JOIN USGujarat get better of Punjab
Gujarat clinched the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Championship after registering a thumping six-wicket victory over Punjab in the summit clash here on Sunday.
Electing to bat, Punjab suffered a top-order collapse to be reduced to 20 for four in the sixth over before they recovered a bit to score 122 for eight in their allotted 20 overs at the Holkar Stadium.
Gujarat chased down the target with 13 balls to spare.
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the Gujarat bowlers as he returned with three wickets for just 14 runs from his four overs. Mehul Patel chipped in with two wickets, while Rohit Dahiya and Rakesh Dhurv took wicket apiece.
Amitoze shines
Amitoze Singh top-scored for Punjab with a 42-ball 49, while wicketkeeper-batsman Chandan Madan contributed 25 runs.
Chasing a modest target of 123, Gujarat started badly as they lost their wicketkeeper-captain Parthiv Patel (1) with the score on two.
Opener Asad Pathan (32) and one-down batsman Niraj Patel (14) put up a 50-run partnership, before they were both dismissed in the eighth over with the team score of 52.
Manprit Juneja (31), who hit a breathtaking unbeaten 108 in their final Super League match against Kerala on Saturday, and Abdulahad Malik (31 n.o.) put up a further 64 runs together as Gujarat kept abreast with the required run-rate. Akshar Patel (12 n.o.) sealed the victory in style with a six as Gujarat reached 128 for four in 17.5 overs.
PUNJAB: Ravi Inder Singh b Munaf 1, Mandeep Singh b Bumrah 5, Gurkeerat Singh c Dhurv b Dahiya 5, Mayank Sidhana b Bumrah 1, Chandan Madan c Dahiya b Dhurv 25, Amitoze Singh c Karia b Munaf 49, Gurinder Singh (run out) 23, Rahul Sharma c Parthiv b Bumrah 8, Siddharth Kaul (not out) 0. Extras (LB-5) 5. Total (for 8 wkts, 20 overs) 122.
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-10, 3-11, 4-20, 5-64, 6-113, 7-122, 8-122.
Bowling: Munaf Patel 4-0-26-2, Jasprit Bumrah 4-1-14-3, Rohit Dahiya 4-0-33-1, Rakesh Dhurv 4-0-23-1, Akshar Patel 4-0-21-0.
GUJARAT: Asad Pathan b Rajwinder 32, Parthiv Patel c Madan b Kaul 1, Niraj Patel (run out) 14, Manprit Juneja c Mandeep b Rajwinder 31, Abdulahad Malik (not out) 31, Aksha Patel (not out) 12. Extras (LB-1, W-6) 7. Total (for 4 wkts, 17.5 overs) 128.
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-52, 3-52, 4-116.
Bowling: Sandeep Sharma 3-0-15-0, Siddharth Kaul 4-0-21-1, Rahul Sharma 3-0-25-0, Amitoze Singh 1-0-9-0, Rajwinder Singh 3.5-0-40-2, Gurinder Singh 3-0-17-0.