Mushtaq Ali T20: Jaiswal, Deshpande shine as Mumbai enter quarter-finals

Tushar Deshpande

Mumbai on Friday made short work of Mizoram by nine wickets to clinch a quarter-final berth in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament by topping group A with 24 points.

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It was Mumbai's sixth victory in seven games. All the five group toppers directly qualify for the last eight stage of the competition and Mumbai, along with Kerala (group B, 24 points), Punjab (Group C, 24 points) and Delhi (Group E, 22 points) have all finished their group league engagements.

In Jaipur, Mumbai skittled out Mizoram for 76 in 18.3 overs with Tushar Deshpande (left) getting 4 for 13 in 3.3 overs. Other pacers Royston Dias and Mohit Avasthi also got two wickets apiece. The two spinners Shams Mulani and Tanush Kotian got a wicket apiece.

In reply, India star Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed an unbeaten 46 off 22 balls with seven fours and a six to finish the game in six overs. Former India U-19 opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi had his seventh successive failure with only 138 runs in seven innings with a below par strike rate of 115 and best score of 32.

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