That's it from our coverage of the quarterfinal between Mumbai and Vidarbha from Alur. Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Deepak Prakash and scorer Sahil Khan. Stay tuned for more action.
Player of the Match: Ajinkya Rahane
5:07 PM: Mumbai become the third team after Madhya Pradesh and Baroda to register their name in the semifinals with a thumping 6-wicket victory over Vidarbha in the Maharashtra derby which happens to be the quarterfinal of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy.
Winning the toss, Mumbai elected to bowl first with Vidarbha depositing 221/6 on the back of Atharva Taide (66), Apoorv Wankhade (51) and Shubham Dubey's (41*) healthy contributions.
Mumbai were off to a flier thanks to Prithvi Shaw (49) and Ajinkya Rahane (84 off 45) who added 83 runs in 7 overs. Shaw was unfortunate to miss out on a well deserved half century as he was caught in the deep off Dipesh Parwani's bowling.
The international stars - captain Shreyas Iyer (5) and India captain Suryakumar Yadav (9) failed to go all guns blazing but it was Rahane who stole the show scoring runs all over the park hitting 10 fours and 3 sixes.
Rahane added 39 runs with Shivam Dube for the 4th wicket before Yash Thakur removed the former skipper against the run of play. Suryansh Shedge at number 6 hit 4 sixes to score an unbeaten 36 in 12 balls which helped the struggling Dube to take his time to settle before he hammered 2 sixes as well to finish not out at 37.
Parth Rekhade was the most economic bowler with 0/26 in his 3 overs. Parwani (2/33) and Thakur (1/43) picked up important wickets but the rest of the attack failed to keep the scoring rate down.
OVER 20
Mumbai
224/4
Suryansh Shedge
36(12)
Shivam Dube
37(22)
Dipesh Parwani
2-33(3.2)
19.2 D Parwani to S Shedge
6 SIX RUNS! This one lands outside the stadium on the road! That is some way to get your side in the semifinals! Full on the off stump. Clears the front leg to get underneath and smokes a big big heav down the ground. High and longest of the day!
The two fielders slide next to each other, with one of them in contact with the boundary ropes. The third umpire is reviewing whether their bodies were in contact with each other. The replay confirms it's clean work.
19.1 D Parwani to S Shedge
2 Length ball outside the off stump, hits hard across the line towards cow corner. Both long on and deep midwicket run across, the former picks it up allowing 2 runs. A near collision near the ropes when the fielder retrieved the ball and deep midwicket touched the rope soon after. TV umpire is confirming if the ball was in his hand when the contact was made.
13 runs off the penultimate over. Mumbai need 6 runs off 6 balls now. Dipesh Parwani to bowl the final over.