Overview
- Arshdeep Singh took 5 for 34 to bowl Sikkim out for 75 before Punjab raced to 81 without loss in 6.2 overs to go top of Group C on net run rate.
- Prabhsimran Singh struck an unbeaten 53 off 26 balls alongside Harnoor Singh’s 22 not out, with Punjab level on points with Mumbai after four wins in five matches.
- Maharashtra posted 366 for 4 through Arshin Kulkarni’s 114, Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 66 and Ramakrishna Ghosh’s 64 not out off 27 balls, then dismissed Mumbai for 238 to seal a 128-run win and their opponents’ first defeat.
- On the same day he was picked for India’s ODI squad for the New Zealand series, Arshdeep starred for Punjab, while Shubman Gill missed the match due to reported food poisoning.
- Elsewhere, Hardik Pandya’s 133 could not save Baroda as Vidarbha won by nine wickets through Aman Mokhade’s 150 not out, and Axar Patel’s 130 plus 2 for 27 carried Gujarat past Andhra by seven runs.