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Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Maharashtra enter second successive semi-final

Maharashtra 91 (Siva Kumar 6-41) and 223 (Jadhav 81, Siva Kumar 6-79) beat Andhra 138 (Sanklecha 4-45, Fallah 3-45) and 101 (Sanklecha 4-19) by 75 runs.
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Maharashtra entered the semi-finals for the second year in succession after Anupam Sanklecha's four-wicket haul, boosting his match-tally to eight, sank Andhra by 75 runs in Lahli.

Andhra's pursuit of 177 was dented by the seam trio of Sanklecha, Domnic Joseph and Shrikant Mundhe dismissing the top-four batsmen for under 60 runs, including the captain Mohammad Kaif. Left-arm seamer Samad Fallah got rid of Ricky Bhui and D Siva Kumar in quick succession and 80 for 6 became 101 all out as Sanklecha wiped out the tail.

Andhra's capitulation on a typically green pitch followed Maharashtra's acceleration in the morning, where they scored 51 runs in 10.3 overs before being bowled out.

Kedar Jadhav departed in the second ball of the day, but Rahul Tripathi, who had retired hurt on Tuesday, smashed 43 off 38 balls, and added 49 runs for the eighth wicket with Sanklecha to stretch Maharashtra's total to 223. Siva Kumar, the leading wicket-taker in the season so far, picked up six wickets and finished with 12 in the match.

Andhra 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st16DB PrasanthKS Bharat
2nd16MUB SriramDB Prasanth
3rd4M KaifDB Prasanth
4th19M KaifAG Pradeep
5th7AG PradeepRK Bhui
6th18AG PradeepD Siva Kumar
7th5AG PradeepD Naren Reddy
8th2AG PradeepK Harish
9th6AG PradeepCV Stephen
10th8AG PradeepDP Vijaykumar