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 It was another great day of action in the quarterfinals of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as defending champions Tamil Nadu, Karnataka proved their worthwhile Vidarbha, and Hyderabad produced some stunning performances to defeat fancied opponents. Quarterfinals 1 Tamil Nadu versus Kerala Tamil Nadu captain Vijay Shankar won the toss and decided to field first played at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi on Thursday. TN bowlers kept it tight and did not allow Kerala openers Azhardudeen and Kunnumal to score runs easily. At the end of the first six overs, Kerala scored 42 for 0. After the field restrictions, a superb catch by Sandeep Warrier long-on ended the innings for Azharudeen. Kerala openers added 45 runs laying a strong foundation. Murgun Ashwin and Sai Kishore maintained the pressure on Sachin Baby and Kunnumal not allowing them to score runs easily. Kunnumal looked in decent touch reaching fifty off 39 balls. Kunnumal fell stumped by Jagadeesan. Kunnumal and Baby added 46 run...

  It was an amazing league stage as 8 teams made it into the quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament. From Group A, Punjab and Karnataka made into the last 8 stage. Punjab finished top of the points winning all their matches. The first two quarterfinals will be played on 26 th January while 3 rd and 4 th quarterfinals would be played on 27 th January at the newly laid Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad. Punjab defeated Uttar Pradesh by 11 runs in their opening match on 10 th January at KSCA Cricket Stadium 2, Bangalore, they outplayed Karnataka by 9 wickets, crushed Railways by 117 runs, outplayed Jammu and Kashmir by 10 wickets, and ended the league stage with a comfortable 22 runs win. On the other hand, Karnataka made it into the last 8 stage finishing 2 nd in the points winning 4 matches. Their only loss came against Punjab. Tamil Nadu topped Pool B and qualified for the quarterfinals stage. Dinesh Karthik led side started the tournament with an easy 66 r...