Opener Samarth Singh struck a superb 64 to help Uttar Pradesh score an easy nine wicket win over Jharkhand in their Super League Group B match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 cricket tournament in Mumbai on Friday.

Singh hit four boundaries and as many as sixes in his 49-ball knock and shared 112 runs for the opening wicket with Prashant Gupta (42 not out) as Uttar Pradesh comfortably chased down the target of 134 with 3.1 overs to spare.