Published: Jan 18, 2016, 08:00 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 11:40 AM (IST)
Good Morning! Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the Super League matches of the 2015-16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, as we bring you the live updates of all the games here. With two sessions of exciting domestic T20 action scheduled to take place, we bring you the updates of the morning session (9.00 am IST) here, while later, we would be bringing you the updates from the afternoon session (1.00 pm IST). This session will see two matches happening, the Super League Group A match between Vidarbha and Kerala and the Super League Group B match between Gujarat and Jharkhand. All the four teams were among the top teams of their groups and with maximum points, they have qualified for this stage.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 109/8 in 18.4 overs| Target 106 | Batting: Padmanabhan Prasanth , Niyas Nizar : Kerala win against Vidarbha and once again Vidarbha lose the game closely. Kerala did lose wickets consecutively with Rohan Prem being the highest scorer for their side. A Wakhare and RD Thakur picked three and two wickets respectively. Vidarbha bowled excellently restricting Kerala on regular intervals but failed through in the end overs.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 146/4 in 14.1 overs | Target 143 | Batting: Chirag Gandhi 25 (11), RB Kalaria 15 (5): Gujarat win the match against Jharkhand with Jharkhand facing yet another loss in the Super League of Group B. Pk Panchal, MC Juneja and Chirag Gandhi contributed equally to the win with Jharkhand’s Kaushal Singh picking two wickets for his side but unfortunately went in vains.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 97/6 in 14.4 overs| Target 106 | Batting: Rohan Prem 32 (30), Padmanabhan Prasanth 11 (11): Kerala are not far from victory sight but are also losing out on wickets constantly which should not create a hurdle for them in the coming time. Rohan Prem looks steady with his batting skills while now comes Prasanth who helped Kerala win the match in the Super League innings on Saturday.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 140/4 in 14 overs | Target 143 | Batting: Chirag Gandhi 19 (10), RB Kalaria 15 (5): Gujarat require just 3 runs and Chirag Gandhi and Kalaria playing some excellent shots. They will proceed to finals after their win.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 84/5 in 12 overs| Target 106 | Batting: Rohan Prem 30 (28), Fabid Ahmed 1 (2): Kerala require just 22 runs in 8 overs and they are almost there. Rohan Prem is still on crease but he is unable to find support from the other end with constant fall of wickets. Wakhare has already picked two wickets with other bowlers picking one wicket each
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 94/3 in 11 overs | Target 143 | Batting: MC Juneja 33 (24), Chirag Gandhi 1 (1): PK Panchal who was playing so well goes OUT! Now comes in Chirag Gandhi is who yet another player for them. Gujarat require just 5o runs to win this match and with loss of three wickets it is getable if they do not lose out on any more wickets.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 66/4 in 9.5 overs| Target 106 | Batting: Rohan Prem 22 (23), Raiphi Vincent Gomez 0 (0): Kerala have lost two consecutive wickets in this over and are almost near to victory. They cannot afford to lose more wickets as Vidarbha are bouncing back by restricting Kerala in the best possible manner.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 84/1 in 9.1 overs | Target 143 | Batting: Panchal 35 (27), MC Juneja 30 (19): Gujarat have two players who have already secured 50 runs partnership among them and are half way through to win this match. Jharkhand are unable to restrict the flow of runs from the competitors and are helpless at the moment. They need to get wickets on hand.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 61/3 in 9 overs| Target 106 | Batting: Rohan Prem 19 (20), : VA Jagadeesh OUT! Kerala require just 40 runs and victory is not too far from their sight. It will be interesting to see how the game unfolds in the coming overs. Rohan Prem still steady on crease.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 55/1 in 7 overs | Target 143 | Batting: Panchal 28 (22), MC Juneja 9 (10): Panchal is leading his side with runs building up for Gujarat in board. They need to continue to maintain wickets on their side and play the best in order to reach finals. Rahul Shukla, Vikar and Sonu Singh have bowled for Jharkhand with Vikas picking a wicket for their side.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 50/2 in 7 overs| Target 106 | Batting: Rohan Prem 16 (16), VA Jagadeesh 8 (7): Kerala reach 50 runs in a steady manner. They require partnership to continue this momentum with Prem and Jagadeesh who are excellent players and can help their to win by playing until the end.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 44/1 in 5 overs | Target 143 | Batting: Panchal 21 (16), MC Juneja 5 (5): Parthiv Patel goes out quick and wicket taken by Vikas hit the stumps perfectly. Gujarat are going well with their innings and comes MC Juneja on crease who has had good Super League innings so far in this tournament
