Prithvi Shaw as soon as once more got here beneath quite a lot of fireplace after he failed to attain huge for Mumbai within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy last in opposition to Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. Whereas Mumbai ended up clinching the trophy fairly simply, Prithvi was dismissed for 10 off 6 deliveries. It has been a troublesome 12 months for Prithvi after he went unsold within the IPL 2025 public sale and he completed the match with out a single 50+ rating. Prithvi began his innings nicely however was dismissed early by Tripuresh Singh. Customers on social media weren’t joyful together with his failure and so they had been fast to precise their disappointment.
Prithvi Shaw rightly went unsold on the public sale. No health. No fielding. No self-discipline. Cameos at greatest with the bat.
— Vipul Ghatol 🇮🇳 (@Vipul_Espeaks) December 15, 2024
Mumbai leaned on their collective batting energy to subdue a spirited Madhya Pradesh by 5 wickets to clinch the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Sunday. Mumbai had been stretched on multiple event in the course of the chase of 175, a goal MP constructed round skipper Rajat Patidar‘s fluent unbeaten 81, on a barely cheesy pitch, however ultimately they reached 180 for 5 in 17.5 overs.
Prithvi Shaw is not even attempting to show the homeowners of IPL groups improperpic.twitter.com/zBftxSHjFg
— Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) December 15, 2024
This was Mumbai’s second SMAT title after successful it for the primary time in 2022, whereas MP’s await a maiden trophy extended to a different season.
After a quick interval of lull, Suryakumar Yadav (48, 35b, 4×4, 3×6) reactivated his run-making methods and added 52 runs for the third wicket with Ajinkya Rahane (37, 30b, 4×4).
It helped Mumbai to get well from the early dismissals of Prithvi Shaw and skipper Shreyas Iyer, each of them falling to relatively causal photographs.
At 129 for 5 in 14.4 overs, Mumbai wanted 46 runs however any worries had been quickly eased by the big-hitting Suryansh Shedge (36 not out, 15b, 3×4, 3×6) and Atharva Ankolekar (16 not out, 6b, 2×6) who knocked off the remaining runs with out a lot fuss in a bit of over three overs.
Earlier, Patidar shone brightly whereas hammering his fifth fifty of this match.
The fitting-hander, who was retained by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, entertained an over 15,000-crowd, who backed him and MP to the hilt, with twinkling shot-making.
In actual fact, Patidar singlehandedly held the MP innings collectively as the following highest was a 23 by Shubhranshu Senapati.
(With PTI inputs)
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