Goa finished fourth in Group C after losing their last match to Saurashtra by four wickets at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament in Ranchi today. The Darshan Misal-led side tasted four victories and three defeats from seven matches.
Put into bat, Goa posted a decent total of 161/5 with Arjun Tendulkar being the top-scorer with 47 runs off 36 balls (2×4,3×6); Suyash Prabhudesai made an unbeaten 45 runs off 32 balls (4×4, 1×6). The duo added 95 runs for the fifth wicket. Earlier, opener Ishaan Gadekar contributed 40 runs off 29 balls (5×4, 2×6) and was involved in a 57-run stand for the opening wicket. The experienced Rahul Tripathi continued his disappointing run as he was out cheaply for 12 runs.
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Saurashtra had to work hard as the chase went down to the wire. Harvik Desai (61) and S Vyas (44) seemed to have set them up nicely with a second-wicket partnership of 81 runs. However, the experienced Sheldon Jackson (26 not out off 25 balls) held one end together while Chirag Jani (15 not out off 5 balls) found the big shots when needed to take their team home to 167/6 off the last ball of the 20th over. Goa’s Shubham Tari (3/23), Darshan Misal (2/28), Arjun (1/34) were amongst the wickets.
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