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Vidarbha vs Chhattisgarh
Two quick wickets and Vidarbha has broken through. Chhattisgarh loses both its openers as Umesh Yadav and Sarvate strikes. Vidarbha’s bowlers are all over the opposite batters. They are not making it easy for Chhattisgarh as the batters are unable to get going. Karnewar capitalises on the pressure and gets Sanjeet Desai out. Chhattisgarh 64-3 in 10 overs.
Punjab vs Haryana
Haryana bowlers keep it tight Abhishek and Prabhsimran are taking their time. Jayant Yadav gets his first over and concedes just three off it. But Abhishek goes after Amit Mishra in the leg spinner’s first over. A six and a four and there is acceleration. PUNJAB 64-1 in 10 overs.
Vidarbha vs Chhattisgarh
Strong start from Chhattisgarh. Openers Herwadkar and Amandeep Khare navigate through the first three overs for a return of just 14 runs. But the duo goes after Nalkande in his second over. 19 overs accumulated in that over. Another good over follows as 12 runs come out of it. Chhattisgarh 45-0 in 5 overs.
Punjab vs Haryana
Shubman GIll and Abhishek Sharma opens for Punjab. Abhishek starts with a classy cut for four. Gill seems at unease and almost offers a catch at first slip. Mohit Sharma continues after a brilliant maiden over first up. He forces a miscue out of Gill, who skies one and Nishant Sindhu completes the catch. Prabhsimran Singh comes in for Punjab and along with Abhishek settles in well with a few boundaries. PUNJAB 26-1 in 5 overs.
Playing 11 – Punjab vs Haryana
PUNJAB – Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh (c), Ramandeep Singh, Sanvir Singh, Mayank Markande, Siddharth Kaul, Harpreet Brar, Baltej Singh,
HARYANA – C K Bishnoi, Yuvraj Singh, H J Rana (c), Nishant Sindhu, Dinesh Bana (wk), J J Yadav, R K Tewatia, S P Kumar, A R Mishra, Mohit Sharma, Anshul Kamboj
PLAYING 11 – Vidarbha vs Chhattisgarh
VIDARBHA
Atharva Taide, A V Wadkar (c), A V Wankhade, S R Ramaswamy, J M Sharma (wk), S B Dubey, A A Sarvate, D G Nalkande, Umesh Yadav, Y R Thakur, A K Karnewar
CHHATTISGARH
A Herwadkar, Amandeep Khare, Harpreet Singh Bhatia (c), Shashank Singh, Sahban Khan, Lavin Ian Coster (wk), Ajay Mandal, Sumit Ruikar, Ravi Kiran, Sourabh Majumdar, Pankaj Rao
TOSS UPDATE
Haryana wins the toss and elects to field first against Punjab.
TOSS UPDATE
Vidarbha wins the toss and elects to field first against Chhattisgarh.
PREVIEW
Some close contests are expected over the next week as the knockout stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy begins at the Eden Gardens, the Jadavpur University ground and the 22 Yards ground here from Sunday.
The group stage was highly competitive cricket, which was evident from two top-place finishers, Delhi in Group B and Bengal in Group D, gathering identical points as the second-placed sides in their respective groups.
With the competition becoming more intense in the knockout stage, one may see the use of the ‘impact player’ more often.
While Karnataka batter Devdutt Padikkal has been replaced with Rohan Patil, Bengal seamer Ishan Porel is said to be ‘indisposed.’
Nevertheless, one will see several stars including Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant Sharma, Nitish Rana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal and Manish Pandey in action.
The elimination phase will start from the pre-quarterfinal matches with Punjab taking on Haryana, Vidarbha meeting Chhattisgarh and Kerala facing Saurashtra on Sunday.
The winners of these engagements will clash with direct qualifiers Mumbai, Delhi and Karnataka in the last-eight on Tuesday. Host Bengal will lock horns with Himachal Pradesh in the other quarterfinal.
The semifinals will be held on November 3 and the final on November 5.
SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY (OCTOBER 30)
Punjab vs Haryana – 11 AM at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Vidarbha vs Chhattisgarh – 11 AM at Jadavpur University Campus, Kolkata
Kerala vs Saurashtra – 4:30 PM at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
SMAT KNOCKOUT STAGE EXPLAINED
11 teams have advanced to the knockout stages. The tournament will have three pre-quarterfinals, followed by quarterfinals, semifinals and the final.
Group winners from the five groups have directly advanced to the quarterfinals. These teams are Mumbai, Delhi, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh and Bengal. For the remaining three places, pre-quarterfinal matches will be played between six teams.
The 2nd-placed teams from the five groups have qualified for the pre-quarters. Vidarbha, Punjab, Kerala, Saurashtra and Chhattisgarh are through to this stage.
The last place in the pre-quarterfinals was sealed by the best 3rd placed team out off all the groups – Haryana, with 20 points and a net run rate of +1.214, from Group C.
The winners from the three pre-quarterfinals will advance to quarterfinals one, two, and three, respectively.
Here are the fixtures for the quarterfinals, to be played on November 1:
QF 1 – Karnataka vs Winner of Pre QF 1
QF 2 – Mumbai vs Winner of Pre QF 2
QF 3 – Delhi vs Winner of Pre QF 3
QF 4 – Himachal Pradesh vs Bengal
The semifinals will be played on November 3, while the final will be held on November 5. All knockout matches will be played in Kolkata.
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