On Tuesday, October 17, Punjab achieved a historic milestone within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy by recording the very best crew complete within the event’s historical past. Underneath the management of KS Bharat, the crew amassed a complete of 275 runs for the lack of six wickets of their match towards Andhra on the JSCA Worldwide Stadium Complicated, Ranchi.
Abhishek Sharma’s explosive 112 runs from 51 balls performed a pivotal function in Punjab’s record-breaking complete. This efficiency surpassed the earlier document set by Mumbai in 2019 after they scored 258 runs for the lack of 4 wickets towards Sikkim on the Emerald Excessive College Floor in Indore.
Punjab additionally established a brand new document for probably the most sixes hit by an Indian T20 crew, with a powerful 22 sixes, surpassing the earlier document of 21 held by RCB from a sport in 2013. Sharma’s century featured 9 boundaries and 9 sixes, whereas wicket-keeper Anmolpreet Singh contributed with a fast 87 runs from simply 26 balls, together with 9 sixes.
Andhra’s Harisankar Reddy conceded 66 runs in his 4 overs, whereas Yarra Prithviraj gave away 63 runs in his four-over spell through the match.
In response, Andhra struggled and managed to publish a complete of solely 170 runs, leading to a 105-run victory for Punjab. Ricky Bhui’s spectacular century, scoring an unbeaten 104 runs from 52 balls, was not sufficient to safe victory for Andhra.
One other important document was damaged within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Tuesday when Railways’ cricketer Ashutosh Sharma broke Yuvraj Singh’s document for the quickest half-century by an Indian in T20 cricket. Ashutosh achieved this milestone in a mere 11 balls, surpassing Yuvraj’s memorable 12-ball half-century towards England within the 2007 T20 World Cupa match recognized for Yuvraj’s six sixes in an over towards Stuart Broad.
It is value noting that within the Males’s T20 format, Nepal holds the document for the very best rating, having posted 314 runs for the lack of three wickets within the not too long ago concluded Asian Video games in Hangzhou.