Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021, Group C: 3 top bowling performances

Harshal Patel continued his good run with the ball

The opening day of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021-22 witnessed some exemplary performances with both bat and ball across venues. The Group C fixtures saw Rajasthan go up against Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh lock horns with Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir play Andhra. All the matches took place in Vadodara on Thursday.

Rajasthan, Haryana and Andhra began their campaign on a winning note. We take a look at the top 3 bowling performances from the Group C matches.

#3. Harshal Patel

Purple Patel continues to take wickets for fun, 3 for 27 from 3.5 overs against Himachal Pradesh in Syed Mushtaq Ali - Harshal Patel is leading Haryana as well.

The Haryana captain, who won the Purple cap in the recently concluded IPL 2021, continued his good run with the ball against Himachal Pradesh.

Harshal bowled a steady line to return figures of 3/27 from his four overs, including 12 dot deliveries. The pacer kept things quiet from one end to build pressure and Himachal were restricted to 145/9.

Haryana won by eight wickets with 14 balls to spare. Himanshu Rana struck an unbeaten 58-ball 87.

#2. Cheepurapalli Stephen

In a high-scoring match, left-arm pacer Cheepurapalli Stephen took 3/33 to help Andhra beat Jammu & Kashmir by 36 runs.

Opting to bat, Andhra rode on a solid top-order performance to post a commanding 198/1. Stephen took the the crucial wickets of Abdul Samad and J&K captain Shubham Pundir to break the middle-order. KV Sasikanth chipped in with two wickets as J&K were restricted to 162/8.

#1. Tanveer Ul-Haq

Congrats to Rajasthan Team. Excellent spell Tanveer-ul-haq 2/18. Superb Knock Deepak Hooda 75*(39).
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The left-arm pacer (4-0-18-2) starred with the ball as Rajasthan managed to restrict Jharkhand to 146/5. Opening the attack, Tanveer bowled splendidly in the powerplay and picked up the crucial wickets of Utkarsh Singh and Virat Singh to shake up the top-order.

Deepak Hooda hit a 39-ball 75 not out to lead Rajasthan to a six-wicket win with 15 balls to spare.