Indore: Railways dished out a clinical performance in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Wednesday, crushing formidable Mumbai by 57 runs and snapping their unbeaten run in the group stage of the domestic T20 tournament. Coming into the match, Mumbai had won all their games so far in the tournament. But in their Group C match against Railways, the domestic giants put up a sub-par show.
Put into bat by Mumbai skipper Ajinkya Rahane, Railways posted a competitive 175-5 in their 20 overs with opener Pratham Singh (89) top-scoring. Chasing 176, the famed Mumbai batting line-up collapsed as they were shot out for 118 in 18.1 overs.
Pacer Tushar Deshpande got the breakthrough for Mumbai after he cleaned up Devdhar, who struck two fours and five sixes, and later had one-down Prashant Awasthi (0). But the quick fall of two wickets did not deter 26-year-old Pratham, who kept playing his shots. He hit nine fours and three sixes as Mumbai bowlers were taken to task and it was due to his blazing knock that Railways made 175-5.