Opting to bowl, Uttar Pradesh have been in for a shocker because the Maharashtra skipper went hammer and tongs on the Motera B floor throughout his knock of 220 that got here off 159 balls, propelling Maharashtra to 330 for 5.
In reply, wicketkeeper-batter Aryan Juyal led UP’s cost with a 143-ball 159 however it was not sufficient as they folded for 272 in 47.4 overs.
Rajvardhan Hangargekar picked up a maiden five-wicket haul (5/53) and was the wrecker-in-chief for Maharashtra.
The penultimate over of Maharashtra’s innings was essentially the most eventful one as Gaikwad unleashed his fury towards hapless UP left-arm spinner Shiva Singh, smashing him for seven sixes in a row because of a no ball whereas making a List A file.
He additionally grew to become the one batter in restricted overs cricket to attain 43 runs in a single over.
In the last-four conflict on Wednesday, Maharashtra will face Assam who eradicated Jammu and Kashmir in one other quarterfinal right here.
Earlier, Brett Hampton and Joe Carter of Northern Districts collectively hit 43 runs towards Willem Ludick of their match towards Central Districts in a Ford Trophy recreation in 2018.
It was a one-man present by the Maharashtra opener as he held their innings collectively at the same time as wickets stored falling on the different finish.
The first ball of the forty ninth over was a low full-toss and Gaikwad smoked it over deep midwicket for the primary six. The second one was hit straight down the bottom, whereas he cleared deep sq. leg for his third most. The fourth supply was tonked over long-off, the fifth, a no ball, was performed nearly in the identical path, and the batter took full benefit of the free hit by hammering it over long-on and attain his double century.
The seventh and closing ball was smashed over deep midwicket, because the UP spinner returned with costly figures of 0/88 from 9 overs.
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Overall, Gaikwad hit 16 sixes and 10 fours and did the majority of the scoring as the remainder of his teammates managed solely 96 runs from 142 deliveries.
In reply, wicketkeeper-batter Aryan Juyal led UP’s cost with a 143-ball 159 however it was not sufficient as they folded for 272 in 47.4 overs.
Rajvardhan Hangargekar picked up a maiden five-wicket haul (5/53) and was the wrecker-in-chief for Maharashtra.
Brief Scores:
Maharashtra 330/5; 50 overs (Ruturaj Gaikwad 220, Ankit Bawne 37, Azim Kazi 37; Kartik Tyagi 3/66) b Uttar Pradesh 272; 47.4 overs (Aryan Juyal 159, Shivam Sharma 33; Rajvardhan Hangargekar 5/53, Satyajeet Bachhav 2/52) by 58 runs.