and Mumbai. On the basis of Rajat Patidar’s explosive fifty, MP defeated Delhi by 7 wickets in the second semi-final. Patidar scored 66 runs on 29 balls. Mumbai defeated Baroda by 6 wickets in the first semi-final. Both the matches were played on Friday at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
Madhya Pradesh has made it to the finals of SMAT after 13 years. In 2011, the team had to lose the final against Bengal by 1 run. The 2021-22 Ranji Trophy final was also held between Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh, when MP won.
Mumbai wins title in 2022, MP waits for first title Madhya Pradesh had entered the knockouts by defeating defending champion Punjab in the group stage. The team could play the final only once in 2011, but had to face defeat against Bengal. On the other hand, Mumbai won the title in 2022 by defeating Himachal Pradesh in the final. The team has also reached the finals for the second time.
MP restricted Delhi to low score
MP won the toss and chose to bowl at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. From Delhi, Anuj Rawat scored 33, Priyansh Arya scored 29 and Mayank Rawat scored 24 runs. The rest of the batsmen could not do anything special and the team could only score 146 runs after losing 5 wickets. Venkatesh Iyer took 2 wickets for 12 runs for Madhya Pradesh. Tripuresh Singh, Avesh Khan and Kumar Karthikeya got 1 wicket each.
Ishant gave initial blow to MP
Ishant Sharma gave a good start to Delhi against the target of 147 runs. He sent Arpit Gaur and Subhranshu Senapati to the pavilion in the first 3 overs. Senapati scored 7 runs, Arpit could not even open the account. Harsh Gawli then quickly scored 30 runs in 18 balls, but he was caught behind in the 7th over.
Patidar won by making century partnership
After losing 3 wickets for 46 runs, Rajat Patidar and Harpreet Singh Bhatia took over the innings. Bhatia rotated the strike, while at the other end Patidar started playing big shots. Patidar hit 6 fours and 2 sixes in his innings of 66 runs. He made a partnership of 106 runs with Bhatia and helped the team win in just 15.4 overs. Bhatia remained not out after scoring 46 runs. He hit a winning six against Suyyash Sharma.
Rahane has scored a century, Mumbai won by 6 wickets
Mumbai won the toss and decided to bowl at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Baroda scored 158 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Mumbai achieved the target of 159 runs by losing 4 wickets in 17.2 overs. Ajinkya Rahane played an inning of 98 runs on 56 balls. He was elected player of the match.
- Rahane has scored 50+ for Mumbai for the 12th time in T-20 cricket. He left behind Shreyas Iyer’s record of 11 times.
Mumbai-Baroda match report from here…
Mumbai won the toss and chose bowling, captain said – bowling is our strength Mumbai won the toss and decided to bowl. On this, captain Shreyas Iyer said- ‘In the last few matches, we have performed well by bowling first and will continue the same.’
Baroda captain Krunal Pandya tossing the coin.
The game was stopped due to rain The game had to be stopped due to rain during Baroda’s innings. However, the rain stopped after some time and the match started again.
Due to rain the game had to be stopped for some time.
Fifty partnership of Rawat-Pandya from Baroda Baroda, batting after losing the toss, made a mixed start. The team scored 49 runs after losing one wicket in the powerplay. After losing the first wicket for 23 runs, opener Shashwat Rawat made a fifty partnership with captain Krunal Pandya. Both of them made a partnership of 50 runs on 38 balls.
The team’s middle order disintegrated after Krunal Pandya was out on a personal score of 30 runs. Bhanu Pania, who played an unbeaten inning of 134 runs against Sikkim, could score only 2 runs. While Hardik Pandya added 5 runs.
Suryansh Shedge took 2 wickets for Mumbai.
Baroda gave target of 159 runs, Shivalik top scorer Shivalik Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 36 runs on 24 balls. Opener Shashwat Rawat scored 33 runs, captain Krunal Pandya scored 30 runs and Atit Sheth scored 22 runs. Hardik Pandya was out after scoring 5 runs. Suryansh Shej took 2 wickets. Mohit Awasthi, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Tanush Kotian and Atharva Ankolekar took one wicket each.
3 batsmen of Baroda scored 30 or more runs. These include Shashwat Rawat, Krunal Pandya and Shivalik Sharma.
Mixed start for Mumbai, score crosses 50 in powerplay Mumbai, chasing 159 runs, had a mixed start. The team lost the first wicket on the score of 30 runs. Here Prithvi Shaw was out after scoring 8 runs. Hardik Pandya sent him to the pavilion.
Mumbai opener Prithvi Shaw was out after scoring 8 runs. He was dismissed by Hardik Pandya.
Rahane’s fifty, along with Iyer the score crossed 100 After losing the first wicket for 30 runs, opener Ajinkya Rahane along with captain Shreyas Iyer took the team’s score beyond 100. Both of them made a partnership of 88 runs on 56 balls for the second wicket. After Iyer was out on the score of 118, Rahane made a 40-run partnership with Suryakumar Yadav to give the team victory.
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Madhya Pradesh, Baroda, Mumbai and Delhi reached semi-finals
Venkatesh Iyer gave a double performance from MP. He played an unbeaten inning of 38 runs. Also took 2 wickets.
Madhya Pradesh, Baroda, Mumbai have reached the semi-finals of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. On Wednesday, 11 December, Madhya Pradesh team defeated Saurashtra by 6 wickets. At the same time, Baroda defeated Bengal by 41 runs. While Mumbai won by 6 wickets over Vidarbha. Delhi defeated UP by 19 runs.
