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6
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JHKD vs RAJ, 101st T20, SMAT Elite T20 2025 live
RAJ
179-10(19.2)
Jharkhand won by 36 runs 🏆
JHKD
(20.0)215-5
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Player of the Match: Virat Singh
2:22 PM IST, LOCAL TIME: High energy. Fight. And finally… full stop. Jharkhand owned the path, Rajasthan chased shadows. A big win for Jharkhand, and this is their seventh win in seven matches. They were the table toppers of Group D and will remain. Rajasthan will have to look back at what they did wrong first in their bowling and then batting, where they crumbled against a top-quality side. Jharkhand defeated Rajasthan by 36 runs.
Earlier, winning the toss, stand-in skipper Kumar Kushagra elected to bat first. And oh boy, did they justify it. A magnificent batting performance from Jharkhand, despite the absence of skipper Ishan Kishan, has put them in a healthy spot at the halfway stage with 215/5 on the board. Utkarsh Singh departed for 8 in the very first over, but Virat Singh, opening the innings, scored a brilliant 69 off 36 deliveries in a 123-run stand for the 2nd wicket with Kushagra (55 off 37). The momentum never dipped. The strike rotation was smart. Boundaries kept coming. Rajasthan bowed under pressure.
The reshuffled batting order meant Robin Minz was promoted up to number 4, and the southpaw grabbed the moment with both hands and a clean bat. He scored 58 in just 27 deliveries, keeping the crowd awake and the bowlers anxious. Ajay Singh Kukna, making a comeback in the XI, was the pick of the bowlers with 1/23, and Deepak Hooda bowled a tidy 3-over spell with 1/24. Rajasthan bowled in patches. The scoreboard says otherwise.
Chasing a mammoth target of 216, their openers started well, where Ram Mohan Chouhan struck a couple of boundaries early on, while Golada didn't get to farm the strike much in the first two overs. But then - boom - momentum flipped. Vikash Singh dismissed Chouhan by cramping him and taking the catch himself in the second over. The first blow was landed. And then, Sushant Mishra came in and struck to dismiss Golada in the third over, leaving Rajasthan in a jiffy at 22/2. The start was bright. The collapse was quicker.
Then came a big third-wicket 60-run partnership between Deepak Hooda and Karan Lamba. Both batters milked singles and occasionally found boundaries. They did get a couple of chances before Amit Kumar dismissed Hooda to break that threatening stand at 82/3. Mahipal joined Karan, and there, the tempo changed. Both batters scored 21 runs off the 12th over against Utkarsh Singh. The fourth-wicket partnership was rapid and promising. Rajasthan looked alive again.
Karan reached his fifty but got out on the very next ball as Rajandeep disguised him, breaking the 49-run stand. Lomror played a quickfire cameo of 25 runs before Anukul dismissed him, where Roy came to complete the over of Vikas Kumar, who was given a third warning to land in the danger zone and was restricted from completing his quota. Rajandeep then dismissed Kukna, while Mukul Choudhary blazed two big sixes in the 17th over of Anukul before Roy disguised him to dismiss him in the same over. In that same 17th over, Anukul bagged another to dismiss Ashok, and the required rate surged well above 16. Rajasthan needed power. They got panic.
Wickets fell at regular intervals, which was an issue for Rajasthan. It was too much for the lower order when Rajasthan needed 42 in the last 12 deliveries. The hope was thin. The scoreboard heavy. Sushant ended everything in the final over with double strikes and wrapped things up with clinical precision as Rajasthan were bowled out for 179 in 19.2 overs. A complete performance. A dominant result. Jharkhand march into the next stage with swagger. Rajasthan walk away with lessons.
Earlier, winning the toss, stand-in skipper Kumar Kushagra elected to bat first. And oh boy, did they justify it. A magnificent batting performance from Jharkhand, despite the absence of skipper Ishan Kishan, has put them in a healthy spot at the halfway stage with 215/5 on the board. Utkarsh Singh departed for 8 in the very first over, but Virat Singh, opening the innings, scored a brilliant 69 off 36 deliveries in a 123-run stand for the 2nd wicket with Kushagra (55 off 37). The momentum never dipped. The strike rotation was smart. Boundaries kept coming. Rajasthan bowed under pressure.
The reshuffled batting order meant Robin Minz was promoted up to number 4, and the southpaw grabbed the moment with both hands and a clean bat. He scored 58 in just 27 deliveries, keeping the crowd awake and the bowlers anxious. Ajay Singh Kukna, making a comeback in the XI, was the pick of the bowlers with 1/23, and Deepak Hooda bowled a tidy 3-over spell with 1/24. Rajasthan bowled in patches. The scoreboard says otherwise.
Chasing a mammoth target of 216, their openers started well, where Ram Mohan Chouhan struck a couple of boundaries early on, while Golada didn't get to farm the strike much in the first two overs. But then - boom - momentum flipped. Vikash Singh dismissed Chouhan by cramping him and taking the catch himself in the second over. The first blow was landed. And then, Sushant Mishra came in and struck to dismiss Golada in the third over, leaving Rajasthan in a jiffy at 22/2. The start was bright. The collapse was quicker.
Then came a big third-wicket 60-run partnership between Deepak Hooda and Karan Lamba. Both batters milked singles and occasionally found boundaries. They did get a couple of chances before Amit Kumar dismissed Hooda to break that threatening stand at 82/3. Mahipal joined Karan, and there, the tempo changed. Both batters scored 21 runs off the 12th over against Utkarsh Singh. The fourth-wicket partnership was rapid and promising. Rajasthan looked alive again.
Karan reached his fifty but got out on the very next ball as Rajandeep disguised him, breaking the 49-run stand. Lomror played a quickfire cameo of 25 runs before Anukul dismissed him, where Roy came to complete the over of Vikas Kumar, who was given a third warning to land in the danger zone and was restricted from completing his quota. Rajandeep then dismissed Kukna, while Mukul Choudhary blazed two big sixes in the 17th over of Anukul before Roy disguised him to dismiss him in the same over. In that same 17th over, Anukul bagged another to dismiss Ashok, and the required rate surged well above 16. Rajasthan needed power. They got panic.
Wickets fell at regular intervals, which was an issue for Rajasthan. It was too much for the lower order when Rajasthan needed 42 in the last 12 deliveries. The hope was thin. The scoreboard heavy. Sushant ended everything in the final over with double strikes and wrapped things up with clinical precision as Rajasthan were bowled out for 179 in 19.2 overs. A complete performance. A dominant result. Jharkhand march into the next stage with swagger. Rajasthan walk away with lessons.
OVER 20
Rajasthan
179/10
Sahil Dhiwan
0(1)
Manav Suthar
7(9)
Sushant Mishra
3-21(3.2)
19.2 S Mishra to S Dhiwan
W EDGED AND GONE! That will be the game! Short of a length delivery on the off stump line. Dhiwan swings across to pull and gets a thin outside edge which carries to the keeper at waist height. Simple grab for Kumar Kushagra and Jharkhand win their 7th game on the trot in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Elite, Group D!
Sahil Dhiwan is the last man in.
TAKEN! GONE! SUSHANT GETS HIS SECOND AND NINTH DOWN FOR RAJASTHAN!!
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