Vijay Hazare Trophy : Sarfaraz hits 15-ball fifty but Mumbai lose the unlosable
Madhya Pradesh stun Karnataka
Vijay Hazare Trophy MP were ranked fourth on the points table coming into the game, but a stunning all-round show has given them a solid chance to make it to the next round. They came up against the unbeaten Karnataka side but brought out a stellar show with bat and ball.
Bowling first, left-arm wristspinner Shivang Kumar, picked up 5 for 45 as Karnataka were bowled out for 207 in 47.4 overs. In response, captain Venkatesh Iyer remained unbeaten on a 33-ball 65 while Tripuresh Singh thumped 36 not out off 12 as MP chased down the 208 in 23.2 overs to give their NRR a massive boost.
While Karnataka has already qualified for the knockouts, MP will wait for the outcome of the TN-Kerala game.
Six-wicket haul for Sushant Mishra but Jharkhand collapse
The left-arm fast bowler has missed a lot of cricket due to a back injury but is making up for missing time. After finishing the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as the joint-highest wicket-taker and taking Jharkhand to a maiden title, he has shown his wares in the Vijay Hazare Trophy as well. He returned 6 for 52 against Tripura, his best statistics in any format in senior cricket. Mishra recently spoke to ESPNcricinfo about his time off the field with back injuries, and his comeback.
Despite Mishra’s genius, Jharkhand failed to overcome the Tripura challenge. Sridam Paul recorded a astonishing 150 while Rajat Dey scored 102 as Tripura posted a mammoth 320. Jharkhand were blown away in the chase.
Punjab win a thriller as Mumbai lose the unlosable
Mumbai has collapsed and how. Chasing 217, they were cruising on 139 for 2 inside 15 overs when Sarfaraz fell for a whirlpool 20-ball 60. Shreyas Iyer, the captain, held one end together even as Mumbai lost Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube. At one point, Mumbai required 16 to win with more than 27 overs remaining and five wickets in hand. But Shreyas fell, and with him, Mumbai.
Markande sent back Shreyas with the score on 201 for 6 in 22.3 overs. Mumbai would have still fancied their chances having reached 212 for 6. They required five to win with four wickets in hand but lost all their remaining wickets for just three runs to lose by one run.
Gurnoor Brar picked up 4 for 57 while Markande returned 4 for 31 as Punjab took home an unlikely win. Both Punjab and Mumbai had already qualified for the knockouts. But the result means that Punjab finish top of the table while Mumbai are second.
Mumbai Vs Punjab Highlights, Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26:
Hello and welcome to the highlights of the Round 7 Group C clash between Mumbai and Punjab at Jaipuria Vidyala Ground, Jaipur, on Thursday, 8 January. PUN beat Mumbai by 1 run in a thrilling encounter. After being put into bat by MUM, PUN were wrapped up for a modest 216 in 45.1 overs. Ramandeep Singh (72) and Anmolpreet Singh (57) were the only half-centurions for Pun, who took them to 216. Musheer Khan picked up 3 wickets for Mumbai. In response, Sarfaraz Khan blasted another 15-ball fifty to keep MUM ahead in the chase for the majority part of the innings, however Mayank Markande had some other plans. He picked up four crucial wickets for PUN including that of Sarfaraz Khan and skipper Shreyas Iyer to bundle them one run short of the target. Check out the highlights of the match as it happened.
Mumbai Vs Punjab Live Score, Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26: Squads
Mumbai Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Musheer Khan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Sarfaraz Khan, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Tamore(w), Sairaj Patil, Shams Mulani, Tushar Deshpande, Shashank Attarde, Siddhesh Lad, Tanush Kotian, Suryansh Shedge, Akash Anand, Chinmay Rajesh Sutar, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sylvester DSouza, Ishan Mulchandani, Onkar Tukaram Tarmale
Punjab Squad: Prabhsimran Singh (w/c), Shubman Gill, Harnoor Singh, Anmolpreet Singh, Naman Dhir, Ramandeep Singh, Krish Bhagat, Sukhdeep Bajwa, Mayank Markande, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar, Raghu Sharma, Sanvir Singh, Harpreet Brar, Abhishek Sharma, Salil Arora, Uday Saharan, Gaurav Chaudhary, Jashanpreet. Singh, Sumit Sharma.
Sarfaraz Khan lit up round seven of the 2025-26 Vijay Hazare Trophy as he smashed a 15-ball half-century against Punjab, the quickest by an Indian in List A cricket.
Sarfaraz broke the record jointly held by Maharashtra’s Abhijit Kale, who took 16 balls for his fifty against Baroda in 1995 and Baroda allrounder Atit Sheth, who also hit a 16-ball half-century against Chhattisgarh in 2021. Mumbai, however, lost the game after being 169 for 3 in the 18th over. Suryakumar Yadav’s wicket was followed by Shivam Dube’s and captain Shreyas Iyer’s as an unpredictable collapse left them short of Punjab’s total by one run. They needed 16 to win with four wickets in hand but couldn’t manage it.
Chasing 217 at the Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground, in Jaipur, Mumbai started swiftly with Musheer Khan and Angkrish Raghuvanshi adding 57 runs for the opening wicket in 8.2 overs. Sarfaraz replaced his brother in the middle and immediately took the spinners apart.
He first crushed the Punjab captain Abhishek Sharma for three sixes and three fours in an over and then went after the left-arm spin of Harpreet Brar as well, smoking him for 19 runs in five balls. Sarfaraz finally fell for 62 off just 20 balls, lbw by Mayank Markande, his innings laced with seven fours and five sixes.
According to available data, this is the fourth-fastest fifty in all List A cricket, the fastest being Sri Lanka’s Kaushalya Weeraratne – in 12 balls – in a domestic game in the 2005–06 season.
Safraz is currently the highest run-scorer for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy,
Safraz is currently the highest run-scorer for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 303 runs in six innings at an average of 75.75 and a strike rate of 190.56. He hit 157 against Goa on December 31 and a half-century against Uttarkahnad earlier in the tournament. Mumbai has already qualified for the knockout stages of the tournament.
Sarfaraz last played for India in a Test match against England in February 2024 but has been in stellar form lately. He was Mumbai‘s second-highest run-scorer at the 2025–26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 329 runs in seven matches at 65.80 and a strike rate of 203.80. Sarfaraz was purchased by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for his base price of INR 75 lakh at the IPL 2026 auction.
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