Suryakumar Yadav hits unbeaten 60 off 21 balls as Mumbai beat Hyderabad

Suryakumar Yadav hit an unbeaten 60 off 21 balls as Mumbai beat Hyderabad by seven wickets in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Saturday, 14 November. The Elite Group D match was played at Jadavpur University Campus 2nd Ground in Kolkata.

Mumbai reached 174 for 3 in 13.1 overs, chasing a target of 173. Telangana Today listed the game as a first-round fixture.

Hyderabad set a target of 173

Hyderabad made 172 in their 20 overs. Abhirath Reddy top-scored with 35 off 24 balls, and Kodimela Himateja added 25 off 16.

Maxwell Swaminathan was Mumbai's best bowler, taking 3 for 23 in his four overs. Shivam Dube and Sairaj Patil took two wickets each.

Suryakumar accelerates the chase

Suryakumar came in at No. 4 and reached his half-century in 15 balls. He hit six fours and five sixes.

Musheer Khan, the younger brother of Sarfaraz Khan, had already made 51 off 24 balls, with six fours and three sixes, before Ajay Dev Goud dismissed him in the 12th over. Musheer and Suryakumar added 65 for the third wicket off 23 balls.

Earlier, Musheer put on 49 for the second wicket with wicketkeeper Hardik Tamore, off 26 balls. Musheer made 41 off 18 balls in that stand.

Dube, who has won two T20 World Cups with India, ended the chase with a six off the first ball of the 14th over, bowled by Hyderabad captain Chama V Milind. He finished unbeaten on 13 off five balls at No. 5.

What comes next

The Times of India describes this as the start of Suryakumar's campaign, but also refers to Musheer's half-century in Mumbai's opening match of the tournament. The sources do not clarify which game came first for Mumbai.

Mumbai play Gujarat on Monday, 16 November, at the same venue. They then face Goa, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Uttarakhand on 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26 November.

The sources include no post-match comments from either side.