Put into bat, Madhya Pradesh posted a formidable 225 for 8 in their 20 overs. The innings was anchored by an attacking 70 off 43 balls from Venkatesh Iyer, featuring eight fours and two sixes, which kept the run rate high even after an early wicket.
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Venkatesh Iyer starred for Madhya Pradesh (MP) in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Elite 2025, blasting a crucial 70 off 43 balls against Punjab to help his team post a commanding first-innings total of 225/8 at the DY Patil Academy, Ambi, Pune.
Left-handed batter Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed a match-winning hundred that helped Mumbai register a four-wicket win over Haryana in the Super League Group B match of the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) 2025 at the DY Patil Academy.
The 23-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal hammered 101 runs off 50 deliveries, including 16 fours and one six, while chasing a daunting target of 235 runs. Mumbai chased down the target in 17.3 overs.
Mohammed Siraj took three, Nitish Kumar Reddy's hat-trick, and Anshul Kamboj's brilliant outing with the ball were amongst the highlights in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Friday.
Jaydev Unadkat and Chetan Sakariya had left TN reeling at 29 for 3, chasing 183, with Sai Sudharsan left to mount a one-man rescue mission. With partners drying up, he unleashed a blistering 28-ball fifty, ripping the ball to all corners with his trademark flicks, pulls, cuts, and drives.
Heading into the series against the Proteas, Pandya is 140 runs away from completing 2000 T20 runs, while he is two wickets away from scalping 100 wickets in the shortest format. If Pandya takes 100 wickets in T20Is, he will become only the second Indian bowler to do so.
The 26-year-old wicketkeeper/batter, who filled in for Jitesh Sharma, who is set to feature in the five-match T20 series against South Africa, smashed 10 fours and nine sixes during his innings.
Following Saturday's action, Mumbai and Andhra Pradesh (20 points each, Group A, Elite), Hyderabad and Madhya Pradesh (20 and 16 points each, Group B, Elite), Punjab and Gujarat (16 points each, Group C, Elite), and Jharkhand and Rajasthan (24 points each, Group D, Elite) are at top-two in t
The young left-handed Punjab opener continued to set the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT) tournament, scoring yet another half-century, with 62 runs in just 34 balls, with eight fours and three sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 182.35.