Desk: Jharkhand has won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title for the first time by defeating Haryana. Under the captaincy of Ishan Kishan, Jharkhand performed brilliantly in the entire tournament and made it to the finals by winning nine consecutive matches. His dominance was also seen in the final and he defeated Haryana by 69 runs. In the final match, Ishan Kishan played a stormy innings and scored 101 runs. On the basis of which Jharkhand set a record score of 262 runs. But Haryana could score only 193 runs in reply. Apart from Ishaan, Anukul Roy also played a big role in the victory by giving excellent all-round performance.

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The final was played on Thursday 18 December at the MCA Cricket Stadium in Pune. Before this final, Jharkhand had won 9 out of the last 10 matches of the tournament. He won all these 9 matches consecutively. Its only defeat came before the final but by then the team had secured its place in the title match. In such a situation, he was considered a contender for victory in the final also. Especially the excellent form of captain Ishaan was a big reason for this.

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Captain Ishaan's explosive innings in the final

Ishaan and his team maintained this dominance and expectations very well in the final also and the captain himself started it. Despite the dismissal of opener Virat Singh in the very first over, Ishaan attacked and got good support from Kumar Kushagra. Together they made a stormy partnership of 177 runs for the second wicket. During this, Ishaan completed his century in 45 balls but Kushagra was out after scoring 81 runs. After them, Anukul Roy and Robin Minz together added 75 runs in just 32 balls and took the team to 262 runs. Minz scored 31 runs in 14 balls and Roy scored 40 runs in 20 balls.

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Sushant-Suvati's deadly bowling

At the same time, Haryana lost 2 wickets including captain Ankit Kumar for just 1 run in the first over itself. Left arm pacer Vikas Kumar got this success. After this, however, Yashvardhan Dalal scored a stormy half-century in just 19 balls, while Nishant Sindhu and Samant Jakhar also batted brilliantly. But the difference was that none of the three could convert their start into a big score. Left arm pacer Sushant Mishra also played a big role in this, who took 3 wickets for 27 runs in 4 overs. But the biggest blow was given by Anukul Roy (2/42), who dismissed Dalal and Sindhu. Ultimately the entire team collapsed for 193 runs in 18.3 overs and Jharkhand won the title for the first time.

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