Mumbai reach final after Rahane’s sublime 98
Ajinkya Rahane continued his T20 reinvention with a 98 that carried Mumbai to a six-wicket victory over Baroda and into the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. After Baroda were restricted to 158/7, Rahane’s knock off 56 balls took Mumbai to 164/4 in 17.2 overs. Madhya Pradesh trashed former champions Delhi by seven wickets to storm into the final.
Mulapadu (Andhra Pradesh)
Dravid’s son Anvay cracks unbeaten 100
Batting legend Rahul Dravid’s son Anvay cracked an unbeaten century for Karnataka in the drawn Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Jharkhand. Batting at No. 4, Anvay scored 100 off 153 balls, striking 10 fours and two sixes, as Karnataka scored 441/4 in the three-day match.
Hangzhou
Treesa-Gayatri bow out of BWF World Tour Finals
The Indian women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand missed out on a semifinal spot at the BWF World Tour Finals after losing 17-21 13-21 to Japan’s Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in their final Group A match.