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Kochi: Cheteshwar Pujara slammed his highest T20 cricket score, a 55-ball 81, as Saurashtra thrashed Jammu and Kashmir by 73 runs in a Group B cricket match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here today.
Opener Pujara struck five fours and as many sixes during his scintillating knock which took Saurashtra to 157 for 7 in their allotted 20 overs after they were sent into bat at the Nehru Stadium here.
The highlight of the Saurashtra innings was the 70-run stand between Pujara and Chirag Jani (38) for the fourth wicket which the duo made in 6.1 overs.
For J&K, Mohammed Mudhasir, Parvez Rasool and Waseem Raza took two wickets apiece while Zahoor Sofi got one.
Chasing 158 for a win, J&K suffered a batting collapse as they were skittled out for just 84 in 17.1 overs.
J&K failed to string together a single meaningful stand and only two batsmen could reach double digit figures with Ian Dev Singh top-scoring with a 35-ball 30.
For Saurashtra, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja grabbed three wickets for 19 while Jaydev Unadkat got two wickets. Shaurya Sanandia, Chirag Jani and Deepak Punia took a wicket apiece. (PTI)
score board
Saurashtra innings
SP Jackson† b Mudhasir 04
CA Pujara c Adil Reshi b Mudhasir 81
JN Shah* c Parvez Rasool b Sofi 11
AA Barot c †ID Singh b Parvez Rasool 06
CS Jani c Waseem Raza b Parvez Rasool 38
DS Punia c Khajuria b Waseem Raza 02
SM Sanandia not out 11
AV Vasavada c Khajuria b Waseem Raza 02
JD Unadkat not out 0
Extras 02
Total 157/7
Jammu & Kashmir innings
SP Khajuria run out (Unadkat) 02
Adil Reshi c Vasavada b Sanandia 05
Bandeep Singh c Pujara b Jani 02
ID Singh† c & b Jadeja 30
M Manhas* c Vasavada b Punia 17
Parvez Rasool b Jadeja 06
AP Singh run out (Pujara) 0
Waseem Raza c Pujara b Unadkat 02
M Mudhasir c †Jackson b Unadkat 0
Z Sofi b Jadeja 04
Rohit Sharma not out 05
Extras 11 Total 84/10
