PANAJI: Goa went down fighting to hosts Madhya Pradesh suffering a six-run loss under floodlights, in Elite Group D opener of BCCI Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 championship at Holkar stadium, Indore.
Chasing MP’s mammoth total of 214/3 after electing to field, Goa produced a spirited fightback to finish with 208/7. All-rounder Suyash Prabhudessai remained unbeaten on a counter-attacking 48, which came off 22 balls and included four sixers and three boundaries. His seventh-wicket partnership with new-recruit Eknath Kerkar, produced 86 runs off 33 balls and kept Goa in the hunt till the penultimate ball of the match, when after scoring a quickfire 45 (18b, 5×4, 2×6) the wicket-keeper from Mumbai was run out.
Goa will play Services next on January 13.
SCOREBOARD
Madhya Pradesh: Arpit Gaud ct KD Eknath b Ashoke Dinda 6, Venkatesh Iyer Not Out 87, Avesh Khan ct Amit Verma b Ashoke Dinda 0, Rajat Patidar b Deepraj Gaonkar 96, Parth Sahani Not Out 20, EXTRAS (nb 0, w 2, b 1, lb 2, pen 0) 5. TOTAL (3 wickets; 20 overs) 214.
BOWLING: Ashoke Dinda 4-0-45-2, Lakshay A Garg 4-0-52-0, Heramb Parab 4-0-37-0, Darshan Misal 2-0-24-0, Deepraj Gaonkar 4-0-22-1, Suyash S Prabhudessai 1-0-11-0, Amit Verma 1-0-20-0.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-6 (Arpit Gaud, 0.3 ov) ,2-6 (Avesh Khan, 0.4 ov) ,3-162 (Rajat Patidar, 15.4 ov).
Goa: Amogh Desai ct Rajat Patidar b Ankit Sharma 22, Aditya Kaushik b Kuldeep Sen 12, Lakshay A Garg ct Mihir Hirwani b Kuldeep Sen 15, Snehal Kauthankar ct Rajat Patidar b Parth Sahani 31, Amit Verma ct Parth Sahani b Avesh Khan 2, Darshan Misal ct Venkatesh Iyer b Ankit Sharma 17, Suyash S Prabhudessai Not Out 48, KD Eknath Run Out Rishabh Chouhan 45, Deepraj Gaonkar Not Out 1; EXTRAS (nb 2, w 12, b 0, lb 1, pen 0)15. TOTAL (7 wickets; 20 overs) 208.
BOWLING: Avesh Khan 4-0-39-1, Surendra Malviya 4-0-53-0, Kuldeep Sen 4-0-34-2, Ankit Sharma 4-0-32-2, Mihir Hirwani 3-0-32-0, Parth Sahani 1-0-17-1.
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-30 (Aditya Kaushik, 3.3 ov) ,2-49 (Lakshay A Garg, 5.2 ov) ,3-71 (Amogh Desai, 8.4 ov) ,4-74 (Amit Verma, 9.3 ov) ,5-102 (Darshan Misal, 12.4 ov) ,6-121 (Snehal Kauthankar, 14.2 ov) ,7-207 (KD Eknath, 19.5 ov)
PLAYING XI: MADHYA PRADESH: Rishabh Chouhan,Arpit Gaud,Surendra Malviya,Ankit Sharma,Mihir Hirwani,Rajat Patidar,Avesh Khan,Kuldeep Sen,Parth Sahani (C),Rakesh Thakur (W),Venkatesh Iyer
GOA: Deepraj Gaonkar,Heramb Parab,Lakshay A Garg,Snehal Kauthankar,Suyash S Prabhudessai,Ashoke Dinda,Amogh Desai,Darshan Misal,Amit Verma (C),KD Eknath (W),Aditya Kaushik
