Rahul Tiwari
khelja|11-12-2024
The fourth quarter-final match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 was played between the teams of Mumbai and Vidarbha. Fans once again got to see a high scoring match in the tournament, where both the teams hit a lot of fours and sixes. However, the Mumbai team adorned with star players finally managed to win the match and made its place in the semi-finals. With this, the three semi-finalist teams of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy have been decided. Before Mumbai, Baroda and Madhya Pradesh also won their respective quarter-final matches.
In this important match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, both the teams scored more than 200 runs. The Mumbai team, captained by Shreyas Iyer, had won the toss in this match and decided to bowl first, but their bowlers could not do anything special. Batting first, Vidarbha scored 221 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. During this, Atharva Taide scored the maximum 66 runs for the team. At the same time, Apoorva Wankhade also played an inning of 51 runs on 33 balls and Shubham Dubey remained unbeaten on 43 runs on 19 balls. On the other hand, Atharva Ankolekar and Suryansh Shedge took maximum 2-2 wickets for Mumbai.
To win this match, Mumbai had to chase the target of 222 runs in 120 balls, which is not at all easy in such a big match. But Mumbai's opener batsmen Prithvi Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane batted brilliantly and gave a good start to the team. Both players added 83 runs in 7 overs for the first wicket. During this, Prithvi Shaw scored 49 runs on 26 balls and Rahane was out after scoring 84 runs on 45 balls. After this, Shivam Dubey scored unbeaten 37 runs on 22 balls and Suryansh Shedge scored unbeaten 36 runs on 12 balls and took the team to victory.
Let us tell you, in this match both the teams together scored a total of 445 runs. This is the 9th most runs scored in a single match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. In the same year, a total of 448 runs were scored in the match played between Mumbai and Andhra. At the same time, the record of most runs in a match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was also made at 2924. Then the teams of Goa and Mumbai together had scored a total of 474 runs in the match.