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 34/2 in 5 overs| Target 106 | Batting: Rohan Prem 8 (10), VA Jagadessh 0 (1): Another wicket down for Kerala of Nikhilesh Surendran who was playing so well complementing Rohan Prem who just came in. Rohan Prem has lead his team to victory at crisis moments and at the moment Kerala need not require huge shots but a good partnership to to reach an target easily getable
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 28/0 in 3 overs | Target 143 | Batting: Parthiv Patel 16 (9), PK Panchal 11 (9): Parthiv Patel is playing some blitzkrieg shots with 16 from just 9 balls and Panchal is joining in the league as well. They are playing an incredible match here with 9 runs per over. Gujarat needs this one badly and if they do they go to finals.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 21/1 in 3 overs| Target 106 | Batting: Nikhilesh Surendra 18 (14), Rohan Prem 1 (4): Kerala are playing steadily and much above the run rate required with 7 runs over. With the target which is an easy go getter they know they need to maintain the wickets in control and continue to score steady runs on board
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Gujarat 10/0 in 1 overs | Target 143 | Batting: Parthiv Patel 9 (3), PK Panchal 1 (3): Gujarat begin their innings with a good lead and Parthiv Patel striking four runs within the first over. To support his PK Panchal who showed great skills in the Super League
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 5/1 in 1 overs| Target 106 | Batting: Nikhilesh Surendra 5 (5), Rohan Prem 0 (0): Kerala off to a shaky start with wicket down of Sanju Samson. Sanju Samson has not played well particularly in the Super Leagues. Kerala need to play slowly as the target is very much achievable and easily getable.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 142/6 after 20 overs | Batting: Kumar Deobrat 21 (12), Rahul Shukla 6 (5): Jharkhand did face consistent fall of wickets but they have put up a commendable score on board after 20 overs. Ishak Jaggi is the only one who scored 39 runs for his side. Jharkhand did not pick up the game at the start but went steady towards the end. Gujarat have good batting line up and should manage to win this game.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 105 after 19.3 overs | Batting: RD Thakur 2 (3): Vidarbha are 105 all out with Manu Krishnan picking 3 wickets for Kerala and they must be very happy with the way their bowlers have played in this innings. Kerala have atarget of 106 which is achievable easily until Vidarbha restrict Kerala by some magical spells from their bowlers.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 142/6 after 20 overs| Batting: Kumar Deobrat 21 (12), Rahul Shukla 6 (5): Jharkhand did face consistent fall of wickets but they have put up a commendable score on board after 20 overs. Ishak Jaggi is the only one who scored 39 runs for his side. Jharkhand did not pick up the game at the start but went steady towards the end. Gujarat have good batting line up and should manage to win this game.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 100/8 in 18 overs | Batting: AA Wakhare 2 (2), RD Thakur 1 (1): Vidarbha are moving towards the graveyard with the number of wickets moving down. They need some runs and if they do not receive it from any of their batsman it is an easy win for Kerala until they can restrict Kerala well with their bowling spells. Kerala will be happy with the total on scoreboard and the bowling from their end.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 114/5 in 17 overs | Batting: Ishank Jaggi 38 (22), Kumar Deobrat 1(1): Tiwary unfortunately goes off the crease picked by Kalaria. Jharkhand have reached a good score and need to continue the runs to come in at constant basis. Ishank Jaggi is playing well and can complete his half-century if he continues to play in this manner.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 88/6 in 16 overs | Batting: UR Patel 21 (18), RN Gurbani 1 (6): Vidarbha are not looking good at the moment and they are 6 wickets down with the last wicket of Karnewar by Manu Krishnan. They have go beyond the 100 score if they need to win this game against Kerala.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 93/4 in 15 overs | Batting: Saurabh Tiwary 12 (13), Ishank Jaggi 28 (16): Ishank Jaggi is playing his best for his side and Jharkhand are nearing to go par 100 runs on board. Tiwary is equally contributing and if these two build a partnership, Jharkhand can put up a competitive total for their side. They need to strike the ball in the next 5 overs.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 81/5 in 14 overs| Batting: UR Patel 15 (14), AK Karnewar 8 (6): Patel and Karnewar are pushing their side to the next level with the number of wickets down already. Niyas Nizar and Fabid Ahmed have picked 2 wickets each for Kerala and they have restricted Vidarbha very well.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 67/4 in 12 overs | Batting: Saurabh Tiwary 3 (4), Ishank Jaggi 12 (6): Jharkhand’s Kaushal Singh also goes OUT! Ishank Jaggi comes out to bat and is doing well with his bat hopefully can build the momentum for his team. Bumrah, Shinde and RP Singh have picked a wicket each for Gujarat.