Live Cricket Score | Himachal Pradesh vs Saurashtra Live Score & Commentary | HIM vs SAU Scorecard, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Elite, Group D • Holkar Cricket Stadium • Indore

Himachal Pradesh

157/8 (20)

Saurashtra

144/9 (20)

HIM won by 13 runs

Info

Fantasy

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Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Nikhil Gangta

54(39)

HIM s

SAU s

Info

Himachal Pradesh s

157/8 (20)

Batters

Prashant Chopra

91.30

b Y Chudasama

Ankush Bains

106.67

c CA Pujara b CS Jani

Sumeet Verma

0.00

c KD Patel b CS Jani

Akash Vashist

176.19

c & b J Unadkat

Nikhil Gangta

138.46

c Tarang Gohel b J Unadkat

Rishi Dhawan

100.00

runout (PN Mankad)

Ekant Sen

120.00

runout (KD Patel / CS Jani)

Nitin Sharma

66.67

c J Unadkat b KD Patel

Pankaj Jaiswal

150.00

Not out

Mayank Dagar

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.85)

157/8

Did not Bat

Vaibhav Arora, Kanwar Abhinay

Bowlers

EXT

Jaydev Unadkat

6.00

Kushang Patel

10.00

Chirag Jani

7.00

Dharmendrasinh Jadeja

6.33

Yuvraj Chudasama

9.67

Prerak Mankad

7.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ankush Bains

c CA Pujara b CS Jani

1-37

5.5

Sumeet Verma

c KD Patel b CS Jani

2-37

5.6

Prashant Chopra

b Y Chudasama

3-42

7.4

Akash Vashist

c & b J Unadkat

4-117

14.6

Rishi Dhawan

runout (PN Mankad)

5-121

15.4

Nikhil Gangta

c Tarang Gohel b J Unadkat

6-140

17.1

Nitin Sharma

c J Unadkat b KD Patel

7-150

19.2

Ekant Sen

runout (KD Patel / CS Jani)

8-155

19.5

Saurashtra s

144/9 (20)

Batters

Tarang Gohel

85.00

c A Vashist b V Arora

Cheteshwar Pujara

150.00

b R Dhawan

Samarth Vyas

109.09

runout (M Dagar / N Sharma)

Parth Chauhan

50.00

c E Sen b M Dagar

Sheldon Jackson

0.00

lbw b M Dagar

Dharmendrasinh Jadeja

44.44

c R Dhawan b PP Jaiswal

Prerak Mankad

100.00

c N Sharma b R Dhawan

Jay Gohil

175.00

c M Dagar b R Dhawan

Chirag Jani

130.77

Not out

Jaydev Unadkat

100.00

c N Gangta b K Abhinay

Kushang Patel *

180.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.2)

144/9

Did not Bat

Yuvraj Chudasama

Bowlers

EXT

9.25

6.25

6.50

5.25

10.50

5.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tarang Gohel

c A Vashist b V Arora

1-22

4.1

Samarth Vyas

runout (M Dagar / N Sharma)

2-69

8.1

Parth Chauhan

c E Sen b M Dagar

3-76

10.2

Sheldon Jackson

lbw b M Dagar

4-76

10.3

Dharmendrasinh Jadeja

c R Dhawan b PP Jaiswal

5-84

12.4

Prerak Mankad

c N Sharma b R Dhawan

6-101

15.2

Cheteshwar Pujara

b R Dhawan

7-106

15.5

Jay Gohil

c M Dagar b R Dhawan

8-121

17.3

Jaydev Unadkat

c N Gangta b K Abhinay

9-132

18.4

Match Info

Date & Time

18 Oct, 04:30 PM IST

Venue

Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore

Match

Elite, Group D,

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Pitch Report

Batting friendly pitch with some help available for pacers

Toss

Saurashtra elected to bowl

Player of the Match Nikhil Gangta

54(39)

Commentary

So that'll be all from our coverage of this contest and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy breaks for a day before the players return to the field on Thursday. Do stay tuned to Sportskeeda for further coverage from the tournament, as well as the ICC Men's T20 World Cup down under as we bring you regular news and updates from around the cricketing landscape. For the moment though, this is the duo of Mohul Bhowmick and Sooryanarayanan Sesha thanking you for joining us and taking your leave. Goodbye and see you around soon!

Match summary: Himachal Pradesh beat Saurashtra by 13 runs.

Nikhil Gangta 54 (39) | Rishi Dhawan 3/25 (4)
Cheteshwar Pujara 57 (38) | Jaydev Unadkat 2/24 (4)

They needed a win today with the race for the knockouts heating up. A couple of washed out encounters only compounded their problems and after a batting display that was hot and cold, Himachal Pradesh needed its bowlers to step up. And step up they did alright!

