Leading up to the IPL 2019, all the domestic teams indulged in the shortest format in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2018-19.
The first round of play in the tournament was terrific, to say the least. The performances from Mumbai and Bengal were the standout ones from the Round 1.
Shreyas Iyer hit a blazing 147 off 55 balls to help Mumbai defeat Sikkim by 154 runs in their opening match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy in Indore. The Mumbaikar’s 147 is the highest T20 score by an Indian surpassing the record of Rishabh Pant, who had scored an unbeaten 128 for Delhi Daredevils in the IPL.
His effort is also the 12th highest score by any batsman in the T20 cricket history. Cheteshwar Pujara hit an unbeaten 100 in 61 balls, but his knock went in vain as Railways chased down Saurashtra’s 189-run target with five wickets in hand at the Holkar Stadium.
Playing against Sikkim, Mumbai put up a massive total of 258 runs on the board. A 55-ball 147 from Shreyas Iyer and a 33-ball 63 from Suryakumar Yadav helped the side put such a big total. This 147 from Shreyas Iyer is also now the highest score by an Indian in T20s. The cricketer surpassed Rishabh Pant’s 128* during the IPL 2018. Mumbai registered a 154-run win as Sikkim could only get 104 runs in 20 overs.
Bengal’s encounter against Mizoram was dictated by Abhimanyu Easwaran who scored an unbeaten 107 off 56 balls. While his side put up 221 runs, the opposition was bowled out for just 62 conceding a 159-run win. Jharkhand and Puducherry managed to win by a three-run margin in their respective games. RCB’s new recruit Prayas Barman picked up a four-wicket haul in the game.
Cheteshwar Pujara‘s first T20 century went in vain as the Railways comfortably chased down the target of 189. A 39-ball 74 from Manish Pandey was another highlight of the day. A 5/9 from Vikas Yadav couldn’t save the game for his side, Services.
Brief Scores – Round 1
Group A
Delhi vs Jharkhand
Jharkhand: 158/4 in 20 overs (Virat Singh 70*, Anand Singh 37, Suboth Bhati 2/33)
Delhi: 155/5 in 20 overs (Dhruv Shorey 70, Unmukt Chand 33, Shahbaz Nadeem 2/26)
Result: Jharkhand won by 3 runs.
Jammu & Kashmir vs Nagaland
Nagaland: 136/6 in 20 overs (KB Pawan 53*, Jonathan Rongsen 31, Parvez Rasool 2/26)
Jammu & Kashmir: 142/1 in 15.1 overs (Abdul Samad 76*, Jatin Wadhwan 62, Tahmeed Rahman 1/27)
Result: Jammu & Kashmir won by 9 wickets
Kerala vs Manipur
Kerala: 186/5 in 20 overs (Sachin Baby 75*, Mohammad Azharuddin 47, Kabrambam Homendro 2/25)
Manipur: 103/7 in 20 overs (Yashpal Singh 40*, Mayank Raghav 32, Basil Thampi 1/12)
Result: Kerala won by 83 runs
Group B
Gujarat vs Meghalaya
Gujarat: 146/8 in 20 overs (Axar Patel 48, Urvil Patel 21, Abhay Negi 3/30)
Meghalaya: 133/8 in 20 overs (Puneet Bisht 56, Swarajeet Das 23, Piyush Chawla 3/17)
Result: Gujarat won by 13 runs
Tamil Nadu vs Rajasthan
Rajasthan: 181/4 in 20 overs (Mahipal Lomror 78*, Tajinder Singh 38*, Murugan Ashwin 2/33)
Tamil Nadu: 128/10 in 19.5 overs (Shahrukh Khan 23, R Vivek 17, Khaleel Ahmed 3/14)
