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Krunal Pandya (captain, Baroda): We have worked pretty hard in the last 3-4 months, and everyone wants to contribute. We all want to progress ahead. We were under pressure, we had a good start but towards the end, Vishnu, Shivalik and Bhanu chipped in with runs. Even with the bowling as well. It was a hard-fought victory, we ensured they hit us hard on balls we bowl well. We are still a work in progress and aim to do well.
Lukman Meriwala (Player of the Match, Baroda): The wicket was good for the bowlers, just had to bowl on hard length. My process was that don't give the batters much room and pick up wickets
Sudip Gharami (Bengal captain): Credit goes to Baroda because they were runners up team last year. Even today their all round performance was brilliant. When we lost four wickets in the powerplay, we lost the game at that moment. The positive from this game is to never give up.
2:31 pm local time: Baroda beat Bengal by 41 runs and advance into the semi finals
Bengal: 131 all out in 18 overs Shahbaz Ahmed: 55(35b) | Lukman Meriwala: 3/17 (3 overs) Ritwik Chowdhury: 29(18b) | Hardik Pandya: 3/27 (4 overs)
A fine, fine performance from Baroda. They were on point with the way they bowled and contributions throughout the bowling attack helped them forge this win. Commiserations for Bengal, who showed a good stomach for a fight but unfortunately lost their path and had a wrong result in their bag.
Baroda started off their powerplay with a bang as they had reduced Bengal to 31/4 at one point in the game. Shahbaz Ahmed and Ritwik Chowdhury batted out of their skins to ensure the total was at the higher end during the end of the powerplay and boy did they, ending the phase on 55/4 after six overs.
Shahbaz continued to bat till the end but wickets kept falling around him like a house of cards. The all-rounder smashed some jaw-dropping maximums but lacked support. In the end, he became the penultimate wicket to fall after getting to his half-century, before Baroda would eventually pick up the last wicket and end the game, securing their place in the final four.
Baroda's bowling muscle was on a full fledged show here. Hardik Pandya Atit Sheth and Lukman Meriwala picked up three wickets each, with Atit Sheth, though he was expensive. The spinners didn't have much to chip in with Krunal Pandya and Mahesh Pithiya restricting the flow of runs.
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131/10score
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Sayan Ghosh*
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Kanishk Seth
5(8)
Atit Sheth
3/41
17.6 Atit Sheth to Sayan Ghosh, WICKET! That's game set and match for Baroda and they qualify for the semi final. A well directed short of a length delivery from Atit, a shade outside off and Sayan Ghosh goes for the pull, ends up getting a top edge and the square leg fielder settles under that and takes the catch comfortably. Baroda win by 41 runs.
17.5 Atit Sheth to Sayan Ghosh, that was perhaps a missed opportunity. On a fuller-length a shade outside off, sliced away towards the cover fielder.
Sayan Ghosh, RHB, walks out to the middle and will be on strike
17.4 Atit Sheth to Shahbaz Ahmed, WICKET! That should be the game for Baroda as Bengal lose dangerman Shahbaz Ahmed. Was in the slot to be honest from Atit, a shade outside off and Shahbaz tries to launch it down the ground with a straight bat, bat turns in his hands as he slices it from the bottom half of the bat and Hardik Pandya stationed at long-off doesn't make a mistake.
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M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Sayan Ghosh
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Atit Sheth
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