AP Vs UP, SMAT Pre-QF 2 Highlights: Rinku Singh, Vipraj Nigam Help Uttar Pradesh Beat Andhra By Four Wickets

Here are the highlights of the second pre-quarterfinal match between Andhra and Uttar Prades🔥h held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday.

Uttar Pradesh won the toss﷽ and have opted to field first in Bengaluru.

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Uttar Pradesh: Aryan Juyal(w), Priyam Garg, Nitish ꧑Rana, Rinku Singh, Sameer Rizvi, Vipraj Nigam, Shivam Mavi, Bhuvneshwa🅺r Kumar(c), Mohsin Khan, Vineet Panwar, Karn Sharma

Andhra: Srikar Bharat(w), Ashwin Hebbar, Ricky 𓆉Bhui(c), KV Sasikanth, SDNV Prasad, Pyla Avinash, Shaik Rasheed, Kodavandla Sudharsan, Satyanarayana R🌊aju, Cheepurapalli Stephen, Tripurana Vijay

Andhra started batting with Ashwin Hebbar and Srikar Bharat. Uttar Pradesh captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar opened the bowling attack and conceded just th🤪ree runs in thಞe first over.

AP - 3/0 (1)

Srikar Bharat, who played aꦗ big knock in the last match, went back cheaply after scoring just four runs off 11 balls as Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed him early. Shaik Rasheed is the new batter at the crease and ended the💟 third over with a couple of boundaries.

AP - 18/1 (3)

Ashw𝔍in Hebbar was looking good and he had extracted 11 runs from Vineet Panwar's first over in the match. Mohsin Khan came to bowl the next over and he dismissed him on the second delivery and it was Panwar who took his catch. Pyla Avinash is the new battಞer at the crease.

AP - 36/2 (6)

Three down, UP are right on top in this 2nd Pre-quarterfinal match of the SMAT 2024. Andhra need a partnersh♔ip to take them towards a fighting total. Skipper Ricky Bhui is at the crease.

AP - 62/3 (10)

Andhra captain Ricky Bhui is the latest to depart as Vipraj Nigam dismissed him in the 12th over. Karn Sharma took a f💞ine catch at long-off. SDNV Prasad is the new batter at the crease.

AP - 80/4 (13)

Vipraj Nigam came to bowl his last over of the spell and dismissed the set batter Pyla Avinash. Avinash had hit him for a six on th♔e first delivery of the over but he took his revenge on the third delivery. He finished his spell with the figures of 4-0-20-2.

AP - 98/5 (16)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar ca♏me to bowl his last over of the spell and dismissed the set batter Tripurana Vijay on theಞ second delivery of the over. He conceded 10 runs from the over and finished his spell with the bowling figures of 4-0-30-2.

AP - 138/6 (19)

Vineet Panwar came to bowl the final over and leaked 18 runs as KV Sasi🦄kanth hit two boundaries and took three dou🀅bles to take his team's score past 150. Now, Uttar Pradesh need 157 runs to win the match.

AP - 156/6 (20)

Brief Score: AP - 156/6 (20)

SDNV Prasad - 34 (22), KV Sasikanth🎉 - 23 (8) | Vipraj N🔜igam: 4-0-20-2

Aryan Juyal and Karan Sharma opened the batting for Uttar Pradesh and Cheepurapalli Stephen opened the bowling attack for Andhra.❀ Just four runs including two wides from the first over.

UP - 4/0 (1)

The opening duo have added 50 runs for ෴the first wicket within five overs. Karan Sharma has gone berserk from the first delivery he faced. Aryan Juyal is playing as a pacifier at the moment.

UP - 51/0 (5)

Karan Sharma missed on a well-deserving half-century when Kodavandla Sudharsan&n♛bsp;bowled him in the ninth over. Priyam Garg is the new batter at the crease.

UP - 70/1 (8.2)

Kodavandla Sudharsan came to bowl his second over of the spell and dismissed both the openers. After Karan Sharma, he got Aryan Juyal caught behind by Srikar Bharat. Nitish Rana is the new batter at the crease.

UP - 72/2 (9)

Kodavanဣdla Sudharsan did that again! He dismissed UP's batting mainstay Priyam Garg to make another turn in the game. Sameer Rizvi is the new batter at the crease. Satyanarayana Raju had earlier dismissed ♌Nitish Rana. Sudharsan ended his spell with a bowling figures of 4-1-22-3.

UP - 89/4 (13)

Came to bowl his last over of the spell, Tripurana Vijay dismissed Sameer Rizvi and Shivam Mavi in the 16th over. Now, only Rin😼ku Si꧒ngh is the full-time batter who cane take UP to the quarterfinals. UP need 48 runs in the last four overs to win the match.

UP - 109/6 (16)

KV Sasikanth came to bowl the 17th over 𝔉and leaked 22 runs as Rinku Singh hit him for a four then a six. Vipraj Nigam hit a four♕ then a six to finish the over.

UP - 131/6 (17)

Vipraj Nigam is the star! He changed the game completely for Uttar Pradesh. He played an unbeaten knock of 27 runs oꦆff just 8 balls to help his team wཧin the match easily with six balls to spare.

UP - 157/6 (19)

After this win, Uttar Pradesh will face Delhi in the꧃ quarter-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Tro🐎phy 2024. Andhra's campaign ended on a sour note.

They played rea🌠lly well. We can do better. A lot of young guys are coming. The powerplay could have been better. Even with the batting, we could have applied better. The wicket slightly ♐got better (in the second innings).

We were (u❀nder a bit of pressure). Ti🔯ll Rinku was there, we knew he could pull it off. The last few overs with the ball and with the bat in the middle overs, we need to improve.

Vipraj Nigam was named Player of the Match for his all-round performance. Now, Uttar Pradesh will face Delhi in their next k꧋nock-out match on Wednesday. Join us then at the same place. Until then, goodnight and take care!