Result: Rajasthan won by 53 runs
Himachal Pradesh vs Vidarbha
Himachal Pradesh: 167/8 in 20 overs (Ekant sent 52, Nitin Sharma 36, Shrikant Wagh 3/32)
Vidarbha: 171/7 in 20 overs (Atharwa Taide 43, Jitesh Sharma 37, Prashant Chopra 2/18)
Result: Vidarbha won by 3 wickets
Group C
Railways vs Saurashtra
Saurashtra: 188/3 in 20 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 100*, Robin Uthappa 46, Ashish Yadav 1/30)
Railways: 190/5 in 19.4 overs (Mrunal Devdhar 49, Pratham Singh 40, D Jadeja 2/27)
Result: Railways won by 5 wickets
Madhya Pradesh vs Punjab
Madhya Pradesh: 199/4 in 20 overs (Parth Sahani 90, Abhishek Bhandari 54*, Manpreet Gony 2/34)
Punjab: 165/9 in 20 overs (Mandeep Singh 64, Gurkeerat Singh 46, Ishwar Pandey 3/17)
Result: Madhya Pradesh won by 34 runs
Mumbai vs Sikkim
Mumbai: 258/4 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 147, Suryakumar Yadav 63, Milind Kumar 2/30)
Sikkim: 104/7 in 20 overs (Bipul Sharma 32, Asish Thapa 19*, Shams Mulani 2/2)
Result: Mumbai won by 154 runs
Group D
Assam vs Karnataka
Karnataka: 169/6 in 20 overs (Manish Pandey 74, Siddharth 27, Abu Nechim 2/32)
Assam: 154/7 in 20 overs (Wasiqur Rahman 62, Rajjakuddin 53*, Vinay Kumar 2/22)
Result: Karnataka won by 15 runs
Chhattisgarh vs Odisha
Odisha: 137/10 in 19.4 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 51, Rajesh Mohanty 36, Aishwarya Mourya 3/20)
Chhattisgarh: 138/0 in 16.1 overs (Rishabh Tiwari 71*, Shashank Chandraker 57*, Debasis Mohanty 0/12)
Result: Chhattisgarh won by 10 wickets
Bengal vs Mizoram
Bengal: 221/4 in 20 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 107*, Shreevats Goswami 55, T Kohli 2/49)
Mizoram: 62/10 in 13 overs (K Vanlalruata 17, Akhil Rajput 16, Prayas Barman 4/14)
Result: Bengal won by 159 runs
Haryana vs Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh: 106/6 in 20 overs (Kshitiz Sharma 46*, Samarth Seth 25, Sumit Kumar 3/13)
Haryana: 110/2 in 15.1 overs (Chaitanya Bishnoi 60*, Nitin Saini 45*, Licha Tehi 1/26)
Result: Haryana won by 8 wickets
Group E
Hyderabad vs Puducherry
Puducherry: 159/6 in 20 overs (Paras Dogra 89, Damodaren Rohit 27, Mehdi Hasan 2/29)
Hyderabad: 156/9 in 20 overs (Akshath Reddy 69*, Tanmay Agarwal 31, T Parandaman 4/39)
Result: Puducherry won by 3 runs
Maharashtra vs Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra: 149/5 in 20 overs (Naushad Shaikh 41, Nikhil Naik 41, Bobby Yadav 2/34)
Uttar Pradesh: 137/10 in 19.3 overs (Samarth Singh 93, Akshdeep Nath 10, Satyajeet Bachhav 3/23)
Result: Maharashtra won by 12 runs
Services vs Uttarakhand
Services: 164/5 in 20 overs (R Paliwal 54*, Nakul Sharma 48, Sunny Kashyap 1/18)
Uttarakhand: 165/7 in 19.5 overs (Karn Veer Kaushal 58, Girish Rauturi 49, Vikas Yadav 5/9)
Result: Uttarakhand won by 3 wickets
Baroda vs Tripura
Tripura: 100/10 in 19 overs (Nirupam Chowdhary 21, M Murasingh 18, Atit Sheth 5/13)
Baroda: 101/2 in 16.5 overs (Vishnu Solanki 32, Kedar Devdhar 24, Tushar Saha 2/29)
Result: Baroda won by 8 wickets.
