Hardik Pandya smashed 4 sixes and a boundary in an over, serving to Baroda to an exhilarating 3-wicket win towards Tamil Nadu in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy group match on Thursday.
Within the seventeenth over bowled by Gurjanpreet Singh, Pandya blasted the bowler for 30 runs en path to his 69 off 30 deliveries, dragging his workforce to 152/6 earlier than he was dismissed with Baroda needing 9 runs.
However Raj Limbani and Atit Sheth, who hit a remaining ball 4, knocked off these runs to hold their facet to win.
6⃣,6⃣,6⃣,6⃣,4⃣
One goes out of the park 💥
Energy & Panache: Hardik Pandya is setting the stage on hearth in Indore 🔥🔥
Can he win it for Baroda?
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Earlier, Tamil Nadu had made a frightening 221 for six driving on half-centuries by Narayan Jagadeesan and a fast 42 (22b) by all-rounder Vijay Shankar.
Within the different match of the night time, Fifties by skipper Shreyas Iyer and veteran Ajinkya Rahane carried Mumbai to a five-wicket win over Maharashtra in a Group C match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy right here on Wednesday.
Shreyas, who was acquired by Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore within the latest IPL mega public sale, struck a 71 off 39 balls with eight fours and three sixes to guide Mumbai’s chase of 172.
Rahane backed his captain with a 52 off 34 balls (3×4, 3×6) as Mumbai overhauled the goal in 17.1 overs. Shreyas and Rahane added 110 runs for the third wicket.
Earlier, pacers Shardul Thakur (2/50) and Mohit Avasthi (2/36) took 4 wickets equally amongst them to limit Maharashtra to 171 for 9.
Additionally, Rajat Patidar (62, 37b, 4×4, 5×6) within the firm of Harpreet Singh Bhatia (60, 42b, 9×4) carried Madhya Pradesh to 188 for eight, laying the inspiration of their slim 9-run win over Punjab in a Group A match.
In reply, Punjab skipper Abhishek Sharma blitzed a 36-ball 61 (9×4, 1×6) however they may solely attain 179 for seven.
For MP, Kumar Kartikeya Singh and Mohammed Arshad Khan took three wickets every.
(With company inputs)