Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Live Score: Bharat, Hebbar provide Andhra strong start, Saurashtra cruises vs Goa

Hello and welcome to Sportstar's live coverage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 matches being played in seven centres across India.

Andhra 82/0 after 8 overs: KS Bharat is flapping his wings here! A poor from Sagar Trivedi is treated with disdain as Bharat smashes consecutive sixes off him to fetch a 19-run over. Pondicherry is letting it slip away after controlling the runs well in the Powerplay. It's been poor bowling ever since.

Andhra 63/0 after 8 overs: Bharat and Hebbar have not flinched after a poor start. They have opened up the attack and has hit three sixes off the last two overs

Andhra 36/0 after 6 overs: Andhra is off to a lull. The Puducherry bowlers have cut down the runs and has forced the openers to deal in singles.

Andhra 33/0 after 5 overs: Spinner Sagar Udeshi bowled well and foxed Ashwin Hebbar with a brilliant delivery. Hebbar stepped out and missed the ball and the keeper Karthik seemed to have stumped the right-hander. The third-umpire has declared it to be not out. A controversial decision being made there.

Andhra 22/0 after 4 overs: Pankaj Singh and Ashith Sanganakkal have bowled two overs apiece and have kept the Andhra openers quiet so far in the Powerplay.

Andhra 3/0 after 1 over: A fine start from Pankaj Singh with the ball. Keeps the ball up and attacks the stumps.

Match Underway - Andhra openers Ashwin Hebbar and K S Bharat are at the crease. Pankaj Singh opens the bowling for Puducherry.

Toss: Andhra vs Puducherry - Puducherry won the Toss & elected to Field

Toss: Goa vs Saurashtra - Goa have won the toss and elected to bowl

6:30 PM: Welcome to the evening session of Friday's SMAT 2021 action!

RESULTS

Kerala Won by 6 Wickets

Madhya Pradesh Won by 21 Runs

Manipur Won by 45 Runs

Rajasthan Won by 6 Wickets

Chandigarh Won by 89 Runs

Nagaland Won by 100 Runs

Haryana Won by 8 Wickets

Bihar Won by 6 Wickets

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Robin Uthappa and Vishnu Vinod have made light work of a commanding chase. Uthappa's 95 and Vinod's unbeaten 71 denied Delhi its third consecutive win of the tournament. Kerala lost two quick wickets but counterattacked through Uthappa and Sachin Baby. Baby couldn't convert his start and fell for 22. However, that didn't deter the spirits of Sanju Samson's men, who rode on a century stand between Uthappa and Vishnu Vinod to get over the line with an over to spare.

Kerala 168/3 in 15 Overs: Vishnu Vinod got stuck into Pawan Negi, playing two delightful switch-hits for six. Uthappa slammed a 34-ball 50 to put the pressure back on Delhi. Ishant Sharma clean bowled Vinod but off a no-ball, further compounding problems for the Dhawan-led side.

Kerala 95/3 in 10 Overs: Sachin Baby and Robin Uthappa's counterattack kept the good vibes flowing for Kerala. But just as the partnership was starting to grow, all-rounder Lalit Yadav caught Baby off his own bowling. Uthappa hasn't given up yet. He is nearing his 50 and made his intent clear with two back-to-back sixes off Pawan Negi. Uthappa has Vishnu Vinod for company.

Kerala 46/2 after 5 Overs: Ishant Sharma struck with the third ball of his first over to get rid of opener Azharuddeen. Pradeepo Sangwan then removed skipper Sanju Samson to leave Kerala reeling in the Powerplay. The onus will be on Robin Uthappa and Sachin Baby to make a contest out of this.

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MID-INNINGS UPDATE:

End Innings: Delhi - 212/4 in 20.0 overs (Lalit Yadav 52 off 25, Anuj Rawat 27 off 10)

End Innings: Chandigarh - 200/3 in 20.0 overs (Jaskaran Sohi 10 off 7, A K Kaushik 36 off 18)

End Innings: Meghalaya - 89/9 in 20.0 overs (Akash Kumar 4 off 9, Kilco R Marak 3 off 3)

End Innings: Services - 133/9 in 20.0 overs (Mohit Kumar 11 off 16, Varun Choudhary 6 off 9)

End Innings: Nagaland - 176/4 in 20.0 overs (Zhimomi 21 off 21, Hem 0 off 0)

End Innings: Manipur - 149/8 in 20.0 overs (Kishan 22 off 12, Ajay Singh 4 off 4)

End Innings: Mumbai - 143/10 in 19.3 overs (Akash P 8 off 9, Arjun Tendulkar 0 off 0)

End Innings: Madhya Pradesh - 136/9 in 20.0 overs (Mihir Hirwani 1 off 1, Rishabh Chouhan 15 off 10)

Shikhar Dhawan's quickfire 77 and Lalit Yadav's 25-ball 52 have powered Delhi to a commanding 212/4 at the end of 20 Overs. For Kerala, Sreesanth picked two for 46. Kerala need 213 to win.

Delhi 146/3 in 15 Overs: Sreesanth got his first wicket of the match with the dismissal of Nitish Rana. Meanwhile, Dhawan has reached his 50 off 33 balls. The Delhi skipper is changing gears as his team eyes a big finish. He has Lalit Yadav for company. The all-rounder collected two back-to-back boundaries off Thampi in the 15th over. The wheels are starting to come off Kerala's bowling.

Delhi 97/2 in 10 Overs: Himmat Singh falls for 15-ball 26. Nitish Rana joins Shikhar Dhawan. Delhi have lost two wickets but they've a set Dhawan and an in-form Rana in the middle. They will eye that 200-run mark, surely. Kerala need to make further inroads and fast.

Delhi 45/1 in 5 Overs: Dhawan and Dalal have got Delhi off to a brisk start. Dhawan got stuck into Jalaj Saxena in the third over, collecting a four and a six off the Kerala spinner. Kerala got their first breakthrough after K.M. Asif had Dalal caught. Meanwhile, Dhawan is getting into his groove.

DELHI: Himmat Singh,Nitish Rana,Pawan Negi,Shikhar Dhawan (C),Ishant Sharma,Pradeep Sangwan,Hiten Dalal,Ayush Badoni,Anuj Rawat (W),Simarjeet Singh,Lalit Yadav

KERALA: Midhun S,SREESANTH,Sanju Samson (C) (W),Robin,Jalaj Saxena,Basil Thampi,Sachin Baby,Vishnu Vinod,Asif K M,Mohammed Azharuddeen,Salman Nizar

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Umpires: Rajesh Singh Timaney , Yeshwant Barde

Referee: Sanjai

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Where to watch?

All Group E and Group B matches happening in Mumbai and Kolkata respectively will be broadcast across Star Sports Network.