Shreyas Iyer marked his return from injury in style, smashing a fluent 82 off 53 balls to help Mumbai beat Himachal Pradesh by seven runs and qualify for the Vizay Hazare Trophy quarterfinals from Group C, in Jaipur, on Tuesday.
Leading Mumbai, Shreyas struck three sixes and 10 fours against Himachal Pradesh in his first competitive appearance in nearly four months.
Opener Musheer Khan stroked a brisk 73 off 51 balls as Mumbai posted 299/9 after the match was reduced to 33 overs per innings because of delayed start due to fog at the Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground.
However, Suryakumar Yadav's lean run with the bat continued as he was dismissed by Kushal Pal for 24, while Yashavi Jaiswal made 15 and Dube scored 20.
India all-rounder Shivam Dube (4/68) then starred with the ball as Mumbai notched their fifth win in six matches.
Mumbai secured 20 points and qualified for the quarterfinals with a round to spare.
Punjab joined Mumbai in the quarterfinals from Group C with identical 20 points -- five win in six matches -- as they thrashed Goa by six wickets.
This marked Shreyas' first competitive match since sustaining a spleen injury during India's tour of Australia in October. He had suffered the injury during the third and final ODI against Australia in Sydney and was hospitalised for spleen laceration with internal bleeding.
Shreyas been named as India's vice-captain for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, starting in Baroda on January 11, subject to fitness clearance.
Brief scores:
Mumbai 299/9 in 33 overs (Shreyas Iyer 82, Musheer Khan 73; Vaibhav Arora 3/63, Abhishek Kumar 3/62, Kushal Pal 3/52) beat Himachal Pradesh 292 all out in 32.4 overs (Pukhraj Mann 64, Mayank Dagar 64, Ankush Bains 53; Shivam Dube 4/68) by seven runs.
Goa 211 all out in 33.3 overs (Suyash Prabhudessai 66, Lalit Yadav 54; Mayank Markande 3/29) lost to Punjab 212 for 4 in 35 overs (Harnoor Singh 94, Naman Dhir 68; Vasuki Koushik 2/22) by six wickets .
Chhattisgarh 166 all out in 29 overs (Aayush Pandey 49; Pradeep Dadhe 3/25, Vicky Ostwal 3/33) beat Maharashtra 160 for 8 in 31 overs (Arshin Kulkarni 67; Ravi Kiran 3/30) by six runs.
Sikkim 219 for 8 in 33 overs (Kranthi Kumar 95; Jagadeesha Suchith 2/47) lost to Uttarakhand 223 for 4 in 31.1 overs (Sanskar Rawat retired out 112, Shashwat Dangwal 55 not out) by six wickets.
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