Good Morning! Hello and Welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of the Super League matches of the 2015-16 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, as we bring you the live updates of all the games here. With two sessions of exciting domestic T20 action scheduled to take place, we bring you the updates of the morning session (9.00 am IST) here, while later, we would be bringing you the updates from the afternoon session (1.00 pm IST). This session will see two matches happening, the Super League Group A match between Kerala and Baroda and the Super League Group B match between Jharkhand and Delhi. All the four teams were among the top teams of their groups and with maximum points, they have qualified for this stage.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 164/6 in 19.4 overs | Target 161 | Batting: Raiphi Vincent Gomez 47 (21), Prasanth Padmanabhan 17 (7): Kerala have won their game against Baroda by 4 wickets. Baroda won their game on Friday and at a moment were expecting to win this match as they picked consistent wickets but unable to restrict them at the end overs in runs. Gomez unfortunately could not complete his half-century but played an excellent innings along with Prasanth.
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Delhi 138/5 in 18 overs | Target 135 | Batting: Nitish Rana 60 (44), Pawan Negi 24 (12): Delhi win the match by 5 wickets and they had lost the match on Friday. Nitish Rana are playing an excellent match this innings with Pawan Negi also playing a commendable innings giving equal support to Rana on the other end. Jharkhand had one rising star Aaron who picked three wickets for his team but failed miserably as other bowlers did not lived up to the team’s expectation
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 137/6 in 18.3 overs | Target 161 | Batting: Raiphi Vincent Gomez 32 (16), Prasanth Padmanabhan 5 (5): Kerala need 24 runs to win and they can easily win this game if they manage to control wickets and keep putting up runs on board. Gomez needs handle his pace and continue his command over the game and Padmanabhan has come in and needs to support his partner on the other end to win the game
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Delhi 124/5 in 17 overs | Target 135 | Batting: Nitish Rana 56 (41), Pawan Negi 15 (9): Delhi are nearing their win and require just 11 runs with Nitish Rana comfortably completing his half-century and Pawan Negi playing so blistering shots. Jharkhand will unfortunately lose out on this battle as well as Delhi have shown consistent batting abilities in this entire tournament.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 106/4 in 15 overs | Target 161 | Batting: Sachin Baby 43 (33), Raiphi Vincent Gomez 18 (10): Kerala have gone par 100 runs with Sachin nearing his half-century and Gomex playing his best to support his partner on the other end. Baroda seem to find it difficult to handle the runs flowing from Kerala’s side and unable to pick up constant wickets. If Kerala wins this, it will help them to go ahead in the League.
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Delhi 97/4 in 14 overs | Target 135 | Batting: Nitish Rana 45 (33), Milind 5 (9): Delhi require just 37 runs to win and Nitish Rana is nearing his half century and Milind needs to put up some more runs to win this game against Jharkhand. Kaushal Singh picked his first wicket of Dhruv Shorey. If Jharkhand can maintain this command then they can definitely win this game or the ball goes off to Delhi’s court.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 65/3 in 11 overs | Target 161 | Batting: Nikhelesh Surendran 29 (26), Sachin Baby 27 (25): Kerala are playing well after half way through the game. Sachin Baby and Surendran have made 50 runs partnership and if this continues they can definitely win the game. Kerala need more 95 runs which are getable with wickets on hand and consistent batting. Baroda are experimenting with their bowlers Pandya, Swapnil Singh which is not helping to restrict Kerala.
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Delhi 78/4 in 11 overs | Target 135 | Batting: Nitish Rana 31 (24), Milind 0 (0): Delhi were playing well and yet another wicket goes of Dhruv Shorey who was playing so well. Milind comes on crease and hopefully he can help Nitish for this innings.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 41/3 in 8 overs | Target 161 | Batting: Nikhelesh Surendran 26 (23), Sachin Baby 7 (10): Kerala are picking up from they felt there was no chance for them to bounce back. Nikhelesh Surendran is playing on 26 playing 2 fours in 7th over and Sachin Baby is on the other end supporting him and trying build a partnership. Kerala need to carry this command until the end in order to win this match and reach the total.
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Delhi 60/3 in 8 overs | Target 135 | Batting: Dhruv Shorey 16 (15), Nitish Rana 28 (17): Delhi are playing well on their side even after loss of wickets. Nitish Rana is playing his best with 28 from 17 balls. Though Aaron has picked 2 wickets for his team, Delhi needs to see how they can restrict Jharkhand and Jharkhand will bounce back in this game as they lost on the match on Friday.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 15/3 in 4.3 overs | Target 161 | Batting: Nikhelesh Surendran 8 (10), Sachin Baby 0 (2) : Kerala definitely did not expect this start with 3 wickets down of opening batsman and and now Rohan Prem off the field as well. He was top scorer for his team on Friday. Irfan Pathan picks two wickets and he has played a beautiful innings with bat already and looks to shine with the ball as well
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Delhi 24/3 in 4 overs | Target 135 | Batting: Dhruv Shorey 5 (4), Nitish Rana 8 (6) : Delhi were going well but consecutive wickets are not helping them to go along with the target. Gautam Gambhir, Unmukt Chand and Subodh Bhati are off the field. Chand who was the star for his team could not continue the momentum this time and got out for 3 runs. Gautam Gambhir has had a terrible season this tournament. Aaron shines for Jharkhand as he picked 2 wickets for his team.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Kerala 2/1 in 1 overs | Target 161 | Batting: V A Jagadeesh 1 (1), Rohan Prem 1(1): Kerala begin their innings and lose a wicket of Sanju Samson who went out on a duck. Baroda will want to win this game once again after their victory on Friday, while Kerala look for victory too but not the start they were vouching for.
