Stuart Binny shines for Karnataka in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20

Binny struck 49 as Karnataka made 170 for eight. The total was built around a 72-run third wicket partnership between Ganesh Sathish (38) and Manish Pandey (49). In reply, Goa made 130 for nine as Binny (4-14) and Rajoo Bhatkal (2-22) did the bulk of the damage.

In the other matches, last year’s runners-up Kerala, powered by a 42-ball 49 by V.A. Jagadeesh, beat Hyderabad by three wickets and Tamil Nadu routed Andhra by 84 runs.

Hyderabad were restricted to 119 for seven with Ahmed Quadri (50) playing a lone hand and then Kerala reached the target in the last ball as Jagadeesh held the innings together with his 49.

Tamil Nadu, thanks to an opening partnership of 96 runs off 65 balls between Srikkanth Anirudha (50) and Murali Vijay (60), piled up 170 for eight with Dinesh Karthik (42) chipping in usefully.

Left-arm spinner S.H. Srinivas (4 for 27) did a fine job for Andhra whose batsmen however, flopped and they were restricted to 88/9.

Brief scores:
Tamil Nadu 172 for 8 in 20 overs (Srikkanth Anirudha 50, Murali Vijay 60, Dinesh Karthik 42, SH Srinivas 4 for 27) beat Andhra 88 for 9 in 20 overs (Abhinav Mukund 2 for 16, Ganapathy Chandrasekar 3 for 16, Sunny Kumar Singh 2 for 7). Points: Tamil Nadu 4, Andhra 0.
Karnataka 170 for 8 in 20 overs (Ganesh Sathish 38, Manish Pandey 49, Stuart Binny 49,  Saurabh Bandekar 4 for 42, Robin D'Souza 2 for 30) beat Goa 130 for 9 in 20 overs (Sagun Kamat 32, Saurabh Bandekar 24, Stuart Binny 4 for 14, Raajoo Bhatkal 2 for 22). Points: Karnataka 4, Goa 0.
Hyderabad 119 for 7 in 20 overs (Ahmed Quadri 50, Ashish Reddy 27 not out, Prasanth Parameswaran 2 for 13) lost to Kerala 120 for 7 in 20 overs (VA Jagadeesh 49, Rohan Prem 24, Robert Fernandez 25, Anwar Khan 2 for 12). Points: Kerala 4, Hyderabad 0.