Syed Mustaq Ali T20 tournament: Hyderabad maintain win streak

Chennai: Hyderabad continued their dominant run in the Syed Mustaq Ali T20 tournament, as they won their third consecutive match, beating Kerala by five runs on Tuesday.

Chasing Hyderabad’s 126, Kerala were cruising at one stage. But they went from 99 for 1 to 114 for 7 before falling five runs short of the target. Tamil Nadu, who lost to Hyderabad on Monday, put up a commendable performance against Goa, while Karnataka beat Andhra Pradesh.

Tamil Nadu eased past Goa by nine wickets. Opting to bat, Goa crumbled to  107 in 16.2 overs. Abhinav Mukund slammed an unbeaten 52-ball 68 to take Tamil Nadu home in 13.1 overs. After a day break, the tournament will resume on Thursday.

Brief scores
n Hyderabad 126/8 in 20 overs (S. Badrinath 29,  K. Sumanth 46*, Fabid Ahmed  3/19) bt  Kerala 121/7 in 20 overs (Vishnu Vinod 37, Jalaj Saxena 34, Sanju Samson 27, Md. Siraj 2/30. Points: Hyderabad 4 (12); Kerala 0 (4).

Karnataka 177/8 in 20 overs (Mayank Agarwal 46, Shishir Bhavane 23, Pavan Deshpande  51, D. Swaroop Kumar 2/18, B. Ayyappa 2/ 28) bt  Andhra 140/6 in 20 overs (D. B Ravi Teja 24*, H. Vihari 55). Points: Karnataka 4 (8); Andhra 0 (4).
n Goa 107 in 16.2 overs (Sagun Kamat  26,  Swapnil Asnodkar 33, Rahil Shah 2/23,  M. Ashwin 2/17, B. Aparajith 2/ 9) lost to  Tamil Nadu  108/1 in 13.1 overs (Abhinav Mukund 68*). Points: Tamil Nadu 4 (8);  Goa 0 (0).