Srinagar: Senior batter Shubham Khajuria played brilliant knock and was well supported by Qamran Iqbal to guide J&K to a dominant 6 wicket win vs Uttar Pradesh in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy match at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, BKC Mumbai today.
Chasing a target of 158 runs, Shubham Khajuria and Qamran Iqbal started chase for J&K.They scored 60 in 5.5 overs before Qamran was dismissed at his individual score of 37 runs off 20 balls.
Khajuria continued his batting brilliance and along with Abdul Samad (22 off 22 balls) helped Jammu and Kashmir chase the target in 19.1 overs by losing 4 wickets, thus guiding J&K to 6-wicket victory.
Khajuria remained not out at 85 runs off 59 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes.
Mohsin Khan took 2 wickets for Uttar Pradesh, while Vineet Panwar and Vipraj Nigam claimed one wicket each.
Earlier, put into bat, Uttar Pradesh scored a total of 157 runs. Mavi top scored with 14-ball 39 with 4 fours and 3 sixes, while Sameer Rizvi (25), Rinku Singh (24), Priyam Garg (22) and Aryan Juyal (19) were the other contributors.
For J&K, M Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers who took 3 wickets while Abid Mushtaq bagged 2 wickets and Rasikh claimed one.
Shubham Khajuria was adjudged as the player of the match.
In its last group match, J&K will face Haryana on December 5, while Uttar Pradesh will lock horns with Jharkhand on the same date. Delhi tops the points table with 20 points along with Jharkhand, while Uttar Pradesh and J&K have 16 points each in their kitty.