It was a steady Powerplay with Saurashtra not really running away with the contest. Even though Tarang Gohel perished after a scratchy stay, Cheteshwar Pujara pressed the accelerator and switched gears seamlessly to power his team along. His pick-up shots and late cuts were a hallmark of his stay as he used the pace on offer to great effect, dictating terms and leaving the bowlers scratching their heads.

The pitch started to slow up though with Mayank Dagar getting the ball to grip and turn. A couple of tidy overs followed but it was a mix-up between Pujara and the in-form Samarth Vyas where the tide shifted as the latter was caught short of his ground. Dagar then struck a double-whammy, removing both Parth Chauhan and Sheldon Jackson off consecutive deliveries as Pujara, inevitably slowing down in the process to absorb the pressure, was left with a lot to do.

He notched up a fine half-century and seemed to restore some assurance along with Prerak Mankad. That said, the seamers used their slower deliveries to great effect and kept chipping away with the asking rate mounting on the Saurashtra batters. Skipper Rishi Dhawan sent down an outstanding back of the hand slower delivery to castle Pujara, effectively sealing the match there.

Chirag Jani and Jaydev Unadkat tried wielding the willow wild, but they were left with far too much to do in the end as the seam attack comprising Dhawan, Pankaj Jaswal and Kanwar Abhinay closed it out with a masterful display at the death. This win has meant that Himachal Pradesh have soared to second position with 12 points and two games still left to be played. Saurashtra's chances haven't taken a dent with this loss, but they'd want to wrap up a win in their last encounter and ensure that their fate rests in their own hands.

A fantastic execution by the Himachal attack in the second half of this defense and they have pulled off a terrific win at the Holkar Stadium. Saurashtra's winning streak has been snapped as a result!

overs

144 /9 score

runs

Chirag Jani

17 (13)

Kushang Patel *

9 (5)

Vaibhav Arora

1 /37

19.6 Vaibhav Arora to Kushang Patel, fullish on leg yet again, Patel sees it brush past his pads for another run now. Or have they missed his pads? BYES signalled. Himachal Pradesh defeat Saurashtra by 13 runs!

19.5 Vaibhav Arora to Kushang Patel, dull and wide on to his feet, Patel swivels away and feels that a wide was incoming but the ump says no!

If only it had come earlier in the innings...

19.4 Vaibhav Arora to Kushang Patel, FOUR AGAIN! Shortish outside off, Patel extends his hands over cover this time to see the ball go for another boundary! Arora us under pressure!

19.3 Vaibhav Arora to Kushang Patel, FOUR! Full and wide outside off, Patel throws his hands at it and sees the ball rush to the deep point fence for a boundary! A little too late in the day?

19.2 Vaibhav Arora to Chirag Jani, yorker on middle and leg, Jani keeps this one out and takes a single to square leg!

19.1 Vaibhav Arora to Chirag Jani, full on off, Jani hits it down the ground to long off for no run. Jani wants the strike.

Vaibhav Arora [3.0-0-28-1] to bowl the final over of the game.

This has been a sensational turnaround post the 10th over with Himachal Pradesh's bowlers standing up to be counted. Just one last bit of execution remains as Himachal Pradesh are one wicket away from a win. Saurashtra require 24 runs off the final over!

overs

134 /9 score

runs

Chirag Jani *

16 (11)

Kushang Patel

1 (1)

Kanwar Abhinay

1 /26

18.6 Kanwar Abhinay to Chirag Jani, shortish on off and middle, Jani pulls it to long on for a run. One over to go!

18.5 Kanwar Abhinay to Kushang Patel, fullish outside off, Patel pushes it to deep cover for a run.

Kushang Patel, RHB, is the last man out in the middle

This could be touch and go...the TV umpire is looking at a number of angles and rules it out! Saurashtra lose their ninth!

18.4 Kanwar Abhinay to Jaydev Unadkat, OUT! Fulltoss outside off, Unadkat has no option but to hit it and eventually manages to find the fielder at deep cover, who makes no mistake in taking this offering! Unadkat has to depart, but the umpires are looking for a possible no ball for height! The umpires confer with each other, and it is deemed to be a legal delivery!
Jaydev Unadkat c Nikhil Gangta b Kanwar Abhinay 4 (4b 1x4 0x6)

26 to win off 9...

18.3 Kanwar Abhinay to Chirag Jani, shortish on off, Jani swings this one away to deep square for a run.