Overview
- Mumbai chased 159 in 15.5 overs to beat Railways by seven wickets, starting their Group A campaign with a commanding result in Lucknow.
- Ajinkya Rahane smashed 62 off 33 balls and Suryakumar Yadav hit 47 off 30, sharing a 51-run stand that put the chase beyond doubt.
- Railways posted 158 for 5 with Ashutosh Sharma blasting 61 and Mohammad Saif contributing 48, as Shardul Thakur and Shivam Dube took a wicket each.
- Team management expects Suryakumar to feature extensively in SMAT as he tunes up for next month’s five-match T20I series in South Africa.
- Elsewhere, Chhattisgarh defended 133 to defeat Vidarbha by 27 runs through pacer Sourabh Majumdar’s three wickets, while Gujarat’s Urvil Patel hammered an unbeaten 119 off 37 balls to overhaul Services’ 183 in 12.3 overs.