HYDERABAD: Kerala continues its victory run in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after they defeated Goa by 11 runs in the rain-interrupted match on Sunday. In the match which was shortened to 13 overs due to rain, Kerala batted first and raised the score to 143/6. Goa, in reply, reached the score of 69/2 in 7.5 overs, but the game had to be stopped due to rain. Soon, the umpires declared Kerala the winner using the D-L method as it seemed impossible to resume the game.

Captain Sanju Samson, who came out as the opener, got off to a good start by scoring 31 runs off 15 balls including four fours and two sixes. Sanju was dismissed in the fourth over when Kerala was at 43 runs. Then Rohan Kunnummal (19), Salman Nizar (34 runs in 20 balls) and Abdul Basit (23 runs in 13 balls) anchored the team to a decent total.

With this win, Kerala reached second in Group E with 16 points from five matches. Andhra Pradesh is at the top of the group with 16 points from four matches. Third-placed Mumbai also has 16 points.