WATCH: Mumbai lift the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022

Mumbai won the toss and opt to bowl first and the bowlers backed the decision as they reduced Himachal Pradesh to 20/2 inside 4 overs. A 31-run partnership for the third wicket between Prashant Chopra (19 off 27) and Nikhil Gangta (22 off 14) did steady the ship for a while, but the collapse was initiated by Tanush Kotian and Mohit Avasthi. Himachal Pradesh were in deep trouble at 58/6 after 9.4 overs and it looked like they would get bundled out without playing the full quota of 20 overs, but a magnificent partnership was stitched between Ekant Sen (37 off 29) and Akash Vasisht (25 off 22) who led a fantastic come back.

This seventh-wicket partnership of 60 runs was broken by Aman Khan in the 18th over. In the next over, Ekant Sen was dismissed by Mohit Avasthi. A couple of lusty blows struck by Mayank Dagar (21* off 12) in the last few overs and helped the team to post a formidable total of 143/8 which looked improbable at one point. For Mumbai, Mohith Avasthi (4-0-21-3) and Tanush Kotian (4-0-15-3) picked three wickets each, while Aman Khan (2-0-24-1) and Shivam Dube (2-0-16-1) picked a wicket each. 

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Mumbai needed 144 to win the match and win the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for the first time in their history, they got off to a poor start, losing both of their openers, Prithvi Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane, to Himachal’s captain Rishi Dhawan within the powerplay. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer steadied things and built an important 41-run partnership, and it was Mayank Dagar who broke this stand in the 10th over. Shreyas continued his good work and was ably helped by Sarfaraz Khan, together they stitched 27 runs for the fourth wicket. But Vaibhav Arora dismissed the dangerous Shreyas Iyer in the 14th over and followed it up with the wickets of Shivam Dube and Aman Khan in the 16th over.

While Shams Mulani failed to deliver, Himachal Pradesh dropped Sarfaraz Khan’s catch in the 18th over, which was the turning point in this finale. Sarfaraz played a blinder and took his team closer to victory. It was Tanush Kotian who finished the match with a six and celebrated the victory with his team. Mumbai won the match by 3 wickets and also lift the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for the first time.