Saurashtra opener Avi Barot continued his top form in the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as he slammed a 44-ball century against Goa in Elite Group D match on Friday. He ended up scoring a magnificent 53-ball 122 before getting run out in the penultimate over of Saurashtra innings.
Put to bat first, Saurashtra had an early blow as they lost another opener, Harvik Desai for 6 in the fourth over. After his dismissal, Barot took charge and stitched a huge stand of 111 runs for the third wicket with number three batsman Samarth Vyas.
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During his innings, Barot batted at fantastic strike-rate of 230.19, slammed a total of 11 boundaries and 7 maximums.
Barot batted until the 19th over before his rollicking innings came to an end following a run out affected by the duo of Darshal Misal and Eknath Kerkar. Vyas was the second-highest scorer of Saurashtra as the team ended up scoring 215 for 5 in their quota of 20 overs.
{{/usCountry}}Barot batted until the 19th over before his rollicking innings came to an end following a run out affected by the duo of Darshal Misal and Eknath Kerkar. Vyas was the second-highest scorer of Saurashtra as the team ended up scoring 215 for 5 in their quota of 20 overs.
{{/usCountry}}In reply, Goa were bowled out for 125 in 18.4 overs. Saurashtra captain Jayden Unadkat and pacer Chirag Jani picked up three wickets each while Chetan Sakariya scalped 2 in his four-over spell.
Earlier on Wednesday, Avi Barot struck half-century against Vidharbha to guide his team to a comfortable 79-run win over Vidarbha in a Group 'D' match of the tournament. His innings was laced with13 fours and four sixes.