Kolkata, Dec 6: Goa defeated Jammu & Kashmir by 7 wickets in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy as Suyash Prabhudessai hit an unbeaten 51 to guide his team in a solid chase.
Goa were also bolstered by a fine 44-ball 59 with eight fours and a six by Kashyap Bakhale in the chase as they responded with 167 for three in 19 overs after keeping Jammu and Kashmir to 161 for six earlier.
Goa used as many as six bowling options and it was Shubham Tari who was the pick among them, returning 4-0-30-3 while Deepak Gaonkar and Vikash Singh claimed one wicket apiece.
At the iconic Eden Gardens here, J&K batters Yawer Hasan (48) and skipper Shubham Khajuria (45) made key contributions while Abdul Samad provided a late surge with a nine-ball 22 which included two fours and as many sixes.
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J&K pacer Auqib Nabi and Sunil Kumar bowled identical spells of 1/31 but could not avert a defeat for their side.
At the Jadavpur University Ground, Bihar suffered a crushing seven-wicket defeat to Hyderabad who won a low scoring match with more than eight overs to spare.
Teenage batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi fell for a run-a-ball 11 as Bihar could not find any momentum with the bat. Piyush Singh scored 34 with the fours and Bipin Saurabh hit three late sixes to make 31 not out, as they crawled to 132 for eight.
In reply, Tanmay Agarwal cracked 11 fours and a six to make 67 not out off 42 balls as Hyderabad responded with 134 for three in 12.5 overs.
Brief scores at Kolkata:
Jammu and Kashmir 161/6 in 20 overs (Shubham Khajuria 45, Yawer Hasan 48, Kawalpreet Singh 30 retd hurt, Abdul Samad 22; Shubham Tari 3/30) lost to Goa 167/3 in 19 overs (Kashyap Bakhale 59, Suyash Prabhudessai 51 not out; Auqib Nabi 1/31) by 7 wickets.
Bihar 132/8 in 20 overs (Piyush Singh 34, Bipin Saurabh 31 not out; Tanay Thyagarajan 3/21, Chama Milind 2/18) lost to Hyderabad 134/3 in 12.5 overs (Tanmay Agarwal 67 not out; Amod Yadav 1/22) by 7 wickets. (PTI)