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 61/5 in 12 overs | Batting: UR Patel 2 (6) , AK Karnewar 2 (3): OUT goes Ganesh Satish and AV Wakhande. In span of just 2 over Vidarbha have lost 2 consecutive wickets and they do not look in a good condition at the moment. They need a strong partnership stand to move their side to a win until the end.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 52/3 in 10 overs | Batting: Kaushal Singh 9 (11), Saurabh Tiwary 0 (0): Jharkhand do not look good with the pace they are moving and are losing out on wickets at consecutive lvels. Virat Singh got OUT by RH Bhatt and now comes Saurabh Tiwary. If he manages to push the team to a grand total then situation might be advantage for Jharkhand.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 55/3 in 10 overs | Batting: Ganesh Satish 15 (14), AV Wankhade 5 (9): RL Jangid also goes out of the crease and comes on Wankhade who played well in the Super Leagues. Vidarbha started their innings well but do not seem to be going well at the moment. They need to push themselves if they want to go for the finals.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 35/2 in 7 overs | Batting: Virat Singh 19 (16), Kaushal Singh 3 (5): Jharkhand lose out on another wicket and a brilliant wicked picked by Bumrah of Sumit Kumar. Kaushal Singh comes on crease and Jharkhand need some magic to keep the runs steady or the total will fall below their expectation.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 42/2 in 7.1 overs | Batting: Ganesh Satish 12 (9), RL Jangid 2 (5): And FY Fazal is OUT by Niyas Nizar and caught by Manu Krishnan which did not pick much length. RL Jangid on crease and Vidarbha need to pick the speed a bit to get going.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 24/1 in 5 overs | Batting: Virat Singh 14 (12), Sumit Kumar (12): It’s 5 overs up and Jharkhand are going slow with runs on board and Virat Singh and Sumit Kumar are on crease. They need to build up the runs and move up soon
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 33/1 in 5 overs | Batting: F Y Fazal 18 (19), Ganesh Satish 5 (3): And JM Sharma is OUT! Fabid Ahmed picked the wicket caught by Sanju Samson. And comes Ganesh Satish on crease to bat who played his half-century in the winning game at the Super League
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 13/1 in 3 overs | Batting: Virat Singh 11 (10), Sumit Kumar 0 (0): And Anand Singh is OUT! RP Singh picked a brilliant wicket and enters Sumit Kumar for Jharkhand. They need to get hold of this match as they have already lost out on two games in the Super League. This does not look good for the team.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 22/0 in 3 overs | Batting: J M Sharma 9 (5), F Y Fazal 12 (13): Vidarbha have picked it well and are with no loss of wickets at the moment. They are in good command of the game with Fazal playing well and scoring runs on board. Sandeep Warrier and Manu Krishnan have played their spells for Kerala. Now comes Niyas Nizar.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 3/0 in 1 over | Batting: Virat Singh 2 (2), Anand Singh 1 (4): Jharkhand have begun their innings and both the Singh’s are on crease. Jharkhand need to score runs this match as this is the only chance for them to move up the ladder for a spot in the finals
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha 2/0 in 1 over | Batting: J M Sharma 1 (2), F Y Fazal 0 (4): Vidarbha have a good batting line and they have J M Sharma on crease who has had an excellent innings in the Super League scoring his half-century on Friday and on the other end is F Y Fazal.
Gujarat vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand | Batting: Gujarat won the toss and elected to field. Jharkhand who are the end of the table points need to play a miraculous game in order to reach the final spot.
Vidarbha vs Kerala: Live Cricket Score: Vidarbha | Batting: Kerala won the toss and chose to field. Vidarbha havea chance here to score highest runs and get to the top of the table to win this match or they will be out of the tournament.
Kerala and Vidharbha are both place at the second last and last place in the table which is topped by Mumbai. Vidharbha are yet to win a match and will play for pride as this is the last match before the finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trohpy 2015-16. Kerala have just a minuscule chance. Kerala in their last match miraculously beat Baroda. Vincent Raiphi Gomez of Kerala struck 47 off just 31 and remained unbeaten as Kerala won their match against Baroda beating them by four wickets chasing 160. Baroda with the help of Deepak Hooda’s 32 in 16 balls and Irfan 35 not out in 18 balls helped their team to a par score.
Gujarat who are second in the Super League Group B face table bottom Jharkhand who are yet to win a match. Gujarat in their last match merciless beat Delhi by 8 wickets after an 44 ball 68 by Priyank Panchal. Delhi managed to put 170 for 5 as Unmukt Chand hit a century of 58 balls. Jharkhand in their last match was undone by half-century from Nitish Rana as Delhi chased down 134. Delhi won the match by five wickets.
