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Kochi: Jammu and Kashmir’s batting collapsed in the face of a disciplined performance by Jharkhand’s bowlers, who guided the team to a resounding 76-run victory in their Group B Twenty20 cricket match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here today.
The decision to bowl after winning the toss backfired spectacularly on J&K as Jharkhand posted a stiff 179 for 4 in their 20 overs. J&K could only manage 103/7 in reply. Shasheem Rathor and Saurabh Tiwary were the standout performers notching up half-centuries for Jharkhand. While Rathor scored a 50 off 41 deliveries, Tiwary was the top run- getter with an unbeaten 57 off a mere 30 balls.
Rahil Sambyal was the most successful J&K bowler with figures of 2/43.
In reply, opener Ian Dev Singh’s 67 was the lone noteworthy contribution as J&K were let down by their other batsmen.
For Jharkhand, Vikash Singh, Sonu Singh and Shahbaz Nadeem picked up two wickets apiece to rip through the J&K line-up. (PTI)
score board
Jharkhand innings
Virat Singh c Omar Alam b Mudhasir 4
SS Rathour c Waseem Raza b Omar Alam 50
Sumit Kumar† c Manhas b Sambyal 39
SS Tiwary not out 57
IR Jaggi c Bandeep Singh b Sambyal 7
K Deobrat not out 8
Extras 14
Total 179/4
Jammu & Kashmir innings
ID Singh† not out 67
SP Khajuria c †Sumit Kumar b Vikash Singh 0
Bandeep Singh c Tiwary b Vikash Singh 12
M Manhas* c Tiwary b Rathour 2
Parvez Rasool c Jaggi b Sonu Singh 7
AP Singh c †Sumit Kumar b Sonu Singh 1
Waseem Raza c Vikash Singh b Nadeem 8
Syed Sagar c Deobrat b Nadeem 0
Omar Alam not out 2
Extras 4
Total 103/7