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Delhi 6/0 in 1.1 overs | Target 135 | Batting: Unmukt Chand 3 (2), Gautam Gambhir 1 (5): Delhi have started their innings well and need to hold the game in the same manner as the target is achievable and Chand and Gambhir partnership can help the team to get this total easily. Chand scored his ton on Friday, we need to see if he can maintain the momentum this game as well.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Baroda 160/6 after 20 overs | Batting: Irfan Pathan 35 (18), P R Shah 8 (4): Baroda finished their innings on a perfect note and will be happy that they managed to reach 160 as compared to the fall of wickets which disrupted their innings in last three overs. Irfan Pathan playing those long shots helped the team to pose a get-able total for Kerala. Sandeep Warrier and Prasanth Padmanabhan picked 2 wickets each for Kerala restricting Baroda to just 160.
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 134/7 after 20 overs | Batting: Varun Aaron 2 (5), Rahul Shukla 11 (4) : Jharkhand could not stop the fall of wickets and were consistently facing shortage of runs and facing wickets one after the other. Virat Singh and Ishank Jaggi showed a commendable performance for their side posing 45 and 42 respectively. While Parwinder Awana oicked 3 wickets for Delhi helping them restrict Jharkhand at their best.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Baroda 120/4 in 17 overs | Batting: Deepak Hooda 32 (15), Irfan Pathan 5 (7): Baroda are in a good state after 17 overs and they recently lost out on Yusuf Pathan who was playing some long shots but was picked by Fabid Ahmed. On the crease has come his brother Irfan Pathan who is equally good with bat and can pull off some great shots to end the match on high note.
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 111/5 in 17 overs | Batting: Ishank Jaggi 36 (24), Shasheem 2 (2): Jharkhand do not look in good conditions with the way things are going. They are losing out wickets constantly and need to pick up the pace of the game. Ishank Jaggi need to put up runs on board constantly as Delhi are strong and can easily reach the target soon. Shasheem has come on crease and Varun Aaron is also yet to bat for them. This can be possible for them.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Baroda 82/3 in 13 overs | Batting: Yusuf Pathan 16 (15), Deepak Hooda 1 (1): Baroda loses out on one more wicket and are playing well. Need to control the fall of wickets as good partnership is required at this point to reach a grand total
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 95/3 in 14 overs | Batting: Virat Singh 42 (38), Ishank Jaggi 27 (17): Jharkhand have picked it well from the loss of wickets. Virat Singh is nearing his half-century and Ishank Jaggi are tyring to maintaing a partnership which is required off for Jharkhand as they started off to a shaky side. They will definitely want to win this one after the terrible performance shown from their end on Friday
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Baroda 75/2 in 10.5 overs | Batting: Kedar Devdhar 26 (27), Yusuf Pathan 15 (12): Baroda lost out Pandya early and Yusuf Pathan comes on crease and they are in good command of the game after 10 overs
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 55/3 in 10.2 overs | Batting: Virat Singh 27 (29), Ishank Jaggi 1 (2): Jharkhand are losing wickets consecutively and are need to get the game on hand, they are not even half way through after 10 overs
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Baroda 53/1 in 7 overs | Batting: Kedar Devdhar 20 (19), HH Pandya 15 (12): Baroda are half way through and Pandya has come on crease to boost his team like the way he played on Friday
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 31/2 in 7 overs | Batting: Virat Singh 16 (19), Saurabh Tiwary 0 (0): Jharkhand have lost out on another one and have not put up much runs on board after 7 overs. They need get command over the game.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Baroda 34/1 in 4 overs | Batting: Kedar Devdhar 17 (13), Mrunal Devdhar 14 (11): Baroda are playing really well but lost a wicket of Mrunal Devdhar. It is a good start for this innings.
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 11/0 in 4 overs | Batting: Virat Singh 3 (8), Kumar Deobrat 7 (16: Jharkhand have picked up well and going at a good pace. They need to keep the wickets intact to put up a grand total.
Kerala vs Baroda: Live Cricket Score: Baroda 10/0 in 1.3 overs | Batting: Kedar Devdhar 4 (4), Mrunal Devdhar 4(5): Baroda have kick start their innings on high note and are 10 for no loss in just 2 overs
Delhi vs Jharkhand: Live Cricket Score: Jharkhand 2/0 in 1 overs | Batting: Virat Singh 1 (3), Kumar Deobrat 1 (7): Jharkhand have started their innings and are just 2 runs after 1 over
Yesterday we witnessed Kerala losing the battle against Mumbai with Tare being the highest run scorer for this side. Though Kerala portrayed a commendable innings with Rohan Prem striking 69 from just 45 balls was what lead the team to a competitive total. It will interesting to see this game between Kerala and Baroda has key players like Hardik Pandya and the Pathan brothers as they lead the team to win against Vidarbha, a team who has never lost a game until now.
The second match is between Jharkhand and Delhi and both the teams lost their respective battles in the match against Delhi and Uttar Pradesh respectively. The both would want to win this match as that will help them to proceed for the further matches. Though Delhi posed a commendable total, Gujarat just managed to just beat this score with wickets on hand as well. It was Unmukt Chand who scored half the score for team with a ton for Delhi giving the best start to the innings. Jharkhand did not really live upto the mark as they were slow with runs and could not put up much of runs on board.