The 2020-21 season got off to a belated start with the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy. This season’s format ensured that you had to win every game in the league stage or hope for a bunch of other results going in your favour.
Jharkhand, lead by Ishan Kishan, had a bad start losing their first two games, effectively getting knocked out. The team regrouped and won the next two comfortably before finishing off with a Super Over win against Hyderabad. Incidentally this was the first ever Super Over at Eden Gardens!
Here is the tournament summary.
Game 1: Tamil Nadu 189/5 (20) beat Jharkhand 123/7 (20) by 66 runs
Game 2: Bengal 161/6 (20) beat Jharkhand 145/9 (20) by 16 runs
Highlights: Monu Kumar 3/20, Virat Singh 47 (38), Utkarsh Singh 1/19 & 28 (14)
T20 Debut: Kumar Suraj
Game 3: Jharkhand 233/3 (20) beat Assam 182/7 (20) by 51 runs
Highlights: Virat Singh 103* (50), Saurabh Tiwary 57 (33),Kumar Deobrat 31* (12), Monu Kumar 3/23
Game 4: Jharkhand 182/4 (20) beat Odisha 128/10 (17.5) by 54 runs
Highlights: Ishan Kishan 60 (36), Virat Singh 67 (37), Bal Krishna 4/21
T20 Debut: Bal Krishna, Vikash Vishal
Game 5: Hyderabad 139/8 (20) lost to Jharkhand 139/9 (20) in Super Over (14/1 to 23/0)
Highlights: Vivekanand Tiwari 3/25, Vikash Singh 3/36
Season Stats
Highest Scorers
- Virat Singh 250 @ 62.50
- Ishan Kishan 142 @ 28.40
- Saurabh Tiwary 92 @ 23.00
Highest Wicket-takers
- Monu Kumar 8 @ 14.13
- Bal Krishna 5 @ 9.60
- Rahul Shukla 4 @ 26.50
Best Batting: Virat Singh 103* (50) vs Assam
Best Bowling: Monu Kumar 3/20 vs Bengal
Players Used: 18
T20 Debut: 3
It was a good chance for the players to showcase their T20 skills with the IPL auction coming up. Monu Kumar, recently released by CSK came good as did debutante Bal Krishna.
And now we go into another period of uncertainty about the next fixture.
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