Shreyas Iyer scored an impressive half-century to information Mumbai to a convincing five-wicket win over Vidarbha within the semifinals and get his group a spot within the last of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for the primary time on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Mumbai will tackle one other first-timer Himachal, which outwitted a powerful Punjab by 13 runs, within the summit conflict on Saturday.
Electing to bat, Vidarbha progressed as a consequence of opener Atharva Taide (29, 22b, 3×4, 1×6) and Apporva Wankhede (34, 26b, 3×4, 2×6) even because the Mumbai bowlers made frequent dents.
Jitesh Sharma (46 n.o., 24b, 3×4, 3×6) switched gears on the proper time, hitting three sixes within the final over, to get Vidarbha a combating complete.
Shams Mulani bowled precisely to scalp three batters.
After Mumbai misplaced skipper Ajinkya Rahane and Yashasvi Jaiswal for 31, Prithvi Shaw (34, 21b, 2×4, 3×6) and Shreyas (73, 44b, 7×4, 4×6) gathered 43 runs with the previous displaying some well-timed pictures.
Shreyas took his time earlier than flexing his muscle tissue, particularly on the onside. He was extreme on pacer Yash Thakur, plundering 19 runs, together with a six and three fours, within the 14 th over.
Shreyas, who fashioned a 71-run partnership with Sarfaraz Khan (27, 2×4, 1×6), was held at deep square-leg off Akshay Karnewar when Mumbai wanted solely 20 runs.
Inserted in, Himachal rode on quick-fire knocks of Sumeet Verma (51, 25b, 3×4, 3×6) and Akash Vashisht (43, 25b, 4×4, 2×6) to put up 176 for seven.
Vashisht, the match-winner within the quarterfinals, added 45 with Sumeet within the center overs and 47 with Pankaj Jaswal (27, 16b, 2×4, 1×6) within the slog overs.
Led by an inspiring Rishi Dhawan, who claimed three for 25, Himachal bowlers caught to their plans and took wickets usually.
Efforts of Shubman Gill (45, 32b, 6×4, 1×6), Anmolpreet Singh (30, 25b, 3×4, 1×6), captain Mandeep Singh (29 n.o., 15b, 3×4, 1×6) and Ramandeep Singh (29, 15b, 3×4, 2×6) have been in useless.
The scores:
Himachal Pradesh 176/7 in 20 overs (Sumeet Verma 51, Akash Vashisht 43) bt Punjab 163/7 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 45, Anmolpreet Singh 30, Rishi Dhawan 3/25).
Vidarbha 164/7 in 20 overs (Jitesh Sharma 46 n.o., Apoorv Wankhede 34, Shams Mulani 3/20) misplaced to Mumbai 169/5 in 16.5 overs (Shreyas Iyer 73, Prithvi Shaw 34).
Source: www.thehindu.com