Bengaluru : Mumbai, led by Shreyas Iyer defeated Madhya Pradesh by 5 wickets at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru to clinch 2nd Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title, having won the tournament during 2022-23 season.
Mumbai bowling first, Shardul Thakur gave good start picking both Madhya Pradesh (MP) openers – Arpit Gaud, Harsh Gawli, in his first over.
MP, despite 42 runs partnership between Subhranshu Senapati (23) & Harpeet Singh (15) got dismissed adding pressure to their Batting.
The MP Batting were on 86-5 in 12.1 overs when skipper Rajat Patidar (81*) smashed Mumbai bowlers all over the park with 6 sixes and boundaries to take MP to 174-8 (20).
Mumbai chasing 175 runs lost Prithvi Shaw (10) & skipper Shreyas Iyer (16), cheaply.
Ajinkya Rahane (37) & SuryaKumar Yadav (48) formed 52 runs partnership to bring Mumbai back on track.
Suryansh Hegde (36*) & Atharva Ankolekar (16*) formed another quick fire partnership of 51*(19) to guide Mumbai past the target in 17.5 overs, clinching Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 title.
Suryansh was adjourned man of the match, Rahane man of the series.
Brief Scorecard :
1st Innings :
MP : 174-8 (20)
Rajat Patidar : 81* (40)
MUM :
Royston Dias : 2/32
2nd Innings :
MUM : 180-5 (17.5)
Suryansh Yadav : 48 (35)
Suryansh Hedge : 36* (16)
MP :
Tripuresh Singh : 2/34
Result : Mumbai win by 5 wickets.
