Meghalaya Cricket Team Stuns Mumbai in 'Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy'

Mumbai, November 15, 2019:

In a matter of great pride for the state of Meghalaya, the state's cricket team today beat Mumbai in their home ground at the ongoing 'Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy' held at Wankhede Stadium.

Reacting to this, the Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, wrote, "It is a great moment of victory for our Meghalaya Cricket Team who beat Mumbai in their home ground at the ongoing 'Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy' held at Wankhede Stadium today. I am so proud of our boys who played excellently with such amazing teamwork. Big congratulations to the Team and its coaches for this amazing win. Wishing our homeboys more victories in the matches to come."

Notably, the three guest cricketers, Ravi Teja, Puneet Bisht and Sanjay Yadav, were the architects of the Northeast side’s six wicket win with four balls to spare.

Set a modest target of 158, Bisht provided a roaring start making a 12-ball 23 with four boundaries, before Teja and Yadav constructed a match winning partnership of 92 off 79 balls for the fourth wicket.

Chiang D-Shira, the joint secretary of the Meghalaya Cricket Association and manager of the Meghalaya cricket team said that it is a dream result for the team. "We have a cricket culture starting from the 80s or 90s, but most of the players have a football background", he added.

Brief scores: Mumbai 157/6 (Jay Bista 44, Suryakumar Yadav 28; Swarajeet Das 2-31) lost to Meghalaya 164/4 (D Ravi Teja 61 not out, Sanjay Yadav 55; Shardul Thakur 2-34) by six wickets.

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