Sairaj Patil, Shivam Dube And Shreyas Iyer Help Mumbai Win In A Tricky Run Chase

In the Quarter Finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali, Mumbai had a close encounter with Saurashtra. The combination of Sairaj Patil, Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dube aided the former champions across the line. 

Batting first, Saurashtra managed to set a competitive target of 166 in 20 overs. Initially Mumbai were in a good position but Perak Mankad turned the game upside down by hammering 61 in mere 25 deliveries. From Mumbai, the pick of the bowlers being Mohit Avasti bowled an incredible spell picking up 2 wickets with an impressive economy of under 6. Tushar Deshpande purchased 3 wickets as well.  

As the chase began, Mumbai lost 3 wickets under 8 overs. It was Shreyas Iyer (40 off 30) and Sairaj Patil’s (31 off 26) which revived the game for Mumbai. After an astonishing partnership of 63, Patil and Iyer fell in succession. The all-rounder duo of Shivam Dube and Aman Khan scored runs at an elevated strike rate. Khan faced just 6 balls but a quick 14 runs off his bat helped the run chase while Shivam Dube batted till the end staying not out with 25 runs to his name off 13 balls. 

Mumbai chased down the total with just 3 balls in and 2 wickets in hand. They will now face Vidarbha in a Maharashtra Derby in the Semi Finals of SMAT on 3rd November.