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Baroda created historical past in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy© X (Twitter)
Baroda scripted historical past by posting the best group whole within the historical past of T20 cricket throughout their Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy encounter in opposition to Sikkim on Thursday. Baroda ended up scoring a mammoth 349 for the lack of 5 wickets and surpassed the earlier document held by Zimbabwe (344/4 in opposition to Gambia in October 2024). This was additionally the primary time that any group scored greater than 300 within the SMAT with the earlier highest whole being 275/6 by Punjab. Baroda registered this big whole with out Hardik Pandya of their facet and captain Krunal Pandya not even getting an opportunity to bat.
Batting first, Baroda had been off to a flying begin with Shashwat Rawat and Abhimanyu Singh stitching collectively a 92-run stand for the opening wicket. Whereas Shashwat slammed 43 off simply 16 balls, Abhimanyu accomplished his half-century and scored 53 off 17 deliveries.
It turned out to be the perfect platform for Bhanu Pania who scored an unbeaten 134 off 51 deliveries with the assistance of 5 fours and 15 sixes. It was a show of pure energy as he ended his innings with a strike charge of 262.75 as Sikkim bowlers appeared utterly helpless in opposition to the onslaught.
That was not the top as Shivalik Sharma scored 55 off 17 balls whereas Vishnu Solanki scored 50 off simply 16 balls to take Baroda’s rating to 349 and register a giant document within the shortest format of the game.
Earlier, India’s T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav smashed 70 off 46 balls in his first look within the 2024 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy whereas Shivam Dube capped his return from a three-month lengthy damage lay-off with a scintillating 37-ball-71 as Mumbai outplayed Providers by 39 runs.
Mumbai scored 192 for 4 using on the 130-run fourth wicket stand between Surya and Dube.
Between the duo, they smashed 11 sixes with Dube having fun with the lion’s share. Surya additionally hit seven boundaries whereas Dube had a few fours to his credit score. Surya’s hits had been totally on the on-side with one six over long-on, couple in the direction of deep mid-wicket area and one behind sq..
Each batters had been extreme on off-spinner Nitin Tanwar who went for 54 in his 4 overs.
In reply, Providers had been all out for 153 in 19.3 overs with Shardul Thakur redeeming himself with figures of 4/25. Left arm spinner Shams Mulani additionally chipped in with three wickets. Dube gained the participant of the match award after additionally getting a wicket.
(With PTI inputs)
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