UP vs Andhra Pre Quarter Final: Entered the quarterfinals of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 by defeating Andhra by 4 wickets in the prequarterfinal match. For this team captained by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rinku Singh returned unbeaten after scoring 27 runs, but Vipraj Nigam proved to be very explosive. In the last overs, Vipraj made an important contribution to UP’s victory by playing an innings of 27 runs in just 8 balls. Now UP will face Delhi in the quarterfinals on December 11.
In this prequarterfinal match, Uttar Pradesh won the toss and chose to bowl first. This decision proved to be very good as the trio of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohsin Khan and Shivam Mavi took three wickets for Andhra till the score of 38. Captain Ricky Bhui and Avinash handled the innings for some time, but they too could not stay at the crease for long and by the time the score was 86, half the team had returned to the pavilion. S Prasad returned unbeaten after scoring 34 runs, scoring the most runs for Andhra. In the last overs, K Shashikant scored 23 runs in 8 balls and helped Andhra cross the score of 150.
UP has a target of 157 runs
UP got the target of 157 runs. Aryan Juyal and Karan Sharma gave a great start to the team and both made a partnership of 70 runs. Magar’s Sudarshan brought Andhra back into the match by dismissing both Aryan and Karan in the ninth over of the innings. Priyam Garg and Nitish Rana returned to the pavilion after scoring 10 and 4 runs respectively. From here, Rinku Singh kept one end under pressure, who showed maturity and scored 27 runs in 22 balls. Sameer Rizvi could not do anything special, but Vipraj Nigam hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in his 27-run cameo. Now UP will face Delhi in the quarterfinals, which had directly entered the quarterfinals by topping Group C.
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