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Smat Round Up Jan 18 Jharkhand Chhattishgarh Etch Wins In Super Over

SMAT Round up | Jan 18: Jharkhand, Chhattishgarh etch wins in Super Over

The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy had some exciting day as two matches went into the Super Over. Chhattisgarh’s encounter against Uttarakhand was decided in the Super Over where Chhattisgarh eventually won the match while Jharkhand too grabbed the victory in the same manner.

Himachal Pradesh vs Maharashtra

Himachal Pradesh won by 4 wickets

Maharashtra- 117/9

Himachal Pradesh- 121/6 (Rishi Dhawan- 61*)

Chhattisgarh vs Uttarakhand

Match tied (Chhattisgarh won the super over)

Uttarakhand- 167/8 (Jay Bista- 91)

Chhattishgarh- 167/9

Gujarat vs Baroda

Baroda won by 12 runs

Baroda- 176/4 (Vishnu Solanki- 59*)

Gujarat- 164/9

Jharkhand vs Hyderabad

Match tied (Jharkhand won the one - over eliminator)

Jharkhand- 139/9

Hyderabad- 139/8 (Ajay Dev Goud- 4/22)

Odisha vs Assam

Odisha won by 4 wickets

Assam- 148/5

Odisha- 154/6 (Subhranshu Senapati- 64)

Uttar Pradesh vs Karnataka

Karnataka won by 5 wickets

UP- 132/8

Karnataka- 136/5

Punjab vs Tripura

Punjab won by 22 runs

Punjab- 183/3 (Mandeep Singh- 99*)

Tripura- 161/4 (Milind Kumar- 64*)

Jammu and Kashmir vs Railways

Jammu and Kashmir won by 7 wickets

Railways- 133/9

J&K- 135/3

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