Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Siddhart Kaul's hat-trick helps Punjab win, Today's Round Up

Pacer Siddhart Kaul's four-wicket haul, including a hat-trick, helped Punjab beat Karnataka comprehensively by nine wickets with more than six overs to spare in an Elite A match of the T20 Syed Mu

In another Elite B match, Tamil Nadu eased to a 10-wicket win over Assam. Assam was restricted to 126/7 wickets in 20 overs after which Tamil Nadu openers Narayan Jagadeesan (78 not out) and Hari Nishanth (47 not out) took their team home for an easy win.

In an Elite C match in Vadodara, Kedar Jadhav smashed an unbeaten 45-ball 84 as his 136-run stand with Naushad Sheikh (78 not out) for the third wicket helped Maharashtra beat Chattisgarh by eight wickets. Chattisgarh had scored 192/5 wickets, but Jadhav smashed five fours and as many sixes to lead Maharashtra to victory in a match that went down to the last ball.

Brief scores:

Elite A (in Bengaluru):

Uttar Pradesh 133/9 wkts in 20 overs (Karan Sharma 55, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 24 not out; Harsh Tyagi 2/17) lost to Railways 137/2 wkts in 17.4 overs (Mrunal Devdhar 57, Shivam Chaudhary 56 not out) by eight wickets with 14 balls remaining

Karnataka 125/8 wkts in 20 overs (Rohan Kadam 32, Devdutt Padikkal 19; Siddhart Kaul 4/26) lost to Punjab 127/1 wkt in 14.4 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 89 not out, Abhishek Sharma 30; Krishnappa Gowtham 1/28) by nine wickets with 32 balls remaining

Tripura 93 all out in 18.1 overs (Udiyan Bose 28, Sankar Paul 27; Aquib Nabi 3/10) lost to Jammu and Kashmir 94/3 wkts in 14.5 overs (Suryansh Raina 33, Shubham Pundir 21 not out; Manisankar Murasingh 2/19) by seven wickets with 31 balls remaining