Veteran seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and a fully-fit Mohsin Khan’s superb bowling effort was complemented by Nitish Rana’s power-packed half-century as Uttar Pradesh comfortably beat Gujarat by six wickets to enter the quarter-finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament here on Tuesday.

Batting first, UP bowlers were bang on target as Gujarat managed a below par 127 for 8 in 20 overs. UP crossed the target with eight balls to spare with Rana smashing unbeaten 71 off 49 balls.