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Goa upsets Karnataka

VISAKHAPATNAM: Goa pulled off an upset 10-run win over Karnataka, with its left-arm spinner Sher Bahadur Yadav and off-spinner Regan Pinto grabbing two wickets each in the last two overs, of the Syed Mushtaq Ali South Zone T20 tournament here on Friday.

Goa made 158 for four against Karnataka at the ACA-VDCA Stadium, with captain Swapnil Asnodkar (71 retired, 48b, 7x4, 2x6) leading the way. In reply, Karnataka was 144 for six in 18 overs, needing 15 runs in the last two overs.

Yadav grabbed two wickets in the 19th over, and Pinto picked up the remaining two wickets for just one run in the last over as Goa shocked the last time South Zone runner-up by 10 runs.

The scores:

Goa 158 for four in 20 overs (Swapnil Asnodkar 71 (retd.)) bt Karnataka 148 in 19.4 overs (Manish Pandey 44, Amit Varma 29).

Hyderabad 177 for five (A.T. Rayudu 56, Abhinav Kumar 53) bt Andhra 166 for seven in 20 overs (Y. Gnaneswara Rao 71 n.o.).

Tamil Nadu 180 for seven (K.B. Arun Karthik 58, M. Vijay 54, N. Niyas three for 26) bt Kerala 131 for nine (Rohan Prem 30, R. Ashwin three for 16, S. Suresh Kumar three for 20). — Special Correspondent

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