SMAT : Tripura beat Manipur by 8 wkts
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 20 2022:
Tripura defeated Manipur by eight wickets in the Men's Senior Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022 match played at Jaipur, today.
Opted to bat first, Manipur made a total of 108 for seven in the 20 over match.
It was Langlonyamba (C) who scored the maximum runs for Manipur as he alone hit 37 off 36 balls (not out) .
Riding on Bikram Kumar Dass half century (67 off 41 balls, not out) and AA Sinha 20 off 15 balls, Tripura completed the chase in just 11.2 overs with two wickets down.
The two wickets of the State were taken by Kishan Singha and Sultan.
Meanwhile, Delhi and Punjab inched closer to the knockout phase from Group B by aggregating 20 points each after posting resounding sixth-round victories in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket tournament in Jaipur on Thursday.
Delhi scored a six-wicket win over Goa (12 points) and Punjab crushed Pondicherry (0) by eight wickets.
Later in the day, Uttar Pradesh (16) kept alive its outside chance of qualification by ending the hopes of Hyderabad (12) after inflicting a seven-wicket defeat.
Chasing Goa's 131/6, Delhi finished the job in 17 overs with Nitish Rana (49 not out, 38b, 7x4) and Yash Dhull 46 (41b, 6x4) adding 70 for the fourth wicket.
For Goa, Deepraj Gaonkar (40, 32b, 4x4, 1x6) did his bit.
Punjab made short work of Pondicherry after restricting the opposition to 86/9.Punjab scored 87/2 in 10 overs with Abhishek Sharma (29, 17b, 4x4, 1x6) and Prabhsimran Singh (23 not out, 20b, 2x6).showing the way.
UP kept Hyderabad in check at 132/9 with Karan Sharma (3/19) being the most successful bowler.
During UP's chase, openers Aryan Juyal (71, 58b, 7x4, 1x6) and Karan (33, 31b, 4x4) laid the 73-run foundation in 9.4 overs.
Juyal ensured the team crossed the winning post comfortably in 19.1 overs.
With inputs from Sportstar .