Goa lost to Hyderabad and J&K lost to Maharashtra in close encounters.
Goa captain Snehal Kauthankar won the toss and chose to field first. Arjun Tendulkar opened the bowling and struck early, sending back Hyderabad keeper-opener Prateek Reddy to the pavilion for 3 runs.
After a 112-run partnership between Tanmay Agarwal (55) and Tilak Varma (62), Tendulkar struck in succession, first dismissing Varma LBW, then Rahul Buddhi for 8 runs, and also got rid of dangerous Ravi Teja for 4 runs. He finished with figures of 4/10 in his 4 overs as Hyderabad made 177/6.
However, Goa failed to chase it down as none of their batters could conjure a big score with Aditya Kaushik top-scoring with 33 runs and Tunish Sawkar making 23 runs. They finished with 140 in 18.5 overs to lose by 37 runs. Ravi Teja with 4/20 was the star for Hyderabad.
On the other hand, another young pacer, Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Umran Malik rattled the Maharashtra batting lineup in an thrilling encounter that was played in Mohali’s PCA Stadium.
WATCH - CSK captain MS Dhoni starts his preparations for IPL 2023
In reply, Maharashtra managed to overhaul the score with 3 balls to spare and 3 wickets in hand finishing on 176/7. Pavan Shah with 51 and Rahul Tripathi with 59 were the main architects for Maharashtra’s win by 3 wickets.
But the victory didn’t come easily as Umran Malik bowled the 19th over with 8 needed of 12 balls and gave only 4 runs and picked two wickets, finishing with figures of 4/27 in his 4 overs.
He dismissed captain Ruturaj Gaikwad for 12, Pavan Shah for 51, Divyang Hinganekar for 17 and Shamshuzama Kazi for 0.