Kerala suffered a humiliating defeat in the first match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Kerala lost to Gujarat by 9 wickets. Batting first after losing the toss, Kerala could score only 123 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Captain Sanju Samson was the only unbeaten batsman to score 54 off 43 balls for Kerala. In reply, Priyank Panchal (66) and SD Chahan (50) were the first wicket-takers to beat Kerala. They reached the target in 15.3 overs. (kerala gujarat syed mushtaq)
For Kerala, which suffered a batting collapse, 4 batsmen entered the doubles. Apart from Sanju, Sachin Baby (19), Mohammad Azharuddin (13) and Vishnu Vinod (12) got off to a good start but failed to capitalize. Robin Uthappa (9) and Sharafuddin NM (3) disappointed. For Gujarat, Rush Kalaria took two wickets while Arsan Nagwaswalla, Hardik Patel and Piyush Chawla took one wicket each.
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In reply, Gujarat scored easily. They put on 113 for the first wicket. Only KM Asif, who dismissed Priyank Panchal, made it to the wicket column for Kerala.
Kerala’s other matches in the group stage are against Bihar, Railways, Assam and Madhya Pradesh.
Kerala team: Sanju Samson (capt), Sachin Baby, Robin Uthappa, Jalaj Saxena, Mohammad Azharuddin, Vishnu Vinod, KM Asif, Basil Thampi, Sijomon Joseph, Valsal Govind, Mithun PK, Mithun S, Rohan S Kunnummal, Rojit Ganesh, Rojit Ganesh , Vishweshwar Suresh, Manu Krishnan, Akhil MS, Vaishakh Chandran, Abdul Basit.
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