Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2091dThe Report by Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai

Raina and spinners hand UP maiden T20 title

Defending a par score of 163, UP snatched control and never lost it in the middle overs as left-arm chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav and legspinner Piyush Chawla beguiled the opposition with variations

Match Centre

END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs | BRODA: 125/7 (39 runs required, RR: 6.25)

  • Rishi Arothe5 (5b)
  • Soaeb Tai26 (23b)
  • Amit Mishra4-0-33-2
  • Praveen Kumar4-0-31-0

10.00pm The Uttar Pradesh players let out a massive cheer as they pose for the post-match team photos. They've played wonderfully. That brings us to the end of our ball-by-ball coverage of this game. Hope you've enjoyed it. Until next time, ta ta!

Suresh Raina, the UP captain, is also man of the match. "We've played really well as a unit. The bowlers bowled very well, showed character. I've always felt Kuldeep was a very good bowler. He bowls very well in patches, and I felt he needed to bowl more regularly in matches, which is what he has done here, practiced a lot in the nets. I thought over 150 will be a very good total. I looked to build partnerships. Prashant Gupta batted very well."

9.55pm Presentation time. First up, Irfan Pathan: "Losing a final is very disappointing, but really proud of the way the boys played throughout the tournament. Hopefully next year we'll come back and come back hard. Raina played really well, he kept one end safe. It wasn't easy for the new batsman to come in and start hitting the ball. We kept losing wickets. One set batsman would have been there, it would have been easier to hit the ball. I really want to congratulate the groundsman. If we get pitches like this in first-class cricket, it will improve our standards a lot. It had true bounce. Well done, UP."

9.45pm Kuldeep Yadav says he's lucky to have Piyush Chawla as a teammate - "I have a lot to learn from him. PC bhai keeps telling me which areas to bowl and what trajectory to bowl."

Atul: "This could be my happiest cricketing moment since the World Cup win. The years of disappointment in between seem to have gone missing. Who would have thought UP could come back like this after a disappointing Ranji Trophy. Raina's presence played a role maybe."

Tamil: "Yusuf's innings reminds me of Yuvi's innings in Wt20 final. It is almost same."

9.42pm An utterly one-sided game in the end. UP were magnificent with the ball, particularly their spinners, and particularly Kuldeep Yadav, who sucked the air out of Baroda's chase with a spell of 4-0-12-2. Piyush Chawla was accurate and varied his pace well, and pretty much all of the seamers were on the money with their yorkers. You can see why they've won nine on the trot in this tournament, and are deserved winners of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

19.6
1
Amit Mishra to Arothe, 1 run, full outside off, sliced to deep point
19.5
1
Amit Mishra to Tai, 1 run, low full-toss on leg stump, whipped to deep square leg
19.4
1
Amit Mishra to Arothe, 1 run, low full-toss on off stump, clears his front leg and looks to whack it down the ground, ends up skying it loopily into the vacant area at mid-on
19.3
1lb
Amit Mishra to Tai, 1 leg bye, very full, angling down leg, misses the flick and it hits him on the pad

Some sort of hold-up in play. Don't know what the issue is. Anyway, we're able to continue now.

19.2
4
Amit Mishra to Tai, FOUR, short ball angling into the body, doesn't quite middle the swivel-pull but manages to get it into the gap to the left of short fine leg
19.1
1
Amit Mishra to Arothe, 1 run, low full-toss on off stump, makes room and slaps to extra cover

Baroda 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st20KH DevdharMH Devdhar
2nd28HH PandyaMH Devdhar
3rd6DJ HoodaHH Pandya
4th17YK PathanDJ Hooda
5th13YK PathanSLA Tai
6th25IK PathanSLA Tai
7th1PR ShahSLA Tai
8th15SLA TaiRT Arothe

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Super League Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
BRODA32180.299
MUM32180.196
KER32180.172
VIDAR3030-0.657
Super League Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
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GUJ32181.18
DELHI3124-0.059
JHK3030-1.714
Group A
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GUJ642161.559
TN642161.136
HP63312-0.025
HYD6248-0.27
BENG6248-0.786
HRYNA6154-1.406
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
KER651200.873
JHK651200.799
SAU642161.05
PNJB633120.528
RAJ62480.034
TPURA6248-1.079
J + K6060-2.235
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
DELHI660241.936
BRODA651201.693
MP642160.101
RLYS6248-0.059
ASSAM6248-1.05
GOA6154-1.06
AP6154-1.485
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
UP550201.236
MUM532120.621
MAHA532120.152
KNTKA5238-0.21
SVCS5238-0.898
ODSA5050-0.819