UP team reached quarter finals of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Rinku Singh and this batsman showed strength
Rinku Singh
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is being organised. The tournament is slowly reaching its final stage. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh has qualified for the quarter-finals of the tournament on Monday. They have made it to the quarter-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 cricket tournament by defeating Andhra by four wickets. In this victory, important innings of Rinku Singh and Vipraj Nigam were involved, who rescued the team from a difficult situation and took it to the target. Chasing the target of 157 runs given by Uttar Pradesh to Andhra, Rinku Singh played an unbeaten 27 runs in 22 balls and Vipraj played a stormy innings of 27 runs not out in eight balls. The partnership of 48 runs between these two in just three overs led Uttar Pradesh to victory.
UP chased the target like this
The Uttar Pradesh team looked in a very strong position in the beginning, when it had scored 70 runs in 8.1 overs without losing any wicket. However, after this the team’s position weakened a bit and it lost six wickets for 109 runs. Despite this crisis, Rinku and Vipraj handled the innings without any panic and completed the requirement of 48 runs in the last four overs. In the 17th over, Rinku and Vipraj added 22 runs in KV Shashikant’s over. Rinku hit a six, while Vipraj hit three brilliant sixes at backward point, extra cover and wide long on. This aggressive performance brought Uttar Pradesh very close to victory.
There will be a quarter final match with this team
Vipraj is a part of the Delhi Capitals team in the IPL and has also impressed with his bowling. He took two wickets for 20 runs, which turned the tide of Andhra’s innings. Andhra team never looked in rhythm. Initially the team was scoring slowly, and their score was 113 runs for six wickets in 17.2 overs. But after this, Shashikant scored unbeaten 23 runs in eight balls and SDNV Prasad scored unbeaten 34 runs in 22 balls and added 43 runs in 2.4 overs, taking the team’s score beyond 150 runs. Despite this, the Uttar Pradesh bowlers did not give Andhra a chance to score big, and in the end Uttar Pradesh won the match by scoring 157 runs for the loss of six wickets in 19 overs. Now the Uttar Pradesh team will face Delhi in the quarter-finals, and with this victory their hopes have become even stronger.
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