India veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane's game-changing fifty helped Mumbai to register a six-wicket dominating win against Vidarbha and also helped the Shreyas Iyer-led side to storm into the semifinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT).
Vidarbha posted a massive 221 for six in the first innings. After coming to bat Rahane led from the front with an 84 off 45 balls (10x4, 3x6).
Mumbai made 224 for four in 19.2 overs and they will face Baroda in the semifinals on Friday.
Unsold in the IPL 2025 auction Prithvi Shaw (49, 26b, 5x4, 4x6) reminded of the immense talent beneath his callous exterior with a powerful knock as Mumbai reached to 83 in just 7 overs.
It was Dipesh Parwani who picked up Shaw's wicket to get the breakthrough. After Shaw's wicket, Skipper Shreyas Iyer (5) and India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav (9) fell in quick succession as Mumbai were reduced to 118 for three in the 11.1 overs.
They still needed 104 runs from the remaining eight overs.
Rahane, who played a few sublime shots, fell when his side was at 157 in 15.1 overs.
But India middle-order batter Shivam Dube (37 not out, 22b, 1x4, 2x6), who was dropped early in his innings by Karun Nair, and Suyansh Shedge (36, 12b, 1x4, 4x6) clobbered 67 runs in a little over four overs to take their side home.
The frenetic run collection included a 22-run over by Shedge off off-spinner Mandar Mahale through a sequence of 6, 6, 6, 4 in the 17th over.
Earlier, Atharva Taide (66, 41b, 10x4, 1x6), Apoorva Wankhade (51, 33b, 2x4, 3x6) and Shubham Dubey (43, 19b, 3x4, 3x6) led Vidarbha’s run glut.
Coming to Delhi vs Uttar Pradesh clash, Anuj Rawat's hard-hitting unbeaten knock of 73 off 33 balls (7x4, 5x6) helped Delhi to defeat Uttar Pradesh by 19 runs in their quarterfinal match at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. The national capital team will now face Madhya Pradesh in the semifinal.
After asked to bat, Rawat's brutal inning powered Delhi to a healthy 193 for three. While chasing, UP were bowled out for 174.
There was an on-field heated altercation between Delhi skipper Ayush Badoni and UP all-rounder Nitish Rana after the former pulled away from the strike a couple of times.
It required the intervention of the on-field umpires to separate the players.
Uttar Pradesh were never really in contention as India batter Rinku Singh (10, 7b) failed to take off.
Priyam Garg made a well-timed fifty (54, 34b, 6x4, 3x6) but none was there to back him up.