Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Shardul Thakur, Ayush Mhatre star as Mumbai storm into Super League

Shardul Thakur

Star-studded Mumbai returned to winning ways following their loss to Kerala in the previous round, defeating Chhattisgarh by eight wickets with skipper Shardul Thakur starring with the ball and Ayush Mhatre slamming a half-century in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group A match here on Saturday.

With one more round to go in the group stage, defending champions Mumbai (20 points), who have won five out of six games so far, and Andhra (20 points) - who too have won five games - advanced to the Super League stage.

Mumbai, who had lost to Kerala by 15 runs in the previous game, were served well by India all-rounder Thakur, who returned excellent figures of 3-19 in three overs as Chhattisgarh were bundled out for a paltry 121 in 19.4 overs.

Mumbai openers Ayush Mhatre (69 not out, 39 balls) and India's batting stalwart Ajinkya Rahane (40 off 28 balls) were then involved in an 82-run stand as the reigning champions reached the target in 15.5 overs for the loss of two wickets.

Brief scores
Chhattisgarh 121 all out in 19.4 overs (A Pandey 25; S Thakur 3-19, S Shedge 2-12, A Ankolekar 2-13, T Deshpande 2-38) lost to Mumbai 123-2 in 15.5 overs (A Mhatre 69', A Rahane 40; S Agarwal 2-24) by eight wickets

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever