UP team reached the quarter finals of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Rinku Singh and this batsman showed their strength

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Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is being organized. The tournament is slowly reaching its final stage. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh has qualified for the quarter-finals of the tournament on Monday. They have made their place in the quarter-finals by defeating Andhra by four wickets in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Cricket Tournament. This victory included important innings by Rinku Singh and Vipraaj Nigam, who rescued the team from a difficult situation and took them to the target. Chasing the target of 157 runs given by Andhra to Uttar Pradesh, Rinku Singh played a stormy innings of 27 not out in 22 balls and Vipraaj played an unbeaten innings of 27 not out in eight balls. The partnership of 48 runs in just three overs between these two gave Uttar Pradesh the victory.

This is how UP chased the target.

Uttar Pradesh looked in a very strong position in the beginning when it scored 70 runs without losing a wicket in 8.1 overs. However, after this, the team’s position weakened a bit and it lost six wickets for 109 runs. Despite this crisis, Rinku and Vipraj handled the innings without panicking and met the need for 48 runs in the last four overs. In the 17th over, Rinku and Vipraj added 22 runs in KV Shashikant’s over. Rinku hit a six, while Vipraj hit three brilliant sixes on backward point, extra cover, and willing-onion. This aggressive performance brought Uttar Pradesh very close to victory.

The quarter-final match will be with this team.

Vipraaj is a part of the Delhi Capitals team in the IPL and he also made an impact with his bowling. He took two wickets for 20 runs, which changed the course of Andhra’s innings. The Andhra team never looked in rhythm. Initially, the team was scoring runs at a slow pace, and their score was 113 runs for six wickets in 17.2 overs. But after this, Shashikant scored an unbeaten 23 runs in eight balls and SDNV Prasad scored an unbeaten 34 runs in 22 balls and added 43 runs in 2.4 overs to take the team’s score past 150 runs. Despite this, the Uttar Pradesh bowlers did not give Andhra a chance to score big, and in the end,d Uttar Pradesh won the match by scoring 157 runs for the loss of six wickets in 19 overs. Now the Uttar Pradesh team will face Delhi in the quarter-finals, and this victory has strengthened their hopes even more.