Syed Muhstaq Ali: TN steal 5-wkt win over UP

KOLKATA: Uttar Pradesh paid the price for poor catching and some sloppy ground fielding as they let Tamil Nadu steal a fivewicket win in the Group B Super League tie of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 meet at Eden Gardens on Tuesday.
Suresh Raina once again led from the front to help UP put up 162 for 4. Chasing a shade above eight an over, Tamil Nadu got off to a flying start with Bharath Shankar (30 off 19 balls) smashing Ankit Rajpoot for three boundaries in the second over.Fellowopener Washington Sundar, though, led a charmed life, being let off by Shivam Chaudhury at point off Praveen Kumar and then left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar grassing a simple caught-and-bowled chance. It hurt UP as Sundar and Sanjay Yadav put on 64 runs for the second wicket in 7 overs.
Even Yadav (52 off 32 balls, 2x4, 3x6) survived a dropped chance. UP also reprieved Bharath Shankar, besides conceding 8-10 extra runs through misfields.
Brief scores: UP 162-4 (S Raina 61, S Chaudhary 38, A Nath 38*; W Sundar 2-32) lost to Tamil Nadu 163-5 in 19.2 overs (S Yadav 52; Mohsin Khan 2-20, A Rajpoot 2-37) by 5 wkts.
Bengal 170-6 (Sudip Chatterjee 51, Vivek Singh 32; Pradeep Sangwan 2-27, Kulwant Khejroliya 2-25) bt Delhi 167-8 (Dhruv Shorey 84, Lalit Yadav 45; Kanishk Seth 3-25, Sayan Ghosh 3-24) by 3 runs.
Rajasthan 160-8 (Ankit Lamba 58, Aditya Garhwal 31; Sreenath Aravind 3-25, Vinay Kumar 2-29) bt Karnataka 138 (Aniruddha Joshi 73*; Deepak Chahar 5-15, Chandrapal Singh 2-31) by 22 runs.
Punjab 149-7 (Mandeep Singh 48, MS Gony 25; Varun Aaron 2-20, Kaushal Singh 3-26) lost to Jharkhand 150-6 in 19.3 overs (Ishan Kishan 54, Kaushan Singh 29, SS Tiwary 24; BBSran 2-19)